'65 Fastback project

[John510]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Rhetorical question: how many ITB intakes can you fit on your shelf Matt

I agree. Get the intake!!!! It would look so bad ass on this car.

[craig510]

Nothing is cooler than 4 webers, but by the time you add air filters to make it a real driver you will hardly be able to see the "stacks". Personally, I think the V8's on the throttle bodies are overly cheesy. If you can't tell that is a V8, you are at the wrong place. IMHO the boss intake looks great. It is real OEM performance and flat works. It will probably save several pounds over the aftermarket stuff and can use a real air filter. Plus if you need spares, any ford dealer in the nation can have part in a day or two.

[WSSix]

I love individual throttle bodies but they don't flow aesthetics wise on this engine. Well, I think they could work and look good but you'd definitely have to dress up other areas. Maybe the picture showing the stock, read ugly, valve covers is what's ruining it for me and making them look so out of place. For now, I say keep the stock intake. Clean and well organized beats shiny and overly dressed up any day for me.

Keep up the good work, Matt. The car's coming along nicely.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Rols574

I'd like to hear more about this

Many many stories of issues with high rpm shifting. So depending on your usage it may not be the best choice.

[Al Moreno]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

must... not... buy:



Ah, who am I kidding, I still need to purchase a gazillion other parts, and I know there won't be any "leftover" money for this. But maybe...

Matt you've already bought it and you don't even know it, LOL

[Flash68]

A guy gets an Optima invite with the Camaro and neglects the poor little Fjord?

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by 67XR7

left over money?
"TR6060 has worked perfectly in my Shelby, so it seemed like a logical choice, not to mention the fact that I had one sitting on a pallet."
coming from the guy who just also happens to have a Shelby and 6 spd transmissions just laying around
BUY IT! LOL

im with him, do it do it

[Matt@BOS]

Good going Vince, you just had to bring this back to bug me about buying those parts, didn't you?

No go on the manifold. Decided to spend money elsewhere. $$ have been diverted to buying more Camaro parts. There was that part of me that said I should be more responsible, and leave the finished car alone, and also not buy parts to replace perfectly functioning parts on a Mustang that I don't have anywhere close to running, but there was no significant other to put her foot down and tell me not to, and since the Camaro and I get to go to Optima I figured it was now or never to see how fast I could get both the car and myself. I'm happy just to go, but apparently I'm more competitive than I previously thought, because I would like to finish the event knowing There wasn't anything more left in the car or driver.

Matt

[Flash68]

Wow. You are not d!ckin around!!

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Wow. You are not d!ckin around!!

It scares me Dave. I am becoming worse than Todd. I even have black nitrile gloves that I put on to remove and change parts now. Even worse is the fact that I know have more springs and sway bars than Ron.

Basically, I can't overcome the push in the Camaro to the point that I'm happy. It is plenty fast, don't get me wrong. I've come in second fastest behind Maier and Hobaugh at the last two SoCal Challenge events, but the car isn't easy to drive. It has absurd power but in order to use that power I need tune the car to be a bit tight, and I give up a lot of time on corner entry in 90 degree or tighter turns. At the end of the I just caved and bought wider fiberglass fenders so that I can run a 295 or 315 front tire. Now I have to repaint half the car because Dick and the BOS boys don't want some ****ty looking purple car with their name on it rolling up to SEMA with unpainted black gelcoat fenders.