V3.2 build (F2 procharger , 427, etc. ) by 1dirtyz

4 minute(s) of a 341 minute read

radiator finally showed up yesterday, and i've been working hard trying to get the car done . it has to be on the trailer and ready to go by tuesday night

decided to postpone the alternator deal for now and just run dual batteries in the rear and charge them between rounds.

i also finished the charge pipe with the dual BOVs :



here is the radiator ( with foot as refrence )



and here is where i've been trying to mount it :



given the time crunch i might just not use that radiator now , and just go back to the old one for this race and take my time fabbing a mount for this one later .

i also got the MSD 2step in , but i doubt i'll be running it now since i want to install it cleanly


i learend some thing though , i should always have some sort of tubing and metal instock for "emergency" fabrication

11/25/2009

well i manged to get the damn thing in there , and it worked out pretty good . i have to redo the hoses , i'm just waiting for some fittings to arrive and i might be able to route the hose from the other side of the pump instrad of it looping like that.






i did manage to take it to an 1/8 mile track , and i'm glad to say that all my last minute stuff held up

well,,, except for this stuff, which wasn't last minute cause i had it in the car for about a year now:





think its fixable ??

everyone told me that these lower gears are junk and it was a matter of time before i destroy them ,,,,, well their time was up !

other than that , i'm happy with how the car did ,,, i managed to get a personal best 60 foot time of 1.32 with my 2.5 year old slicks!

and the msd 2 step worked great too ( install was too easy ! ).

so next on the list :

-fix tranny untill i can get a new built trans from the states
-install spool and 3.08 gears
-redo cooling lines and radiator bracket
-change the gear drive ratio from 1.3 ( 17-18 psi) to 1.6
-if i have time take it to a local fab shop to have a new chromolly cage put in.
-probably send the converter in to get restalled , i need it to stall about 1000 rpm lower (and to tighten it up on the big end)
-get a vacuume pump on the thing!