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  Violent

  12.17.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Violent… that is the best I can describe the acceleration my car has after the latest round of upgrades. What is sad is that I haven’t even went past 3/4 throttle yet. I lost the tires at 40mph the first day the blower was belted on it and have been much more careful since.
  I’ve got [...]

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  Still running!

  12.13.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Car ran good today to work and back in traffic and highway. I belted up the S-trim when I got home and started it up but didn’t go for a drive. The S-trim sure sounds sweet. Also tightened up the exhaust, probably need to do some more exhaust tightening further back but it’ll ride good [...]

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  It’s Alive!

  12.12.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  UPS came by this afternoon with the spacer I needed, so about a half hour later, Glenda cranked up the car for me while I got the distributor setup.
  Car runs good. I’ve got a couple exhaust leaks to fix but nothing major that will keep me from driving it tomorrow to work. I’ll belt on [...]

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  Video time!

  12.09.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Got my dragstrip videos uploaded to YouTube today. Beware, the videos below are high action and very enthralling… NOT!

  Run 1 (Think the headgasket went on this one)
  Run 2 (Waxed by a low 10sec car)
  Run 3 (”Best” run of the day)
  Bonus footage (Best video of the bunch)

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  Yup, it was a train!

  12.09.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Turns out, there is not enough clearance between my upper intake and the EGR bung, so I had to order a 0.375″ spacer to give me enough room. It should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. In the meantime, I am completely done with all I can do on the car. I’m about ten minutes away [...]

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