Quote:
Originally Posted by panozracing
Very Easy indeed. I am emailing you wiring instructions for the block, labor, and tranny. I will cover the installation in the car no charge. Your name and picture will be all over my car for your generous contributions. :-)
The motor was barely hurt. The high pressure radiator cap blew out the gasket on the intake from the inside. Filled motor immediately with water. Luckily I filled the motor with WD-40 so nothing rusted and it didnt have to come completely apart. My AFR heads are still good. Bought new ones last year so no I dont think I will get the 220 heads.
As it turns out the ford intake gasket doestn have bolts between the sections. The chevy does and can run much higher pressures. We had a 30lb cap and have backed down to 24lbs. Hopefully that works.
Any other GREAT ideas? hehehe...
|
Brian, I struggle to fund what I want to do with my own car so for all that coin, you missed out the most important bit about my name being on the entry form where its says ........"Driver"!! (not doubting your driving ability, just a value for money thing)
On a more serious note, yes, wouldnt it be nice to have a sponsor with all that gold. I consider myself to be very very fortunate this season to have a very good tyre sponsor in Alert Motorsport/Federal tyres. With thier help and assistance we have logged 2nd in the DOT class in the NZ Endurance Champs and run/finished in the top 6 of the 2 rounds of the North Island Endurance Series that we have run.
Not quite sure what the next step is though. Looking at the AFR 220's with a view to picking up another 50 - 80hp so that we have the mumbo to run top 1 - 3 on the faster high hp circuits. We need to pick up around 1 - 1.5 seconds and I figure we will be on the money with around 480 - 500rwhp. Last dyno run was 466rwhp so AFR 220's a Super Victor and shorten up the header primaries should get us there. Sounds easy if you say it quickly but the header shortening job is probably 30 - 50 hours of work alone!!
Good to hear your engine rebuild was no drama and good tip on the gasket failure thanks.
Kel.