That's right, you just got the FMIC last year before BG....I kinda wonder how much of an improvement that FMIC is based off of where it is in the nose. If nothing else it's a more efficient heat exchanger and flows better.
The turbos are real close, I think the wheel sizes are within a mm of one another???
The Dyno max muffler is also very good and sounds great as well. Do you make your passes through the full exhaust? I have a dump that I have never used....maybe I ought to try it sometime and see what happens!
My pop bought me one of RJC's bleeders for Christmas, I have it set pretty far out so the boost SHOULD start real low at first. I also have the WG rod just about touching the flapper post...man I want to make sure it doesn't over boost the first time out!
Heat cycles are definately what selas the gaskets...no doubt about that. I just wonder how many cycles it takes to glue them down??? The first time I changed the OE gaskets I was stunned when the heads lifted right off! I guess even 12k miles wasn't enough heat cycles to glue them down. I remember when I blew my first set og HG's on my GN. The heads had been on there for ~56k miles and I had to about beat the heads off with a rubber mallet to get them to break free. Then I spent hours scraping the gasket material off both the heads and block. Makes me wonder if GM didn't use some kind of a glue when they built those motors at the factory??? I'm taking the car out this week for some miles, then changing the oil and detailing it for the World of Wheels Expo in KC. SInce I've owned the car I wanted to show it but always had something going on that kept me from entering it. This year most of all the BIG projects are done and it's going to be there for sure. We have a group of guys (all TR's) that show their cars in a section that are going to let me put mine in there with theirs....Fast Eddy Brewer will be there with his T along with my pop's GN. I'll take lots of pics and send them down.
As for lining them up in BG.....OK, I'm always about a good race
If I can't get my car to MPH like yours in the 1/8, I don't have a chance unless I catch you sleeping on the lights....not likely
Wouldn't it be something if we both knocked off our first 10 second pass in a TTA on that run! Wierder things have happened to me I can assure you that. We're looking for my pop's car to run some solid 10 second passes this year on alky/pump. We have a lot of tuning to do before BG! I'm going to be running the new MT Drag Radials this year. Have you heard any feedback about them good or bad? Ed's boss just bought a pair and Ed said they are REALLY SOFT.....now that I don't have a T brake anymore to kill the tires, the radials should hook pretty good on a prepped track. When I switched from Nitto DR's to MT Street ET's I dropped a solid 2-3 mph on the big end...prolly due to nothing more than rolling resistance. Going from a 32 psi radial to 12 psi bias ply didn't help things I'm sure. If I can trap 125 mph I'll be VERY happy....it went 122 mph the last race of the season. I'll keep ya posted.
I knew the gasket might give me problems and it did! Now I have to finger out how to stop the leaking or replace the gasket with the motor in place....royal PITA!! The good news is the car runs like a beat dog
