I got my car off Ebay. I don't remember where Charley found Jack Ass.

Mark

I have Dr Stielows piece of crap here with me till the truck shows up. Drives like crap. What a slug.

Nice shop, can I move in with you?

Charley have you thought about putting that red camaro on ebay.And cleanin out that shop of your's.:lol: :lol:

Uh no. 67 is another black plate car. Jackass was a orig paint car I found in Sacramento. Red Devil was about 60 miles away with orig. family.

ah, so that's the 67 someone was talking about.................. :unibrow:

you need to see his other shop............ :thumbsup:

Now the Red Devil is pretty much done, what is the next project?

^^ HA HA!:rofl: :_paranoid
Awesome picture.

I was wondering about the black plate thing. Mark, do you register them using someone's address in CA, or just register it to Charley to save time later 'cause he's gonna buy 'em eventually anyway? :lol:

Ca doesn't care where you live. They need the money so Mark just registers it as his Michigan address.

So Charley whats the 67 for???? :D :D

Red Devil Video
 

Thanks to Mark for taking a few minutes at the OUSCI to chat with us.. the car is awesome.

Very cool....
Cool to put the face to the car. Mark seems like a pretty laid back dude. :thumbsup:

Mark, post up your shock settings for each event. :lol: The bar has been set!

Probaly the nest Stielow interview I'ver ever seen...:thumbsup:

I got my car back from SEMA last Friday and took it out for the last spin of the year before winter. As I was cruising along I noticed bug guts on the windshield and the trip meter we at about 50 mile more than it had at OUSCI. Charley said he could store for a couple days at his place until a shipping company could pick it up..... hummm :faint:

It has been a fun year building this car. As I was doing 4th gear roll on burnout on Woodward I had time to think about how cool this car turned out.

I have a list of things to improve for next summer so I'll start pulling the car apart this weekend.

More Power
Better wheel speed sensors
Re-balance the brakes
Better 5 -6 gears in the box

If I have time I would like to hit more of the OUSCI events next summer.

Stielow

There ya go Mark!

Plan your work and work your plan...

Red Devil turned out spectacular... and will be hard to beat... and harder yet to top for a long time. :hail: :hail: :woot:

Couple of questions
 

I assume that you went with the 18/19 wheel combo for the abs brakes?

What spring rate front and rear did you settle on for the event? Do you bump that up when running race rubber on the big track?

I did the 18 - 19 inch rims only to fit the new Goodyear Super Car tires. The spring rates were 550 front and 275 rear. I only ran the BFG R-1 once and did not change spring rates. I need some more time on those to sort it out.

Stielow

Like Charley says, they don't care. I've had CA plates on cars in other states for years. As long as the law enforcement friends are cool with it, you're good.

You had to know THAT was going to happen!

Thanks again for taking a few minutes with us Mark. Awesome car!

Have you thought about going to dual Masters with a balance bar? That gives you the ultimate in adjustment. Just requires a little bit of fire wall surgery. Of course that's if you get it back from Charlie........:faint:

I'm going to change the piston diameters on the calipers to get a better optimized brake system do work better with the ABS. I don't want to cut up the car to add a dual master. I like the brake feel of the brake booster for street and track.

Also Charley does not want this car because he said JA is better. :thumbsup:

Stielow

:rofl: :rofl:


Ya are what ya drive.... my pappy used to say.


:rofl: :rofl:

Ahh.....I forgot about the ABS. I suppose a dual master would be a pain to set up with that.
So stupid question, can you change the pistons in the calipers you have or are you talking different calipers with different pistons?


So now You know the secret for keeping your cars.....:lol:

I was kidding about the shock settings. I am interested in your scale results. What is your curb weight and nose percentage? I've got the 450's up front with DSE sub and aluminum big block. You have my wheels spinning with your 550's.

Very nice Mark. Car did turn our great. What a machine.
Already looking to next year and the upgrades/updates!:thumbsup:

Mark, what mods will you do to make more power?

Brian Thomson has some ideas to get the engie up to 800 HP and still run on 93 octane. He has some other engines like mine going on his dyno soon so we have some combos to test. The first is a larger throttle body.

Stielow

Awesome build Mark!!! Thanks for the updates... :)

What are the current wheels on this car? I thought it had Fikse's on it originally but seems they have been changed at some point?

They are Forgeline GA3 wheels

Here ya go...

http://www.forgeline.com/customer_ga...product_key=87

...the outers are now brushed also.

probably just need to build a whole new one for next year...that one would look good in a chevy II!!:D

Paul

If I tried to do another car for next year I think it would kill me....:faint:

Paul we looked at the wheels in your driveway and I go back and forth on which ones I like better. Just to keep things fun I should have yet another new set for Autoramma. :unibrow:

I would like to go on record that I love LS engines. I just pulled the trans out of my car today and the bottom of the car is bone dry. Just a little road grim but no oil except for a small amount from the blown P/S rack. The car has never leaked since day one. I think the trick is I now pressure check every hose and tank before I install it on the car.

Looking over the car everything looks great. I few loose bolts but nothing big for as much track time as this car saw this year.

Mark

well...not a whole new car just a new engine!:D Yea Im still a fikse lover...not biased or anything thing lol. Are they the ones you showed us from the guy from detroit was it? looking forward to seeing them!

I look forward to going for another ride next year!:thumbsup:

Paul

My buddy Gordon was at Optima and took some great pictures.

I thought these were good.

Muscle car with out ABS..

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_429.jpg

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_430.jpg

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_431.jpg

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_432.jpg

Muscle car with ABS...priceless

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_446.jpg

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_447.jpg

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_448.jpg

http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/q...10SEMA_453.jpg

I have my rear axle apart and I think I have a solution for my ABS fault issues. Once I get the parts made I'll share my design.

Stielow

Wow, thats a big difference in pics, and most likely the condition of tires!!!

Mark, thats great on sharing, really interested in the whole ABS set up, Steve