Total Build Cost/Parts Breakdown!
I'm going to try and break this build down as clearly as I can with all the mods. Several parts were changed out on our trip to the 10's with the car. Some of what was on the car when it went 11.60's wasn't on it when it went in the 10's.
First off the "Rusty Silver Bullet" was bought off of the Michigan Craigslist in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The rest will be the list of parts used, cost and the people the parts were bought off of from this board (board member) and what items were donated by friends and what I already had for the car.
1. 1987 Turbo T car cost $3000 (Craigslist)
2. 55# injectors and chip/$100 (Steve)
3. Cartech Intercooler/$250 (gimpysquik6)
4. Mild Steel(rough)Terry Houston 3 inch dp/$100 (Patriot Tech)
5. Red's volt booster/$40 (Vacuum 6)
6. Solid Maf pipe $20/(gimpysquick 6)
7. Engine torque strap/$25 (GNXJohn)
8. Adjustable FPR, adjustable waste gate/$110 (Patriot Tech)
9. Boost guage and an old pillar mount/$65 (bought new@Summit)
10. Hoosier Quick Time Pro 28x11.5 street tires/$140 (Craigslist)
11. New drag shocks/$95 (bought new@Summit)
12. Comp Cams Valve Springs/$36 (bought new@Summit)
13. Buschur boost controller/Free (Donated by David Buschur of Buschur Racing)
14. Janis built 2004r Stage 1 basic build/Free (Donated by Vince Janis of Janis Transmission) Stock trans took us to 11.60s before the swap.
15. Art Carr used 16930 NL converter/Free (Donated by Vince Janis of Janis Transmission) Restalled stock D5 took us to 11.60s before the swap.
16. TE62 turbo/Free (Donated to use by Coach)
17. Drive shaft loop/Free (Donated by 11.20n1320)
I had an old XP pump, mod ecm and OTC monitor to get the build started, also had the set of used Weld Pro Stars. The car had a K&N cone filter and MSD wires on it when I bought it.. those items were never changed out. The car went 11.20s with these items above. Could I have made the car go in the 10's with just these items.. I would say yes.. but we were on a deadline of time to meet the goal of the 10's and didn't have the time to chip away week after week.
The 10.90's combo..
1. HPQ71 turbo/Free (Donated to use by Turbo6Camaro) TE62 removed.
2. Home made 3 inch straight MAF pipe out of an exhaust pipe. Chrome solid MAF removed.
3. Red's double pumper/Free (Donated to use by T-TyPe86) XP pump removed.
I think this combo would go high 10.70's with more tuning and on a good track like BG was last week. I think if I ditched the old Art Carr converter and went to a new PTC or a similar unit, a good 10.50/60 might be possible.. but that's a high dollar converter with new technology vs. a 20 year old piece we got for nothing and can be bought on the board used fairly cheap.
Total cost out of pocket for this build including buying the car was less than $4000. I was able to do this extra cheap because of some great friends I have met over the years of being involved with and racing these cars. I saved a good $1500 dollars having these parts donated instead of finding and using used pieces. I personally want to thank Vince Janis, David Buschur, Donnie Schanz, David Day and Brian Horsky for the donated parts and help over the years! Thanks guys!
*I didn't add the new fuel lines, brake lines, fuel tank, sender and hardware costs.. those were not mods. We needed those just so I could get the car up and running obviously
Brian Lorenz
