Just felt like updating this thread. I had my other thread removed. Mods since my last post in this thread:
- Team-Z mini-tub
- Team-Z Outlaw 9" rear with 3.70 gears w/ fully adjustable upper & lower control arms, an anti-roll bar tabbed for wheelie bars and a removable parachute mount
- Strange 35-spine axles
- Double adjustable shocks & coil-overs
- resealed the entire engine and vented both valve covers to a catch can and dumped the PCV to relieve any pressure on the bottom end.
- Promotion Powertrain T56 from a Cobra but converted with the same G-force gearset that goes in the Rockland Standard Gear T56 in gears 1-4 with the 2.98 ratio in 1st. The 5th and 6th gears are stock at .8 and .63.
- McLeod "Original Street Twin" Disk clutch
- magnetic pickup for a driveshaft speed sensor that I haven't hooked up, yet. This will be my new speedometer.
- Weld RT-S S71 black wheels 17x12" with 325/45/17 (28" tall) M&H Racemasters for the street. Hoping to go a 13-14" wheel with a max-sized slick, but still have to figure out exactly what will fit back there. New 17x8" RT-S wheels are on order from summit with 245-45-17 Michelin PSS tires. When I order the wheels and slicks, I'll get skinnies too.
- removed welded ultraflo mufflers and installed Superturbos to quiet it down, while installing an electric cutout. However, it did not make the car quiet enough and I'm looking at putting some stock cobra mufflers on it next.
The car was dyno-tuned and made 880 rwhp before the backpressure overwhelmed the 5-7 lbs wastegate spring and boost controller at 21 psi. There is plenty more left in the car. I'm not in a hurry to max it out, though. There are a lot of little things to work through, and until I have slicks, making more power is an exercise in futility.
Currently, I'm working through the tune and have dramatically improved cold-idle, idle, and around town driveability.
I recently noticed that I'm burning oil that I hope/think is a driver's side lower intake gasket issue. I just started working on it, today. It might take til after the holidays to work through it, though. Too much going on with final exams, visiting family, etc...
- Team-Z mini-tub
- Team-Z Outlaw 9" rear with 3.70 gears w/ fully adjustable upper & lower control arms, an anti-roll bar tabbed for wheelie bars and a removable parachute mount
- Strange 35-spine axles
- Double adjustable shocks & coil-overs
- resealed the entire engine and vented both valve covers to a catch can and dumped the PCV to relieve any pressure on the bottom end.
- Promotion Powertrain T56 from a Cobra but converted with the same G-force gearset that goes in the Rockland Standard Gear T56 in gears 1-4 with the 2.98 ratio in 1st. The 5th and 6th gears are stock at .8 and .63.
- McLeod "Original Street Twin" Disk clutch
- magnetic pickup for a driveshaft speed sensor that I haven't hooked up, yet. This will be my new speedometer.
- Weld RT-S S71 black wheels 17x12" with 325/45/17 (28" tall) M&H Racemasters for the street. Hoping to go a 13-14" wheel with a max-sized slick, but still have to figure out exactly what will fit back there. New 17x8" RT-S wheels are on order from summit with 245-45-17 Michelin PSS tires. When I order the wheels and slicks, I'll get skinnies too.
- removed welded ultraflo mufflers and installed Superturbos to quiet it down, while installing an electric cutout. However, it did not make the car quiet enough and I'm looking at putting some stock cobra mufflers on it next.
The car was dyno-tuned and made 880 rwhp before the backpressure overwhelmed the 5-7 lbs wastegate spring and boost controller at 21 psi. There is plenty more left in the car. I'm not in a hurry to max it out, though. There are a lot of little things to work through, and until I have slicks, making more power is an exercise in futility.
Currently, I'm working through the tune and have dramatically improved cold-idle, idle, and around town driveability.
I recently noticed that I'm burning oil that I hope/think is a driver's side lower intake gasket issue. I just started working on it, today. It might take til after the holidays to work through it, though. Too much going on with final exams, visiting family, etc...