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Old 02-20-2015, 10:50 AM
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Ok I am posting my car up for sale. Car is 95% complete just needs the engine finished or another short block of long block you have.

01 Firehawk #037 about 62k miles

Chassis:
Wolfe CM 10 point cage. Certified good for 1 more year.
Removable Chute munt with Simpson Chute
Midwest chassis Front bumper support with Griffin rad mounted in nose. rad has remote mezier pump on it.
MWC fab 9. Narrowed 2" per side. Aluminum center with spool and 3.25 gears, back braced.
BMR drag bar
Strange rear drag brakes
Brand New Viking Shocks front mounted rears still in box
BMR turbo K member,
MWC solid motor mounts
UMI lower control arms

Trans:
Rossler TH400 with aluminum Drum Trans brake and morosso deep pan and trans temp gauge.
Yank 3400 10.5" stall
1/4 stick hurst shifter
CM driveshaft

Engine:
ls2 block
Callie Compstar I beam rods
Callie C series 3.825 crank (has been checked at machine shop)
AFR 205 heads 66 cc NO SPRINGS
Vic JR intake with Aarons elbow and 90mm TB
All engine covers
ATI dampener
BMR alternator bracket, alternator and belt

All that is needed to finish the engine is: Pistons, Cam, lifters, pushrods, valve springs and Machine work and gaskets. Engine is still at the machine shop. My old 385 CI motor went 8.62@158mph with my old Air to air intercooler

Electronics:
Stock PCM with 3 bar map
AMS -500 with stand alone AIR system to control boost
LNC 2step. Forget model number but it is the one that has 2 limit points
Aftermarket, Wideband, coolant temp, trans temp, boost and Fuel pressure gauges,


Fuel system:
FIC 2000 injectors,
Car currently has 3-255 walbor pumps in the stock tank
I also have a sumped tank and magnafuel 4303 pump with filters and lines to go with

Turbo kit
Truck manifold based Turbo kit. Divided 2" system with twin wastegates
Forward facing S88 turbo
Frozen boost 2200hp intercooler
Rhodes 5 gallon ice box with RULE pump
All cold side pipes. v-banded to intercooler
4" down pipe run back to rear end.

Car has greg weld wheels on it and I have a second set of rear wheels to go with it also.

I am sure I am forgetting some things but this car is coming with a lot of stuff.

I am not looking to part the car out just yet. Looking to get $20k OBO for everything

I will consider selling the car with my 2004 Enclosed 24' haulmark trailer that has a winch and a cabinet in it for $23k








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What's next Dan?
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I am looking at maybe getting into a CTS V2
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I am looking at maybe getting into a CTS V2
Those are nice. I was going to get one of them, but bought a dmax instead
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Took a deposit in the car yesterday. I will be finishing the engine and sending the car to Texas.
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That's a beautiful car, congratulations to the new owner
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Originally Posted by dschmittie1
Took a deposit in the car yesterday. I will be finishing the engine and sending the car to Texas.
Anxiously awaiting Firehawk representation in TX2K events
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I appreciate the congrats. I'm very excited to be receiving the car, and I promise it will be meticulously cared for. Can't wait.
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Congratulations man
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Congratulations man
Thanks!
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Well, I'm going to go ahead and update this thread.

It took forever to get the piston set from Diamond. On the upside, I went ahead and purchased a 6.0 iron block from summit. No more collapsed sleeves.

Dan will be assembling the motor and doing some tuning on the car as well. Hopefully I will have it in my possession by the end of the month. I'm excited to see how much boost I can throw at this thing.

I found a guy here in Lubbock who supposedly has experience tuning high hp forced induction based ls motors. He will do a street tune on the car, then we'll take it to the dyno and get some numbers. I'll keep everybody posted.

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We finally got the car shipped this past week. Received it Saturday night. It's everything I hoped for and a lot more! Dan Smith is absolutely a great guy to deal with. There aren't many straight up people in our society anymore. He is one of the few.

I'm just running the car on wastegate pressure for now - 14psi. It's an absolute beast on the street. Scary fast for a turbo newb like myself. At any rate, I hope to get the car to the dyno here in the next month. I'm pretty strapped for cash, so we'll see.

Big thanks again to Dan. The car has a loving new home.
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Well, I finally got the car on the dyno last night. I was totally happy with the outcome. 20psi, 18 degrees of timing...the motor loved it.

Sorry for the crappy pic..I should have gotten the whole graph. Oh well.

Many thanks to Todd at Blue Thunder 2 Racing, and Chance McClaran for letting me use his dyno.



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