Power is up---lots
 

Ok, great news today, they have been testing the car and everything is working good except the hydroboost, which is being addressed tomorrow. We had a fuel starve problem, but they pulled the tank today and found the pickup was not correct, and when you went into a right hand sweep turn, the fuel would starve. The problem was that I had a special tank made for this car, for both FI and carb. That problem is being fixed by bending the pickup to the middle of the tank and putting a GM fuel sock on it. The hydroboost is getting some backpressure and is hitting the brakes all by itself. I guess if you have 2-3 pounds of back pressure it will deploy the brakes. The new power steering reservoir tank is being over nighted from Texas to be installed tomorrow to hopefully correct the problem. The new hat, the J&S and the water injection is working nicely, creating a lot more power. It will go off to dyno next week for numbers, and they went up 7 jet sizes on the secondaries then what we had last time, so it’s getting a lot more volume. The new wheels will be here in 2 weeks. The car should be at the Good guys show this weekend if it doesn’t rain.

Cool deal man.. you deserve a fricken break!! :woot:

I hope the car comes together and the rain stays away.. be sure to keep us updated!

Thanks Steve, yeah it's been rough, not quite over yet, but the sun is shining now at the end of the tunnel. I just hope it shines at the show.

Glad to hear she's getting sorted out! Can't wait to see the power numbers :thumbsup:

that's great Mike, I was feeling the pressure there for a while.............. :faint:

Jody :D

Congrats Mike, post up those numbers!

SW

Laughs, you feel pressure? Never. :lol:

I will, as soon as we can get them. :thumbsup:

Glad to hear it is working out. I talked with Jason yesterday, and he said they and you might be at the show this weekend. I am trying to get there myself rain depending. Are you going to be there both days? Hopefully I will get to see you and your car.

Rain is supposed to stay away until Sat evening, looking forward to seeing it at the show.

This is great news!! What wheels are you going with??

Jason called me the other day. I really like that guy. I'm hoping to see the both of you guys up there this weekend. Saturday is a game time decision, but if it's good, then I will be there both days.

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Awesome news Mike, I knew you would figure it out with some patience! :cheers:

those will COMPLETELY change the look of your car for the better... big thumbs up! and congratulations on getting it all together!

Just checked the weather.... 30% chance of rain all day on Saturday. Let's hope the 70% prevails.....

Those wheels will take your car to another level.. seriously.

Mike,
I'm glad you decided to stick with it and not sell. As much time, money and effort you have put into this car you deserve to have it run and look it's very best. I look forward to seeing you this weekend.

Congrats,

Rich

That is going to look great!!! Congrats on getting the motor right!

Great news!
 

Mike,

Great news on the power numbers for your motor coming up. And, your wheel choice is awsome. I too am planning to make a game time decision on wether to head to the good-guys show Sat. or not.

Let's try to touch base later on Friday.

Chris

Congrats on the great news man,looks like you're turning the corner now.:yes:
Will be in SF this wknd but will try to stop by on the way home Sunday,hope to see you there.:thumbsup:

Thanks a lot guys. I appreciated the help and push to keep going. I'm going to go down to the shop in a bit too see what's going on now. Chris, Ill call you tomorrow. Broscoe and I are finishing up a large project, so time is tight, but if I don't call you by 4:00pm, call me. The weather looks iffy, but Sunday looks better, but if it's not raining on Saturday morning, then I'm going both days.

That's great, Mike. Glad to hear that it's all coming together. I'm looking forward to seeing how your car looks with the new shoes. :thumbsup:

Nice choice on the wheels Mike!! Are those Boze? Forgive me I'm a little tires at the moment! :) What finish and lip choice?

Thanks Scott. Me too. :D

The exact same as what's on the chevelle. I liked it so much that I had to do it.

sounds good!!

Hey Guys, not going to the car show. Car has major fuel issues.

To major for an all nighter? sorry to hear that:mad:

I would if I was working on it, but if I was working on it, it would be more then just fuel issues. There would also be hammer hits to fix as well.

what is happening?

Jody

I guess the power is good, and the air fuel during hard acceleration is great, but when off the throttle or on during cruising the car goes into a lean condition.

So now I'm getting drunk.

Amen to that... I think if you shared some of that Alcohol with Sledge I bet that wench would start treating you better... Maybe slap the wench around some and teach sledge to give you some RESPECT....:lol:

Hand in there....

Blessings,

Damn Mike! I have to tell you, the ongoing issues scare the hell out of me...not sure I'm looking forward to this part!!

Hang in there, you're so close to haveing a turn key car!

They may scare you, but they piss me off. Ill never ever do another supercharger again.

at this point, unless you have a fuel pressure issue, my guess is the carb has issues. I sure wish I still had my blow through carb, I'd send or drive it down there just to see.

With the carb right the blow throughs run great.

Jody

Tony,

with EFI you should not have an issue. The blow through carbs have to be right, otherwise you'll be pulling your hair out.

Jody

I have never liked the carb since it came back from the carb shop, but I have little time behind the wheel. I don't know how the carb could be the issue with not enough fuel during light driving. Nothing a few pounds of c4 cant fix though.

Sorry to hear that Mike, I know you are frustrated. I am with Tony, I too am scared, Hopefully better with fuel inection, as Jody said. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. Was looking forward to seeing you and your car.

F.I. all the way! Like I've said before I've been there. Never got my car to run right with a carb.