nada i havent been able to get intouch with shawn, i did talk to paul so he may be grabing his trailer and towing me down. if all goes well i will be driving tongiht. and im laying into that mother fawker till i get a 12.99 or better up on those boards at under 9 psi gota see if shawn gets back intouch with me or wait to hear back from paul later this afternoon to know whats going on

No need to ADD a nother Just Turn up what we have....WE also Have A/C and only a 3 speed trans Foot brake only...and 9.99 will be NO Problem we Think 9.80s is the Number for the GTO....See you soon...Frank

If I can get my hands on the LS1, I may be able to swing by and pick up the heads. If not, is there any way to bring them back with you to the house, it would make it easier for me to nab them sometime this week. Head gaskets should be here by Friday/Saturday. Also, do I need to port them out on the intake side, or is that somewhat done already....?

the heads are already fully ported

pauls out for towing me down tongiht,hes got no truck im still waiting on a call back from shawn to see if he is gonna be able to tow me. so if i get the car to the track ill grab the heads,

if shawn cant tow me and u get the ls1 u wanna swing by and pick me up??

though im so wanting to say **** it if shawn cant tow me and call a towtruck and get my car and *** to the track im dying to get back inthe car and make some runs lol,once i go for my surgery im out for the rest of the year as far as driving

When is surgery, or better yet, what surgery? Is everything okay....?

ehh i had a severe infection in my throat coupled with a bunch of other health issues. i was in and out of the hospital from last saturday till just this monday.

i have to have surgery on my throat to due to a swollen gland and infection,going to be going in the next 2 weeks for it

and the ****ed up thing is i figured the only bad things i ever did to my body was drink and smoke, and niether had any thing to do with this lmao go figure

You gotta eat healthier man, you should also hit the gym w/me every now and then to bring your immunity up....

Track's not going anywhere, could always hit up Atco one night so you can run and go all out with it before surgery if tonight's a no go. Might have to tow you with the Camaro though, now that would be a very funny sight...

its not a matter of the track being open its a matter of me feeling up to actually driving,the walk the few blocks back and forth to the store has been wiping me out since ive been out of the hospital. then again i lost 18lbs over that week and wasnt eating but im starting to feel alil better each day now

^ Vitamic C > Coca-Cola....

lmao i havent been drinking anything but gatorade,powerade and vitamin water since i got out.

yeah they yelled at me at the hospital for the soda, and not eating right they told me that i better start eating right and taking vitamins cause alot of **** was dangerously low in my system specially c and potassium

^ Thanks again for the heads Dave, just finished porting the hell out of them, as well as installing them. Gonna fire her up sometime tomorrow, and dial her in this Wednesday at the track. Disregard the water pump in the pic, it's coming off tomorrow, w/the electric pump replacing it. Also going to touch up the block the same chevy orange. Turbo will be on shortly....

-Rob

np man, did u test that electric water pump out first before u decided to install it
hey u still gonan be able to come grab my car for the dyno tom morning??

lol u took those nicely painted black heads and painted them silver lmao

But.... those are aluminum heads though

Just kidding, I just like the color scheme better w/aluminum than w/black....

How am I gonna get your car tomorrow bro, my car won't be alive until the afternoon. Did you call Paul? Can he get us to the shop in the morning? If he can, I'll drive it no problem. Only problem then is, how do we get it back (with me getting back home lmao)....

i called both of u guys early this am ,well ok noonish.
i havent heard back from paul **** it looks liek ima have to reschedual the appt.

did u have any problems matching the rest of the ports to the ones i did?

Are you kidding, I opened yours up even more than they were, even more than that Holley ProJection manifold that I did last year, that's why I had the phone off all day. I even hogged out the Edlebrock RPM Performer manifold to compliment the heads. I'm just pissed that I didn't get the chance to install the camshaft that I wanted to (I had a CC-306 lying around), but then again I'm going to have a new one spec'ed for the turbo charger anyways in the coming weeks. Right now it's running a mystery cam....

ouch bro big mistake making those ports larger,u may have possible hurt those heads flow wise

there was a reason they werent hogged out, those heads actually lose flow when u just enlarge them.

thats why most of the attention was paid to them in the bowl and valve quide areas over increasing the actual volume of the ports

witht he exception of the ex sides

did u keep the bowl shape the same as i had?

^ Big mistake LOL....?

Dude, you missed quite a few areas, not to mention one entire cylinder head lol....

The bowl area wasn't touched on either one, as that was perfect....

one head? teh bowls shoudl have been done on both heads?

i thought i only left the entrances untouched on the one head?
lol thats what happenes when u do somethign 4-5 years ago and there left sitting on the shelf

i knwo that all 8 intake bowls and short side radiuses should have been done though

The bowls were already done perfectly on both heads....

Intake and exhaust ports were only touched up on one, and opened entirely on another....

They're gonna do very well, especially with 8:5.1 compression....

oh alright yeah i thought u meant one full head was completly untouched

And I'm talking BOOST bro, I'm gonna beat this car like a red headed step child, Click Here!

Any idea on a date ? I need to get in any R/O in the next week or two..



Index racing sounds fun.. I've only tryed it once before and qualifyed 8th out of 78 cars.. Not bad.. 0.012 of index..

I just want to go racing again

Ben

Any Ideas on a date yet i can't run but have a third gen T/a and would like to get some ideas together for a build and this would be a great time to do it. I live in York Pa and have been to E-town a couple of times.

A few runs from Etown Wed.Nite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U88OCGTUpSw

Also "Frank"...My first GTO..

I believe you wanted this video from Wed.Nite...I slowed it down a bit...this is in 1/2 speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_QOrDbh9rI

I hate seeing anyone break at the track...Been there a few times myself..

^ Pirate Rob, ehh? Nobody likes the damn bandana....

Ahhh, we got one player down. Shawn recently parted with that beautiful GTA w/LS1 swap, but I'm sure him and his new ride will be looking to stop on a few GTO's that day. Can't wait to see him and Walt going at it, so be ready Frank....

Dave upped the boost on his turbo V6, and is inching his way closer and closer to his original index. The car is going to flat out fly, and preliminary 20+psi testing will happen this Wednesday for those who wanna come down and join us at the track....

Been reading Justin's threads, and he's now in the freaking high 10's, with plenty more to come. Excellent work Justin, and I'm hoping you can make it down with us (I know it's a very long ride for ya)....

I know my buddy Paul will have something in store with one of his 3rd Gen Trans Am's. He's a mastermind with Turbo Buicks, and for those who know him as well as I do, he'll have the turbo v6 swapped, tuned, dialed in, and running low tens in a single weekend....!

My LT1 intake swap and MegaSquirt ECM will be on and tuned very shortly, along with the front mount w/T76 turbo setup....

Where does everyone else on our side stand, and if you need a hand with tuning and/or installations, now is the time to ask. October is creeping up on us, and even the staff at the track is looking forward to the run. Hell, even one of the tech guys will be running with us in his blown GTA....

-Rob

Rob so this is a go for the 25th of October? E-town know and all that stuff

^ Hey Al, how are ya....?

Yeah, I spoke w/one of the guys that I know over in tech when I made my horrid baseline pass w/the Camaro. Nothing major has been planned, and/or postponed for that day, so we're good to go. I asked to email me immediately if he hears otherwise, and so far so good....

its coming down to the wire for me, i want a 12 bolt by then or else i'll have to risk racing on the 10 bolt. i have the 8pt bar i just need to install it. i want to do my interior but not sure when that will be. I want to do it at the same time as the roll bar but who knows

if i get a 12 bolt and 3.73 gears with my new slicks, i may beable to launch off the bottle and definately go mid 10's. If not i'll try sticking to a smaller shot and shoot for the 11.0 index on the 10 bolt and look to get the cage in

i have a buddy that MAY beable to trailer my car down! If so that will be awesome

Everything is good here just waiting for the GTO showdown @ Cecil in 2 weeks,How about you, post over on the GTO site the times and stuff for them to see i forget to check this site, i know i should be here more often but so many dam sites to go through i never make it to all of them

I think I have my car legally safe enough now minus the trans shield. Hopefully they don't look for that. I havent even run my car once yet, but I'm planning on mid to low 10s. But thats just a guess and I'm a rookie. I'm keeping my truck now so I'll trailer it down. I'm still working on the tuning, working on vent tube extensions to bring my afr down from 14:1 at wot. I need to get it to the track real soon and see what it does!

I found this picture very funny and in fact it is the reason I am posting here. Unlike some of my fellow GTO goners I don't talk smack. We have our few just as I am sure you fellows do also. It is fun to watch but not for me. I just am an old school hot rodder that really like the car and then I could not leave it alone so the mods started to come. I just felt a modern muscle car should have a turbo and be unique so that is why I put a rear mounted STS kit on my car. Best time as of yet is 10.353 @131 but what I thought would make all of you chuckle was a picture of it from the back end illustrating how close the photo shop pic was

looks good man, STS kit huh? how well does that work? i've heard good and bad about rear mounts.

Once i get my car setup right, you'd be a good race for me. I expect near 130mph traps

Thanks I appreciate the kind words. The original STS kit needed to be modified to keep the pipes together and I changed out the original turbo to a T-70, I run at 12.5 psi of boost comes in hard just about 60'. Working on that probably will get a 2 step to help build boost leaving the line.

.... Ben knows I was just kidding around with him.

It's all in fun, no worries....

Now that's moving! Very nice car....

Its all fun and games.



If I could photoshop, oh man it would be ON.. LOL


Just ran 11.4's last Sat at E-town.. Bring on the cool weather and I'll be ready to take on some 3rd gens in my daily driver

^ There's going to be quite a few fast cars showing up from both sides, and hopefully everyone is in the zone. Last night a Grand National flipped over by the scoreboard, and it gave everyone quite the scare. Nobody was hurt, thank goodness, but trapping 130-mph plus is definitely no joke, so everyone please stay focused....

STILL need a 12 bolt and cage to be legal and ensure my fast traps...else i will have cage only and looking to break the 10 bolt. 7 hr drive there...damn

ok guys if ur in post up so we can get an acurate list

Wanting to make it but will not have 12 bolt rear. May have cage installed. Ordering interior goodies this weekend and trying to schedule a day i can get it done.

I take it that this race is not going to happen we have not heard anything & E-town knows nothing of it

^ Why would you think that? Quite a few of us will be there to race. This race is for us guys, not for the track lol. As soon as I mentioned this to Paul in the tower, he assumed we were looking to rent the track out. That Saturday has nothing big happening, so the friends we have in tech (so long as the second session was open) are going to assign us our lanes, and we're going to battle it out, best of three. Although I have to admit, it would have been cool for them to plaster the challenge on the website though....

How would I fit in 14.1 98mph 85 iroc . I would like to go ,just would want to know some more about how its going to work and times ect.

What is the date for this?

was supposed to be next weekend but due to lack of responces or updates i belive it was called off but im not sure

i'm in process of getting cage and interior reinstalled but i dont think i'll be able to make this weekend event

if this IS this weekend, count me out, im out of town all weekend. Timing FTL!