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Wastegate rod comes to mind. Mine is totally stripped right now. No weatherstripping at all, rear quarters removed, front end, rear end, door handles, mirrors, etc.

8 cars is hard to believe but anything can happen on the street. Going by how much I used to get flamed by my own people for my near daily kills, I have to believe the guy. A bad launch, misshift, hesitation, etc can easily turn into 8 cars. My 12 second car used to beat a lot of 11 second cars...

I understand what you're saying. Alky will take more heat out of the charge air on a hotair than an intercooled car. But the intercooled car will still have the lower temps because it started out so much cooler. I've had a charge air guage on the car as a hotair, alky injected hotair...

Brad, are you feeling ok? J/K I do think alky is much, much better than nothing on a hotair.

His findings are interesting. I've never run a stock location intercooler, I've always had a front mount. I know from info on my dad's car that the stock location intercooler definately heats the air during stop and go driving up to a point. After a while, say when you hit full boost and the...

Whether it displaces air or not does not matter. I figured if it did, it wasn't much but it does take up some space in the charge air. My point was that you will go faster with an intercooler and even faster with an intercooler and alky. I personally don't like feeding the car a 20% mixture of...

Well maybe one day you will be able to match my pumpgas times with your alky tune. It's only been 5 years. Doesn't matter though, if you succeed, it just might motivate me enough to take the new motor to the track and then you'll be 5 years behind again.

It was a hair over 3,200lbs with 3/4 tank of gas. The only weight reduction was spare and jack removal and I guess you could count aftermarket rims. Oh yeah, and the stereo was stolen a few days prior lol. It had a couple things, headers, downpipe, tiny 200-200 cam because I couldn't find a...

I would love the edit feature for those drunk posts that even I can't understand what I was trying to say the next morning.

They were sold by Ramchargers for $80 but I think they went out of business. I was told Brian Weaver at G-body parts still has a few.

That's great. And with a little TA49 and only 15psi and street chip I was able to trap 110mph with a plugged catalytic convertor and nearly stock motor with an intercooler. Do you really think the zip tubes are there for alky injection? It's usually not a good idea to hit a wall and turn 180...

The new z06 is awesome in stock form, no one can argue with that. I think it's cool that in a 1/4 mile race, it doesn't take much money to make our cars hang with one. But still the z06 is quicker, a lot quicker stock for stock. If I could afford one I would own one. What really amazes me is...

I agree with you for the most part. I know what they recommend but a lot of times that's for the track when you have time to sit there stalling it up. I like to have a certain "feel" and responsiveness on the street. If you "play" around on the street, the looser convertors are nice when you're...

My dad is using a PTS with good results both in his DD and the stageII car. I have a vigillante lockup and it makes noise especially when coasting. It makes the car sound like a POS with the rattling it makes. I was always searching for loose flywheel and convertor bolts to cure the problem...

But 3,200 is much more fun!

Nah, reshaping the plenum makes the plate useless.

I'm actually running a T-66 and 3,200 now but it worked great with the 49 also. It's not necessary but the car is so responsive I could never go back. Driving normal you barely notice it. If you go with one of the newer 9" units like the Vigillante or 9-11 they're still very efficient plus you...

The stock convertor works ok. Everyone will tell you it's too much, but I really like my 9" lockup 3200 stall Vigillante. It's not needed but talk about a tire smoker with the 49. It's fine for daily driving, you barely notice it's there when you're cruising but put your foot in it from a stop...

While I knew what the outcome would be, I was still sad to see Ken get knocked out and retire. He showed a lot of class unlike someone else. I've hung out with Tito a lot, one of my friends used to manage him in the old days. He's a lot of fun to party with but if he doesn't need you he will...

Going from the charge air guage in the car, at WOT temps were the same with and without the cold air. At cruise they were a little cooler with the cold air. Problem is, if the cold air makes any sort of a restriction pre-turbo, the turbo will have to work harder with a higher pressure...