Great work man!

 

That's about 4" lower than my base suspension with C6Z shocks.

 

Really? Geez lol I still have probably a full inch before I get a good measurement. Even in the pics it has a 4x4 stance

 

I should clarify. I am 5'11" and the top of the windshield is 4" above my navel.

 

wow, we're basically the same height too.

The stock height is 47.8 for a vert, so even if Im .5 off thats still 46"

Id like to be at 44-44.5 (just to see how low I can go)

 

Wheel starting to settle down:



I have a few things to take care of but other than that it "seems" to be running okay. Ill post more vids here soon

 

Can anyone recommend the spark plug gap I should be running with this setup? I just wanna double & triple check everything.

Thank you

 

It looks like a car! Congrats!!!!

Check EVERYTHING twice!!!!!

 

Oh man I am

I just got to thinking today about plugs and am wondering what gap I should have. Really curious about that

 

May be a little rich.....




Backfires here and there

 

Headlights hooked up!!! (6000k HIDS)



The biggest set of cojones I've had....




Wasn't too hard though. Other side finished


Hood needed a good polish lol



Interior coming together well kinda (mostly stripped) lol




Only thing I didn't like about my vert, the sun visor, cheap, flimsy and always in the way



CANNOT WAIT to strap in!!!

 

lookin good.... except for all that black!

 

I'm gonna spend A LOT of time in the waxers section of the forum cause the car needs nome TLC from sitting

 

I have no good insight into why no spark, don't get frustrated that is a bad ride and you will figure it out.

try taking a break and then put some fresh eyes on it

 

I ended up getting that fixed (forgot about the crank position sensor) but that's what I get for trying to do this from memory when I disassembled it months ago.

Now here is my current issue....

Cylinder #4, is getting more fuel, and has a higher egt compared the all the other cylinders. #6 is also in consideration but its not as much. But with letting the car run for maybe 30sec total tonight, I can put my hand on #2 exhaust, #4 is a lot hotter by the touch.

I adjusted the throttle body. For that cyl. For more air, but no difference was made. ....so I'm stuck. I'm having a friend look at the tune and a scan I made. I'd appreciate anyone's help on this. Our computers don't control individual cylinders so I don't even know if tuning has anything to do with it.

 

Floors needed redone....

AFR Gauge



New MGW Shifter (replacing my Hurst)


Smooth line top had fabric in it (the install they did wasn't the best) so I stripped it







I keep forgetting I have these tail lights lol


Pulled out for some fresh air!! Haha



Engine is great. No problems, now need to get this car tuned...again..

 

love the hood!

 

looks nice but I would have used a FAST 102 intake because of two major reasons: bring in cool air from outside the engine bay and the composite material will be much better than that aluminum keeping the air cooler. It's a known fact cooler air is free hp.

 

If I wasn't going to put my twin turbo kit on this in the future, I'd build a duct to route cold air to the intake, but I don't think I will. But who knows.

And I agree with your opinion on aluminum vs armodle(fast intakes material), but I believe the performance of the ITB and fun will outweigh what any Fast intake could do.

 

UPDATE

Recently picked up the vette from the tuner

John @ Broadview Auto Services in Warrenton, VA
(Very honest man and pricing is great)

He helped me so much with getting this on the road




I'd have to scan the graph, and I know I'll prolly get a lot of crap for saying what it put down, I'll just say, my goal was 440rwhp with this setup. I wanted to be very conservative....


The very first pull with a BAD TIRE (Brand new Mickey Thompson)

488hp & 457ftlb/tq stopped at 6200rpm

Needless to say my mind was blown at that point lol. This pull was done with only tuning on the street so this was more or less a baseline but with a bad tire. The tire vibrated the car so bad they were afraid to dyno it anymore (I don't blame them!)


Soooo..... Some time goes by and jegs honors the warranty on the tire (btw this tire took 7ounces ON ONE SIDE) haha.

Got a spare set of wheels taken too him and the first pull to 6200!



Again in shock!! Haha. I was completely content at this point, but then again it was only being spun to 6200....so.... I said spin it higher!!


Computer is now set at 7k rpm and they did more pulls and fine tuned up top....



Pulls were done on a dynamite dyno and if they're high, oh well, car runs and runs great, and is very fast hahah... I have 28" DR's on it and I could imagine having a 26" tire on it haha (I did and spun at the top of 3rd)


Throttle response is crazy even at 50mph in 5th hahah



Got it home, got my new seat in and harnesses ran (thanks to Mike at TPS!)



Boss got a late model to race in 2014 season!

I was working on my hood!