Busy weekend for me!

Hoping I can find a place to press on the wheel bearings tomorrow morning, then prep the driveshaft and the rear itself for install.
Sunday it should be spinning the tires on its own. But not until the afternoon. :lol:

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Looking good man and boy I can't even imagine what the car is going to click off with traction. BTW, too bad your not closer. I would let you use my shop press in the garage.

All I can say is HOLY SHIT batman...

Still a lot of work to be done.
Hoping to have her at the track Wednesday night...but I am not even close yet.

Thanks for the offer John!

Very nice..

wow! as usual, good job man.. how many lengths are you gonna give me? :lol:

Awesome, what gear ratio did you decide on?

I saw him in another section say 4.11's. So I am sticking to his story :lol:

wow! as usual, good job man.. how many lengths are you gonna give me? :lol:
Whatever it takes for me to hook on street tires. :lol:


John is right....4.11's.

I see high 11's in that cars future.

Whatever it takes for me to hook on street tires. :lol:
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are you gonna race with me on street tires? if so, l guess l will get you all the way through the first gear and maybe a litt on second gear and then game over:)

I will make a guess right now Doodad. That you are never going to be in the lead. I bet he takes you right off the line to the finish line. Your car is nice though but his car is worked now and with that rear and those tires. He will take off on you. Not to mention he has 4.11 gears , a real nice ratio for 6 speed's and the 1/4.

Holy crap man, that is def one nasty setup man.. I can smell the burning tires now..

I will make a guess right now Doodad. That you are never going to be in the lead. I bet he takes you right off the line to the finish line. Your car is nice though but his car is worked now and with that rear and those tires. He will take off on you. Not to mention he has 4.11 gears , a real nice ratio for 6 speed's and the 1/4.
Thing is...not sure I will have those tires when I am out in that way.
Right now, it is kinda looking like I might be driving the car out, and I might not have room for them.

I will make a guess right now Doodad. That you are never going to be in the lead. I bet he takes you right off the line to the finish line. Your car is nice though but his car is worked now and with that rear and those tires. He will take off on you. Not to mention he has 4.11 gears , a real nice ratio for 6 speed's and the 1/4.

l know he will blow me away but l thought he said street tires:) l thoought he was gonna do nothing just spint at the first 2 gears..:)

The new rear end is ready to put back in the car!

Still plenty of work left, but downhill from here. All stuff I have done before now.

Awesome, we need more videos!

You now are gonna need the t-shirt that says something to the effect of Real cars don't power the front wheels, they lift 'em.

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Almost there.

Did drive it.
E-brake doesn't work...but I know why.
Sway bar needs clamped up, but I didn't have the large clamps, I will pick them up tomorrow on my way home from work.
LCA relocation brackets need welded in. Sometime this week I hope.

Driving it was weird. You could feel the LCA's were REALLY mushy. Rear suspension was horrible.
Just a little whine from the rear, expected with the larger stronger gears and the TrueTrac diff.
Since the speedo isn't adjusted yet, it is kinda fun to watch it climb VERY quickly. :lol:

Give us a video of that speedo climbing quickly! be pretty funny like "Yeah this is my Trans Am.. no lie, check out how quick it gets up there!"

Only took it to 4,000 RPM's.
Supposed to cool down and then it is broken in. Weird.
Probably put some miles on it though before beating it.

Then I will grab footage. :lol:

Awesome!

Wow man, thats looks awesome and you work fast.

Wow man, thats looks awesome and you work fast.
Thanks!!!

The worst part was the first hour. I had to get that bitch under the car myself. Hard to balance and move it at the same time.

I have an appointment Tuesday to get the LCA's welded in! :iceslolan

I LOVE these gears!!!

Just took it out on the highway....was at the top of 4th gear by the time I was on the highway.

Man, I was just looking at your wheel horsepower Curtis and your making like 610 - 620 horse at the flywheel when you calculate drivetrain loss. Thats insane, I didn't think you would being making that much power. I thought like 550 or so. Damn.

Thanks!!!

And I think I wasn't preloading the lifters enough either for that pull.
Hard to say now...but I hope it still makes over 500 RWHP through the 9" and the gears.

I know it will drop off a little cause I have seen the chevy high performance dyno tests with the different rears but I doubt it will be by that much maybe 10 horsepower or so. When your making 600 horsepower though, 10 horse aint going to break you. Man, you will still give me a hard ass run and possibly win even when I am boosting. I think I might have to add a more agressive cam or more boost or more cubes :banghead: . :lol: , eh.

Can you lift the car's nose off the ground yet or have you tried?.

Haven't tried.
I am sure with the right tire it will.

Depends on if the driveshaft will hold too. :lol:
9" only has 20 miles on it so far. :icon16:

That is true, you want the break in period. I wasn't think as usual :disappoin. Damn, I can't wait to see what that monster will rip up the track to now. Traction does wonders for times and you have crazy power behind it :evillol: . Good luck and I look forward to seeing the clip. BTW, just a suggestion but I would like some Rob Zombie for the background music :uhoh: . :icon16:

BTW, just a suggestion but I would like some Rob Zombie for the background music :uhoh: . :icon16:
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Oh hell ya, Rob Zombie - Never Gonna Stop Me, that would be a perfect intro... Shoot, even Feel So Numb or Dragula would be awesome

EDIT: Just thought about it... You could use the song Never Gonna stop me for the intro song. Do your intro where you have your headlights slowly flipping open, with that song starting and the girl says "You think you know me"... Just had that pictured in my head and it looked bad ass.

screw music, i want to here that thing run!

you will lose some hp but those gears will help more on your ET. so how is 3rd gear, 4th gear pull on those gears?? still pulls as hard?

damn! l gotta watch that thing in real..

I see high 11's in that cars future.

You see him running the same tiems as a lowly full bolt on LS1??? I think not


Awesome work man, awesome work

Well yeah, but he doesn't want to run anything below that so he doesn't have to put in a cage.

You see him running the same tiems as a lowly full bolt on LS1??? I think not
I think so.

5800 feet above sea level.
Stock LS1 cars run 14.4's on GOOD days. :screwy:



Erdal...3rd and 4th feel MEAN!! I still have other little things to finish up though. LCA brackets get welded on tomorrow afternoon. Supposed to be today but my girl and I ended up at the doctors to have an ultrasound done. :naughty:
But yeah...hoping Saturday will be tuning for the new pushrods and the gears!
Footage. Might not be any good...but there will be more footage. :rofl:

I think so.

5800 feet above sea level.
Stock LS1 cars run 14.4's on GOOD days. :screwy:



Erdal...3rd and 4th feel MEAN!! I still have other little things to finish up though. LCA brackets get welded on tomorrow afternoon. Supposed to be today but my girl and I ended up at the doctors to have an ultrasound done. :naughty:
But yeah...hoping Saturday will be tuning for the new pushrods and the gears!
Footage. Might not be any good...but there will be more footage. :rofl:

the most powerful car l have driven in my life is this new mustang.. so l really cant imagine, how that thing would pull.. you buried your trans am and created another car.. seriously, except interior and body, whatelse is stock on that car? l really dont think anythingelse is stock on that car..

awesome job = awesome result! you definetely deserve this Curtis! l just cant wait to see in person..

Driveshaft, tranny, rocker arms, coils.
I think that is it for stock parts in the powertrain. :lol:

Driveshaft, tranny, rocker arms, coils.
I think that is it for stock parts in the powertrain. :lol:
Not bad, I am amazed at how fast you get this stuff done working full time...
Good job Curtis

Got the relocation brackets welded in today.
They were so far off the car sat 1" lower in the rear than it should.

Rides much better now, and the rear is centered nicely.
Went to Bandimere...but didn't race. Got there too late to get in any passes. Would have paid $30 for 1-2 passes.

Sweet! I love that car...

so how much is cordova dragstrip? how much do l have to pay to race? l have never even passed in front of a track in my life, l wonder how they are.

I forgot you're in colocrapo, lol... bring that bitch to NJ

so how much is cordova dragstrip? how much do l have to pay to race? l have never even passed in front of a track in my life, l wonder how they are.
Probably somewhere between $15 and $25 to race.

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