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Old 05-07-2008, 07:36 PM
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I'll be running the 400 thats in it for a while unless I break it. I'll be getting a bigger carb, bigger exhaust manifolds, and electric exhaust cutouts before putting it back on the chassis dyno to adjust the distributor curve and carb settings by using oxygen sensors in the new sections of exhaust tubing before the sidepipes.

I promised myself I wouldn't make the car a lot faster till I address safety issues. So no big power for now. I'm going to buy/install an oil pressure fuel pump shutoff for the elec pump, full cage, Kirkey seat, new Harnesses, door net, Fire system, Fire suit and get a Hans device for my Aria helmet.

I got warnings at the ECTA and NASA events about going fast without much safety equipment. The ECTA will only let you run 135 MPH without at least a rollbar(go over 140 and they throw you out till you come back with one) and NASA tech officials gave me a "chat" about running around 150 on the back straight at Road Atlanta without a bar/cage etc.

Those 160 speedos in the early 2nd gens are way off at high speeds just so you know. With stock tire height, original trans and rear gears if the speedo was reading 160-165 it was recorded at 134-137 through the timing traps at the ECTA.
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