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Richio1 07-17-2013 07:54 AM

Chris at WCAC has replaced the carb cam spring on the accelerator pump and rejetted it. After some fine tuning she is running even better.

He said it looks like the shop that built the motor just slapped the Quickfuel carb on there right out of the box. It has the stock jets (50s and 65s). He is trying 65s & 80s to see how those work. They also had the timing at 32* whith really tight spring which he feels was too conservative for this cam / heads set up. Chris thinks there is more he can get out of the motor which is great. Out of the box it dynoed 470 / 517 so more is mo better :lol:


He went to take it for a drive yesterday and one of the power steering hoses blew. :bang:

Ordered a new one along with a new fuel sending unit since it isn't reading. Maiden voyage should be later today giving him a chance to identify any bugs, season the brakes and play with the jetting some more.

Plan on heading up Friday to take her for a rip. :drive:

Richio1 07-18-2013 08:39 PM

Another crappy cell phone video but am too excited not to share. It is soooo good to see her moving under her own power.

I think the videos are being shot with a 1 megapixel Nokia flip phone. Tomorrow I will get better pics.

It may be a strategy of theirs to just share blurry videos so you can't make out all the details :lol:


Al Moreno 07-18-2013 09:16 PM

Congrats Jeff!! To me, thats the best video ever. You definitely have to be excited.

Ron in SoCal 07-18-2013 10:08 PM

F'n killer Jeff!! Time for a Theresa :theresa: and a :woot: and a BEER :D

Now get over there with a good camera and drive it :cheers:

Richio1 07-18-2013 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal (Post 494197)
F'n killer Jeff!! Time for a Theresa :theresa: and a :woot: and a BEER :D

Now get over there with a good camera and drive it :cheers:

That's the plan tomorrow. Heading up there late morning. They were hoping to get it into the alignment shop today so we can put some miles on it tomorrow.

I sure hope so because they are going to have to pry me out of there once I get in it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Moreno (Post 494181)
Congrats Jeff!! To me, thats the best video ever. You definitely have to be excited.

Thanks Al... yeah really excited. Been a long road.

Spiffav8 07-19-2013 03:51 AM

That's awesome!! Congratulations!!!

:excited:

Lenie 07-19-2013 09:28 AM

Just sweet.

Richio1 07-19-2013 08:22 PM

Thanks guys.

No ride today. The car went to the alignment shop yesterday and when Chris was raising the car to drive up on the rack the ECU/controller died.

Kim from Matt's, where I got all my RideTech stuff, called RT and we will have a new ECU/Controller and cable sent out on Monday. Even though the kit was bought in early 2010 there was no problem getting the new stuff sent out.

Gotta love that.

John510 07-19-2013 09:00 PM

Car sounds amazing. Im patiently waiting for mine. Hopefully they get it done soon. I will live vicariously through yours for now.
:king:

Richio1 07-20-2013 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John510 (Post 494426)
Car sounds amazing. Im patiently waiting for mine. Hopefully they get it done soon. I will live vicariously through yours for now.
:king:

Thanks John. Yeah I really like the way the Borlas sound. Chris says it sounds way better on person... And loud.

I'm sure your Spintechs will sound awesome with that motor of yours.

Once the bugs are worked out on mine it's coming home then it's all hands on yours getting it done for West Coast Nats.


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