nightspeed87
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- May 2, 2006
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Tampa,
Florida
SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING UNTIL NOW
About 8 months ago one of my best friends PHIZZLE99GST got sent to Iraq and is risking his life everyday. I pray for ya and love ya man.
He has charged me with continuing the project with his car.
Which I gladly accept
Before he left he overheated his car because of that Huge FMIC, now there is also Oil Leaking out of somewhere unknown, I am thinking between the head and the block, but am unsure.
I in TN the car is in MI, but I am going to have it put on a Flatbed and transported to a great DSM shop in Wisconsin. That shop will be doing most of all the work on getting the car, getting it back up and running. I need to manage the budget, pick the parts, and call the shots.
PHIZZLE99GSTs goals remain the same, high 11s low 12s in the ¼ mile (with Racegas/Slicks) HIS CURRENT MODS ARE IN HIS PROFILE
His budget to work with for now is $3500
We dont have to meet his goal with this, but we would like to Keep moving towards it as best we can. Your input would be appreciated here.
HERE ARE MY THOUGHTS
I am thinking the Headgasket is Blown. So this is how I will break it down,
Cometic HG + ARP headstuds = $1200 installed
Koyo Radiator + Good slimline Fans = $500 installed
FP 2 Cams = $450 (maybe + $100 for install)
1G DSM TB = $50
Magnus Intake Manifold = $700 ( maybe + $100 for the install )
$ 3100.00
(i would have them do all this work at once when the Head is ripped off the block, which should save time and money)
Add a Dyno Tune Session
$200
Total: $3300.00
And i wish him best luck overseas
and as far as the shop prices thats very high, you might as well have them put cams and cam gears in also for that price while the head is off for the hg.
Thats why I started doing stuff myself now after paying ppl to do stuff so much and not even getting good work half the time from greese monkey shops and tuners. It just gets too expensive to mod a car and have someone else do it... Thats half the money in modifications right there...
I say use your money in direction towards getting some slicks and then building the suspension up and tranny and getting LSD... That will be the best mods you can do at this point in getting better times....
(wish I could have parts rolling in this fast, i wouldve been done by now .)