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Old 05-02-2018, 09:46 AM
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Been Pretty busy the past couple weeks. 7 days a week and 14 hour days. Knocking out some of these customer cars. Finally bought my first new vehicle. Since the 17 has come out I knew I had to have one.
Anyone ever interested or wondering the 6.2 and 8 speed is absolutely amazing. I love every single inch of this truck. One of the best purchases Ive ever made. Lot of money lol but worth every dime.
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Yessir. I am located in Ocala. I work at Speedline Performance on south pine.
I bought the car complete with a spun rod bearing and parted the entire drivetrain out. It is coming along nicely.
I have been working on my 1998 Firebird. It was a roller when I got it. Using a LQ4 408 stroker with FTI TH400 and PTC converter. Moser narrowed 12 bolt, 35 spline axles and Ford 9" bearing ends. Got the 8.50 cert cm cage and my front chassis looks a lot like yours. How much trouble was the BMR torque arm to setup? It's been Mini tubbed and fits MT 325x15 ET Street Radials easily.

Love the quality of your work.
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Originally Posted by wbledsoe

I have been working on my 1998 Firebird. It was a roller when I got it. Using a LQ4 408 stroker with FTI TH400 and PTC converter. Moser narrowed 12 bolt, 35 spline axles and Ford 9" bearing ends. Got the 8.50 cert cm cage and my front chassis looks a lot like yours. How much trouble was the BMR torque arm to setup? It's been Mini tubbed and fits MT 325x15 ET Street Radials easily.

Love the quality of your work.

The Tq arm is simple. Nothing to worry.
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That truck is ****! Congrats!
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That truck is ****! Congrats!
Maaaaaaan. I love it so much!!! Thanks!
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We need a pic of it attached to your trailer damnit! lol
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Bewley specd me out a newer camshaft design. Looking for a few hundred more rpm if need be. Figured since Im ready to start testing I might as well get it in now. So much new stuff I hope the car still works lol

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Lookin great. Stoked to see this bish run..!
Do you have your ice box on an ignition wire or a switch?
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Originally Posted by Bitchin'Camaro
Lookin great. Stoked to see this bish run..!
Do you have your ice box on an ignition wire or a switch?
Its just on a switch on the dash. I usually hit it right before I get on the trans brake.
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3,004lbs with me at 226, cd player, power windows, ttops, both seats, factory dash and door panels is doing pretty good. With a big *** air to water intercooler, 5 gallon ice box, and 50lb turbo.
2018 should get interesting.
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Man you're livin high right now!! Frickin awesome!!! Hopefully you save some time to hit the track often. You've been pretty damn busy this past year or so!
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Originally Posted by Bitchin'Camaro
Man you're livin high right now!! Frickin awesome!!! Hopefully you save some time to hit the track often. You've been pretty damn busy this past year or so!
Im doing a no prep race this weekend on low boost just to get the car shaken down and make sure its 100% since once again I changed everything. Ive put 50-60 miles on it and other then this piece of **** oil pan still leaking the car feels amazing. wastegate pressure feels substantially faster then last year.

Friday the 25th Ill get the radials back on it and hit mid michigan for the first time this year. Im pretty excited to see the outcome on low boost first. Then Ill get it back to where it was hopefully. I have the suspension close to percentages of where it was last winter. So I hope it still works.

The car no longer hooks on the street with the new cam/compression/weight savings. It feels like its on 3-4 more psi. Its brutally fast for 14 psi!
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Update?
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Originally Posted by Bitchin'Camaro
Update?
Car kicked *** today. I made the fastest passes of the day by .3 and 9 mph and the car was on 15 psi. Dialed in the traction control That **** is sweet.
I entered in a 16 car shootout and got my *** handed to me first round by a small block fox on a big tire. Took me 3-4 passes but I redeemed myself and went the fastest pass in sight. 5 times in row as I bettered it! Successful day. A little rubber laid down helped me out since it was a no prep airport.
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