The Sexy Grandma 15 day build

[fst91dsm]

Hey, Alex, I just read about the break. Sorry to hear, but I'm glad you're keeping the car and working with it. (I just bought a '91 GSX with half the chassis miles that I'm switching over to.)



So what is this other project you're working on now that you've piqued our interest?

This is my other project...

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Its been in the family since it was new in 1976. Shes getting a new motor that Im putting together and should be quite fun. 80+mph on the water.

 

[marcmsj]

I'm curious about your tensioner that failed. Was it the hydraulic tensioner or the roller tensioner. Did the bolt break?

I'm finishing up my build and it's got me just a tad concerned I know how much money and time go into these things and to have a failure is very frustrating to say the least. I just want to have all my bases covered.

 

[fst91dsm]

I'm curious about your tensioner that failed. Was it the hydraulic tensioner or the roller tensioner. Did the bolt break?

I'm finishing up my build and it's got me just a tad concerned I know how much money and time go into these things and to have a failure is very frustrating to say the least. I just want to have all my bases covered.

Its a Hydro and no bolts broke.

 

[MattratfTSI]

This is my other project...

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Its been in the family since it was new in 1976. Shes getting a new motor that Im putting together and should be quite fun. 80+mph on the water.

Wow what is this thing? does it have an impeller like a jetboat or a prop?

 

[twack]

and what the hell is wrong with the engine in it, looks plenty big

 

[fst91dsm]

Its a Jet, 1976 Eliminator Bubble Deck with the original paint too. The motor was getting tired and was only goin 73mpg on GPS and I wanted to go faster. I ride in my dads twin turbo jet boat a bunch and love the speed of that but this is a little smaller so 85'ish will do just fine. The motor is plenty big (Chevy 454) but I got a new Eagle Rotating Assy and a Edelbrock Power Pack so she should make 615hp N/A. Well thats what they say at least.

With an update with the Talon, we got the old Polk head back today and were putting it on tomorrow. The head is WAY different then the SBR head, the ports are bigger, intake and exhaust in the Polk head and the machine work looks sooooo much better. Hopefully this will fix the problem of the car dropping torque like crazy. Its one of the biggest things that changed as of last year. Kinda. So we will see.

 

[aadperformance]

great build! But i think the title needs to read 15 month build now in light of all the issues coming up

 

[fst91dsm]

great build! But i think the title needs to read 15 month build now in light of all the issues coming up

Lol, very very true. I would love to change the title of the post to a regular named build thread but I cant change it to my knowledge only a Mod can.

 

[flashburn02]

Nice work thus far, sorry about the belt.

I read the whole thread and I have to give you some nice props. I love these one off fab jobs. I hope your head works out and your belts don't skip.

Cheers.

 

[flashburn02]

Oh and with the jet boat: I can't wait for some chick's hair to get sucked into the intake!

 

[1993-Talon-TSI]

Is it possible for you to get a picture of the bad tensioner? I'm Curious to see where it failed, i seem to have a hydro tensioner that gets soft on me from time to time, and mines brand new!
From what you have said, i'm Not sure where yours failed, internally or broke into peices?

Thanks!

 

[dazzellerr]

what weekend are you planning on coming here (boise?)
i am interested to see the car, as i am sure jake is as well.
let me know, i would love to see it in person. firebird is a 20 minute drive from my house.

***edit*** nevermind, you are coming this weekend . i imagine the 4th correct?

 

[fst91dsm]

what weekend are you planning on coming here (boise?)
i am interested to see the car, as i am sure jake is as well.
let me know, i would love to see it in person. firebird is a 20 minute drive from my house.

***edit*** nevermind, you are coming this weekend . i imagine the 4th correct?

The 4th is correct. Lets hope it dosnt rain. The car is getting back together right now...

 

[hpexperts]

keep us posted man on what it does!!

 

[StumpmanOH]

Thats Awesome, Never seen anything like it, your giving me ideas....

 

[dazzellerr]

you will probably have to cancel man, seems we have a 60 percent chance of rain throughout the weekend.
if you want to really check the weather here, dont look at boise's weather, look at emmett idaho's weather. it is closer to that town than boise.
but, pretty much all of idaho is going to get wet on the weekend. damn weather gods!

 

[meliketoball]

I like the push fittings. Those are the same ones I used on my paintball guns.

 

[fst91dsm]

you will probably have to cancel man, seems we have a 60 percent chance of rain throughout the weekend.
if you want to really check the weather here, dont look at boise's weather, look at emmett idaho's weather. it is closer to that town than boise.
but, pretty much all of idaho is going to get wet on the weekend. damn weather gods!

That sucks... Thankfully PIR is open all of this month so we should be able to run there at least once.

 

[slow1stgen]

hey let us know if and when you will make it to PIR.. Good luck again!!

 

[fst91dsm]

hey let us know if and when you will make it to PIR.. Good luck again!!

Ill let everybody know for sure.

 

[Slippi84]

I take it that it rained cause no videos or info on times

Your build got me motivated to go all out with my build. What are you looking for the first time out time wise?

 

[fst91dsm]

I take it that it rained cause no videos or info on times

Your build got me motivated to go all out with my build. What are you looking for the first time out time wise?

Ya, it was raining all weekend up here. Hopefully Fri. or Sat. shell see the track for the first time this year. For the first passes Ill be happy with 9.7's. I know the car will have alot more in it but for the first time Im going to want to take it easy. And make sure I dont piss myself.

 

[Slippi84]

Ya, it was raining all weekend up here. Hopefully Fri. or Sat. shell see the track for the first time this year. For the first passes Ill be happy with 9.7's. I know the car will have alot more in it but for the first time Im going to want to take it easy. And make sure I dont piss myself.

take it easy boooo drtive it like you stole it Good luck man def hope you get the times your looking for. I"m very interested to see how the water to air does with the bigger setup. See I have been thinking about going with the same style from frozenboost.com but they that the barrel style IC is only rated to like 700-900cfm which tech shouldn't be enough to support your hp or times but it obviously is.

 

[fst91dsm]

take it easy boooo drtive it like you stole it Good luck man def hope you get the times your looking for. I"m very interested to see how the water to air does with the bigger setup. See I have been thinking about going with the same style from frozenboost.com but they that the barrel style IC is only rated to like 700-900cfm which tech shouldn't be enough to support your hp or times but it obviously is.

No worries, Ill for sure rail the piss out of her. Im just talking about the first one or two passes Ill take it easy. I think I posted how the Air-Water did on the dyno, it dropped IAT's to 52 degrees at idle and cruise and only came up to about 70 at the end of a 4th gear pull. The temp inside the shop was near 75 degrees. After the passes Ill post how it did as well.

 

[Slippi84]

No worries, Ill for sure rail the piss out of her. Im just talking about the first one or two passes Ill take it easy. I think I posted how the Air-Water did on the dyno, it dropped IAT's to 52 degrees at idle and cruise and only came up to about 70 at the end of a 4th gear pull. The temp inside the shop was near 75 degrees. After the passes Ill post how it did as well.

I know that the water to air is the truth at cooling but as for flow I see that the barrel style is suposedly only rated to like 700-900cfm flow but your build gives me the piece of mind to just go for it and make a setup similar to the original you had with the gt35r.