New motor fired up and runs like a kitten.

[GI Joe]

Lot of folks to thank...this thing run like a sewing machine actually....a sewing machine making @550 + rwhp that is...LOL
Thanks to Jim and Jim III at JDM for a great tune first and foremost...you can have all the stuff man but if the tune is not there its just a 400 lb boat anchor.
Thanks to Mark Lutton at MMR for a tiight short block.
Thanks to Ron at Foxlake for an unheard of 6 day turnaround on a set of modular heads. I've built 6 mod motors and no one has promised and delivered like that.
Thanks to Cali HP for some special favors he helped with along the way.
thanks to my Friend Dave silverstang for helping me time the motor.
For those of you that know the car you recall it had 411 gears, 28" rear D/R 28.8" street rubber, 3200 converter, L/T w/Off road, #12 Saleen, adjustable front, adjustable rears, lowers uppers, aluminum shaft, relocation brackets and a JDM tune and ran 11.09@129 on D/Rs and 11.8 on street tires.
The last 2 months I have worked on the car and added the following:
Stage 2 heads w/bronze guides springs, and the good valves.
Shortblock(900 hp series)with the good stuff&cobra [email protected]:1 compression
MMR oil pump
A 5.5" elec water pump instead of 5" (belt wrap baby)
7.5" SFI I/West crank
2.95" GI Joe 8 rib pulley
Billet tensioner
ATCO radiator
Gordford H/Exchanger
BMR K member
PA/ Deep aluminum ol pan (the only leak on the car)
Carbon fiber shaft
Panhard bar
2 More Bogarts
11.5" X 28" slicks ( for track )
Extreme anti roll bar ( for track )
D/S loops
yet the car is still quite the sleeper
The new hood goes on tomorrow...It's painted and ready...

 

[94tbird]

i want to see pics of the engine. get going STAT!

 

[thump_rrr]

Congrats Dave,

We want pics LOL

 

[travelers]

Sounds like a killer. I love being a sleeper.

 

[GI Joe]

Congrats Dave,

We want pics LOL

one more thing I found out about the current production engines is the oil gallys are much bigger...oil returns to the pan much faster...( I got an 07) but I mean 05 - current V/S the older mass production blocks we have been discussing..the ones that require motor mount adapters and so forth [ not necessarily your teskid block...

 

[GI Joe]

.....

 

[GI Joe]

MORE.

 

[GI Joe]

YEP MORE

 

[GI Joe]

Motor Stuff

 

[GI Joe]

Heads And More

 

[Cali HP Addict]

I got to hear this bad son of a bitch and it does purr like a friggin LION!!!
Nice job Dave! Looking forward to the next track times.

 

[GI Joe]

A Few More

 

[GI Joe]

Big Kudos to Cali HP for the help with port work, loaning me tools and assitance to help get this GT 500 TB to feel right at home on the Saleen.

Oh yea and of course I aded the T/B 2400 MAF and 60# injectors...missed that...

 

[Kevin@PMP]

Awesome Dave! Glad you got her running, I know you'll get some awesome times out of it.

 

[thump_rrr]

When you say 9.6:1 compression do you know how many cc's dish the pistons have?

 

[BUstang]

That's awesome man. Makes me wish i was out of college and in my profession already!

 

[ZmanM3]

Way to go Dave, looks like you have a real beast there. Now you need to take it to the track and let us know what it can do!

 

[hoboattacker]

That's awesome man. Makes me wish i was out of college and in my profession already!

Negative. Just makes me wish I had money. College is awesome

 

[GI Joe]

When you say 9.6:1 compression do you know how many cc's dish the pistons have?

Pete it started as 9.6:1 as rated by Manley...-6 cc dish. The head work might posssibly have lowered it a tick..but basically they are designed to be a near stock replacement forged piston..You can find them at the manley site. I used felpro MLS gaskets which compress to the same as stock also

 

[GI Joe]

Pete correction....-6.5 cc
http://www.manleyperformance.com/pdfs/06/PistRingWrist-87-102.pdf