Car worked great as my daily all last week, but it's back on jackstands for more trackday prep. First event will be NJMP Lightning next Wednesday and then on Friday I will be tackling Watkins Glen....

JOATMON Are you looking for a street/twisty backroad setup or something more drag oriented? And what springs and shocks are on the front now? You can quell the front end lift by going with higher...

It's back together and on the ground. I'm trying to put some mileage on it to make sure nothing is leaking and the brake flares are sealed.

I also test fit the Autopower cage and it seems decent....

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Pic of the trimmed factory tray, pump, and new pickup. I tried hammering the pickup on using the open end of a box wrench for support, but it got pretty dinged up anyway. I'm gonna pick up a...

I put the trans back in and began tackling the oil pan next. I welded in 2 small plates to cover gaps in the dividers, here's 1 of them:

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I wasn't able to use the Champ windage tray so I...

Yeah I'm still using it with my pacesetters, sorry. I wonder if the V6 cars use the same one.

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Still gotta add some L brackets to hold the prop valve and tee in place, but I finished my ABS delete.

The T56 shimming specs were 0.001" preload on the mainshaft, 0.003" preload on the...

That was an ORDEAL, good lord. A lot of the small parts I got from AMP distributing were junky and I had to reorder OEM Tremec stuff. But it's finally together and reshimmed. I went with a slightly...

Trans service is not going well. I pressed in the Rockland bushing and am finding that the ID is too big at 1.507". I made sure to press it in with a custom aluminum tool, some shim stock, and my...

Honestly, none of the typical T56 rebuild upgrades really increase the torque capability of the trans itself if you aren't powershifting. Fork pads, synchro keys, and blocker rings are all going to...

Maybe look into using Hanlon for a rebuild? I'm lucky because he's only 40 minutes from me so I did not have to pay shipping. Wait times are pretty long, but the cost is an order of magnitude cheaper...

Yup, I got the small parts kit with all the snap rings. I was actually kinda surprised at how easy all of the extension housing stuff came apart, but removing the main case scares me because of the...

This showed up sooner than expected. Looks like an improvement from the Kevko overall as it's deeper, wider, higher walls, and more doors. There are a couple gaps at the baffle edges I would like to...

My daily broke last month which completely derailed all progress on this car, but all should be good now. First track event is 2mo away and I'm running out of time, so my plans have to change. Two...

Almost done with this thing, just need to run to Home Depot and grab some thick weatherstrip for between the box and blockoff plate, thin weatherstrip between the plate and firewall, and epoxy to...

Oops, that question was meant to ask 'what aspects are making it heavy?' Yeah I guess all of that stuff will do it lol.

The drag guys have it better than me since mine is ultimately a street car...

Why do you think it's so heavy? Do you still have a lot of creature comforts like AC and most of the interior intact? The formy bird should be one of the lightest around 3350lbs stock in basic trim...

Dash was already coming out to get the airbag, insulation, etc. Doing it from the bay really sucks anyway lol.

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That was unpleasant...
Currently chopping up the HVAC box to fully delete AC but keep heat. I also pulled the passenger airbag out.

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These showed up from Lloyd, that was fast lol.

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I shipped Lloyd some heads for LE2 treatment and an intake manifold to match. They will ultimately end up on a 355 with a lazy Lunati 219/227 cam that should be happy to tach up to 6400 all day long....

I'm unsure how you'd do a 4-way baffle in a SBC because of how low and far back the oil pump and pickup sit. My 3-way is probably fine for a road course car that doesn't accelerate with that much...

I noticed I still have occasional oil starvation issues, usually after hard braking into a tight right turn. I dumped even more oil into the pan before Pitt (8 quarts total), but the issue is still...

Last track day of the season, this time at a new track (Pitt Race). Weather was garbage and all of the sessions were super slippery except this one from late afternoon Saturday.
Best was a 2:03.39...

You're still running the factory pcm, right? Have you locking the wot blms?

Also, do you think you could log fuel pressure?

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