well i have been trying to get my 94 up to speed. it has been a long hard road, but finally i was able to see light at the end of the tunnel. after many hours of tuning i couldn't seem to get the topend right, always a flat spot. this combination of 406 and 18psi paxton was supposed to be quick. finally realising the injectors i was sent were only 30lb hr. wow that is a long way from 58lbs. once that was fixed the opti started giving me a low res code. so back the opti goes to advance auto(lifetime warr) back in business. figured i would give her a run.so i went all the way to the end of my street(no houses for about 1/2 mile). stomped it, my neighbor said it lifted one wheel about 1 inch off the ground. i was happy as could be.....then all of a sudden BOOM. lost all power. no knock, oil pressure was good wtf?. try a restart ,,nothing. i am thinking doooooh. my wife would kill me if i have to spend 1 more dime on this car. so we tow it to the drive way , open the hood to see the damage. the s/c belt had broken taking out the other serp belt, wrapping around the crank pulley and demolishing the new opti and cap. WILL IT EVER END? just had to vent.. :banghead:

XXalum block 406
paxton 18psi s/c
tpis longtubes
crane 1:6 rr
XX lt4 heads and intake
nos 300 hp wet kit

 

:nopity

It NEVER ends, but isn't that half the fun? :thumbs:


[Modified by Q1KSLVR, 8:09 PM 10/1/2003]

 

its not half the fun,,,,, I wish these things wernt so expensive

 

No. it is not any fun. Fixing broke stuff sux. Driving it hard rules. Good luck to ya, man.

 

Back to Advanced Auto. That opti of theirs just didn't hold up. Good luck, and...

RACE ON!!!

 

I broke my serp belt once. Well it didn't really break, it just kinda came apart and left a tail flapping around. Unfortunately the tail flapping around took a chip of paint off the bottom of the hood and spider cracked the top of the hood :mad :mad I'd rather it have taken out the opti.

Of course when it happened I had the car maybe a month, I just pulled out of a parking lot and nailed it. I slammed second gear hard, and that's the instant the belt broke. Scared the hell out of me, I thought I had broke something serious. I limped it into a parking lot and raised the hood, at the time I'm not sure what I would have been looking for. There was nothing obviously wrong, so I started it up again, with the hood up I could see the tail of the belt whipping around and slapping my A/C lines.

 

See if Paxton offers an 8-rib conversion so this won't happen again.

 

Nathan, that just gives you an excuse to buy one of Exotic Muscles carbon fiber hoods.

Light weight = more speed