Hey all,
Just thought I'd let everyone know that ol' #07B is back home. They did the final tune yesterday at Modular Depot in Cincinnati. The numbers were OK for a N/A 2v car. It put down 287rwhp and 315ftlb torque. Ken said that he had already done 4 pulls with it in the tuning process and that it was 100+ deg. in the shop, so he thought the numbers were low. He said that if they would have cooled the car down and it was a normal day (temp wise) in the shop that it should have put down between 295-300rwhp and 330ftlb of torque. He also said that it'll put down better numbers once the motor gets some miles on it (it's was a crate motor).
The first drive was pretty cool! For starters, the sound is completely different. It has a bit of a lope at idle. At WOT it screams like a banchee. Those long-tubes, o/r x-pipe and Borla's make a good combo. Completely different then what it sounded like with the stock motor, exh. manifolds and h-pipe. I think the 4.10's would have made a heck of a difference on their own! Combine that with an additional 100+ rwhp and tq and it was a different car. I'm going to have to get a set of frame connectors and then better tires b/c 1st gear goes by pretty quickly. I can't imagine what it is like to drive some of your 400+rwhp cars! Is it just numbers, or can you actually get any of that hp to the ground? Anyways, I think it felt pretty good for what it is. Best of all, it still looks bone stock when I pop the hood (no CAI, no Blower, no N/X lines, just motor).
Now I'm going to move to the wheel/tire/brake department. Phun, phun, phun...
Just thought I'd let everyone know that ol' #07B is back home. They did the final tune yesterday at Modular Depot in Cincinnati. The numbers were OK for a N/A 2v car. It put down 287rwhp and 315ftlb torque. Ken said that he had already done 4 pulls with it in the tuning process and that it was 100+ deg. in the shop, so he thought the numbers were low. He said that if they would have cooled the car down and it was a normal day (temp wise) in the shop that it should have put down between 295-300rwhp and 330ftlb of torque. He also said that it'll put down better numbers once the motor gets some miles on it (it's was a crate motor).
The first drive was pretty cool! For starters, the sound is completely different. It has a bit of a lope at idle. At WOT it screams like a banchee. Those long-tubes, o/r x-pipe and Borla's make a good combo. Completely different then what it sounded like with the stock motor, exh. manifolds and h-pipe. I think the 4.10's would have made a heck of a difference on their own! Combine that with an additional 100+ rwhp and tq and it was a different car. I'm going to have to get a set of frame connectors and then better tires b/c 1st gear goes by pretty quickly. I can't imagine what it is like to drive some of your 400+rwhp cars! Is it just numbers, or can you actually get any of that hp to the ground? Anyways, I think it felt pretty good for what it is. Best of all, it still looks bone stock when I pop the hood (no CAI, no Blower, no N/X lines, just motor).
Now I'm going to move to the wheel/tire/brake department. Phun, phun, phun...
Hey, I had to do something. The motor that was in the car was a boat anchor...
