The greenwood car show will be June 19th and this car will be ready.
Sorry for being behind in my posts but you will see that I have been busy. Was surprised with a lot of projects at my business and yet wanted to get the new stroker installed. Last month on May 12th , I dropped the car off to my buddy Brian's home to have him take control of the project. This has been primarily an after work project but is moving fast despite a ton of unexpected surprises.
This is the before upgrade video of the engine soundtrack. Brian is in the car. He is one very talented hot rodder whom knows how to do every and anything that needs to be done, and does it in record time.
So here is the rundown on the process and some of the challenges..
Not enough time to list all that was done nut here is a quick summary.
Added Fuel Injection tank from Tanks Inc. And ran fuel lines to engine. We used a modern Corvette Fuel regulator to push and return the fuel to the tank
Removing the tank, we discovered the brake lines to be sketchy under the car and replaced all the brake lines. Also found the rear wheel bearings to be bad. they sounded like they were packed with sand.
Instead of rebuilding, I purchased a new trailing arm assembly $1550 with shipping from V-Tech Corvette The arms are offset so that I can in the future fit times that are 2 more inches wider. We added a little bling to the new stroker engine and replaced the mechanical tach with a used electronic tach from a 1975 Corvette.
The Pro-M racing EFI uses a modified Ford ECU with ODB-II I added a check engine light to the tach. Not shown is the cool flywheel/clutch scatter shield, the modified front a-arm that will allow more caster, the Vansteel adjustable rear suspension pivots.
A ton of stuff mostly done after hours have been performed in less than 1 month. Thank you Brian, Kelly, Roy, Matt, and others who have lent effort on my behalf. You guys are totally talented. I am learning a lot from you all and having fun. It is what toys like this are about.
Will keep you posted,
Sorry for being behind in my posts but you will see that I have been busy. Was surprised with a lot of projects at my business and yet wanted to get the new stroker installed. Last month on May 12th , I dropped the car off to my buddy Brian's home to have him take control of the project. This has been primarily an after work project but is moving fast despite a ton of unexpected surprises.
So here is the rundown on the process and some of the challenges..
Not enough time to list all that was done nut here is a quick summary.
Added Fuel Injection tank from Tanks Inc. And ran fuel lines to engine. We used a modern Corvette Fuel regulator to push and return the fuel to the tank
Removing the tank, we discovered the brake lines to be sketchy under the car and replaced all the brake lines. Also found the rear wheel bearings to be bad. they sounded like they were packed with sand.
Instead of rebuilding, I purchased a new trailing arm assembly $1550 with shipping from V-Tech Corvette The arms are offset so that I can in the future fit times that are 2 more inches wider. We added a little bling to the new stroker engine and replaced the mechanical tach with a used electronic tach from a 1975 Corvette.
The Pro-M racing EFI uses a modified Ford ECU with ODB-II I added a check engine light to the tach. Not shown is the cool flywheel/clutch scatter shield, the modified front a-arm that will allow more caster, the Vansteel adjustable rear suspension pivots.
A ton of stuff mostly done after hours have been performed in less than 1 month. Thank you Brian, Kelly, Roy, Matt, and others who have lent effort on my behalf. You guys are totally talented. I am learning a lot from you all and having fun. It is what toys like this are about.
Will keep you posted,
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