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Old 02-04-2014, 03:26 PM
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I've never spoke to a lady at Flat Out, Mark is the owner.. Talk with him.
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It was over a year ago
Old 02-16-2014, 01:33 PM
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Well we went and picked up the car yesterday from Troy at Twisted Chassis in Janesville Wisconsin. It was mostly uneventful, and COLD! Between the cold, and all the snow we have up here things took longer than expected so I did not have time to get many pics. Chris and I met up and then went to go pick up the trailer which was buried in snow. Most of the snow around the trailer was cleared out, but it was all ice in front of it, so the truck was struggling for traction. After a whole lot of back and forth, and a good amount of salt we finally got it out. We assumed the 18" of snow on top of the trailer would blow off on our hour or so drive up north. That didn't work out, so when we stopped for some food we kicked as much off as we could and made a nice mess of the Wendy's parking lot. Even what was left after that mostly stayed in place while doing 80 down the highway. We have some stubborn snow around there parts!

When we got to Troy's I left the camera in the truck, so I didn't get any detail shots of the car. After Chris shoveled off the trailer, and I torched out he D-rings, we got it loaded up without much incident. I will say the snow does certainly help for moving the car around with a spool Here is a couple of pics of Chris tying down the back, and the car all loaded up.









And the only pic of any of the detail of the cage (for now)


The cage looked awesome, and we were both very happy with how it all came out. There is still a little work to be done, but everything looks great! While I was snapping pics, Chris realized that we were behind schedule by a good amount. So we had to quickly wrap everything up, and haul *** back. You will notice that we had both safety pins in the chute but not the cable. Well, we either should have had the cable in (which I looked at, and decided there was no need), or taken out the one that holds back the launcher so there was tension on the pack. Since we did neither of those, the pin holding the pack fell out (also note it was flag down), and the chute came out on the highway! It was not very dramatic since we strap the car down tight, but it sure was funny as hell! I wish I would have gotten a pic, but Chris pulled it over quickly, and we just tossed it in the back of the car and kept going.

Then it was just a matter of trying to back the whole deal up the driveway, get the car unloaded, and put away in the freezing cold so Chris could get home in time. Nothing too exciting there, just cold.

Now that its back, next weekend we are going to more or less just go over everything and get a game plan together. There are a few other things we decided to change, but more on that later. We were able to check the motor plate template that Bob at AEI had sent up for the new motor. Everything seemed to line up just fine, but we did not get a chance to run bolts in to be 100% sure so we will do that next weekend as well. The following weekend we should really start to get cranking on everything. We have a little bit of fab work on the front end, then its pretty much reassembly after that. Stay tuned, and thanks for following along!


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Old 02-16-2014, 07:32 PM
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Car looks awesome! Can't wait to see you guys turn it up this year and haul a$$

Pics aren't too shabby either
Old 02-17-2014, 01:22 AM
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That snow sure does make that red pop! Very clean.
Old 02-17-2014, 05:38 AM
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Thanks for the comments on the pics guys. I wish I would have used my CPL though to kill some of the reflections on the top of the car. I knew we were crunched for time, so I figured I should skip it. Oh well I guess, maybe next time!

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Old 02-18-2014, 05:53 PM
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Car looks awesome! Dont know if I missed it but what is the coating on the intercooler, and does it have effect on cooling?
Old 02-18-2014, 05:55 PM
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Guys, what is the fastest the car has been?
Old 02-18-2014, 06:37 PM
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The old intercooler was Eastwood radiator paint. I am sure it has SOME effect on cooling, but temps were always OK so we never worried about. We will probably paint this intercooler too, and maybe the radiator.

The car went a best of 9.44 @ 148 with a 1.5 60' time

If you pay close attention you can tell there is a big delay before the boost comes in. We found after the trans was broke that there was a .5 second delay on the AMS from launch to stage 1. So we were trying all kinds of things and the 60' would not get any better, that was why. We were also on the limiter at the stripe. We should annihilate that time this year first pass


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Old 02-19-2014, 05:57 PM
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how much boost were you able to build up on the line just foot braking it?
Old 02-19-2014, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Outlaw666
how much boost were you able to build up on the line just foot braking it?
I am not sure we ever tried on just the foot brake. On the trans brake we could make 10 no problem, not sure we ever set the AMS higher than that.

Here is a vid from March 2011


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Old 02-23-2014, 09:21 PM
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Well not much of an update this week, but as I said we more just planned on getting prepared for the upcoming weeks. We decided the best thing to do first was to mock up the turbo kit on the motor, so we did!









We couldn't find the blow off valve at first, we found it later but I was too lazy to re-shoot anything.


Also, we need a new clamp for the exit side of the wastegate, so the dump tube wasn't installed either.




And here are a couple pics of the inside of the car which is trashed right now.




This last pic wont look like much, but we did a lot of cleaning of this area (and the rest of the garage really).



That's all for now, not very exciting I know. We did spend a lot of time cleaning everything up, and putting all of the tools away so we were good and organized for the upcoming weeks. Chris also got some of the material and parts ordered up that we will need. The plan next weekend is to start on the mini tubs as well as start cleaning up the wiring and the inside of the car. After that will come redoing the structure for the front bumper and the front of the hood. Then its just a matter of putting it all together, just that easy As always thanks for following along!


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Who did the cage? And what kind of cage is that? Looks like it a the drivers hoop. 25.x cage?
Old 02-24-2014, 05:26 AM
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Twisted Chassis in WI did the cage, and it is a 25.5 (7.50).

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Ok thought I read that correct. Looks great, any reason you didn't use MWC? Thought a bunch of your chassis stuff came from Eric.
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The 8.50 cage, complete front suspension, and complete rearend/rear suspension is all MWC. Chris got a "deal" on the 25.5 addition, never asked us.
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Originally Posted by ssvert99
The 8.50 cage, complete front suspension, and complete rearend/rear suspension is all MWC. Chris got a "deal" on the 25.5 addition, never asked us.
Everything Mwc has done to my car is top notch. Eric has always taken care of my needs. I was not even planning on going 25.5 and twisted chassis actually threw the offer out to me. It was a great price so I did it. Thanks!
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Car looks awesome from the outside. Engine too. Looks cold up there.
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Thanks! Cold?! We got up to the 40's last week (for a day), I was out in shorts and a t-shirt! Today was 15 when I left for work, so I had a hoodie on.

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Originally Posted by Broke EF
Thanks! Cold?! We got up to the 40's last week (for a day), I was out in shorts and a t-shirt! Today was 15 when I left for work, so I had a hoodie on.

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That's how I am haha.


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