It is coming back. Went from a 9.7 @ 140 THS car with a ton left into it, to swapped 5.3 turbo project that was 95% finished, now back to a ths car. Full circle lol
Anyways, this year is going to be mainly focused on getting it back into ths form. I never cut anything on the car during the swap, so that is a good thing. Bad thing is I sold everything except for the ac components and accessories. The car will have good suspension this year but will definitely be low on horsepower. Nothing fancy under the hood. Mid ten second slips are the goal.
The car ran 9.7 with high 1.4 60's. At the time it had hr parts uppers and lowers in the rear with stock shocks in the rear, qa1's in the front with stock arms. Also had hr bar in the rear. Now the car has baselinesuspensions.com rear components, qa1's, and hr bar.
Front suspension is PA racing uppers and lowers. Don't have shocks yet but most likely will be something double adjustable.
I sold my beloved v1 intercooler (still sad about that.) I did pick up a fmic that has a 3" core. I'm told it is a cottons piece. Whatever it is, it is about 50lbs lighter than the v1 was.
I also sold my old engine management. Had an accel gen7. Should have kept that too. I was just figuring out how to get fancy with pulling and adding timing and changing fueling during the run and sending outputs to my innovative boost controller, which I sold too. I was really starting to master all that. Now I have a holley efi system which I know zilch about. Going to be a huge learning curve here. I do plan on using it's built in boost controller and 2 and 3 steps eventually. But that is definitely down the road.
I no longer have my EA 200. I traded that for an EA 400. Hoping the 400 rule passes because I would really like to keep the 400. I have a 9.5 ptc converter for it too.
As far as the engine, I don't have anything special right now. I picked up a set of cleaned up stock heads that still have the stock valves. Came with a full throttle roller cam, not sure which one but the guy said he made like 550 to the wheels with it. I have a girdle, but no block or rotating assemble. Not sure exactly what I'm going to do yet.
For the turbo, I'd like to get a billet 67 eventually but will be using a mystery turbo I got from a car I parted out. I think it is a Chinese turbo lol. Definitely smaller than 60mm. It will do for this year though.
I still have the fuel system I had in the car from years ago which was a homemade double pumper. It had a - 10 line going to the front. However I did buy a weldon 2025 and a 10 gal fuel cell. Probably not going to use that stuff. May sell it to help fund the motor. I know the double pump was was more than enough to run mid 9's.
I will post stuff as I go along. Been working out of town with a newer job I got. This job makes way more but I can't do my side work like I used to do that funded the race car. Haven't figured out how to make racing money yet. Wife doesn't allow me to spend my pay check money on the car lol. My garage is a disaster plus there is another car in there that needs to find a new home ASAP. All this stuff has killed any progress so far..plus my wife is getting on me about moving to a new house here soon. Despite all this, my motivation is high. Hope to make bpg and bg this year.
So... If you see me trying to sell parts on here... Please buy them and help fund the cause!!
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