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Old 10-23-2003, 08:06 PM
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I built my own motor in my garage. It is a stock 6.0L block (no overbore), 5.7 crank, Comp cam (232/234 .595/.598 112), and Absolute Speed 5.3L heads. The motor has about 30 miles on it. I was hoping for 11.5s during the shake-down runs.

The setup really exceeded my initial expectations. I have no tuning yet! Ran three 11.2s at 119 and my best 60-foot was 1.50! I am quite happy with this. Autotap showed 2-3 degrees of KR during the passes. May be running too much timing for the pump gas and 11:1 CR. Need to get on the dyno ASAP!

Believe the car is good for 10s on the motor and then the spray comes
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Awesome results, what kind of timing are you running?
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Cool Todd,looks like the hard work is paying off.
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Was set up for 29 degrees based on tuning from my old motor. Prolly need to ease it back a little on the 92 octane.
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That's AWESOME, Todd. Congrats!
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Awsome... I am hoping to try out my new LS6 heads from Jay on Saturday..
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awesome.. with my TEA heads and 93 gas im running 26degrees... I dont believe we saw any gain from going to 28-29 on the dyno

awesome ET's... it will take ya a few to get the hang of the car then you will be back on track

my first passes this year only saw 11.5@119 on a crappy 1.65 with the TEA's...

im to broke to go back to the track now

good luck man and awesome results.. AS heads rock
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Congrats Todd,glad you got it running again and able to race it. Were you able to figure out your missfire problem ok?
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Very nice times, you are making some great power.
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Thanks Guys \

Alan...the misfire was due to the plugs for two of the injectors. My car has seen so much work, that the wires were just worn out.

If you run into any mysterious misfires in the future, check those injector plugs for good 12v current. My meter showed 12v, but whe the wires was tweaked a little, the voltage would drop to 0. I took the connectors apart and rewired and soldered everything back together. Voila! Misfire gone!

See at the shootout in a few weeks! No spray this time
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That's damn good for no tuning and KR Todd. Definately 123+ mph traps in your future with tuning and no knock. Props!


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Congrats!
You're really getting my expectations up.. I'm waiting for my 5.3's and cam from Jay, everything should be ready shorty.
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I made 4 passes total, here are my bests for each category:

60-foot - 1.504 (on my worst pass of 11.32 - hit limiter bad on 1-2)
1/8 ET - 7.137
1/8MPH - 99.75
1/4 ET - 11.239
1/4MPH - 119.96

Thanks Jay! Your heads rock!
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SWEET! i just wanted to know the MPH, because yours is such a similar setup to mine. but that makes me smile glad to see that you finally got it back out Todd. cant wait to see what it'll do on the spray.
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Got dyno time for Sat. Will let you know how things go
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Well, so much for the 6.0 blocks suck threads. Great job man!
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Awesome Todd .. Jay does great work his heads flat out rock. I was at his shop some time ago when he was working on your heads and he was very happy with the way they came out. 10's are just around the corner for ya.
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It is good to see your hard work pay off,congrats.

Good luck at the dyno and hope to hear you go 10s on that "heavy" motor.
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congrats! 1/8th mile mph is indicative of 124mph traps. Are you running a loose stall without lockup?

Cheers,
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