Another n/a 5.0 in the 12s...VIDEO inside
Hey all, I have been a member here for a little bit now, but I haven't really posted anything. In fact, I think this might be my first post. Anyway, I have a 1993 Reef Blue LX Coupe 5-speed and just this past year bought it with around 34,000 original miles. Still has the original paint, factory rims were mint; it even had the stock air box with the air silencer (don't see that too much anymore). The car already had ancient FMS shorties, a good 'ol Flowmaster mid-pipe back exhaust, FMS plug wires, and the FMS silicone radiator hose kit. That was about it. My father and I finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to throw on some modifications First were UDPs, x-pipe, bumped timing, a chip, and a nice large radiator. Picked up a good amount of power and torque, but we wanted to break 300 to the wheels and of course clip off some 12 sec times.
So we decided to throw on some TFS TW heads with 1.6 Harland Sharp RRs, E303 cam, Mac 1 3/4" LTs w/ 3" out to custom 3" x-pipe, to 2.5" Borla XR1 mufflers to some nice 3" tailpipes, GT40 upper/lower intake with phenolic spacer, 30lb inj, 190lph fuel pump, 65mm TB, C&L 73mm MAF, large open conical air filter, Mark VIII electric fan, 130amp SN95 alt, and a re-tuned chip - that's the engine mods. Next was the suspension - Steeda sub frame connectors, Strange 10-way Adj shocks struts on all 4 corners, FMS B-springs, CHE LCAs, BBK UCAs, and additional bushings around the car to tighten things up. Of course, I had to put in a short shifter so I went with the MGW, and we also put bushings on the cross member to get rid of the tranny twist. And finally, some shoes - 17x9 American Racing Black Bullits with 245 45 R17 Firestone Ovals on the front and 275 40 R17 Mickey Thompson E.T. Streets on the rear
Took it out to the track for the first time and ran 12.8@108 for the cutting 1.8 60's. Come to find out later, we were only making about 290whp and running way lean. So we got her richened back up, added a littler more timing through chip and made 305whp and 336wtq. Then took her out last Saturday and cut a best time of [email protected] with a 1.74 60' Still had the front sway bar on, spare in the back, full interior, A/C and P/S - just tires and shocks adjusted. It probably weighs close to 3200 with me in it, but I don't for sure.
Here is a video - http://www.lundracing.com/videos/5oh_12-49_at_110.mov (about 4MB).
Anyway, just figured I would share it. Enjoy I will try to get some pics of the car up soon.
Hey all, I have been a member here for a little bit now, but I haven't really posted anything. In fact, I think this might be my first post. Anyway, I have a 1993 Reef Blue LX Coupe 5-speed and just this past year bought it with around 34,000 original miles. Still has the original paint, factory rims were mint; it even had the stock air box with the air silencer (don't see that too much anymore). The car already had ancient FMS shorties, a good 'ol Flowmaster mid-pipe back exhaust, FMS plug wires, and the FMS silicone radiator hose kit. That was about it. My father and I finally couldn't stand it anymore and decided to throw on some modifications First were UDPs, x-pipe, bumped timing, a chip, and a nice large radiator. Picked up a good amount of power and torque, but we wanted to break 300 to the wheels and of course clip off some 12 sec times.
So we decided to throw on some TFS TW heads with 1.6 Harland Sharp RRs, E303 cam, Mac 1 3/4" LTs w/ 3" out to custom 3" x-pipe, to 2.5" Borla XR1 mufflers to some nice 3" tailpipes, GT40 upper/lower intake with phenolic spacer, 30lb inj, 190lph fuel pump, 65mm TB, C&L 73mm MAF, large open conical air filter, Mark VIII electric fan, 130amp SN95 alt, and a re-tuned chip - that's the engine mods. Next was the suspension - Steeda sub frame connectors, Strange 10-way Adj shocks struts on all 4 corners, FMS B-springs, CHE LCAs, BBK UCAs, and additional bushings around the car to tighten things up. Of course, I had to put in a short shifter so I went with the MGW, and we also put bushings on the cross member to get rid of the tranny twist. And finally, some shoes - 17x9 American Racing Black Bullits with 245 45 R17 Firestone Ovals on the front and 275 40 R17 Mickey Thompson E.T. Streets on the rear
Took it out to the track for the first time and ran 12.8@108 for the cutting 1.8 60's. Come to find out later, we were only making about 290whp and running way lean. So we got her richened back up, added a littler more timing through chip and made 305whp and 336wtq. Then took her out last Saturday and cut a best time of [email protected] with a 1.74 60' Still had the front sway bar on, spare in the back, full interior, A/C and P/S - just tires and shocks adjusted. It probably weighs close to 3200 with me in it, but I don't for sure.
Here is a video - http://www.lundracing.com/videos/5oh_12-49_at_110.mov (about 4MB).
Anyway, just figured I would share it. Enjoy I will try to get some pics of the car up soon.