DJ Mabe
04-29-2007, 05:06 PM
It's been a while and I'm not the best at updating the progress of the car but here goes. I took it out today for a long cruise. The GearVendor overdrive unit is a must for you standard auto guys. My gear ration is around a 4.11 with the short tires that I'm running on the car. I was able to cruise at 60mph at about 2500rpm's! It was great! This was the first time I had drivent the car with the OD unit working.
The other new update on the car is the Wilwood MC. This thing looks great. It's a fairly inexpensive piece for what you get. I still have't installed my slotted/drilled rotors but that will come. I have them in the garage, I just need to stop being so lazy. I'll probably swap these out when I get the new wheels. I ordered a set of Budnik Sparks that should be here in a week or so.
The radiator and grill are finally put together. What a PIA that was. I couldn't get anything to match up on the front to this car. Once I did have the grill in the aluminum radiator showed through so bad that you couldn't see the grill. So, I painted the center of the radiator black and installed a small horse.
Things that I still have to do... The NOS plate system I have isn't working. To put the plate on we had to cut the intake down almost .5". We we did this we were doomed. Installed the plate system, put it on the dyno and went. It's making almost 200hp on a 140 shot. The problem is it's not smooth. We put a camera on top of the intake to see what was gonig on. This showed us that under spray, the only ports getting the NOS is the center cylinders. We took so much plenum out of the intake that it's spraying to low in the intake and not getting equal distribution of the NOS. So, I have a fogger set up being built as we speak.
The other issues are small. I have to get the roll bar covered and I have to get a better sound system. I need more powerfull tunes. When I have the top down it's just weak.
Sorry for rambling. Here's a couple of pics I took today with the top down. Hope you enjoy.
DJ
The other new update on the car is the Wilwood MC. This thing looks great. It's a fairly inexpensive piece for what you get. I still have't installed my slotted/drilled rotors but that will come. I have them in the garage, I just need to stop being so lazy. I'll probably swap these out when I get the new wheels. I ordered a set of Budnik Sparks that should be here in a week or so.
The radiator and grill are finally put together. What a PIA that was. I couldn't get anything to match up on the front to this car. Once I did have the grill in the aluminum radiator showed through so bad that you couldn't see the grill. So, I painted the center of the radiator black and installed a small horse.
Things that I still have to do... The NOS plate system I have isn't working. To put the plate on we had to cut the intake down almost .5". We we did this we were doomed. Installed the plate system, put it on the dyno and went. It's making almost 200hp on a 140 shot. The problem is it's not smooth. We put a camera on top of the intake to see what was gonig on. This showed us that under spray, the only ports getting the NOS is the center cylinders. We took so much plenum out of the intake that it's spraying to low in the intake and not getting equal distribution of the NOS. So, I have a fogger set up being built as we speak.
The other issues are small. I have to get the roll bar covered and I have to get a better sound system. I need more powerfull tunes. When I have the top down it's just weak.
Sorry for rambling. Here's a couple of pics I took today with the top down. Hope you enjoy.
DJ