Take back the keys!

For the only person I know to at least have a successful dyno session this year

I shall return to my garage in disgust

uh-oh...

...I'm halfway there idk.

After having the secondary fuel pump take dump on me; then came the ignition gremlins.

MSD coils = JUNK btw

Had two setbacks last year, and it got the best of me. Had the ebrake bracket tear down and trash my aluminum driveshaft....making it out of balance. Also had the harmonic balancer separate on me. I can't remeber which happened first.

Well I hadn't got around to changing the driveshaft. Figured I'd do it 1st thing after a tune. Well the harmonics decided to junk my rear main seal on the dyno....covering my clutch in oil.

Ever try making a pull with a fubared clutch? Doesn't work. Even out of boost, my #s were 100rwhp/tq off base (from my (n/a #s) and coming on WAY late. As soon as they started to get everything cleaned up, the oil leaks started and my power started going bye-bye. I went from making 385/390 only taking it to 4k on 4psi rich as fuck with no timing to like 350ish/370-380 at 6k and 11psi with good timing and a/f's. Which are dynojet #s, whereas my car previously on an MD did 296/315 or around 320 dynojet rwhp. It literally feels like a turd of a 30hp gain only felt barely towards redline as I watch the blue smoke from my covered exhaust.

Needless to say I was a a tad disheartened. $3500 should not yeild 30hp and a slug from where it was anyhow down low.
So anyhow, I'm fixing all my leaks and tossing a new clutch back in it and seeing how it does. There's no reason it shouldn't wail past 400rwhp as told by Terry at Street Lethal (GREAT dude to work with btw ).

Anyhow I guess I've got some work to do before I give up and build something different. I would add my usual 'fuck mustangs' line....but I think I've already outused it. Sure hope the clutch thing cures it.....cause it sure sucks.

So to do list:

Pull trans
Balance Driveshaft/get new one
New clutch disk
New rear main seal
Reinstall
Return to dyno
Make some numbers

At least your engine is still together.

Pretty much.....engine is good 'for now'

At least you still have the laser to have fun in

ohhhh mannnn

i'm really sorry to hear this tom.. thread title had me goin for a sec.. like wtf did i accomplish that i didn't know about! lol


Anyways, best of luck with that thing. It's definatly gonna be a crazy fun car when it's cured of the local curse. My engine will be back in the car in a couple days.

RSbeast wrote:...I'm halfway there idk.

After having the secondary fuel pump take dump on me; then came the ignition gremlins.

MSD coils = JUNK btw

Had two setbacks last year, and it got the best of me. Had the ebrake bracket tear down and trash my aluminum driveshaft....making it out of balance. Also had the harmonic balancer separate on me. I can't remeber which happened first.

Well I hadn't got around to changing the driveshaft. Figured I'd do it 1st thing after a tune. Well the harmonics decided to junk my rear main seal on the dyno....covering my clutch in oil.

Ever try making a pull with a fubared clutch? Doesn't work. Even out of boost, my #s were 100rwhp/tq off base (from my (n/a #s) and coming on WAY late. As soon as they started to get everything cleaned up, the oil leaks started and my power started going bye-bye. I went from making 385/390 only taking it to 4k on 4psi rich as fuck with no timing to like 350ish/370-380 at 6k and 11psi with good timing and a/f's. Which are dynojet #s, whereas my car previously on an MD did 296/315 or around 320 dynojet rwhp. It literally feels like a turd of a 30hp gain only felt barely towards redline as I watch the blue smoke from my covered exhaust.

Needless to say I was a a tad disheartened. $3500 should not yeild 30hp and a slug from where it was anyhow down low.
So anyhow, I'm fixing all my leaks and tossing a new clutch back in it and seeing how it does. There's no reason it shouldn't wail past 400rwhp as told by Terry at Street Lethal (GREAT dude to work with btw ).

Anyhow I guess I've got some work to do before I give up and build something different. I would add my usual 'fuck mustangs' line....but I think I've already outused it. Sure hope the clutch thing cures it.....cause it sure sucks.

this makes me sad. lemie know if u need any help

btw, u running the blaster2 coil?

Good luck with getting things worked out with this beast!

Thats sucks really bad tom you'll get it figured out though,and i have to get you thouse jack stands back this weekend.

Brian,

I'll have to check if it was the blaser2 or not. It's the standard TFI coil type, the one that has the black base/red coil; not the new 'all red' coil they sell now.

Stock coil ftw appearently

RSbeast wrote:Brian,

I'll have to check if it was the blaser2 or not. It's the standard TFI coil type, the one that has the black base/red coil; not the new 'all red' coil they sell now.

Stock coil ftw appearently

yeah the blaster2 coil has the black top red coil and mostly blackish sticker, that coil = pos

if ur gonna go msd get the blaster3 coil, or just get something else

Well, it's all back together for the most part after I decided to change the oil pan while I was at it......HORRID job with the engine in the car btw.

Just need to change my VC gaskets while I have the upper off, bolt these subframes on while the exhaust is hanging and slip the old driveshaft back in.

yay's

hurry up, track day sunday

Out of town for work starting thursday and when i get back, im goin on vacation....I get back Super Nats weekend; I just hope to God I have the clutch half broke in by then for when I get dissappointed 2yrs in a row.

RSbeast wrote:Out of town for work starting thursday and when i get back, im goin on vacation....I get back Super Nats weekend; I just hope to God I have the clutch half broke in by then for when I get dissappointed 2yrs in a row.

hopfully mine is still alive when supernats shows up.

I might beat the crap out of this thing on sunday.

RSbeast wrote:Out of town for work starting thursday and when i get back, im goin on vacation....I get back Super Nats weekend; I just hope to God I have the clutch half broke in by then for when I get dissappointed 2yrs in a row.

ill break the clutch in for u tom, toss me the keys before u go on vacation