your end of the year goals!

ok so the year is comming to a end quickly,
so i was just curious how did evey one do one their yearly goal for their car?
meaning did you guys accomplish what you set out to do to your car for this year?

i myself exceeded that goal, i was just planing to get the probe up and running and do the intake/exhaust/ mbc@12psi, i got way past that, i wasnt expecting the probe to become this quick in this period of time. so im happy with my progress during this year

im such a :loser: ..

next year goals:
get a faster car! 13sec car by the end of next yr. thats my goal. i hope i can get there and excede it by next yr. end.

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I just got my car this year so...

i guess for next year i'd like to swap to turbo engine.

My goal of the year was to mod a crappy 4door sunfire into a Mustang GT. Funny, it actually worked out, but I cheated....alil.

Well, i got the 396 into the nova, but it really wasnt a goal at the start of the year. It just kinda happened, but yes im very happy with it.

300 whp, 321 wtq @ 8 psi. Should put down 400 whp on 15-17 psi and some higher octane gas. Guess we'll find out after the new year. :smokin:

b16a sir1 swap, and by the end of next summer a t3/t4 hybrid running 7-8psi

beyondloadse did you do all that work to your contour? can you give some specs? im assuming its the sho motor..
thaks

Nope,
the goal was 400hp at the crank this summer...wont happen until Christmas

and Turbo/fuel system upgrades by Nov....that wont happen until next July at the very least...

if only turbos grew on trees....

Some of it..

1) Get body panels back on Buick- Check
2) Get Buick painted- Nope
3) Get Buick Running tip top- Kinda sorta
4) L67 Swap in Buick- Maybe next year
5) Supercharge the Maro- Next summer

I'm not sure If i met my goal yet. My goal is to beat, atleast, a stock 99+ Mustang GT (In the T-Bird). No goals for the Camaro, becuase its staying stock.

beyondloadse did you do all that work to your contour? can you give some specs? im assuming its the sho motor..
thaks

Nope, Its a 3.0L duratec out of a Taurus. Its the same motor as the 2.5L duratec but its .5L bigger. Pretty much a straight swap. Heres a quick cut and paste from my cardomain page.

1999 3.0L 24V Duratec longblock
Forged Aluminum Ross Racing 8.5:1 pistons
Forged 4340 Chromoly Pauter Connecting Rods
1mm overbore and balanced crank
Clevite 77 and Federal Mogul bearings
Arizona Dyno Kit Kit
-Garrett T3/TO4E ball bearing turbo
-Spearco 700 cfm Water/Air intercooler
-321 Stainless steel turbo manifolds and collector pipe
-Custom burned chip
-42lb injectors
-Water resevoir and pump
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
Ported and polished 3.0L heads (3 angle intake, 4 angle exhaust)
Mondeo ST220 3.0L valve springs
2000 SVT lower intake manifold
BAT Electric Waterpump and controller
3.0L Valve covers
Custom 3" Mandrel Bent Magnaflow Exhaust
Dual mode dampener
Bulldog Box Transmission
-Quaife LSD
-Zetec 3.82 final drive ratio
-Post 2000 shifter forks
-All new bearings
Fidanza 11.5lb Flywheel
SPEC Stage III clutch
Driveshaft Shop Stage 2 axle shafts
SVT front and rear motor mounts
Energy Suspension polyeurathane inserts
Apexi AVC-R boost controller
Ford Lightning 80mm MAF
Lotek gauge pod
Autometer mechanical boost gauge
Autometer electrical oil pressure gauge
Autometer electrical EGT gauge
1500 degree 100' x 2" header wrap

^ wow
what times are you putting down man those mods are nice.. man to think its all in a contourm such a sleeper i would never suspect it.
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I'm not sure If i met my goal yet. My goal is to beat, atleast, a stock 99+ Mustang GT (In the T-Bird). No goals for the Camaro, becuase its staying stock.
To my understanding the T-bird has an engine very similar to the SN95 series of Mustangs, is that true? If so thats about 215 hp. a 99+GT is 260. If so you should be almost there, Im willing to bet if you got some higher end gears (not sure whats avail. for T-bird) you should have your goal....


as for beyond's car, that is amazing originality. That car is awesome, and I too would love to see times.

I literally just got the car back Friday from MI, from being dyno tuned. We discovered a small oil leak on the rear valve cover, so my tuning was cut short and i wasnt able to raise the boost to ~ 15 pounds. Truthfully, these cars are not meant for the drag strip. Its pretty sad when the fastest svt contour is naturally aspirated running a 13.4 @ 102 and the fastest forced induction svt contour runs a 13.5 @ 111. Traction is really an issue with these cars. Hopefully, once i get my electronic boost controller worked out, ill be running 12s, although if it were rwd, i would easily be in the 11s with 400 whp. The weather sucks right now, but it definetely hauls balls. First and second gear are useless. It just spins the tires. :iceslolan

Well, I'll tell you, I never met my goals for this year. Lousy year for me. But I'll tell you my next years goals:

1. Beat My dad's 3kgt.
2. Drop in new motor
3. Sell my Civic
4. Buy a Trans Am
5. Beat my Dad again
6. Make it through my probation period without getting a ticket
7. Make a pact with 4 of my buddies to get laid by the end of summer :grinno:

Well, doubt any of that will happen, but who knows? It's a fresh year coming up. I can't wait for it to begin. Late...

i like that last part about making pact about gettin laid. its reminds me of american pie for some reason.

anyways my goal at the end of this year is looking grim. non of my parts arrived yet, and i'm going broke. so if you say late january then its possible. but by the end of this year, its not looking so good.

begining of year goal is to run 13 psi and making around 280whp.

end of next year goal is making 400whp.

7. Make a pact with 4 of my buddies to get laid by the end of summer
This is why American Pie should have recieved an NC-17, look at how it has corrupted this young man's mind. J/K man, but really Id work on #7 before any of the rest, and id leave your freinds out of it.

Kinda.

First goal was to get something better than a Rav4, and I did that. Now I'm on my second goal of I/E/S, and if all goes as planed, I'll be getting it before Jan 1st...so yeah. If not, then eh.

I completed my goals for the year.. completely new driveline in my 71 Nova (454, tranny, radiator, driveshaft, rearend, basicallly everything) while also getting my 69 Vette done.
My new years goals:

1) Get my traction problems in my Nova fixed for 11 second timeslips
2) Help my dad on his 70 and 71 Vette restorations
3) Buy a 1st gen Camaro or old Cuda to tinker with


Rob

I drive something other than a Taurus; That was my goal..and exhaust; but I'm still working on that.

Oh yeah i got my goals, man was i happy. My 3 goals for the year were this.

1.) Get a new car, which i got.
2.) Supercharger my new car, which i did
3.) Get my car into the 14's, which i also did.
4.) Being 10,000 dollars in debt. . .priceless. . .or is it?

no...quite shitty actually...but at least you made your other goals

I literally just got the car back Friday from MI, from being dyno tuned. We discovered a small oil leak on the rear valve cover, so my tuning was cut short and i wasnt able to raise the boost to ~ 15 pounds. Truthfully, these cars are not meant for the drag strip. Its pretty sad when the fastest svt contour is naturally aspirated running a 13.4 @ 102 and the fastest forced induction svt contour runs a 13.5 @ 111. Traction is really an issue with these cars. Hopefully, once i get my electronic boost controller worked out, ill be running 12s, although if it were rwd, i would easily be in the 11s with 400 whp. The weather sucks right now, but it definetely hauls balls. First and second gear are useless. It just spins the tires. :iceslolan
Your goal should be to do a RWD conversion.

ok so the year is comming to a end quickly,
so i was just curious how did evey one do one their yearly goal for their car?
meaning did you guys accomplish what you set out to do to your car for this year?

I plan to do so on the 18th in Sac. I just did a few mods and dynoed 347whp with the new combo which is the record for any M90'd GTP in the Nation on stock heads.

http://www.zzpftp.com/jj347.jpg

To do this record justice I need to get a kick ass track time.

Mods added:
-Switched to the ZZP XP Cam
-rebuilt tranny with Torque converter, drilled flexplate, hardened input shaft, single chain gear setup.
-ZZP Stage2 IC
-Larger MAFF
-Better Fuel Rails
-Machined the SC snout to fit a 2.55" pulley
-Suspension limiter kit(to help with launching)

I plan on getting mid-low 12s, hopefully a 110+ trap and if I can get a 1.7 maybe 11.9s will be possible with some more weight reduction(front seat&catback)

http://www.clubgp.com/newforum/upfiles/23335/Qo41053.jpg

That is an absolutely beautiful pic!

Turns out for me now that I have a co op job between semesters I can afford to buy out my Rsx after the lease! go me! and I will also have a bit of money to spend on my car...

1) Intake, filter, headers, sway bar
2) ECU upgrade

these are pertty steep considering I have to pay my tuition, pay for my car, and pay for insurance on my co op money and summer job money from before...I hope I can get this done and be able to do some serious mods when I graduate

Goal for 2004
1. Strip, fix and paint the Stang
2. Get the short block of my new 351W stroker done.
3. Get the truck running.
4. Fix the tilt control on my boat.
5. Finihs mocking up twin turbo manifolds for the 351W stroker

Since I didn't finish accomplishing any of these it was a bad year. But since I'm more than 50% done on all 2005 will be my year!!!!!! or so I hope....

Some of it..

1) Get body panels back on Buick- Check
2) Get Buick painted- Nope
3) Get Buick Running tip top- Kinda sorta
4) L67 Swap in Buick- Maybe next year
5) Supercharge the Maro- Next summer


L67??? you traitor!!!! LC2 turbo alll the way!!!!!!

my goal was to just run under the 11.6's on pump gas. I nailed that right on the money. Next years goals... mid to high 10s!!! :evillol: :evillol:

my goals were to get my trans fixed and that was it. and i did just that. the carbon fiber hood was a plus.
next goal, find out were this smoke is coming from from underneath the manifold

I half way did my goal..

if you remember, i purchased a wrecked J30t and was restoring it. along the way i raced it and won a few great races, and just yesturday i finished the two doors, the bumper, the fender, and the hood. All i have left now is the rear quater panel (which i'm still trying to figure out how to remove) but my main goal was completed. i wanted to have my car be one color again. I did a little half ass collage to celebrate my accomplishment. http://www.majinarmy.com/collageofj30.jpg

next year? i will get the rear quater panel done!!!


Btw, all the pictures besides the top right were of the progress... the wrecked ,to the mis colored parts, to the completed front end.

none of my goals got done. I was going to put a 6 inch lift on the bronco, and rebuild the motor. None of this even came close to happening. Next years goal is to leave the bronco like it is, and get a foxbody mustang GT or a 240z.

My year end goal for this year is to drop the 325i and get a E46 ///M3, although financially I dont see that happening, so I'm looking at an RSX Type S, a used E36 ///M3, or a used Turbo Supra. If none of those happen, I want to FI Cassie.

I am going to stick with my bavarian dreams, and buy a used E36 ///M3 or an E46 ///M3 or I will give Cassie some FI.
I corrected your speech.

Grazie

L67??? you traitor!!!! LC2 turbo alll the way!!!


lol...if felt like doing all the fabrication to convert it to RWD i would consider it... however i am way to lazy for that sort of project.

I want to have the sr20det from either a bluebird(t25) or hopefully get the GTI-R motor(t28 might be a ball bearing turbo), and have it in before summer. Plans for a FMIC instead of the topmount. It should be a blast once it's done. I heard however that people ruin the b13 transmission, and the the b15 tranny is the way to go.

Well, some I did and some I didn't. My main goal was just getting the car. I had to fly to Ohio to look at the car and then drive it back here to Utah. Once I got it back my main goals were:

1. Get rid of all the yellow dress up items under the hood. √
2. Get rid of crappy pin stripes, mud flaps, and steering wheel wrap. √
3. Remove stickers from the side windows and a windshield banner. √
4. Change front brakes. √
5. Track down a pesky vacuum leak.
6. Change out the interior from tan to gray.
7. Up the boost to 14 PSI with a Grainger valve.

I haven't been able to find that damn leak yet but I do have a lot of the parts for the interior. I got the Grainger valve but I don't think I will get around to putting it in until next year. All in all the project is moving along slower than I would like, but I just don't have the money to move along as fast as I want. Not to mention how hard certain parts are to find for this car.

damm this tread got bigger then i taught,

damm you tat and your 400hp goal, for the sake of me winning for once i hope you only get to 350.. hehe
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Well I got new wheels like I wanted, finally installed the hurst shifter and gt grant steering wheel that was sitting in the garage for a year, new exhaust and flowmasters 40s. OH and i got a new job like i wanted to.

next year
1. finish interior carpet kit, door panels,
2. new side mirrors and fix the rear view mirror that the ass hole broke when they broke into my truck
3. gear drive
4. electric fan
5. new drop shocks
6. and maybe a new posi n 3.73 gears

I did my end of the year goal, I got a car. Next year im aiming to be a high 13sec to very low 14second truck. The year after its low 13s.

no plans for this year.

plans for next year...

1.) Buy a Car of mine own.

watch as the list develops. it all depends on what i get.

damn you guys have some high goals
as for me i want to finish a 1/4 mile to see what my sl2 gets lmao no i am hoping to do a cat back swap rebuild it then get it turboed ;)

hmmm, well, by the end of this year just get it running 14psi w/ EGT guage(for the future) and springs and shocks on. 3'' Turboback O2 elim exhaust and Evo III 16G by summer. Maybe an 18G if i have enough support? E316G summer for sure tho...

to sell off the 03 gt eclipse and buy a 2g gs-t or gsx

To my understanding the T-bird has an engine very similar to the SN95 series of Mustangs, is that true? If so thats about 215 hp. a 99+GT is 260. If so you should be almost there, Im willing to bet if you got some higher end gears (not sure whats avail. for T-bird) you should have your goal....


the 4.6 in the T-Bird came with 205 HP Stock, and 285 TQ. The driveline in the T-Bird isnt as good as the SN95, and with the stock chip, they top out at 106. (govener). With my new chip, and my stock 3:08's, I might be able to walk a 99+GT in the top end.

Anyway you look at it, its hefty 4000 lb weight really slows it.

I already got plans for 05. Get a 94/95 SuperCoupe 5-Speed, sell the 4.6 (I got Now), and mod the hell out of the S/C
Either that or get an AED Blower, with PI H/C/I setup, for the 4.6

Finally get rid of my T-bird, and get a Eclipse GSX or a GST if i can't find a decent X.

My goal. I'd like to get a new chip for the volvo. New exhaust, and i'm not quite sure from there. Basically, by the end of the year i'd like to be faster than my friends 2000 911.