Procharged 440

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Aug 03, 12 5:46 pm

'Strewth!
Blue will knock one out over all those holes!!

Good work!

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri Aug 03, 12 8:05 pm

Mint!

Good to finally put face to car at the weekend mate.

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Sat Aug 11, 12 9:11 am

It's in!

With yet more help from Darren and his bracket making skills the head unit is now in place. I t would have been a lot easier if the Bananarama! that built the rollcage had put the front bars in the correct place!!

Also had to cut out the front panel to move the rad forward, The Lord of bracket making is doing some to remount the rad.

Just the wiring and plumbing and 101 other bits to do and we will be ready

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Aug 11, 12 9:24 am

Amazing!

New underpants on order then???

Les Szabo · Post by **Les Szabo** » Sat Aug 11, 12 11:58 am

looking good...whats the HP on that set up then?...1000??..or more?
should be well in the 8's

Les

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Sat Aug 11, 12 12:40 pm

Hi Les,
Should be around about a 1000 but the car still wieghs in at 3300lbs

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Aug 11, 12 12:49 pm

Turnip wrote:..........the car still wieghs in at 3300lbs

Time for a dump before you put the new underpants on

I guess it will be all "Top end", may have to bin those 4.56:1 gears ..........

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Sat Aug 11, 12 1:34 pm

Not sure what brand of pants to go for

Only one way to find out how it will perform I guess! Just need to get it back on the track.

Got my prize money from Top sportsman, don't think it will cover the repair bill

Les Szabo · Post by **Les Szabo** » Sat Aug 11, 12 2:33 pm

looking at this 4.56 are ok if you wanna turn 7500 x 8.73et x 157mph

http://www.richmondgear.com/112901.html

as you say though, only 1 way to really find out.....4.10's=7000rpm trap

great to hear someone actually got some prize money from racing!

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sat Aug 11, 12 2:43 pm

Jon,
Well worth the struggle, looking good

Les Szabo wrote:looking at this 4.56 are ok if you wanna turn 7500

http://www.richmondgear.com/112901.html

I don't know the tyre dia, hp, torque or enough info in general 4:56 would seem a long way off to me . . .

Les Szabo · Post by **Les Szabo** » Sat Aug 11, 12 2:47 pm

3300lbs x 32" slick? x 1000hp?

I would've thought a 4.10 would've been ok?

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Sat Aug 11, 12 4:51 pm

It does have 4:56's in at the moment and 33" slicks.

I do have some 4:10's on the shelf.

We are trying to get to shakey at the end of the month for the next round in the national championship. Hopefully be able to see how it runs then get the 4:10's in for the euro finals if the 4:56's don't work

1stpop · Post by **1stpop** » Sat Aug 11, 12 9:13 pm

Glad all is going well.how did it go today.

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Mon Aug 13, 12 8:30 am

Got a few more bits done yesterday.

Got the water/meth pumps mounted in the boot and wired up. All the boost referance pipes are in.

Still waiting for a few bits, fingers crossed that we will get it up and running next week.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Mon Aug 13, 12 12:14 pm

Turnip wrote:Hi Les,
Should be around about a 1000 but the car still wieghs in at 3300lbs

I am constantly amazed by a cars weight brians cuda on the surface is the same car, back halved and weighs 2,850lbs his rear end is all done in heavy gauge steel no alluminium flooring at all it does have a full glass front end 400 mtr b1 heads intake dommie, it has a hell of a lot of dry sump pipes heavy braided the homebrew sump alone weighs 20k dry sump tank lots of oil etc very strange, we have a difference of 415 lb