Progress Thread Budget 89 GT

[Anti_Hero0932]

Guys. in your opinion, a car thats got skinnys on the front and drag radials out back. will not be a corner cutter. straight line car but will be drove on the streets and probably raced a bit on the street.

take the front sway bar off or leave it?

 

[a91what]

leave the swaybar in place and just unbolt one side when you hit the track

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

thats true.. its not that hard to take it off and on

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

the 16th i will be painting this thing....

 

[a91what]

Have i mentioned yet that i am jealous of your workshop??

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

lol yeah i think so.... i love this place. ive worked in gravel driveways for many of years before i had this thing....

and in the winter its a lot of work to keep warm

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

heres how i used to get stuff done lol!

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

even painted a mustang n the same yard..... DONT JUDGE ME!

 

[a91what]

Im in that boat now!! i even painted mine in the yard too!

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

I know its not the right way to do it but ive done it a few times..... i dont want a show car just a good driver!


say do you know what bulbs the GT's take for the fog lights?

 

[stanglx2002]

I know its not the right way to do it but ive done it a few times..... i dont want a show car just a good driver!


say do you know what bulbs the GT's take for the fog lights?

Shiney ones







The OE bulbs are H3

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

Thank you!

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

got some color on the car... now to get the trim painted and start tuning on this thing..... hopefully i can get this thing tuned enough to drive it!

 

[stanglx2002]

Watchin and waiting

 

[kendawg73]

that's the boat I'm in too :-( but I have a asphalt driveway and a car port covering the car. hopefully I will be able to get back at it in a couple weeks if the weather finally gets and stays warm here in NJ. And I was thinking of getting one of those temp garages/shed tent thing for like 150.00 for HF to paint it in... ;-) same thing, don't need/want a show car...

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

yeah... im in eastern Missorui. its in the 60s now so im about to take this thing on its first drive. gonna see if i can use the micro squirt to auto tune it for a while then start nailing it down better.

 

[a91what]

you sure can, set autotune to advanced, set the rpm threshold to 1200 so it does not mess with the idle range. difficulty set to normal drive it real easy for the first few miles. look at the VE table, blend the table out a bit, set difficulty to hard... rinse, repeat.
this will get you started

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

thats what i was hoping for!

 

[Anti_Hero0932]

Well.. yesterday i took the car out of the garage. hooked the lap top up to it and let it go through the warm up cycle. it starts up and everything pretty good. idles good.

had a few little leaks here and there i had to fix BUT i did get to take her on her maiden voyage yesterday. i drove it for about 5 mins and let it auto tune the whole time and it really didnt drive to bad, i didnt get into any boost yet but i want to get the lower driving tables pretty well ironed out before i go puting this thing into boost.

hopefully ill get some time this weekend to drive it some more. my wife made me buy a bunch of landscaping stuff to do too ............ FML