Mach Par
12-07-2015, 07:27 AM
This isn't your typical project thread I guess. Instead of starting with something old and rusty, I decided to use my 2009 G8 GT. I went to LS Fest this year and was amazed at what the G8s were doing on the strip and was intrigued by the cars doing auto x. I've never done auto x before, or seen it, for that matter. I thought about working on one of the Mustangs or the Le Mans that is stuffed in the garage but the amount of money I would have to invest in them to even get them road worthy was out of the question. Why not just use my daily driver?
i bought the car a year and a half ago and had zero intentions on doing any mods to it. I had just started a new job and was supposed to be using this car as a commuter only. Two weeks after I got it, it already has axle backs and an intake. A couple months later it a set of Kooks headers and x pipe found it's way on the car. For such a big car it didn't do too bad at the track. It would run 12.80s @108-109 pretty consistently. Last November a lifter got jacked up thanks to the DoD set up on the car. Took me a couple days to pull the heads, replace all the lifters and install some ******* off spec cam that BTR had on the shelf. Got the car tuned by James at ShorTuning and it put down a measly 391whp. Car was awful to drive on the stock stall and it pushed through the brakes all the time.
I came into into a bit of money a few months ago and decided to go ahead and plop some money down on this project. Contacted a few different vendors and ordered all my parts I think I need. I wanted to go forced induction so I purchased a Magnuson tvs1900 kit, RCR blower cam and ID850 injectors. Fuel is going to be pumped to the front using a Squash big single pump. My Vararam intake won't work with the Maggie so a Rotofab is taking its place. The shocks and struts were worn out on my car and had to go. Other than coil overs, there's not much in the way of struts for my car. Decided on using FE3 ones from the GXP model. They're gas charged and quite a bit more firm. I didn't think I would need springs at the time, but I'm going to replace them in the future. The strut mount bushings were so worn out that the car sits higher now than before.
Im waiting on some of the parts to come in but I went ahead and installed the new blower cam and the FE3 suspension. The car is driving and handling better than it ever has. I'll do my best to get some photos uploaded of my progress.
i bought the car a year and a half ago and had zero intentions on doing any mods to it. I had just started a new job and was supposed to be using this car as a commuter only. Two weeks after I got it, it already has axle backs and an intake. A couple months later it a set of Kooks headers and x pipe found it's way on the car. For such a big car it didn't do too bad at the track. It would run 12.80s @108-109 pretty consistently. Last November a lifter got jacked up thanks to the DoD set up on the car. Took me a couple days to pull the heads, replace all the lifters and install some ******* off spec cam that BTR had on the shelf. Got the car tuned by James at ShorTuning and it put down a measly 391whp. Car was awful to drive on the stock stall and it pushed through the brakes all the time.
I came into into a bit of money a few months ago and decided to go ahead and plop some money down on this project. Contacted a few different vendors and ordered all my parts I think I need. I wanted to go forced induction so I purchased a Magnuson tvs1900 kit, RCR blower cam and ID850 injectors. Fuel is going to be pumped to the front using a Squash big single pump. My Vararam intake won't work with the Maggie so a Rotofab is taking its place. The shocks and struts were worn out on my car and had to go. Other than coil overs, there's not much in the way of struts for my car. Decided on using FE3 ones from the GXP model. They're gas charged and quite a bit more firm. I didn't think I would need springs at the time, but I'm going to replace them in the future. The strut mount bushings were so worn out that the car sits higher now than before.
Im waiting on some of the parts to come in but I went ahead and installed the new blower cam and the FE3 suspension. The car is driving and handling better than it ever has. I'll do my best to get some photos uploaded of my progress.