big update and burnout in the garage haha

Dash out of spare parts

Cut up a computer case with the plasma cutter and pop riveted the holes closed and mounted gauges in em

swapped in my 80lb injectors today

and cleaned up my alt wiring and you can see my detachable steering wheel hub on the stock steering shaft

fairmont 5 is now running

fairmont 5 update time again

frame rails and gas tank etc

cut out the stock frame rail and installed a mini one! this allows more room around the turbo to do oil drains and fittings and charge piping etc! also might make it look cleaner? who knows..

also pulled the gas tank, and sprayed all the bolts for the rear in preparations to remove it.

removed the driveshaft and exhaust, whats left of them, and about 30lbs of mud, rust and unknown materials from the wheel wells, underside and bumper lol

quick wiring inside and out, and rear end update video

put the black car on the dyno

well i put the black car on the dyno and it hit 12psi and 12deg of timing and laid down 413rwhp to the tire and 400ftlbs of tq super safe tuneup

running and making boost!

got the exhaust done the other day, and finished the intercooler piping today after my friend did some aluminum welding for me. so i fired it and decided to roll into it a little for your enjoyment, and get some idle clips

another stock dash gauge conqured today

since my stock sending unit was bad, i installed a universal 0-90 ohm sending unit in the stock tank, and ran that to the PCM today and setup the stock gauge in the software, unbelievable how easy that was, i couldnt believe it. so just oil pressure left to do now.

fairmont 4 all around town haha

Fairmont 4 out and about! a short drive and some testing, everything seems to be working ok, i have to swap over the intercooler next and then we can start making some boost and see how it all works out!

drove around for 10 miles today then ill look everthing over, coolant was 180f the whole time and everything was working out great.

fairmont 4.0 tank done

my friend finished sumping the stock tank for the black and grey fairmont 4.0

stock driveshaft fits, just had a conversion u joint pressed in, thats a 2000 silverado 60e slip yolk and the stock fairmont driveshaft... lol

fairmont 3 and 4 switcherooo

Due to rediculous import fees, i will not be selling the 3.0 car to my mexican friend, he has estimates over 3300 dollars so far in import fees and taxes etc, Honestly i just feel bad sticking him with that kinda bill, and i like the car, so i will keep it for now, what i am going to do now is, pull the weak point out of it wich is the gen3 4.8 and smaller turbo, and install the 5.3 i have and the better turbo and hotside and go nuts.

the black car is getting the 4.8 and a ls1 cam i have laying around and we will see how that does with the 60e, stock driveshaft and 7.5 rear end.

so that is the new experiment, saturday corey and i pulled the 4.8, removed the cam, and installed the ls1 cam, and installed it all back into the black car, going to be studding, and installing the isky cam, and then pac1218 valvesprings into the yellow car with the 2005 5.3l motor and the reiners hotside and s476 billet turbo.

should be nuts! this is the best choice i think because this yellow car has the fuel system, rear, trans, and converter to go nuts already.

motor in the black and grey car, mounts built

quickly tossed the engine and trans in the car today and made mounts, it is ready to roll around haha, gotta decide what i want to do next, hopefully getting an LS1 intake today or tuesday, i can start wiring this pig up and figuring out the fuel system etc, i think i will be doing a 255 or some thing we might have laying around in the tank, and then doing a corvette regulator and returning right at the tank, and then feeding up to the return less rail on the ls1 intake for now.

Swapping Fairmont 4

Preparing and painting the motor actually! Imagine that! Also pulling the stock junk and now getting ready to drop in the 5.3/60e combo

had out fairmont 3.0 today for some line painting

4l80e forcing third gear mod at the track (sloppy trans brake)

well it works! i am happy to report it works really really well haha
the track was just not there tonight, non prepped friday night, couldn't hold anything.

here is a clip of a data log showing i could hit 4600rpm and 15psi at the line!

long video of the night

short video of just the lass pass and 3rd gear mod working

fairmont and truck video update

fairmont and truck updates

well we swapped in a 94 GT master cyl and the brake pedal is way better, feels awesome.
also doing some testing with interrupting the stock IAT wire to screw up the ignition settings in the computer for help brake standing the car, that is also working!

wired in a button for reverse lights since my shifter doesn't have provisions and i thought it would be easier haha, also replaced the heater core in the car, so awesome, so easy to do in this car, just swap it out right behind the glove box, so nice to have heat again haha..

started putting in the valvesprings i got for troys truck, and mocking up the hotside, going to go quick i think!