mongoosetoo
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- Oct 19, 2005
All right, it takes a lot of guts for me to admit the following...
My car won't break the tires loose and do a burnout! It's an 88 cutlass w/ the entire 85 GN drivetrain, engine, trans and rear. OK, the trans is not a GN one, but it's in good shape for now and it is a 200 r4.
Anyway, the car purrs like a kitty - it sounds very mean and aggressive - like it should. The exhaust is a simple single 2 1/2" pipe all the way back with a muffler. No catalytic converter - off road use. The computer spits out no codes, fuel pressure is perfect.
The car is relatively gutted, with just factory sheetmetal and glass, but only one seat and a dash. So it's even lighter than stock. Gears are limited slip, 8.5 - 3.42:1.
This car runs perfect except it seems slow off the line. Once it gets up and gets going, it does well, probably a 16 second car. This is my first GN, I guess I expected more even though it's only a hot air, I figured it would be meaner. Am I wrong?
The engine has 22 miles on it and while breaking it in, I had a problem seating the rings. Now all cylinders are showing around 125 psi, so I assume the rings have seated now. really the cars runs and accelerates really smoothly, has no problem getting up to 80 or 90, but it's just slow off the line - it acts like a non-turbo 231 off the line and then comes alive about 20 mph.
Any thoughts? Don't make me pull this motor out and put an LT-1 in it!
I'm trying new gas tomorrow, the gas in it now has been in there for about six months.
Thanks, mongoosetoo
My car won't break the tires loose and do a burnout! It's an 88 cutlass w/ the entire 85 GN drivetrain, engine, trans and rear. OK, the trans is not a GN one, but it's in good shape for now and it is a 200 r4.
Anyway, the car purrs like a kitty - it sounds very mean and aggressive - like it should. The exhaust is a simple single 2 1/2" pipe all the way back with a muffler. No catalytic converter - off road use. The computer spits out no codes, fuel pressure is perfect.
The car is relatively gutted, with just factory sheetmetal and glass, but only one seat and a dash. So it's even lighter than stock. Gears are limited slip, 8.5 - 3.42:1.
This car runs perfect except it seems slow off the line. Once it gets up and gets going, it does well, probably a 16 second car. This is my first GN, I guess I expected more even though it's only a hot air, I figured it would be meaner. Am I wrong?
The engine has 22 miles on it and while breaking it in, I had a problem seating the rings. Now all cylinders are showing around 125 psi, so I assume the rings have seated now. really the cars runs and accelerates really smoothly, has no problem getting up to 80 or 90, but it's just slow off the line - it acts like a non-turbo 231 off the line and then comes alive about 20 mph.
Any thoughts? Don't make me pull this motor out and put an LT-1 in it!
I'm trying new gas tomorrow, the gas in it now has been in there for about six months.
Thanks, mongoosetoo
