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Old 01-31-2011, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 1993 z28 f1
Hey:

Any final pics of this car now that its up and fixed?

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x2.........Video perhaps?
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Amazing build about to do the same. What size radiator did you use?
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Sorry guys I haven't checked this in a while. No vids or numbers. It never made it to the track last year. We got the cooling issue solved very late in the year. I used a Griffin radiator. It was 18.5 X 27.5 X 3.25. I have dual 11" fans and a aluminum shroud on it. Really nice piece and it only cost $700 complete from griffin.

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You northern guys need to quit bullshiting around. We race year round down here in Florida! Lol.
Old 03-10-2011, 08:40 AM
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Haha if I could find a job down in FL I'd already be there.

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You could always join our 12.9% unemployment rate. Lol. What kind of work do you do?
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I'm a Civil Engineer.

Unemployed in nice weather has to be better then nothing right?

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No wonder your ballin. Lol.
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Big bump, hows the cr coming along?
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Double bump if Jim is still around, anxious what headers you used? I see Dynatechs! any part numbers?
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UPDATE:

Going to the track on the 20th or 21st. Got everything dialed in and ready to get some official numbers. I'll post as soon as I have the goods.

Thanks for watching guys I appreciate it.

~Jim~
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Big News:


Got the car to the track made 5 passes only 2 were full since I had never taken it down the strip before. First pass was an 11.49. Granny shifted into 2nd way to early because of the wheels coming up.

Second pass I repositioned where my hand was and the car ran a 10.67 with a 1.45 sixty foot. At that point we decided to pack it up.

There is more in the car though. I hit the brakes early on the 2nd pass and launched off the foot break instead of the trans brake. I'm pretty sure the engine will rev a little higher. Next time I'm going with a shift light.

I also weighed the car at the track and it scaled out to 3000LB. So I reached my weight numbers also. There might be a few more LB's hiding though.

Thanks to everyone for following along on this crazy journey with me. As always if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Thanks again,

~Jim~
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congrats on getting it done!
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CONGRATS on a great build! You obviously have a ton of patience sir. The finished product is a very high quality piece. You should be grinning from ear to ear when your behind the wheel....
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Thanks guys. It's a lot of fun to drive.

I owe a lot to this site and all of it's members so thank you LS1TECH!

I love driving it with open headers but I wasn't to happy taking what I guess to be $50 worth of M/T ET streets of the quarters today though hahah.

~Jim~
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I was wondering, is the 3000lbs raceweight or just the car? Mine weights 2880lbs and 3120lbs with me in it.

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That's without me in it. How did you get yours so light? It's at 3200 w/ me.

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