Did you put forged internals in the motor?

In the center section. It houses the volt, fuel level, fuel pressure, oil temp, water temp and the GPS track computer.

It's the same basic panel that was in the car originally

Nope, no need to at this power level. ARP rod and head bolts were added.

I was just making the comment that there was
 

nothing that I would personally change on the car. To me you would have to move past being steet worthy to gain any more performance.

Obviously our cars ended up being very similar, but I sure wish I would have pulled the trigger on the 3 link, my only regret.

I am just happy you're on one coast and I am on the other. I would hate to run head to head...well maybe a few times.

Who makes the gauge cluster/dash piece for the gauges? Is it made of steel? Does it come as a blank?
James

Made by Covans

Made of plastic

Can be ordered drilled or blank

Only around a hundred bucks

Ok, today I finished up the air intake. It's coated like the headers. Came out nice I think. The engine bay is officially done!

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/pen9a.jpg

And with the DSE closeout in place:

http://www.lifeinwidescreen.com/siihp/pen9b.jpg

She starts right up and sounds wicked with open headers. Nice lopey idle. Next time I will have a video camera. My $2000 work camera doesn't shoot video.. :(

Next up... alignment, exhaust, tune, interior and minor details. Del Mar looks very good as a debut date.

I love the detail, but that radiator cap really stands out...

I can't find a GOOD (ie, quality) radiator cap that looks nice and isn't too big or too "blingy"

The Stant Racing cap is a high quality unit, Maybe I will just paint it flat black.

I am open to ideas!

Looks fantastic, Steve! :bow:

It's too bad that Hooligan went out of business, they were the guys who made really trick annodized CNC'd reservoirs for sport bikes that was used on Johnson's Cuda for his clutch and brakes. It would have looked perfect in your engine bay (go look at the engine shots of the Cuda and you'll see what I mean). Anyways, I just love how it turned out for you. You have an eye for detail, that's for sure. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: