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how much is left after this?

Cosmetics. Need to install the new CBM intake, interior, finish the hood, rewire some of the electronics like the wideband, finish the fire suppression system, work on better wheels and tires, and .....vrooom!

good show but maybe i missed it... why ditch God's own T56?

It was 15 weeks late in the delivery. About week 9 with no real response we frankly figured they were not going to be able to deliver so we began the process of changing over to the TH400. We literally only had a few days warning before the T56 showed up so we had already pulled the trigger on the TH400. You seriously cannot try to pursue a program with no indication of when and where things are going to show up. It would have taken longer to reorient back to the T56 than continue on. For instance the pedals were pulled out, the lines undone, the master cylinder removed, and the shifter boot hold cover cut up to accommodate the automatic floor plate.

I didn't mind being one of the first and never really expected any breaks or special treatment but I also didn't expect to be on the back burner. It was a great team of vendors that came together and given time to learn to work together they will have a positive impact. I have too much in the car to not have the same priority that everyone else hasa right to expect.

We put the T56 on the shelf to use as a backup when we refresh the TH400. It was a first rate job but I lost a good deal of the season waiting on it. Maybe after they have sold a few more and can get consistent with the production (thus the ability to repair and support them) I might dust if off and try it. I don't see that happening this year.

Took us 19 hours to get the speedometer gear off. Could have probably done it sooner but have never done that so was somewhat of a ***** about it. Finally got it off this afternoon. Has delayed the build a bit.

First thing we had to do was take the old style Speedometer Gear off the Output Shaft
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Took us 19 hours to get to this point, yea we are pussies but this is the first time we've done this.
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Then we had to heat up the 17 tooth reluctor that enables us to use the Speed Sensor
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Align the Reluctor to the middle of the hole, approximately the same location as the gear we removed.
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Bolt in the Speed Sensor and button up the tailshaft

I had really hoped to spend next week finishing the small stuff and dyno tuning it. Then a couple of weeks getting the hood finished. The delay has pretty much put the whole fall drag racing season at risk. While I could run without a hood after all the effort I thought I would just wait until the car was done. I can't put the CBM intake on, can't finish the hood, can tune the car until I get the transmission in. Cannot even really finish putting the interior in.

We have gotten some stuff done. Replaced the rear main seal and bolted the flexplate in, removed the shifter boot and cut the console for the shifter to fit, plus put the hole cover plate in.

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well, at least there's some progress. :thumbsup:

We had to change torque convertors so it has delayed us some. Got the new unit in today and I will attack it tomorrow. Also worked on a setup for the Fire Suppression System. The system I bought supports only two zones. I will buy another but was perplexed at how to put suppression in all three zones with a single pull release. Solution will be a roll bar mounted cable mount with both cable pulls side by side. I can rig a pull like an ejection seat or something where one tug pulls both cables. Here is the setup with only one pull mounted. Will probably end up putting that on the top bar.

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Also got some of my prototype Camera Mounts back from the Chroming process today. Will roll them out at GOATFEST.

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