Congrats! The car looks awesome, again! :thumbsup:

Matt,

Car looks amazing in version 2.1. I apologize if you already stated, but what steering wheel are you using? Looks to have a nice size to it.

Congrats Matt. Well deserved.:cheers: Looks like the pro-tour community did well this year. Good to hear.:thumbsup: :cheers:

Thanks. I don't think I ever mentioned anything about the steering wheel. I decided to replace the old one (a Momo "Race" wheel) with a Momo Mod 08 wheel because the latter fits me much better. The Mod 08 has some dish to it making it easier to reach. It also keeps my legs from hitting the wheel. I don't think it is bigger than the old steering wheel, I believe they're both 350mm (13.78 in.) but because of the placement it definitely feels better than the old one, which seemed small and far away from me.

Matt

Congrats Matt and BOS!! What a great car it is! I love it!! I know you all were totally stoked about the award and should be, but for me, seeing that Dick was unable to wipe the smile off his face even the next day....well that says it all!! It was a lot of work to do the car twice, and in record time the second go around! This award is huge and well deserved.....enjoy! :cheers: :woot:

Matt, congrats on the award. Definitely a fine piece of machinery. :thumbsup: BOS did some amazing work to get it back in order so quickly.

Matts car is awesome. The pictures do not capture how nice that ride is.

I second that , and I saw it before the new work done.

Thanks for the kind words guys. Positive feedback means a great deal to everyone involved, especially Dick, and maybe even Jon, although I don't think he'll ever admit to being happy about anything :lol:

If anything, the car came out too nice. It's worth so much I worry about driving it sometimes, but then again, it's worth too much to just let it sit, collect dust and not enjoy it. Besides, I think the guys proved they could buff any little scratches or cone rash out if need be.

I'm really looking forward to RTTC at the end of this month. I don't think the car has had more than 300 miles on it since SEMA. I'm hoping to go out to Adams out in Riverside tomorrow and see how the car goes now that it has different shocks, brakes, floater and front bar on it. I'm also going to head on down to Cars and Coffee in Irvine this Saturday in case anyone else wants to meet up.

Matt

p.s. I'm sure some of you guys already know, but I'm exited to say we've got a new project cookin' over at BOS. I hope (and by I, I mean my checkbook) that it isn't going to be nearly as nice :rofl: It is going to be a wild little car though, and I'll start a thread when there is a little more going on.

Update: I have been hanging around Steve Rupp too much. D!ck has been really patient though. I have at least two shelves full of crap, and to my knowledge, he hasn't sold any of it on ebay yet (despite his claims) :rofl: Not only have I developed a penchant for managing to acquire new parts, but I've also developed a bit of a knack for needing new parts as well. Last year at the Costa Mesa Good Guys show, I couldn't believe that Steve had managed to wear out the 1-2 synchro in his T56 Magnum, I thought those things were bullet proof. In any case, he ended up swapping in a new one, and shelving the old one to save for Track Rat, after a rebuild. Never to be outdone though, I wore out the synchro in my Viper spec T56, and by "wore out" I mean I utterly obliterated it. Sometimes we can do nothing more than laugh about the stupid things we do, and this is one of those times. Steve probably wore his T56 out competing at Optima, or some grand event. I was driving a couple of friends around, they wanted to the car to go fast, so fast it went, all the way through second gear, and then... not quite into third, but definitely into first. The engined revved well north of 7000 rpm. I pictured valves flying ever which way, and general destruction of everything mechanical in the drivetrain. Turns out the engine survived, (we'll find out this coming weekend at the Cal Speedway), but my 1-2 synchro was gone. Back to the shop the car went. We pulled the trans and wouldn't you know, the output was wiggling around too. Scary. Anyway, in went a new T56 Magnum, with a nice usable overdrive gear (.62 puts me at 2000 rpm at 60 mph, and 2400 at 80). My clutch had also taken some abuse, so an upgrade was in order. Steve called over to Centerforce and got me a great deal on a new twin disk. Thanks Steve!

Thanks to D!ck the car is all back together now, and I'm ready to try and break something at the Hotchkis sponsored autocross at the NMRA event this weekend.

Oh, and before I forget, the car is wearing some new Anvil parts. Mike @ Musclerods rear spoiler turned out killer!

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Hope to see you local guys this weekend,
Matt

Car,Look frickin awesome bud.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: Scott M.

Ive seen your beautifull car at Costa Mesa a few times and its really inspiring. Ill try to be out at the speedway this weekend. I have surgery tomorrow so im hoping ill have the strenght but with this hot heat we are having i dont know. All in all my best wishes and luck go out to you.......... have fun and smoke em.

^ Hey Ralph...good luck!

Looks great Matt!

You're a regular one man economic firestorm! :cheers:

Ralph, I hope the surgery goes smoothly and without incident, and that your recovery is quick. You are definitely right about the Inland Empire summer heat, and reminded me, it might finally be time to get the AC charged.

Greg, whether it be running green lights and crashing into old ladies, or missing shifts and destroying transmissions, you can count on me to try and help stimulate our economy :lol:

BTW, this reminds me, Josh missed a shift in the DC Camaro the same weekend I did. He has been busy with work, but hopefully he updates his build thread, because his car is making even more power than it used to (not that it needs it - holy hell was it fast before).

Matt

beautiful camaro, i love the CF details. bravo sir!

Thank you Matt. I too hope everything goes ok. I have 2 Hernias and i never ever been put to sleep before so im a little nervous. If i do feel better i will go bit Hernias take time to heal. I want to go so badly but i know i come first

Hey Matt, nice update. That spoiler looks great on there.

And thanks for the info on the T56 Mags.... I will be sure to cross that off my potential tranny list now. :lol: Nothing wrong with missin a shift once in awhile... if you're not breaking stuff, you're not driving hard enough. :thumbsup:

It's funny, I really didn't want to push the car and miss third. I shifted around 5500 (6800 redline). The 2-3 shift had always been a bit notchy with the pro 5.0, and I'd missed it at least once racing, but don't for the life of me know how I managed to slide it into first. Usually I'd just hit the side of the gate, etc.

Anyway, the T56 should still be towards the top of your list. In fact, I happen to know where you could get a slightly used (7000ish mile) one with Viper internals, and for a good price no less. :unibrow:

Matt

I love your car Matt, it's pretty cool, BUT paint looks kinda dirty!

Matt - The car looks fantastic! Is it my old eye balls or is the rear bumper also carbon? Spoiler is kick azz.

Rich

Spoiler looks awesome on there Matt. Glad you like it. I am looking foward to the feedback we get at Columbus since it will be its official release to the public.

bumper is a new anvil part as well

Looks good Matt, and we appreciate your honesty in why you are stimulating the economy. :lol:

It is hard to tell in the pictures, but the bumper is really well thought out. It fits flush, and extends lower than the original to cover up that strange looking recessed area. The sides fit well, and the bumper is so light you don't need all of the original mounting hardware.

MexMan, you are right, the car is dirty. The running joke is that I never clean it. Whatever you do, don't look at the front wheels!

Matt

Yea, I was really impressed with how the rear bumper fit.. it was pretty impressive.

And no problem with the hook up on parts Matt.. Still going to Fontana this weekend, right?

would it not be easier to just get a full on CF body?? Or wait! Is that already in the works? Lol!!

Bumper's nice but it looks a little fat (my opinion).... Look at the rear bumper on that white mustang from Mc Or Mk something that looks like a hot wheel. Nice and slim.

Lead.

That's what I thought at first. But, the more I see it the more I like it. As a matter of fact, I caught myself thinking yesterday that I'd like one of those on my car. :_paranoid

I used to be a retro guy but Matt has sooo corrupted me. :lol:

Hey Matt,

Any chance you can shoot a pic of the bumper looking up at it, Im trying to get a perspective on how low it drops down, if you have time.

Did you guys have to re drill the trunk for the spoiler or did it drop right in?

Its really lookin great - thanks Rich

So the bumpers finally came true! I asked Tyler about availability on a carbon front bumper in July of 2010 and he said he would pass it on to Matt.
I guess they decided to do the rear bumpers first.:thumbsup:

Matt, the new parts look great! Does the Anvil bumper use the stock mounts, or does it bolt directly to the body? I should own stock in Anvil!! :thumbsup:

When I talked to Matt, he said that the Anvil team was working on a new front end that would integrate the bumper and lower fender extension all into a single piece. I saw an early version of it last year, when Tyler showed me, and it is pretty cool.

That said, I still think they should make a front bumper for those of us with done cars, that don't want to do anything more than bolt on a few parts, or for those that prefer the original lower valence.

Rich, I shot some pictures of the bumper for you, and will upload everything when I get a little more time. The spoiler more or less drops right in. You might have to get out a heat gun and change the angle on a few of the studs, but no additional drilling will be required as long as you have an original spoiler or regular Anvil one.

Redfire, the bumper bolts directly to the body, I think it is one of the few parts I've dealt with that actually installed in 10 minutes with basic hand tools.

Matt

Thanks Matt , Appreciate you taking the time, looking forward to seeing them.

Rich

Bumper's nice but it looks a little fat (my opinion)....
fat have you seen the nova bumpers hahaha

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Hope these pics capture the angles you were looking for. If not, just let me know and I'll be happy to snap a few more over the weekend. I think part of the reason the bumper looks fat is because the spoiler is about half the height of a regular one. Also, don't mind the battery tender chord coming out of the trunk, hooked up to my I-won't-hold-a-charge Yellow Top Optima battery.

Oh, and before I forget, I've got a new issue to trouble shoot. we charged my AC and hooked everything up this week, and it isn't working. Basically, the compressor is getting juice, and the electric fans are turning on, but the compressor doesn't want to run. Any ideas? I'll be sweating my ass off in Fontana this weekend unless someone can come to the rescue with a tech tip lol.

Matt

Your description isn't very complete. Does the compressor have a binary or trinary switch in line? If so -- it can be over charged or under charged. Hi pressure would turn the compressor off to "save it"... low pressure would not build enough "head pressure"...

To really charge a system like this - you need gauges etc. A vac down - pulling big time vacuum for like an hour... then charged up etc.

So when you say - it doesn't work.... what does that mean? Does the compressor clutch kick on? Does it cycle on and off repeatedly? Does it just not make cold air?

You are giving the compressor 12V + to it's one and only wire (self grounded).

Yes, sorry Greg. My description was beyond vague. We took it down the street to another shop to charge the AC. I believe it has a trinary switch. My understanding is that they hooked it up to their machine, pulled vacuum, etc. Basically they claimed it "should work" (everyone's famous last words) because the machine charged it without incident. When it didn't work, the mechanic over there took one look at the ISIS and said WTF. So, we tested it to see if it was getting its 12 volts and everything appeared to be golden. D!ck was pretty busy all day and only had a few minutes to look at it, and the first thing he noticed was that the compressor wasn't "locking up" and running. Does that mean the compressor clutch isn't kicking on? sorry for my complete lack of knowledge on this subject.

Also, when I turn the knob on for the AC, I can hear the relay click, but it doesn't appear to be blowing cold from the short amount of time that I had the car running when I got it back to the BOS. As far as I know, it has never cycled on and off.

Greg, I'm so happy that you have an addiction to this website and are on here tonight!

Matt

how did they charge the system if the compressor didn't turn on? Too low of pressure the compressor won't engage, just as too high of pressure cycles the compressor off. It's normal for the compressor to not immediately engage when you first start charging the system, as the pressure isn't up yet, but should click on fairly soon when adding the freon.

I guess my question is how they got the correct amount of pressure in the system if the compressor never engaged.

if it showed 12 volts to the compressor then I would assume the wiring and switch was okay, and start wondering about the compressor itself. Did they test for 12 volts at the compressor with the system on and engine running? You should be able to jump a 12 volt wire to the compressor and get the clutch to engage; you'll hear an audible click and see the clutch move. You can do that without the engine running to test the clutch/compressor.

If the clutch engages by jumping it but won't with the car running and a/c on then you either have a pressure problem (too low or too high the switch won't give the compressor the 12 volts it needs to engage the clutch) or the switch/wiring is incorrect, or bad switch.