Nothing really new guys except a different cowl hood. Wanted something to clear a vortec intake cover. Just got it sprayed and mounted yesterday.

i do have a pretty big list of things to get done over this coming winter. With mine and my wife’s work schedule I won’t be getting it back to the track any this year.

So so far I’ve come up with

-10pt cage
-msd 2 step
-team z anti roll bar
-real tial 38mm wastegates to get these leaking rip off off my car
-bump steer kit
-new tires. Up in the air on drag radials vs slicks. Leaning towards slicks to absorb some of the shock when I get the transbrake hooked up. Car is mainly a
track car, if anyone has any recommendations on the topic lmk
-retune for 15psi+. I’m probably going to make the switch to race gas next year. Not sure which octane to run. I would go e85 but with the power I need to put down to get into the 9’s my pump will struggle and not sure I’ll have the cash for fuel system upgrades. I’m running a aem 400lph pump and Sd80s. I’ll talk more with my tuner about that
-switch interior over to black.
-also want to grab hptuners so I can make small changes myself

the goal is to take my combo into the 9s all of next year then eventually upgrade my turbo and go to a l33. After Xmas parts should start rolling in, kids/wife come first then the car.

Thanks man.

What pump are are you running now and what pump do you plan to switch to if that’s even necessary?

Lol my hood is a 10 footer but I knew it when I bought it. It waves at you and would need hours of body work that I don’t have the patience for to be right. That flat black plastidip hides it pretty well. If and when I ever have this car repainted I’ll have to buy a quality hood. It’s function over form for right now though, way more important stuff I need then a $600 hood at the moment.

i am leaning towards slicks I just worry about the rim slipping inside tire with the low air pressure you run slicks at. Plus that top end sway worries me. Might be over thinking it. I’ve just never run a bias ply tire.

When I was at lsfest there was a guy named jerry (super cool dude) with a sn95 named “blueballz” I was pitted with the first day. Was his first time on those slicks and they moved 6” every pass. Granted he was a stick car hitting the tires harder then I ever will

Scrolling threw my thread and realized I never posted my favorite pic of the car. Larry Chen took it at lsfest and I absolutely love it



Also realized I never put my one wheel lift off vid lol. Car was building boost like crazy that day and wanted to push threw the brakes

Good stuff!!

Correction: Larry Chen

autocorrect gets me every time. Fixed

Getting ready to order my 10pt cage from wild rides and having trouble deciding between the continuous a pillar design and the halo design.

Lol wanting which ever one will be the easiest and have the most access to weld right in the windshield area. Any opionions guys ?

After talking with Romulus22 I think I’m leaning towards the continuous a pillar design

Winter sucks to say the least.

Ive been collecting a few parts here and there. Grabbed a kirkey and racecraft seat bracket, pair of 275 pro’s with only a few passes on them, msd 2 step and I finally ordered my cage. Member Burning pulled me a black dash and some other black interior pieces. All I’m missing now is door panels.

Cage wont be here until after the first of the year. Was hoping to have it before that since I’ve got some time off work, is what it is. I’ll keep progress updated once I get the cages. Oh, also grabbed a new welder. Going to practice until I feel comfortable and weld it in myself. Also grabbed a 4ft piece of the same tubing to practice on until I can get right. If I doubt myself at all worst case scenario I tack it all in and pay someone to full weld it up

With winter here, bored out of my mind with nothin really to work on at the moment I’ve been debating on what to do with my set up.

Option 1- keep my current 4.8 gen3 motor and gt45, turn it up and run it until it blows. I think at he power I want to be at I’ll be on borrowed time but maybe not. I’m looking for 600-650 to the wheels

Option 2- bite the bullet and go ahead and buy a gen4 L33 and run my gt45. This would probably be the safest most reliable option for the power goals I’m looking for. I think I’ll max this gt45 out pretty easily but at the same time it’s going to help some other parts live a little longer

and option 3- go ahead and buy a l33 and upgrade my turbo to a 78/75 or 76/75. Sky is the limit with this setup. My driveshaft, tranny and fuel system is going to be the limiting factor there. Of course this option is ideal but harder to make happen money wise as I still have some other parts to buy

These options have have been playing threw my mind like crazy. my original plan was to take this combo as far as I can. But pushing this gen3 motor to tthe edge there is a lot of potential for failure. Idk maybe I’m over thinking it.

I hear ya on this one. I picked up another New Edge and am chomping at the bit to start working on it.

I would say this one would probably be best but it's all going to come down to money. Me personally I'd find anything gen 4 (4.8, 5.3, or 6.0) cheap and go from there. Save your cam for the new motor, put an old one back in the gen 3 and sell it off. At least it's worth something with all of it's parts still in the block haha. Then you just have to figure out how much you want to spend or just push everything to their limits and then start spending. Set a goal then maybe start knocking them off one by one, with the motor being the first (and possibly the most important). Just my thoughts.

I think my current motor has maybe 12/13 passes on it

after doing some gen3 digging I ran across this

https://ls1tech.com/forums/single-di...ong-block.html

im contemplating just throwing a s475 on it and run it till it pops. I’m limited to 750ish by fuel and tranny anyways