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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 01:00 PM
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I didn't notice the the rpm drop between shifts. Guess I should have watched it more than once. Your right though, a better shift extention will help. There's always something to tweak, isn't there, it's never ending.
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I didn't notice the the rpm drop between shifts. Guess I should have watched it more than once. Your right though, a better shift extention will help. There's always something to tweak, isn't there, it's never ending.
Oh yea, I make within 7rwhp between 6700-7800 so if I can keep it in that spot it should pick up alot. Here a pic of an old dyno sheet durring the tuning process.
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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 08:57 AM
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Well so far its been all go and no show, so its time to make it a bit of a looker too. The body work is starting today. The LS1 SS Spoiler is on the way as well as some new emblems and badges, also a new set of headlights and a new GM OEM bumper. Just trying to figure out on the hood now either VFN sunoco 3" cowl or carbon 3" cowl. The dent guy is pulling out all of the dents now so I don't have to mud both of the quarters. I'll update some pics pretty soon, as well as the new intake and LS1 ram air design. Also plan on getting a set of 17" American Racing Torq Thrust M Silver Wheels for the street. Should look pretty trick when its done.
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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by quik95lt1
Well so far its been all go and no show, so its time to make it a bit of a looker too. The body work is starting today. The LS1 SS Spoiler is on the way as well as some new emblems and badges, also a new set of headlights and a new GM OEM bumper. Just trying to figure out on the hood now either VFN sunoco 3" cowl or carbon 3" cowl. The dent guy is pulling out all of the dents now so I don't have to mud both of the quarters. I'll update some pics pretty soon, as well as the new intake and LS1 ram air design. Also plan on getting a set of 17" American Racing Torq Thrust M Silver Wheels for the street. Should look pretty trick when its done.

Sounds like some hard but rewarding work to come. Are you getting the whole car painted or just the hood/bumper/spioler? What is the paint and body work going to cost?

I've got to get my front end repainted one of these days.
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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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Sounds like some hard but rewarding work to come. Are you getting the whole car painted or just the hood/bumper/spioler? What is the paint and body work going to cost?

I've got to get my front end repainted one of these days.
Were going to paint the whole car, paint I'm not sure on the cost. My buddy has a body shop and I'm pretty handy with body work myself so were going to do it ourseves. I won't be the first one we've done. As for labor cost I'm not sure what it would cost if you were to walk in off the street. Probably quite a bit I would think.

Yep, its going to take a while but if everything goes according to plan it should be pretty sick when its done and hopefully have another 50 hp or so!!
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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Robbie is doing the body work, that should keep him busy,

i hope your keeping the same color
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Robbie is doing the body work, that should keep him busy,

i hope your keeping the same color
Yea, were double teaming it. Its going to be the same color just a bit different.
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good, gonna look great once its all done!!
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Well I don't know how I overlooked this one but.....UNDERDRIVE Balancer!!!!! Hopefully another 10 hp or so that I completely ignored. I'll be heading to a DynoJet on saturday to get some real numbers to compare before I pull the intake off next week and start the single plane swap. I'll post up some vids and graphs this weekend after I get back.
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Originally Posted by quik95lt1
Well I don't know how I overlooked this one but.....UNDERDRIVE Balancer!!!!! Hopefully another 10 hp or so that I completely ignored. I'll be heading to a DynoJet on saturday to get some real numbers to compare before I pull the intake off next week and start the single plane swap. I'll post up some vids and graphs this weekend after I get back.
Where are you dyno-ing?
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Where are you dyno-ing?
Up at Dez racing.
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OK well time for an update........its been a long while about a year now. Been fighting alot of problems but heres the scoop:

We fixed the body and painted the car with the same color and also fitted it with a SUNNOCO VFN 3" Fiberglass hood. Also seeing I've been driving it on the street about 100 miles a week I threw a set of Prostars and MT ET Streets on it for street driving.

The motor has been running great but after popping a head gasket a few months back I head studed the motor and dropped down to a thinner cometic gasket so my new compression is 13.9:1. Also I fitted the car with a new Edelbrock Victor E Single plane with a wilson elbow and 105mm monoblade throttlebody. This helped out the car on the second half of the track but dogged it down quite a bit in the first half. The car ran a 1.52 60' with a 6.83 @101 1/8 and a 10.63@129 quarter. It lost about a tenth in the 1/8 vs. the old intake but picked up about .15 in the quarter which means its almost .25 faster on the high end of the track!!!

Last week I ripped the car apart to do some prep for the ltx shootout in bowling green. I upped the converter from a 4000 to a 5000 stall, installed an aluminum underdrive balancer, an aluminum driveshaft, pulled another 55lbs out of the car and finally fitted it with a much needed LS1 style ram air setup. I had just a filter on the throttlebody under the hood but it was starving for air and has IAT temps of 140+!!! I'll be recieveing the converter on friday and hopefully will have the car running saturday or sunday.

Updates comming soon of what it runs for time!!! In the mean time heres some pics of the last year of work.....















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Old Aug 3, 2010 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by quik95lt1
OK well time for an update........its been a long while about a year now. Been fighting alot of problems but heres the scoop:

We fixed the body and painted the car with the same color and also fitted it with a SUNNOCO VFN 3" Fiberglass hood. Also seeing I've been driving it on the street about 100 miles a week I threw a set of Prostars and MT ET Streets on it for street driving.

The motor has been running great but after popping a head gasket a few months back I head studed the motor and dropped down to a thinner cometic gasket so my new compression is 13.9:1. Also I fitted the car with a new Edelbrock Victor E Single plane with a wilson elbow and 105mm monoblade throttlebody. This helped out the car on the second half of the track but dogged it down quite a bit in the first half. The car ran a 1.52 60' with a 6.83 @101 1/8 and a 10.63@129 quarter. It lost about a tenth in the 1/8 vs. the old intake but picked up about .15 in the quarter which means its almost .25 faster on the high end of the track!!!

Last week I ripped the car apart to do some prep for the ltx shootout in bowling green. I upped the converter from a 4000 to a 5000 stall, installed an aluminum underdrive balancer, an aluminum driveshaft, pulled another 55lbs out of the car and finally fitted it with a much needed LS1 style ram air setup. I had just a filter on the throttlebody under the hood but it was starving for air and has IAT temps of 140+!!! I'll be recieveing the converter on friday and hopefully will have the car running saturday or sunday.

Updates comming soon of what it runs for time!!! In the mean time heres some pics of the last year of work.....
niice! haven't seen u on in awhile! good to see an update and daamn I love those quasar blue camaros! did you go w/ a chrisxxx/fasttoys style ls1 ram air?
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yeAA 508! w00t
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Originally Posted by z_speedfreak
niice! haven't seen u on in awhile! good to see an update and daamn I love those quasar blue camaros! did you go w/ a chrisxxx/fasttoys style ls1 ram air?

yeAA 508! w00t
exactly lol......yep i got one of the chrs1313 intakes for in front of the radiator and a fasttoys 104mm lid and some silicone 4 inch tubing to connect it to the throttle body.......thats actually tonight and tomorow night's project to get that on the car....the ud balancer and the cap and rotor are done......the headers repainted and wrapped.....so im waiting on the converter friday and the driveshaft tomorrow. hoping to be tearing up the streets sunday

and yea i was up at the worcester summer nats with it thats where that pic was from lol.........ill tell ya it was awesome to drive around the city with open headers and 14:1 compression......there were alot of pissed off car alarms that weekend lol
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looking good

The changes you have made and have planned should really wake the car up from it's already great #'s.
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looking good

The changes you have made and have planned should really wake the car up from it's already great #'s.
thanks!!!! yea im hoping to see some low ten's out of it.........are you the one i bought the driveshaft and ram air from over at speedinc?
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Originally Posted by quik95lt1
thanks!!!! yea im hoping to see some low ten's out of it........
I see no reason you would not see lo 10s from your combo. Very nice set up
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looks sharp , mike
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Looks great!! Hope to see it in BG!
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