Project Lil Red

[Balaska347]

Well Guys I bought this car one year ago with the plans to sell my grey car and build this one into my street/strip car. I decided to share the build with everyone. I bought this car in December 2008 which it had the basic bolt on's. The car ran a 13.70 @ 99mph with street tires and shifting rather easy. Well the grey car was sold in October so the build was kicked into high gear. The goal is for Lil red to come out and run high 10's on her first pass. Ill post some pics of the build which is almost complete. The first couple pics are pics of the way I bought the car. Ill post pics of the underneath of the car as soon as I get a chance.

[Pure Stock]

Lookin' good man. The DS-2's make it.

[Ares]

Can't wait to see it's first pass Mike. You didn't swap the auto over? As I see the shifter in car still.

[mr4teth]

Very nice ....

[somethingclever]

Looks great....love the grey tweed covers to match the rest of the interior.

What's the car weigh?

[biminiLX]

Very nice, looks great.
What cage paint you use?
Also, did I miss the motor details?
-J

[Martin0660]

Looks good Mike. Can't wait to see it run.

[SK@StreetLethal]

Car looks good. Definately like the engine with the 2nd set of valve covers!

[1Badbird]

Looks great man!

[Balaska347]

Thanks for the compliments guys. The car weighs 2959 w/o me in it.
I just used trim black SEM to paint the bar. I think its the perfect match between gloss and flat. I have added a few things to the interior. Ill try and get some updated pics. Ed the auto is in the car.

The engine details are:
stock block 347ci
scat crank
scat rods
probe pistons
TW heads stage 2 by fox lake
holley systemax stage 2 by fox lake intake
anderson cam
accufab race TB
anderson PP
80mm prom MAF
36lb injectors

all backed by an Art Carr AOD 3600 convertor

[Balaska347]

I will be getting a tune by Don Lasota on Jan 23 and we will see what numbers it makes.

[gmkillr]

Sounds like a decent combo, with a good tune you should be well over 425-430 at the wheels.

Good luck!

[Balaska347]

Sounds like a decent combo, with a good tune you should be well over 425-430 at the wheels.

Good luck!

Yeah Im guessing some where around there. I dont want to push it to hard being a stock block

[CobraII]

Now if you had just stayed in Pittsburgh instead of getting chassis work done in Ohio.... tool!

[Balaska347]

Well I fixed the fuel delivery problem and made a couple more pulls to get things ironed out before Lasota comes. Ill post the numbers now and when I figure out how to upload the video from my camera to youtube ill post it. This combo was put together to make tons of torque. Before I made some changes and I made pulls on a dynojet it made 323whp and 417wtq. I made changes to the combo this winter to get the car into the 10's NA but still stuck with the plan of making tons of torque.

After fixing the fuel delivery problem and making some adjustments, it made 429whp and 498wtq NA on a mustang dyno. Im now comfortable enough to let Lasota to have at it.

[gmkillr]

Well I fixed the fuel delivery problem and made a couple more pulls to get things ironed out before Lasota comes. Ill post the numbers now and when I figure out how to upload the video from my camera to youtube ill post it. This combo was put together to make tons of torque. Before I made some changes and I made pulls on a dynojet it made 323whp and 417wtq. I made changes to the combo this winter to get the car into the 10's NA but still stuck with the plan of making tons of torque.

After fixing the fuel delivery problem and making some adjustments, it made 429whp and 498wtq NA on a mustang dyno. Im now comfortable enough to let Lasota to have at it.

Im sorry bud but that Mustang Dyno is inaccurate at best.
NO 347 is going to make anything close to 498 rwtq
429 rwhp with your combo is possible though.

Either way it doesnt matter, only what she runs at the track!
Dyno is only a tuning tool........
Good luck with your tune by Lasota

[Pure Stock]

it made 429whp and 498wtq NA on a mustang dyno.

15% loss through the drivetrain= 585.88 FWTQ
20% loss through the drivetrain= 622.50 FWTQ

[gmkillr]

What kind of raceweight do you expect to be at?

Looked through your pics again and everything looks super nice.
This should be a pretty potent performer at the track.

Good luck and no hard feelings about any dyno #'s b.s.

[Balaska347]

No hard feelings at all. Race weight will 3150# give or take a few. We weighed it and the exact number at race weight was 3152#.

[gmkillr]

No hard feelings at all. Race weight will 3150# give or take a few. We weighed it and the exact number at race weight was 3152#.

I wish I could get down that low in raceweight.
Im going to be in the 3250-3300 range.