Wow, great job. Congrats and sweet whip. I cant wait to check out your car etc. I live close and know Jon/ Ryan etc.

I have a few questions.

Genos over pats huh? ok i like both.
solid roller or hyd cam?
I want Mike to retune with SD tune, you have any issues?

That sheetmetal intake is hot - I like the Rapid logo
I read the thread and im suprised so many people dont know Mikey or question what he's up to. He is well aware of what resleeved blocks are like and what the increased leverage a stroked crank has on them - we had that exact conversation @ cecil.

I would do the MSD coils reclocated or not for looks and aftermarket valve covers. Did you get a vaccum pump? you can jazz up the underhood more with some steel lines and fittings for that.

 

I like them both, and Tony Lukes for pork I rotate each trip.

Im running a hyd cam with shimmed lifters, havnt had any issues with the tune.

Im planning on doing pretty much that setup with the MSDs. I have the vacuum pump kit you can see it in the engine bay pics its on the front right of the motor.

Which Jon and Ryan do you know?

 

Miller, Jon works somewhere @ Brandywine no?

Dude Tony luke's pork makes wanna go know. You def have good taste in cars and sandwiches.

 

My uncle actually has a E55 AMG and a reg c6 and i have to say the benz will seem kinda tame compared to the stuff you like. I mean for chicks and cruising - no doubt. . A real bad *** diesel crew cab could be alot of fun.

 

Had a chance to really lay on it today,1st - 3rd are usless, im ordering a set of Nitto 555s tonight in 335. The car is a monstrosity on 4 wheels, 4th gear pull is insane and hits 130 in a matter of seconds from cruising speed. Im really excited to see what drag radials and warmer roads will feel like

And im REALLY looking forward to putting the drag pack on and taking some passes down the 1320

 

Give us a heads up if your going to Cecil any time soon.

 

Got caught in like a flash blizzard and the car is now spending the night in a church parking lot

 

Well I got the car back to my house but it cant make it up the driveway

 

^ Damn!!!!

 

Yea its 19 here with a wind chill of 5

 

Are you putting on the miles on it to get it broke in asap or what?

 

Its all broken in

I finished up the break-in on tuesday and changed all the fluids, I have a little bit of a chance to get on it yesterday going to work

 

Sounds like you have built a monster , great job!!!!!

 

Oh man, I almost died when I saw that pic of your car NOT getting up the driveway. Thank God nothing happened to the car.

Those rear tires look HUGE btw. Don't be in a hurry to get the DR's.... roads are just too cold/hard to make any difference now anyways.

Ya gotta post up another video of that beast, would love to hear it from start-up, idling, and of course..... Driving down the street!! Have fun & keep us posted on any new mods.

 

You need the "optional" C5 Corvette Tire Chain Upgrade. Very rare and hard to come by!

 

Ha true, my buddy was busting my ***** saying he can get some of the studs he runs in his snowmobile and make me a set of tires.

I told him I had plenty of spares if he wanted to try

The diff is dead silent BTW

Thanks guys

 

Taking the car down to work tommorrow to put in the roll bar and maybe do an alignment.

I wont have to work on my car in cold weather gear

 

Looks like a garage queen horror film...

This is a very near sticky worthy thread bud... Great stuff.

 

Took the car down to work to install my rollbar. First off, saying this is a "bolt in" bar is like saying pistons are "bolt in", when I have to pull out air tools and drills its bolt on status is revoked. Im just going to weld it later this week since I had to cut and drill im going to make it a permanent attachment. Anyway...

Garage queen owners look away!!!

600+hp winter drivers



First off all my interior was already out so that saved time, first step was to cut out some of the body to get to the frame rails to mount the legs





After you get the fiberglass up your greeted with the glue under it



A chisel and die grinder made short work of it



First fit to mark for holes





****Note***** Anyone wanting to or planning on installing the bar, mark 1 hole for each side and each leg, pull the bar out again, install a rivet and then put the bar back in and bolt it down and then mark and drill the rest of the holes through the holes in the bar. Its to much of a pain to get them right the first time with the bar just sitting in there.

Marked an drilled the holes in the B pillar, my above advice is because this way did not work out as well as I wanted.



Install the threaded rivets



After putting the bar back in it didn't sit as well as I wanted and one of the legs through-bolt holes didn't line up with the top of the bar so I took out all but 1 bolt on both sides and took out the legs bolts and am going to weld it so everything lines up how I want it.





After I finished up I took it down and finally gave it a bath



This car is beast, im going to get some street vids tomorrow

 

awesome, Looking foward to seeing them