Originally Posted by MPFD

I don't buy it. Why would anybody go to that much trouble when your going to be putting in an LSX the next day.

Originally Posted by burgers

Let set the record straight. The car as of June 25, 2008 has a LSX motor with TSP L92 heads. This motor was built the week before to use in the car for Pinks All Out on June 27-28 in St. Louis Mo. The Stock LQ9 low budget motor was put in the car in March of 2008. We ran it at Arkansas city K.S. at Mid America Dragway in April and May of 2008, with the car running a best time of 10.86 @124.32 mph. Matt @ Texas speed and performance contact me and said that he and the guys would like to see what just swaping over to there cnc'd version of the heads would gain. We came to agreement and they hooked me up with a set (which I paid over $1000 for). While they were being shipped the we went racing at M.A.D. and in the first round of eliminations one of the #7 rod bolts let go. Keep in mind that this was a 100% stock LQ9 motor including rod bolts. When the we were picking up the pieces off the track we pick up one of the exhaust valve heads that had made its way out the exhaust. There was damage to the stock heads the camshaft that we had put in for that weekend to try, the block was cracked. Only good parts left was the headers and the manifold. We had 2 other stock LQ9's setting at the shop. We received the heads from TSP, reassemble the motor to the exact specs of the first motor with the exception of the the Tsp heads. We took the car to Kansas International Dragway on June 14, 2008 for a late night test and tune. The Car ran a 10.56 @ 127.37 mph with the only changes being the TSP heads. The following day the motor was pulled out for placement of the LSX which was at the machine shop being deck and bored. As for the two guys talking all the BS the first time I meet either one was on Sat July 5. They pit next to us for the heads up race we had entered. We talked for 4 maybe 5 minutes max, and now they are experts on what has gone on over the last 4-5 months with our car? The problem this weekend was not the motor which is still being broke in, it was the first gear of the trans that let go on the launch of the first pass of the day. We new we did not have a chance of winning but we limped the car to first round. The car has a TH400 and DOES NOT HAVE A TRANS BRAKE. Marty Chance @ Chance converters can verify this. He was in the true 10.5 class with me this weekend and his father Neal Chance is the one that is going to rebuild the trans and install a trans brake for me. But I did launch the car in 2nd and was foot braking it and it pulled the wheels and had a 60ft of 1.53 in first round. We took home a $200 dollar paycheck also not bad for running a broke car.