"Payback" is officially underway!

[Vegas69]

Hey Jake....welcome man!

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

thing of beauty.

[bigboi]

I could sit here and write about everything I like about your car... But... I am not going to do that.

I am just going to say one thing...

Your car is ONE BAD A$$ MOFO!!! HOLY CRAP!!!

:twothumbs

[Vegas69]

Thanks boys:cheers:

[Vegas69]

Part of building these things is tuning and lot's of it. Built from scratch means tweaking this and that to get things optimal. I've had a tip in hesitation since day one, my plugs are burning a little fat, and my radiator recovery system needed some work.
With a MSD Pro Billet distributor you have no vacuum advance. With a large camshaft that means low vacuum at idle. To help with vacuum and signal to the carb you want as much intial timing as possible. The problem is as you increase intial you increase total. Today I pulled my distributor apart to find a 21 degree bushing and the heaviest springs MSD makes. Not optimal by any means. I replaced the bushing with the black 18 degree and used the blue springs. Now advance will come in 500 rpm sooner and I can add 3 degrees initial timing.
My engine was dyno tuned in NC. I am at 2500 ft elevation and in a drier climate. I have used formulas in the past to change jets on my quad. Basically I needed to jet down .002 front and back to 79/87.
I was using a catch can which would probably work for some. With the half height body bushings it does make your engine set higher in relation to the radiator. Basically what would happen is I would top it off and drive it, as the coolant expanded it would go in the catch can . Well after a few drives the coolant would get low enough it would get an air pocket in the intake at the sensor. No problem if I topped it off ever couple times. Now I have a recovery style resorvoir. It will pull the expanded coolant back as it cools like a new car.
So I rejetted and reset the float levels, adjusted the air mixture screws and added a few degrees of initial timing. Car has never run better or smoother. In fact it's helped my vibration at freeway speeds 85-95. The poly engine mounts go in next and that will eliminate almost all of that. Tip in heistation has vastly improved. Probably going to have to send in the metering blocks to get rid of it 100%. For now it's 100% better than before all the tweaking. All and all one of the best days of work yet. Just keeps getting better!
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[Vegas69]

It's been a while but I have a pretty exciting update. Got back from Christmas vacation to some awesome progress. I really like the direction they are going. He had the panel done that fits over the amp and the rear package tray but didn't get any photos. They said it sounds great ...but the battery was out. Really looking forward to them working the back seat. Findlay Customs has some talent. Check it out.
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[1969CamaroRS]

Oh Amp in the middle between 2 6x9s, interesting idea. Did you happen to see if they boxed in the middle sub-woofer underneath? Or is it open air sub-woofer? Looks really good!

[Vegas69]

The box the amp is mounted to also houses the sub woofer. There is a panel that fits around the amp and conceals everything else. I was really pleasantly suprised. That was the plan from the start but he executed it brilliantly.

[gmjj13]

looking good. are they building you a custom package tray as well? is the amp JL also? this is one sick build...:twothumbs

[Vegas69]

Yep the package tray and roll bar pieces are art themselves. I'll make sure to get some photos of them. I didn't even notice the port next to the sub. The package tray will be covered in suede. It's a JL 6 channel.

[Motown 454]

Looks Good Todd ! It nice that their close enough for you to go see the work in progress.

[g356gear]

Is that a G-link rear suspension?

[Vegas69]

G-Bar

[Flash68]

G-Bar

Todd, do you plan on doing any 1/4 mile runs for fun?

[Vegas69]

Absoflippinlutely.....Chassis dyno first though to dial in my main jets.

[Flash68]

Absoflippinlutely.....Chassis dyno first though to dial in my main jets.

I like it! :machine:

[Lenie]

Todd it was good to me you at the SEMA dinner. Enjoyed seeing your car, looks to be coming along very nice. I will also be going with JL. Good Luck.
Lenie

[Vegas69]

I got to hear the stereo today. Sounds so clean and good!!! Here is the piece for the rear deck. It will be covered in suede and conceal the speakers and port. The rear seat frame is fit as well.
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[1969CamaroRS]

I got to hear the stereo today. Sounds so clean and good!!! Here is the piece for the rear deck. It will be covered in suede and conceal the speakers and port. The rear seat frame is fit as well.
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The far left and right cutouts I get as well as the center section for the sub, but what is to the right of the sub? Tweeters? Looks good thou. Giving me a lot of ideas for my audio system :smoke:

[skatinjay27]

its for the rectangle tuned port from the sub enclosure.

[skatinjay27]

Absoflippinlutely.....Chassis dyno first though to dial in my main jets.have fun getting traction!!!!!!!!!!!

[Vegas69]

its for the rectangle tuned port from the sub enclosure.
Thank you sir. They are doing one hell of a good job.

[jonesmoto]

You have a sick car Todd. Would be neat to see it in person the next time I am in vegas. Would really like to see a Prodigy car in person. I know Frank and the crew do some awesome work. Keep the updates coming.

[Vegas69]

Thanks Tim....feel free to stop by next time your in town. Hope to have it back from the interior shop in a couple weeks.:)

[Vegas69]

It's been a while since I updated my thread. The car is done minus AC/Heat. I'll be over at Red Rock Harley Davidson for a car/bike show tomorrow from 10-3. http://www.redrockharley.com/ Feel free to stop by and say hey.
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[1971CHEVELLE]

Wow........Awesome car looking very good :1st: congrats