The Beast on the Bottle Build Thread

[Backroad_Beast]

That's what I keep hearing, but I'm thinking a turbo will still be in the cards. I don't know, we'll see. I can't wait to feel the nitrous, especially now that I can actually shift my damn car at speed again. Hitting the track Saturday night, so that'll be the first test of the system.

 

[Surfstang2020]

i was at 402 rwhp and 480 rwtq

Congrats on the numbers man should be a fun car


Sent from your moms phone

 

[Neal@]

yeah i misread someone else numbers.... facepalm inserted.

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Finally got my Fuel Rail Adapter in the mail. Gonna try and get my hands on a bottle heater locally this week so I can at least get some numbers at the Dyno Day at TMS on Saturday.

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Holy hell I've been slacking on this. So a couple of days after my last post I dyno'd at TMS, the car put down 320rwhp/345rwtq NA. I dyno'd once since then after TMS had re-calibrated their setup and put down almost the same numbers.

Within a few days of that, this happened.....



Which led to this....



And soon after I got it back this shit started happening (which I still haven't figured out)....
http://www.s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104159

Well that's pretty much up to date. Because of the unknown issues I didn't make it out to the strip at all this season, and haven't really seen a point to finish the N2O system since the car isn't running right. But there's light at the end of the tunnel. I finally have garage space to work on the car so in the next couple weeks I'm gonna start tearing it apart and see if I can figure it out, or take it into a shop if necessary. As of today I've also got Swaybar Relo's and FREE ET Streets (thanks to a gift cert I won) in the mail, and a nice set of Racestars coming next week. I've still got some suspension shit to order, and finish up the nitrous install (hour of work tops) and I'll be doing ok. I've also got a 50% off any item gift cert from Flowmaster that I may or may not use on the car, haven't decided on that yet.

Here's what the car is looking like at the moment.

 

[Surfstang2020]

Those gt500 wheels look good on there man

 

[BruceH]

Those gt500 wheels look good on there man

Yes they do!

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Those gt500 wheels look good on there man

Thanks man! When I got them from Bruce I was originally going to plastidip them black like my other set but this look grew on me fast.

Yes they do!

Thanks again for the wheels Bruce!

 

[LAStang1234]

Car does looks great!

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Car does looks great!

Thanks man! It means a lot! From time to time I still have to take a step back and remember its actually mine lol. As far as the exterior goes I just need the GTCS rear, possibly the side scoops, and eventually an awesome hood. A 3" cowl, Shelby Deep-Draw, and the Saleen S281(?) have all crossed my mind. But after that the body will be right where I want it.

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Just got my DR's just now. Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials 295/55R15 completely free thanks to a gift certificate I won at the Kruise4Kids last summer. Can't wait to mount these up and try them out!

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Hell ya just got my ET Streets mounted on the new Racestars. Can't wait to see these on the car!

Took the car on a cruise with some buddies this weekend. Tons of fun with some quick cars, but damn my poor car took a beating lol. Car goes under the knife tomorrow.

 

[702GT]

Mmmm... spray. 'roid rage in a bottle!

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Mmmm... spray. 'roid rage in a bottle!

Lol so true.

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Took me longer than I thought to get around to it, but here it is. Mickey ET Streets 295/55R15 on 15x10 Racestars.

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Looks like my motor is on its way out. Oil looks like metal flake paint right now. Back to square one.

 

[lethe]

That sucks but now you can build a motor to handle a bigger shot or FI.

 

[Backroad_Beast]

That's what I'm thinking to. I'll know Monday or Tuesday whether the warranty is gonna cover it or not. If not I think its definitely time to crank things up.

 

[RocketcarX]

I thought this was a nitrous build thread...

 

[Backroad_Beast]

Started out that way, but that ended quite a while ago. MindIfISmoke has been finding me deal after deal on shiny shit lately. Still not sure what the motor situation is going to be, but the power adder has moved from spray to something a little more permanent. I'll have more details when the build picks up a little more steam.