Vendetta

Went out for a bite to eat today and took out the LT1 for a spin (cut-out off ) I just so happened to chill with two of my friends: Tom, who has a red '98 GT A4 with PI heads and cams (some of you guys know him from MMI), and Mike who just bought a stock Polo green '93 T/A A4.

Tom's car just got heads and cams from a 2001 GT swapped in, other than that all he's got is a catback and H-Pipe. He's got VT 225/235 109LSA bumpsticks ready to be swapped in as soon as he buys a stall and 4.10s.

Mike's car is totally stock except for a Flowbastard that the previous owner had installed..

All three of us ended up stopped at a light on Rt. 23 in Jersey. Hearing our cars rev at the same time was just As soon as the light changed, Tom and I got a pretty even launch, Mike spun the hell out of his car (still not used to driving it, he went from a V-6 Mustang to an LT1), and was pretty much out of the race right away. Tom and I stayed pretty even until I passed around 2-3psi when I started pulling on him. The race didn't alst for too long, I was pretty impressed with Tom's car. He ran a 14.7@94mph with just the catback, so [benchracing] I'd say he's probably in mid-high 13s by now[/benchracing]. His top-end will definitely grow once the new cams go in. Very impressive, for the doggy '96-'98 GTs.

All in all, good race. I haven't had one in a while. I can't wait to get a piece of my friend's new 35th aniversary SS

Added some pics also, one of the stang, a couple of the headswap we did, and one of my car how it looks currently:

MillaTK

Nice double kill Jon So, I take it Tom's car is running well? When you gonna get a dyno tune? Do you think that is the main problem with your car?

Vendetta

Tom's car is runnin great. I'm really happy for him, he deserves it, he put up with a lot of **** from that car and was insulted a lot for it. I can't wait to see him run some of the 99+ bolt-on GT **** that sometimes come to our chill spot and try to talk ****.

I'm not sure, I think the motor may need to rebalanced. I'm probably going to keep the car unless somebody makes me a good offer for it. It still needs a lot of work. I'm not totally convinced it's running right yet. I'll take it to Cartek some time in late summer and have them check it out, right now I need money to fix little things on the car and try and pass inspection in July. Hopefully my mechanic will hook me up, if not I don't know what I'll do.

Bottom line is that I have to start working more hours, but I'm too damn lazy- 15 hours per week is great when you're on summer vacation

MillaTK

ahh, you bastard, I remember having like 10-15 hours per week last semester... I just started my summer job at the lumberyard, and last week I put in a measly 45 1/2 hours... Anyway, Im glad to see you want to hang on to the car. You have put so much time/money into that thing, and it continues to not run to full potential(you still think your running 13's?). I would think you would AT LEAST be good for low 12's. Man, if you need the engine rebalanced that will be a bitch, and prolly won't be cheap either.

There is a guy at my job that has like 15 or so cars... all american muscle...Guy has an LT1 motor he was thinking of selling for like $1500... If only I had the cash and a car to put it in... Anyway, Jon, are there any parts that you need for your car? If this guy at work has them, Im sure I could get a good deal... Good luck with your car though...

SouthFL.02.SS

Nice races Enis. Always great to run some buds, as you can really compare setups and guage how you will hold up to similar competition.

Joegt38

Nice run