Okay here's a couple updates, I had a buddy install the new bearing from Strange and put about 35 miles on the car, so far so good with no leaks. I learned it's really hard on those bearings driving on the street with a spool, makes sense to me.
I ended up scoring some time on a dyno today too, now this is not a "normal" dyno, the numbers read very, very low, it's a mustang dyno, but this one reads low even for those, to put it in perspective there's a 9.90 car that only makes 505 rwhp on this dyno!
I wasn't trying to put up big numbers or anything, I could really care less what the numbers say, I just wanted to see where my hp and torque curves peak, which is as suspected around 6300 rpm, at least today with a heat soaked engine and 93 degrees ambient in the shop. So without further ado, here's the graph, and whopping 580 rwhp!
Mind you, my car should run 9.50's next time I go to the track, so again, pay no attention to these numbers! Manuel said this is the biggest heartbreak dyno he's ever seen!
Anyway, it did lean out, kept wanting more fuel, we did a couple tune revisions but my time ran out and I had to go anyway so the next testing will be at the track, date TBD.
I pulled all the plugs and checked everything when I got home, there was no apparent damage, so it was a good day! And my c-clip elim is still dry!
All the plugs look good, like the one on the left, the right one is brand new, never been run. I was kinda nervous after leaning it out a couple times even though I lifted soon as I noticed, it's still stressful, but again all was good, so it was for sure a good day.
