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2-11-2015
2-11-2015
Already had one on the car, just didn't mention it. Cam was in early, trunion upgrade done, springs swapped. Should be going back together in time for tune and dyno on Friday!
I put it on around 10k miles when I could see oil in the throttle body
; and no catch can is 100%. It was relatively clean in person. My car seemed to be one of the more blatant oil consumers prior to the can.
2-13-2015
Supposed to be done today after they were delayed by another build, but the installer called me personally to explain that the coolant system is not holding vacuum, so he must have damaged it somehow during removal or re-installation. So they're trying to find something locally, but it's doubtful this will get done any sooner than early next week.
Radiator - thankfully someone (ETA: GM or DIE!) was selling a D3 unit online for a great price, so I got the upgrade at less cost than a factory radiator.
2-16-2015
Radiator should be delivered this AM. But we're supposed to get 6" of snow in subzero Temps over the course of the day and many businesses and schools are closed in advance.
I suspect "tonight" will not happen between the remaining work and the need for a tune.
Much less driving it home... lol.
ETA 2/14: Now day 9 of my 3 day build and no radiator. Seller dropped it off on Friday (5 days ago), even though he paid for 2 day shipping and it should have been here today (Tuesday) at the latest, accounting for the weekend. Perhaps the weather is screwing things up, but the tracking number has not been updated yet and still lists "waiting for package drop off."
The plot thickens...
2-18-2015
Day 10: Got off the phone with the Seller (on this forum, actually - great guy to talk to!): the UPS hub he tried to mail the package through was a rural location and sat on it for several days until the Seller was able to follow up and hand-deliver it to a traditional UPS hub yesterday, so UPS said they would overnight it as a courtesy upgrade and it *should* be here today (2/18).
Probably a good thing the car is MIA with all the snow we've gotten this week.
2-19-2015
Radiator finally came in today (UPS did the overnight courtesy upgrade, but then the package was delayed a day once in Cincinnati... lol). Will probably get the car back tomorrow - which is fine since I have the day off and can go loiter during the dyno tuning.
2-20-2015
It's finally ready!
VIDEO
2-20-2015
610 / 581 with primary cat delete and factory exhaust. Just shy of 15psi at high RPM. Peak power is ~6100 RPM.
The factory exhaust sounds god aweful... lol
