Well, haven't been on here much in a while, so I figured I'd share with you guys. The car has been through alot in the past month, ranging from very good to very bad.
Let's start with the good:
Finally swapped the heads, car sounds downright NASTY and hauls ass. Here's the list of what went on (the rockers on the heads in the pic were not used, I swapped my crane rollers onto them, along with triple valve springs).
- Holley Systemax Heads
- CNC Ported Lower Cobra Intake
- 75mm Pro Products TB
- 76mm C&L MAF (w/ 30lb sampling tube)
- 30lb injectors
- ARP head studs
- ARP Intake Bolts
- ARP Stainless 12pt header bolts
- Fel Pro 9333 head gaskets
- Fel Pro 1262 intake gaskets
- Comp Cams Lifters
- Trick Flow Hardened Push Rods
- New plugs and such...
The spread:
Couple pics during the build (crappy cell phone pics):
Got the car together and it was smoking...the heads needed new valve seals. Back apart it came, new comp cam valve seals went in, put her back together, everything was awesome. Took it to the Flashlight Drags the next day (these are legal, sanctioned street races on an air strip, fun time, no time slips or trees) and beat an LS1 T/A with exhaust and gears, a full bolt-on 99 GT, tied my buddy's 03 swapped (stock motor) 99 cobra, and a couple other (not exciting) cars, lol.
Next day, I woke up and took the car out to wash her up, then head out to a car show. I was on my way home to change clothes and was goin around a bend and there was a huge dead animal in the middle of the lane, with my car having the exhaust (and pretty much the whole car) about 2" off the ground, I went around the animal. In the process, I hit some loose gravel on the side of the road and that sent the car into a slide, I tried everything I could to correct it, but the front passenger side came around and hit the guard rail, then came to rest with the rear bumper just slightly resting against the guard rail. I was only goin about 30-35mph when this happened. It coulda been worse I guess. Here's the carnage:
After a day of my world coming to an end and feeling sick to my stomach, I took the car to a body shop to wait for the insurance adjuster to come and look at it. I have full coverage and a $100 deductible, so as long as it wasn't totalled, I was fine.
Well I just heard back yesterday that my insurance company will be fixing the car, I will have a collision on my driving record, but honestly, that was the last thing on my mind.
here is how it sits right now:
Supposed to be done in 2-3 weeks. At least I can sleep at night now, knowing that my car will see the road again soon.
Let's start with the good:
Finally swapped the heads, car sounds downright NASTY and hauls ass. Here's the list of what went on (the rockers on the heads in the pic were not used, I swapped my crane rollers onto them, along with triple valve springs).
- Holley Systemax Heads
- CNC Ported Lower Cobra Intake
- 75mm Pro Products TB
- 76mm C&L MAF (w/ 30lb sampling tube)
- 30lb injectors
- ARP head studs
- ARP Intake Bolts
- ARP Stainless 12pt header bolts
- Fel Pro 9333 head gaskets
- Fel Pro 1262 intake gaskets
- Comp Cams Lifters
- Trick Flow Hardened Push Rods
- New plugs and such...
The spread:
Couple pics during the build (crappy cell phone pics):
Got the car together and it was smoking...the heads needed new valve seals. Back apart it came, new comp cam valve seals went in, put her back together, everything was awesome. Took it to the Flashlight Drags the next day (these are legal, sanctioned street races on an air strip, fun time, no time slips or trees) and beat an LS1 T/A with exhaust and gears, a full bolt-on 99 GT, tied my buddy's 03 swapped (stock motor) 99 cobra, and a couple other (not exciting) cars, lol.
Next day, I woke up and took the car out to wash her up, then head out to a car show. I was on my way home to change clothes and was goin around a bend and there was a huge dead animal in the middle of the lane, with my car having the exhaust (and pretty much the whole car) about 2" off the ground, I went around the animal. In the process, I hit some loose gravel on the side of the road and that sent the car into a slide, I tried everything I could to correct it, but the front passenger side came around and hit the guard rail, then came to rest with the rear bumper just slightly resting against the guard rail. I was only goin about 30-35mph when this happened. It coulda been worse I guess. Here's the carnage:
After a day of my world coming to an end and feeling sick to my stomach, I took the car to a body shop to wait for the insurance adjuster to come and look at it. I have full coverage and a $100 deductible, so as long as it wasn't totalled, I was fine.
Well I just heard back yesterday that my insurance company will be fixing the car, I will have a collision on my driving record, but honestly, that was the last thing on my mind.
here is how it sits right now:
Supposed to be done in 2-3 weeks. At least I can sleep at night now, knowing that my car will see the road again soon.
