Saturday update:We have fire in the pipe!!!!Gonna take it up the road tomorrow and make sure everything works ok and then it’ll be time to get tuned finally
Little weekend update:Busy weekend for me helping the wife with her business stuff. I did manage to get more done on the car Monday.Got my intermediate shaft and axles in.Next I tossed the t case in and then realized I forgot to mark my...
So I’m prepping to get the car back together I noticed my axle intermediate shaft bearing had some play and just looked gross lolSo did some digging and found the right bearing through work to swap out.The bracket was gross so decided to...
Engine bay respray after sand blasted and clean up this mess for 31st shoot out . Some rust repair has begun. More to come. Lots to do over the fall and winter and spring . .need to take some time and get her right.
Weekend update:So when we took my trans out I noticed that one of the dowels didn’t quite look right so I went ahead and ordered a new set to put in.Not sure where I got this thing from but it was wayyyy off.The arp converter bolts that...
Saturday update:Went out Saturday morning to get the flexplate swapped out.All the bolts started coming out easy enough except for the last one…. I had one idea to try before having to pull out the big guns on thisSmacked this thing a...
Fueltech is installed. We have the start and idle tune just about done. It’s been so hot out in NC hard to work in the heat in spare time. Scrambling to get it ready for the shootout, I really need some track time to start tuning this thing.
Weekend update:Finally took the time to get the trans out!!Don’t have a cherry picker at the moment so two jacks it is LOLBuddy of mine came over to help me wrestle this thing to the ground.The hole where the trans used to be...
Figured I would share this here to help spread some awareness for what might be happening for the auto dsm. We are down to 5 preorders left to fill spots for. This is a huge improvement for a converter option for the platform! If the is...
Finally got to make some headway getting the trans out of the car to swap the flexplate outThe easy side to tear apart lolWas super happy that the axle didn’t fight me this time lolSo ran into a couple issue taking the trans outSo I...
Well not much going on with the car. Been super busy with adult duties but I did put a payment down on something…Circle d converters is possibly considering making bolt together converters for the w4a33 trans. I went ahead and hopped on the...
LETS FREAKIN GOOO!!
Picked up the rest of my new engine parts today huge shout out to @Spleen8urLSX for this damn sexy block! This is finally the engine this car and set up deserves 9s loading🏁
Like I said, every time you look at how good it looks just remember I painted it high off my ass on paint fumes while I had the Covid-19 not realizing the engine enamel had strong fumes. Glad to be part of it for all these years now and I seen...
Who's doing your head? BTW, we have Darren Thomas Racing over here in Oklahoma. He can do both; rebuild your auto trans and your head. Just a note for next time. Loving the project.