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The engine specs are: iron block 370 cu in. ported 243 heads 11.2:1 compression 232/238 ~.600" cam ported fast 102 intake

I was able to make it out to the track again and unfortunately was only able to make 1 full pass. Not a perfect pass, had a little bog off the line and hit the rev limiter on the 1-2 shift. Overall not too bad, got a new best time.

Do it! The hardest part is the EFI tuning, if you are a novice to it like me. I enjoy the challenge and learning associate with it, but one can always hire that part out if you want.

Pretty stout number! What RPM was that pull to/what size are the turbos? Seem like it was just starting to come alive and then was shut down.

Thanks, I think the improving/fine tuning is the most fun part. I still have a couple changes in mind that I might try The HDK front end has been great for the last 3-4 years! I would still rate it as one of the most enjoyable upgrades I have put on the car.

Here's a pic for you. Threaded rods are just there for backup retention, I just don't trust the double sided adhesive tape on top. If I were to do it now, I would use these metal ones and rivet them on. Ford mustang, ford mustang s550 hood vents

Thanks man! Here's the video as well, I had to cut it down a lot. The roll bar mount for a camera phone was not the best, made the video terrible to watch. Anyways, just a quick little 2-step launch and 1-2 shift :)

Here's a couple more updates. I repainted the hood using SEM hot rod black.I also ditched the painted grill and went back to a more original look. Not sure if I will tweak it a bit further, maybe different headlights. I'll have a couple driving clips shortly.

Just a quick update, I've been updating a few things on the car getting ready to go to the track again. The largest change so far has been upgrading the front 11" iron mustang 2 brakes to some new 12.19" wilwood brakes. I weighed them on my bathroom scale and there is nearly a 30 pound weight...

Thanks man, I think I might try the wrinkle paint suggestion. Saw it out in the sun for the first time yesterday and didn't dig the brushed finish too much :)

Pretty close to finished on this little project. Not quite sure how I want to finish it yet. Debating black paint, brushed aluminum, or polished.

I decided to build a new intake pipe for the car that is appropriately size for the 102mm intake opening. Using 4.5" mandrel bent aluminum for this. Its getting closer to done, here is the progress I have made so far: 2 90* bends cut and welded together, its a pretty tight fit between the...

Cool, thanks for the info. Love the car. You might want to mess around in the holley EFI setup and get a 2-step rev limiter enabled with the transbrake. It sounds like the car is leaving the line on pretty much 0 PSI of boost. I would imagine you were around a 2.0-2.1 60-foot time at the track...

Nice to see another LS powered a-body post some results. I'm curious, how much boost are you running? What fuel(pump/e85/racegas)? What stall converter speed are you running?

One other detail I forgot to share. I had the car weighed without me in it - 3240 lbs. So it did get a little heavy with all the additions like: Iron block LS(aluminum heads) T56 magnum front and rear sway bars(solid) Caltracs bars power steering heavy-ish front seats full 3" exhaust out the back

No this has a Hemi Denny rack and pinion kit on front.

One other update was a new intake manifold Fast 102 ported by vengeance racing. It took a fair bit of tuning to get running smooth again, but pulls pretty hard now.

It's been awhile since I made an update and a few people had asked. After a few setbacks I was able to get a semi clean 1/4 mile pass on the car.

Thanks, the engine is doing well, still haven't gotten dyno tuned yet. I've been doing some more street tuning and it feels like it is doing better.

Just a little update, but I did a garage paint job this summer. Pictures got a little grainy when I downsized them. I still need to repaint the hood and grill.

I made it, its fairly simple. Just take a gauge assembly and remove the gauges. Then I trimmed the plastic and left a small lip to epoxy the carbon fiber insert. I made some brackets out of 1/8" thick 2" wide 90 degree extruded aluminum to mount the digital dash to the carbon fiber and viola...

I did a bit more tinkering to make a cup holder/console. I might make a few changes, but figured I could show it off

Thanks guys. I just got the short block back and am working on the swapping my parts to it now. It is a forged piston and rod 370 cube engine that should have a bit more compression(11.3 to 1)

Its been awhile since I've posted anything new about the car, but I just made a change to the dash. I decided to switch to the Holley digital dash and make a new gauge cluster for it. Here are a couple of the default gauge layouts.

Assuming you are referring the the M/T sc-5 wheels in the later pictures. I like them alot and for the current blow out pricing on ebay they are tough to beat. They are 17x10 on back with a 6.21" backspacing. No mini-tub I am running an offset spring hanger and a 5mm wheel spacer. Rear end...

I learned something today(thanks FABO). I was having some intermittent clutch sticking to the floor issues. I tried a couple fixes and adjustments, but never totally got rid of the issue. I always just assumed the large spring under the dash on the clutch pedal was a return spring, but the more...

Since I literally just went through this like a month ago, I'll put my .02 in. I had wanted to use the Corvette filter/pressure regulator as well. But... the more I looked into it a few places(tanks inc. included) don't recommend using that filter/reg with larger fuel pumps(larger than a 255...

Thanks, yeah more the sunny daily type of driver.

Thanks guys. Unfortunately, I already sold the 451 a while back. Here are a few more wheel pictures with some daylight:

Thanks, I got the new wheels and tires on, can't really see them in the picture(black wheel at night). The new setup is as follows: Front - 17x9 M/T sc-5 flat black with a 245/40/17 BFG sport comp 2 Back - 17x10 M/T sc-5 flat black with a 275/40/17 Nitto nt555r drag radial As far as driving it...