Project Look Fast and go a little quicker

**Martin0660** · 01-10-2013, 07:26 PM

Didn't feel right all day today ... Wasn't sick, just felt off like some disturbance in the force, lol then FedEx showed up and dropped a C4 on my porch :)

Bolted the bell up and installed the converter and parked it on my engine stand until things get ready.

**yeahloh95** · 01-10-2013, 08:50 PM

cool what stahl did you go with ?

**Martin0660** · 01-10-2013, 09:49 PM

It's a F29 converter ... Should be 3,000 stall and flash to 3,800. All of that will depend on what torque I can make getting into boost.

**yeahloh95** · 01-11-2013, 07:59 AM

by 3000 it should start making some right ?

**Martin0660** · 03-12-2013, 08:08 PM

Now that my junk is coming together I can get a little more serious with getting this together;) Got my old reliable T3 and ported manifold back from Frank...

Other support parts coming in ;) new gauges

Waiting on the custom gauge panels, squirt, and a pile of other little bits. Still need to decide on a shifter and what I'm going to do for an inter cooler.

**Martin0660** · 03-18-2013, 05:24 PM

Now we are getting there! Just got the new EMS (Megasquirt based), injectors, and oil feed and return parts. Big chunk of this project.

**cwh19** · 03-18-2013, 05:42 PM

^Thats the computer caleb wants to buy I believe.

**Martin0660** · 03-18-2013, 06:42 PM

Yeah, I told him to stop over when I'm doing start up / tuning on it.

**JOlbert** · 03-18-2013, 07:47 PM

There are guys using MicroSquirt or MegaSquirt on their LSX swap cars. I should've asked you about it before I shelled out a bunch of money on my wiring harness & HP Tuners. I'm computer retarded & know just enough to be dangerous. lol

**Troll** · 03-18-2013, 08:24 PM

open-end wrenches = FTL.

I expect more from you, Bob. :p

**Martin0660** · 03-18-2013, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by JOlbert

I'm computer retarded & know just enough to be dangerous. lol

I'll show you the tuning interface some time for the squirt (Tuner Studio). I usually have the laptop in the car. The MS is more "native" to GM as it was written to use all GM sensors. It can be adapted to the Ford stuff, but the default is GM. On my junk I converted t oseveral GM sensors just ot keep away from calibration.

Originally Posted by Troll

open-end wrenches = FTL.

I expect more from you, Bob. :p

LOL, unfortunately, the nuts between the turbo and manifold are an open end wrench only deal. Not up to my usual standards but I do also own a few cresent wrenches.

**Troll** · 03-19-2013, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Martin0660

LOL, unfortunately, the nuts between the turbo and manifold are an open end wrench only deal. Not up to my usual standards but I do also own a few cresent wrenches.

Many moons ago (and I mean many), I was trying to sell boats at some joint that wasn't even on the water. I made friends with the mechanic. I was helping him one day and he asked me to get him a certain size wrench. I went to the huge tool chest and brought him a Crescent wrench. He took it, looked at it and said to me, "Going over there and choosing a Crescent wrench among all the options you had is like going into a bar and ordering milk".

It's true. He broke my balls off, it was hilarious, he was right, I remembered it for 800 years, etc...

**speedracer** · 03-19-2013, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by Troll

Many moons ago (and I mean many), I was trying to sell boats at some joint that wasn't even on the water. I made friends with the mechanic. I was helping him one day and he asked me to get him a certain size wrench. I went to the huge tool chest and brought him a Crescent wrench. He took it, looked at it and said to me, "Going over there and choosing a Crescent wrench among all the options you had is like going into a bar and ordering milk".

It's true. He broke my balls off, it was hilarious, he was right, I remembered it for 800 years, etc...

You will not find a crescent wrench in my tool box or anywhere on my property