EasyZ06

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Car is looking great! Your interior came together perfectly, car is super clean.

ericg69ss

Thanks for the comments on the interior. I'm pretty happy with the way the it came out and working around the cage. From what we are being told by NHRA chassis inspectors we have one of the first true stock suspension, stock floorpan, stock firewall 25.3 certified chassis in the country. A bunch of pictures were taken by NHRA chassis inspectors to use for other builders and inspectors in the country. Too bad they didn't pay for the work. Now if I can get the 7 year old paint job cleaned up then I will be happy with the exterior.

Anyhow, we are getting really close. The motor has been in for 2 weeks and new headers have been fabricated. Alex at Big Head motorsports in Roseville, CA did an awesome job fabbing these up. Check out his website and pictures below. http://www.bigheadcars.com/

We have a few things to finalize and we plan on testing next weekend. Let's hope we don't encounter anymore ignition gremlins.

Reckless

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Better keep the front end down or it's going to get expensive! Looking good though!

ericg69ss

You know it Todd. We are going to keep that front end strapped down as much as possible without compromising the 60ft.

427

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That set of headers looks great! Can't wait for the shakedown runs.

Kurt

Larry @ AMS

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awesome build and good luck with the combo

1BADChev

Awesome thread! Best of luck with the final result bud. I am just barely finishing a F1C build on a Ls2 403- Helicoil's old car.

Frank

ericg69ss

Went out testing a few weeks ago and encountered a minor problem. The first time it happened we thought it was a freak thing, fixed it and came back out. Unfortunately, the same problem happened again and on the first pass of the night. Below is the timeslip from our only pass on 6-24-11. Good thing the problem is minor and we are waiting on the rockers so we can put the motor back together. It should be up and running end of next week.

For those that are curious we were not getting enough oil up the pushrods and to the rockers. We ended up eating a pushrod on cylinder #5 on the pass and the result is the timeslip below on 7 cylinders and shutting off at about 1000ft.

Fahrenschnell

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Damn...Can't wait to see some slips with this thing running right

Bob@BruteSpeed

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I agree, this is going to be interesting to follow. Bob

1dirtyZ

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great build !

T.Man

Those headers are beautiful! Can you provide more detail on the collectors? Do they act like mufflers but help with additional scavenging?

Nice work on the build/car. Very sharp!

ericg69ss

Thank you and appreciate the compliments. The collectors are actually Flowmaster collector mufflers. They are a 2 1/4" inlet and 4" exit. It is a pretty common collector muffler and not too expensive.

ericg69ss

Got the minor valvetrain issue fixed and the car running again, so, we took it to the track on Friday night. Track prep is not that great for Test and Tune nights so we were fighting traction issues and had to take timing out on the launch. Overall we are making progress and the car went quicker with a slower 60ft this time than the last time out with a better 60ft. Probably helped to be running on all 8 cylinders too. Below is the timeslip and few extra pictures I snapped on Saturday.

Reckless

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Nice! Keep working it!

ericg69ss

Here is a little video I took with my Blackberry on Saturday.

Phil99vette

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Lookin good Eric, how are things out on the west coast?

zssman

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Sounds like a pro mod! Excellent job eric. Will u b bringin it to BG?

ericg69ss

Would like to but I have a wedding on the West Coast that weekend. Working on the possibility of LSX Shootout in Indy and Duck's Race at SGMP. Figure if I'm going to haul the car out might as well stay for 2 races.

TracyRR

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man that sounds knarly!!