Fuel's Winter Project: Build It Before It Blows

[weather man]

Looking good Josh. Just ordered some tires for my darkstar fronts.

 

[swflastang05]

Lookin' and sounding great, what size tires are you running? (front and back) They fit really good,

 

[JoshK]

27.5/4.5-17

29/10.5-15

 

[JoshK]

Not much of an update really but I have just been enjoying the car. I really need to get a new log for Manuel. Looking at maybe taking the car to the track on the 20th.

 

[JoshK]

New PB yesterday

 

[BruceH]

New PB yesterday

Thunderrrrr Valley? Look at that speed! IIRC TV sits over 1000 ft above sea level.

 

[JoshK]

This pass was at Kearney raceway park. Just over 2000ft elevation

I need to get my rev limiter up. I was bouncing off the rev limiter for the last 75' or so of that pass. I was launching at 4k rpm and bogging. Need to launch harder but I still have a stock driveshaft

Edit...Just checked and it is at 2133ft

 

[weather man]

In the 10's, heck yeah.

 

[ZmanM3]

Nice, congrats!

 

[JoshK]

So what does everyone use to upload pics now. I can't make Photobucket work to save my life

 

[JoshK]

Well I broke down and got Tapatalk to share pics since Photobucket is absolutely horrible now.

It only took me 5 years but I am finally putting an aluminum driveshaft on the car lol. I also decided to install a nitrous kit for track days to help get this big turbo going a little faster out of the hole. Will do some more testing this summer when the track opens up. Went with a SOS cupholder switch panel for the line lock and nitrous controls as well.

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[JoshK]

Didn't realize I hadn't shared this pic with you guys either. This is from this fall when I finally got that first 10.** pass. Me and the wife with the slip and the car

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[Doug M]

Heck yeah! Can't wait to see what it will do,on your next track day..

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[weather man]

Definitely looking good Josh.

 

[ZmanM3]

Nice!

 

[JoshK]

Got some new suspension stuff today. Will be swapping out the J&M control arms for some more BMR goodies

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[JoshK]

I have now gotta all the new BMR suspension goodies installed on the car. That upper bushing swap is all but impossible to do with the rear end in the car lol. I have also gotta the dynotech DS in as well. I had to cut off and clearance the steeda driveshaft loop to fit the one piece driveshaft. I also went ahead and sold the fore fuel hat and triple 320 pumps. I am now running a new on3 hat with the triple 450 pumps. We are going to run two pumps on full time and turn the third on with the Hobbs switch. I messed up and kinked a fuel line last weekend so I had to order more.

Lastly, was having a hard time getting somewhere to get my Nitrous bottle filled. I live in the sticks lol. So I called up the closest Matheson. They said there is quite a shortage of nitrous right now? Well long story short I went ahead and bought the last mother bottle of nitrous they had in stock. Now I can just gravity fill myself at home.

I am doing my best to try and have the car ready for track opening at Kearney raceway park on April 8th. I ordered a new tilt deck 18' flatbed trailer too so I am waiting on that to get done as well. Hope to have more to share soon.

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[roberts]

Hell yea josh looks good man! Keep it up!


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[46addict]

I saw your for sale thread, good to see you're keeping the car.
Any tips/tricks on getting that upper diff bushing changed out?

 

[JoshK]

At the very least, disconnect the shocks to let the rear end fall down as far as possible. I don't have any of the EVAP equipment on the back of the car anymore that was not in the way for me. Buy yourself an inch and half hole saw that you do not care if you ruin. Just keep running it in and out of the housing at as much of an angle as you can to chew all the rubber out.