I didn't get greedy.. we just got surprised with a really thin head gasket from RHS. Hoped it would be fine with the overlap and that dynamic would be in a sweet spot. Oh well.
Could put in the bigger cam and drop dynamic, but I don't want the bigger cam. This is the first engine I've ever "designed" that came up needing more than 91 octane, but it happens.
The HP fell before 6000 instead of after (like on the engine dyno) because the 90mm TB is starving the engine of air at that level. The 102mm should help with that.
Only looking to drop it 4/10ths of a point.. we are just outside the 91 octane range. To be honest if I lived in a 93 octane state without all the crap additives we have here in CA I would most likely be fine. Here the next step from 91 is 100.. which sucks.
Anyways, just a temp problem that can be fixed.. for now I will enjoy the sweet smeels eminating from my tailpipes..
Awesome, Awesome car Steve!
Is your Dynamic around 8.75? Estimated it by looking at your specs..
Intake closing is?
The magic number for 91 octane is what under 8.25?
Found out I have walking Phumonia (sp?)... no wonder I feel like crap. Got three shots, and inhaler and some kick ass cough swill.
But SEMA waits for nobody.. lol
New wheels are on the car and she goes tomorrow to dyno tune then back to BOS so we can finish up all the little stuff.
Shaun Dove (TwinSting) over at EVOD showed me a new deal he is doing. In short he has a way to cast emblems now. So he took my Bad Penny logo, scanned it, made it 3Dish and then made centercaps for my wheels.
He said he ca do this with any logo or car name and the cost for the entire set of custom one-off center caps is only about $250. Considering the billet Forgeline caps run $200 that's a hell of deal.
He can color them many ways, these he used a dye to give the patina copper look.
He can also do one off emblems as well (like if you had a car name or something) for under a hundred bucks.
I love Penny, but why I haven't seen her or heard anything about her in a while? And I think I miss the old Forgelines... Updates please Steve! I think it was you who said that ''a car is never done''!
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I love Penny, but why I haven't seen her or heard anything about her in a while? And I think I miss the old Forgelines... Updates please Steve! I think it was you who said that ''a car is never done''!
I second the old wheels....Looked a lot much more 'Business'...
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I second the old wheels....Looked a lot much more 'Business'...
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I would agree.. the grey had a nice look.. I am enjoying the variety though. In a year I might get these done with grey centers. I think I prefer the polished hoops though, looks better with the orange paint.
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Originally Posted by KPC67
I was wondering the same thing.
I think Steve has been busy with some events.
Yea, actually real busy with work.. lots of stories lately. Plus I was pretty burnt out after Optima.. might have been a tad bummed over the broken sway bar deal. That's two years in a row I'm broken something there.. sucks.
Anyways, working on the car. Not many mods left to do besides install my fire system and maybe get some various hard lines done. Baer wants me to install thier new floater.
As for events, here's one I just did with a local group:
Not much done since Optima, fixed the sway bar and did a bolt check. Working on the little stuff. In January we will be making the DSE radiator closeout fit the new core support and finishing the install on the fire suppression system. Project is definetly getting to the point where everything is done. The tune is still a bit off, good at WOT, bad at idle and around town. Mike Norris will be fixing that when he comes out.
Will all the building done it's time to do some driving. People think "wow, that car's been done so long it must be all sorted out." but the fact is that the current form of BP is NOTHING like the car built back in my PHR days. Finally I will be able to get use to the car in its current state and get some track time (needed more for me than the car.. lol)
First up was hitting the local PCA autocross:
It was a very well ran event and I knew it would be that way when I arrived for tech and there was starbucks coffee and donuts set out. The PCA has a killer timing system that let them always have 4-5 cars on track at any given time. Because of this they were able to run around 90 cars 11 laps each!
Drove the course in 2nd gear and I could still break the tires loose easily. Had a great time and the others there liked seeing the "old" muscle car. I think it was a first time PT experience for most of them. On course worker said mine was the only car that scared them when they were working hte course since it was so loud and mean looking coming down the straight twords thier station. lol.. I took that as a compliment.
Anyways, if any of you have the chance to go to one of these specialty car events you'll have a blast and meet a lot of great people.
Oh, top speed was 72+ mph and my racepak showed lateral g's (sustained) of 1.2g+ in each direction. I ran in the 63.x range whereas cars with race rubber (A6, etc) were in the 58,59 range and all out track cars were in the 56 area. Next time I need a "pit bitch" to help me check tire temp/pres between runs since it's too hard to unbuckle and get back in quickly.
Here's a video.. if you go to YouTube there's a high-def version.. clouds look cool (rained in the afternoon which made for fun track time)
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
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