Well well well, the car is back in my hands, and i dont wanna park it
New stuff includes:
4.06 gears, new 1/2nd gear, new syncros 1-5, billet diff, act clutch, fidanza flywheel, stage 2.5 head(fc), heavily ported 2000 intake manifold, crower stage 2 cams, crower springs/tit. retainers, valves, .040 decked, cam gears and a nice new filter
Thnx to walter and billy for the help and hard work.
This thing, man oh man, screeeeeaammms.
I dont know what people say about flywheels and gears and all, and i dont care, however, this car in 1st/2nd gear is scary, it just goes, breaks traction and all from a roll in 1st. Come from a stop sign into a turn and gun it and watch the front slide out while both wheels are spinning wildly, this flywheel and gears make a HUGE difference in acceleration, and did i tell you it hits redline before you can press the gas pedal all the way down?
Scary fast revs.
You gotta shift fast too, the revs drop quick, gotta get used to it, but its awesome, it just feels like im driving a go cart or something.
Freeway pull is AMAZING, the car has tons of torque in 5th gear for passing, these cams are awesome. The clutch grabs instantly but the pedal feel is a bit softer then stock even. Great clutch.
4.06 gears are AWESOME guys, its really the best bang for the buck in acceleration. The flywheel actually tricks you, as you dont feel youre accelerating as fast, but it hits 60mph before you even know it, i still gotta learn to take off right, it will take some time. Launching with the flywheel is DEFINETLY harder, it wiill light the tires up instantly.
But on the gtech, im gettin 0-60 in mid 6's right now and thats with crappy take offs and NO launch, just a drive on, still a new clutch.
Overall, i am super happy, this will keep me over for a while until i want more power, but for what it is, its awesome, power from idle all the way up to 7100rpm, its great.
Next on the list is a thicker race header and possibly a bigger intake manifold.
Im gonna hit the dyno soon, expecting at least 160whp, hoping for about 165whp.
But from my old 145whp, its night and day in acceleration and passing power.
To walter, thnx for staying up late both saturday and sunday getting the car back together, you did a great job man, the car runs flawlessly, other than that broken plug, its awesome now, running home on 3 cylinders wasnt too bad.
Its time to break the 160whp barrier. Gotta go now, clean the car up and go break in the clutch some more
[ 09-30-2002, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: nazthug ]
New stuff includes:
4.06 gears, new 1/2nd gear, new syncros 1-5, billet diff, act clutch, fidanza flywheel, stage 2.5 head(fc), heavily ported 2000 intake manifold, crower stage 2 cams, crower springs/tit. retainers, valves, .040 decked, cam gears and a nice new filter
Thnx to walter and billy for the help and hard work.
This thing, man oh man, screeeeeaammms.
I dont know what people say about flywheels and gears and all, and i dont care, however, this car in 1st/2nd gear is scary, it just goes, breaks traction and all from a roll in 1st. Come from a stop sign into a turn and gun it and watch the front slide out while both wheels are spinning wildly, this flywheel and gears make a HUGE difference in acceleration, and did i tell you it hits redline before you can press the gas pedal all the way down?
You gotta shift fast too, the revs drop quick, gotta get used to it, but its awesome, it just feels like im driving a go cart or something.
Freeway pull is AMAZING, the car has tons of torque in 5th gear for passing, these cams are awesome. The clutch grabs instantly but the pedal feel is a bit softer then stock even. Great clutch.
4.06 gears are AWESOME guys, its really the best bang for the buck in acceleration. The flywheel actually tricks you, as you dont feel youre accelerating as fast, but it hits 60mph before you even know it, i still gotta learn to take off right, it will take some time. Launching with the flywheel is DEFINETLY harder, it wiill light the tires up instantly.
But on the gtech, im gettin 0-60 in mid 6's right now and thats with crappy take offs and NO launch, just a drive on, still a new clutch.
Overall, i am super happy, this will keep me over for a while until i want more power, but for what it is, its awesome, power from idle all the way up to 7100rpm, its great.
Next on the list is a thicker race header and possibly a bigger intake manifold.
Im gonna hit the dyno soon, expecting at least 160whp, hoping for about 165whp.
But from my old 145whp, its night and day in acceleration and passing power.
To walter, thnx for staying up late both saturday and sunday getting the car back together, you did a great job man, the car runs flawlessly, other than that broken plug, its awesome now, running home on 3 cylinders wasnt too bad.
Its time to break the 160whp barrier. Gotta go now, clean the car up and go break in the clutch some more
[ 09-30-2002, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: nazthug ]