The Rookie vs. the 25.5 project.
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Nothing new to report right now. I had to stop working on it to get some motor jobs out. Our season is just starting out West so it's a mad house around here... I hope to be caught up in a few weeks so I can get back on it... Even if it's part time.
I did make a major decision about the power adder. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I said I was going to use a Procharger... Well, I changed my mind about that. I'm going to go with a 106mm Turbo instead. I didn't make the change lightly... I talked with some other motor builders that have done it both ways and going with a turbo will allow me to compete in more classes, even if I have to change turbo sizes... That's a lot easer to do than change Prochargers so that's what I'm going to do.
I also decided to do a few changes to me set-up/trainer engine. I want to add some teeth to it to make it more interesting. I don't want it to be too big of a ET/MPH gap between the trainer engine and the purpose build engine... I'll post both engine build-ups in this thread, so those of you that are interested can follow ago with me as I go. The first engine won't be anything special, but the turbo engine should have few innovative ideas thrown in there... And I can't wait to get back on it!
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I got a little work done this week. The rear tunnel is boxed back in after I cut it out to make more room for the torque arm... Now I can lower the rear and make the car level with the 2" drop spindles I added up front.
![The Rookie vs. the 25.5 project.-picture-1171.jpg](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/drag-racing-tech/208233d1469144010t-rookie-vs-25-5-project-picture-1171.jpg)
I also cut off that huge windshield lip <(Don't know what else to call it)... I'm waiting on a metal brake to finish that up.
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And I put in a lift to make the work MUCH easer!![Nod](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_nod.gif)
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I also cut off that huge windshield lip <(Don't know what else to call it)... I'm waiting on a metal brake to finish that up.
![The Rookie vs. the 25.5 project.-picture-1160.jpg](https://ls1tech.com/forums/attachments/drag-racing-tech/208236d1469144010t-rookie-vs-25-5-project-picture-1160.jpg)
And I put in a lift to make the work MUCH easer!
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I also got some work done on my trainer/testing motor. And after some thought, I decided to make my own front motor plate and drive system for the fuel pump, dry-sump pump and alternator. All that stuff is in the drawing phase right now so bare with me..But when finished everything will mount to the engine and will not have to be removed to pull the engine...
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I have not made a sway bar yet... I'm still thinking about how I want to do it. But it will come from through the trunk panel and attach to a cross bar of the cage I have over that area. Give me a couple of weeks and I'll post up some pics.
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Great looking build man...I'm defenitly gonna subscribe to follow along on the progress.
Hopefully I can start my build here before long. This motivates the hell out of me to start.
Hopefully I can start my build here before long. This motivates the hell out of me to start.