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All balanced
07.23.06 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Got the balancer in today thanks to Chase and Sam. The install went pretty well - had a couple of snags - literally. The balancer caught on the waterpump pulley and I didn’t realized it until the waterpump shaft had been been bent up a little. All looks well *fingers crossed* however - the waterpump [...]
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Tranny on the way!
07.22.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Don sent me some pictures of the tranny after he got it back from the tranny shop and put it on a pallet - looking great.
I got ahold of Edge Racing last Friday and they are building me a stall converter custom made to my combo.
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The Wideband Install Starts
07.21.06 | Permalink | Comment?

I started configuring and calibrating some of the sensors for my Wideband O2 install tomorrow - this here is me configuring the DataQ box that gathers the 0-5V signal from the wideband and making sure my laptop is reading the signal through the Serial to USB convertor.
So far so good!
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New Tranny
07.21.06 | Permalink | Comment?

Ah it’s true - I was able to pick up a very nice tranny from Don LaSota at LaSota racing in Ohio. It’s an AODE with beefed up 4R70W internals that has been “J-modded” (shiftkit, longevity and lubing mods). It used to live behind their 700rwhp turbo 393. They had it freshened up for me [...]
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Something “shifty” is going on
07.20.06 | Permalink | Comment?

May have a killer new tranny soon… details forthcoming.

All balanced