Well, I finally got everything connected and operational last week so I took the car for a couple short romps Saturday afternoon....less hood.....and the exhaust is still mufflerless 3 inch X-pipe and LOUD!
I warmed the car up in the garage with the nose in while adjusting the idle. Temp was about 90 degrees and with the nose in the garage and the fans set to come on at 180 it never got over 180 idling with no airflow and the occasional blip of the throttle. I backed out of the driveway and idled out of the subdivision. Drove 1/2 mile to Home Depot and realized I didn't have the electric pump connected when I got on it a little and the motor started sputtering at about 3K rpm. I connected the positive lead to the electric in the parking lot of HD and went in to get what I needed....didn't leave it long. While inside I ran into one of my neighbors, but cut our conversation short due to the car sitting outside with no hood.
Anyway, I pull out of the parking lot and get straight....rolling about 35 I stab the throttle and the back tires BLEW up....I looked down at the tack and it is closer to 6K than I'd like, so I shifted into second and the rear tires kept spinning while I worked the steering wheel to keep it straight. HORY CLAP this thing is a BEAST!!! There is no masking it with an open X-pipe either cuz it SCREAMS. I drove on past the turn to my subdivision to some smooth quiet pavement with no traffic and decided to see if it would do it again. hehehe, I couldn't believe it broke loose like that at 35....so again I stabbed the throttle and the tires broke loose this time when I hit second I let off enough to gain traction and pushed it to the floor. It pulled HARD all the way up to 5800 rpm and was still pulling when I shifted. I glanced at the speedo and it was passing 120 and QUICKLY gaining on 130. I let off and cruised home. My wife has an 02 TA, I've driven a friends 05 Z06, and I've ridden in a friends 66 427 corvette....they are nothing. LOL This thing is BRUTAL.
The neighbor I ran into at HD showed up and asked me to take him for a ride, so fo course I oblidged. Again I kept the exhaust note as quiet as possible until we got away from the subdivision. We made our way to the same strip of pavement and again cruising 30-35 I looked at Rod and asked you ready to see what this thing can do. A guy who never seems to shut up sure got quiet after the word left his mouth. "Yeah!" I stood on it and had to work the wheel to keep it straight while she was struggling to gain traction. Those wide 295/35/18 tires started hooking as we reached the upper rpm range of first and I shifted into second....tires spin and then HOOK....car pulled HARD all the way through second and into 3rd. I let off and glanced at the speedo....120. I said, "Do you think we could get in trouble for going 120?" He says, "Holy #$@%, we were just doing 120!?"
I started making my way back to the house and got on it a little once more only to have the braided trans cooler line contact the positive battery cable. Seems I forgot to put the hold down back in place and the battery was leaning back against the inner fender. The braided line chafed the insulation and the battery grounded to the fender through the braided line...melting the teflon liner. I wrapped the line and limped it home. After cleaning up the engine compartment and splicing the lines back together I pulled it into the driveway and parked it.
Though I have to order a new trans cooler line, the experience MADE the day. I still have some tuning to do, but **** this thing is a MONSTER!!!
Sorry for the long-winded post. I'll get some video soon.
