Very nice Dan...gonna be a killer build...A notch with a turbo, what more could one ask for...John

 

Re: Cylinder heads in...

Finally rcvd the the Avenger cylinder heads today...CNC'd 215cc intakes good to .650 lift.

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Started gasket matching the turbo headers - the silver is what has to be removed to match up to the exhaust ports on the heads

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Damn!!! Nice looking car. Thing should be a lot of fun when its done.

 

Hey Dan, didn't know you lurked on here too. Car is coming along great!

 

WOW that is one STUPID clean build!!! Good job!

 

Very nice build. Curious as to how the front is going to look with the drop spindles and street wheels

 

I am not sure how it will look either, I am running 15x3.5" convo pros in front - I guess I will be able to adjust the ride height with front struts if it ends up being to low, also the convo pros are 1.75 bs so it may be out farther than I want... We'll see


Late Edit: Went with Team Z 1" shorter lower control arms to tuck the wheels in more...

 

Im sure it will look pretty badass. I was just curious how this setup would look with a street wheel like a 17". I suppose you would have more room for a wider front wheel with drop spindles as it would push the wheel higher up in the fender.

 

very nice car and very nice build. it should haul ass.


is that a factory CD player you dont see those much any more.

 

Yep, it's factory cd player - I'm not into music in a hard way so it suffices

 

I'm still rocking cassette players in all three of my cars/truck, so don't feel bad. I wish I had an original cassette player for my SVO.

 

suffices, shit i wish i could find one. i still have the factory tape player in my 93 so it looks original.

again, very cool car

 

Hey Dan, I was looking at those heads. You'd be amazed at what a man and a cartridge roll can do with a set of CNC ported heads. I just got glimpse of my TFS high ports the other day. The ports look flawless. They are still at the head guys shop. He does it by hand. He IS an advocate for good CNC heads. He really likes the AFR stuff. The Edelbrock stuff is awful he says. He just "Fixed" a set of Victors for a guys 427" SBF. Most good CNC heads have a person come back after the machine work and clean up the turns. I couldn't tell from you pics if that had been done. The bowls APPEAR rough to me. I could be wrong. Also, the short turn appears non-existant. I'm not sure how important the short turn radius is on a turbo head, but NA it's pretty important. It could be you're forcing the air in so hard, it doesn't matter. Who'd you get them from?

 

They are Avenger heads, the same heads that Ford Performance Solutions uses on their crate motors. I was going to go with out of the box vic jrs - but got these for less $$ so went with them. Also at this point I can't afford to spend anymore on the heads - so if I ever get around to doing a 427 inch set up in a dart block then I'll spend more money on the heads and the turbo too. I think that what I have now wil get me to 650 hp at the tires which is my goal for now.

 

Sounds good. I have no doubt you'll get 650 wheel out of it. Probably more like 700+. You car is super clean, I love it.

 

Re: Did some more work today (pics Feb 5, 2008)

Installed the wildrides upper torque box supports today and removed some things in the doghouse in prep for pulling the engine.

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Drivers side upper

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both uppers done - When I have the roll bar converted to a cage I will it all welded up

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radiator pulled and assundry other parts...

Until next time - keep the shiny side up

 

nice thread, subscribing..

 

Someone needs an update.

 

Nice Notch !!!!

 

Yeah.

QFT. Love it!