Biffs Buzby's Burgers - Topperwien, San Antonio - Friday Night Open Car show - Leon Springs 6/30 Buzzies 13th Annual Hill Country - Comfort 7/15 MOCA Show - Austin 8/4 Fredericksburg Car Show 9/22
I might bump any of these due to car problems, or a larger event. Too bad we don't have any big ones here is S Texas. Know of any other good shows locally?
Besides the San Antonio Mustang Club fall car show on October 28, at Bass Pro Shops, I am not aware of any other car shows but if I hear of any i'll drop you a line.
Besides the San Antonio Mustang Club fall car show on October 28, at Bass Pro Shops, I am not aware of any other car shows but if I hear of any i'll drop you a line.
Thanks for the heads up on the SA Mustang Club show.
I had to install an extra water temp sending unit. If I tapped in to the EFI water temp probe, it may have caused a LOW temp reading by dividing the signal. So I tee'd the manifold, and added the dash gauge water temp sending unit.
I also built an aluminum water shield (2 sides only) for the under-fender 12" long conical air filter.
Man, I wish I had known you lived north of San Antonio - I was down there 2 weeks ago and got some wheels from JamesW (on the way) and a brake kit from Dennis (discbrakeswap.com).
Got a lot done today. Took a day off to regroup. Those damn gremlins keep sneaking up and screwing with everything.
For instance, the drive shaft delivered to me was too short. Well I ordered, and received from UP (a few weeks late) a longer driveshaft. This fixed one problem but created another. The front universal knuckle started hitting the H Pipe. Damn it!!!
OK I removed the H pipe and had it cut 3/4" on both sides to give me a little room. I also clocked the EFI sensor a little clockwise because it was getting very close to the frame. This allowed me to lift the transmission a little more, hopefully taking care of the shifting problem. We will see in the next few days:
Got the front end aligned today also. I stayed with they guy doing the alignment, and boy am I glad. He really didn't know that you could rotate the plate to move the LCA out for the negative camber. The figures from TCP: Camber 0- ½ degree neg Castor 2 ½-3 pos Toe 1/16” -1/8” In
But We got it done. Front and rear end. It was only out a little, but a little sure makes a big difference in the way it drives. Now I got to lift the rear a little more. There are adjustments on the UP rear Coilover system to allow for this:
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yes!
what i dont understand is you had a dyno sheet from the motor, shouldnt they have tuned it to run awsome already? i know you mentioned it was really rich or something and i didnt even think about the fact that they gave you a dyno sheet with the motor. did they run it carbed or something?
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what i dont understand is you had a dyno sheet from the motor, shouldnt they have tuned it to run awsome already? i know you mentioned it was really rich or something and i didnt even think about the fact that they gave you a dyno sheet with the motor. did they run it carbed or something?
I called the engine builder and questioned that very thing. I was told "Yes, that FAST XFI box was used on the engine dyno." I was told it would have a basic street tune. It was barely usable. But wait....
Then went over to the local dyno shop. After a lengthy amount of time test tuning, doing some gentle pulls, then getting more robust each time. We are not finished tuning yet.
Then went over to the local dyno shop. After a lengthy amount of time test tuning, doing some gentle pulls, then getting more robust each time. We are not finished tuning yet.
i bet that state inspector was getting sticky in the pants lookin at that thing!
sounds really good, and those are some decent numbers but im guessing theres ALOT left in it.
what i would like to know is how did they come up with 800+ HP with a tune that was essentially crap?
ha ha Everybody in the oil change place stopped what they were doing (all 6 of them) and came out to the car. All the other customers were pissed off because of the wait! ha ha
I think most engine builders have there dyno numbers inflated a little, or even a lot, to sell more engines. And granted, the engine dyno was probably done with no air intake restrictions (air cleaner and tubing), no muffler, perfect headers, etc. I have a lot of restrictions. But I cannot believe they got 800+ on the tune that was handed to me. I think what was handed to me was the stock FAST XFI 427FE tuning. I think they did not give me the tune they used.
We didn't put a very aggressive tune on it. Pump gas (premium), getting a few of the bugs worked out, etc And tuning it for "streetable driving" can rob some HP. Need to put some miles on it.
But that is behind us now. I still have more to do.
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