6 months to live build thread

[ike84]

Are you venting the front trunk at all or just letting the fans do their thing?

Congrats on the new shop! That's gonna be fantastic. It makes such a huge difference actually having space to work.

If you wanna get 400hp out of the m96, I would love to see a 3.4 with tripled up head gaskets pushing 7-9 psi through twin gt2860s. You will see well over that amount and I think that it can be done quite safely considering that our internals are forged and the dme will retard timing when you start running into knock. Add meth injection and you can probably take it even higher!

Btw, where the hell did you find that car for $3k?! Did someone die in it? That's a steal!

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[itsnotanova]

I completely opened up the front of the frunk down to the floor pan. Below the radiator is one big scoop. The air then exits out the vents on the hood or back at the cowl. Mostly the cowl.

Thanks .Shop space is like horsepower, you never have enough. Hopefully this keeps me happy for awhile even though with 3500sqft, I still can't fit all me toys inside it.

There are many factors to being fast at racing. Lightweight is right behind tires on the list. Hard to beat an aluminum LS on power to weight and simplicity. Cost too! I'm only hesitant because it's not a porsche or even a german motor.

It looks good in the picture but it's lived a hard life. I basically bought a rolling shell. Everything I plan on using will need to be rebuilt

[itsnotanova]

It's been awhile since I updated this thread and a lot has happened since then. Last september I took it to a race in Oklahoma. Not five minutes into the race weekend, the motor locked up. I did happen to get these pictures taken 10 seconds before that happen



So the car has pretty much sat since then. I had a parts car with a good 2.7 and had all intentions of throwing another motor in the frog. I removed the donor motor and then removed the seized motor. It was at that point that I just hit the wall. I just don't want to race it or maintain it anymore. I've gotten bored racing rallycross with production based cars. My heart is with something more. That's when I called up a fellow member on here and asked if he was interested in buying it. He enthusiastically said yes and came down here about a week later to pick it up. It makes me very happy to see it go to someone who will appreciate it for what it is. Bye Bye Frog