Yep one of my favorite build threads hope to get the goat back to byron some day

 

Thank you very much.. Sean or myself will try to keep this thread going when we make changes.

Thanks, Chris

 

Do you guys plan on some more track time this season and turning it up?

 

For sure. I dont want to jinx us.. but we shouldnt have any problems getting it out when the tracks open up here. When i was on the dyno i had fueling issues. I am running 2 walbro 255's, and a boost ref fuel reg. I had base pressure around 60(i think... its been a little while) it would raise to almost 70, then fall off to mid 40's. With the fuel pressure not keeping up my 60# injectors were maxed @ 9 psi... So we didn't push it.


Fueling issues should be takin care off. In the 9.8 pass we had 17% converter slip That is being fixed. We also were out of gear, so new one getting installed.

We will get a little more weight out of the car, i have the vfn lift off 5 inch slopped hood. Im trimming and mounting, then need paint. I also will probably be throwing a chute on the car.

(i am probably going to need it to pass tech or not get booted, since bryon is going nhra)


Thanks, Chris

 

Im coming for you guys this spring!!!

 

Let me know when your going to the track. We will be ready

 

Motor is at the macine shop. I need me some single digits too.

 

Its about time! I have been trying to run you for years now!

As Chris said, thanks for the compliments guys. We haven't done much to it yet this year, but we are getting back into the swing of things. Updates should be coming soon.

Sean

 

ye dude i just read all of this and this has got to be one of my favorite cars on this site

 

Thank you!


Chris

 

im comin' for everyone!!

 

haha funny you say that cause i was thinking the same damn thing!

 

BRING IT! We will be waiting at the top for you

It is a one owner, two builder/driver car. Unfortunately at this point in time I cant afford ****, so I dedicate my time to Chris's car to feed my car addiction. Lucky for me Chris likes building and modding cars as much as I do, and we generally are on the same page with how it should be done. So it works out well for both of us, he gets a lot of free help, and I get to work on something

Sean

 

Thats the way it should be^^ I help a lot of my friends when I got nothing to do to my car and they do the same for me.

 

We have alot of fun building/ fabricating and just hangin out... beats going to the bar every weekend.

 

oh i heard that! Between all my buddys cars i have more time in theres then i do my own, lol. We just have rules...only the owner of the car gets to post pics of there car and we can comment on them, lol, doesnt look as weird

 

sean is pretty big into photography, and he has more time then i do. If i was the only one posting there would be alot less pictures. I see how it can get confusing though. Chris

 

Well I post the pics, because I take most of them. Photography is one of my other hobbies, so I always have the camera ready. I guess the reason we both comment on it is because when if I see something and Chris hasn't addressed it yet I just will. It is a little confusing, but if/when anyone asks we explain it. One day I will have my own car again, and it will much easier to follow along

Sean

 

Well with all this resurgence in the TA, why not update while we are at it! We usually wait until after the holidays to really get after it and it was the same this year. We started last weekend but we weren't very motivated. The plan was to pull the trans to get the converter out. We got under the car and pulled the drive shaft, and took off the converter bolts. This gave us an opportunity to use the new BIG BOY ratchet!

Here is Chris getting it all set up


That is a Snap-On SLX-80, locking flex head, long handle 1/2 drive dual 80 ratchet. You can turn the motor so easy with it, its unreal! Having the right tool for the job makes it all so much easier.

Anyway he got the converter bolts off, and then started in the trans bolts. Once we started on the trans bolts, we both remembered the top bolt that is a pain in the ***. We actually installed it when the head was off of the car. That one bolt really unmotivated us, so we stopped on the trans. While Chris was under the car working I was up top pulling off the fenders. I actually pulled them off to get the back part of the hinges off of the car since it now has a lift off hood. Once Chris decided that he didn't want to pull the trans he started to lay out the fender supports to hole saw them.





And here is the results.





After that we gave it a quick coat of paint to stop rust, threw the fenders back on, and called it a day.


This weekend we actually tackled the trans, and got it pulled. Chris was able to get to that top bolt with the help of a long extension.



And here is the PTC converter that we are changing out. It needed to be re stalled, and after doing some research it was decided to go with a stronger unit. This converter worked great, but we are already at the limits of its power handling and we will be turning it up this year.



Thats actually about all we did. Chris started to run the second power wire for the fuel pumps, but that is nothing to look at. We should have more interesting updates in the next few weeks though. Here is how the car is sitting right now.





As always thanks for following along!

Sean

 

Did you ever get a weight on your car?