700 fucking horsepower and you're hoping for traction!?!?
I don't care if Wilt Chamberlain built you a tire out of his used condoms...you ain't hooking up. (he is definitely hookin up but not you).

 

Agreed.

You will need to baby dick 1st & 2nd ... hell, I'd be surprised if it hooks in 3rd.

 

I've always wanted a car that would smoke tires on the highway...

 

Fun fact...
one time in the Vagon I was pace carring a group of NSX headed up to cars and coffee...
I punched it to show them what's up and the ass swung out on me at 95mph...it was lightly raining.
My underwear turned from white to brown.

AWD 4 Lyf

 

Rain > V

 

Bullshit motherfucker
They were already yellow / brown

 

This is awesome. Can't wait to see the final results.

 

Brown in the front so I can get a couple extra days out of a set. 4 days really.
I only really need 1.75 underwear to get me through an entire week.

 

Genius and well calculated.

How does the Florida humidity play into your numbers?

 

Dreaded "Mud Butt" only helps my cause because it draws the contaminants away from the source and into my
receptacle (aka my undies).

 

Swamp Ass

 

What if Flordia as a whole is just a tiny place in the Universe which just so happens to be in somebody's swamp'd ass undies?

Mind blown ..

 

You and me both. Sucks that I don't know when I'll be able to get it on a dyno, missed the dyno day this past weekend that I went to last year..

Helps that buddy got his build done before mine so I have something to base off of. Our builds are quite similar but there are some differences..

- 2.38/8.6 vs 2.4/8.6
- Ported heads vs stock heads
- 2" headers vs 1 7/8" headers
- GP Tuning stage 1 cam vs GP Tuning stage 2.5 cam
- 91 vs 93 octane

Lastly & probably the biggest difference is Shane Hinds vs a local shop doing the tuning. Definitely thinking the 680ish+/- range. Only time will tell..

 

Dude, your car is gonna be a monster.
I'm excited for you.
I better clench!

 

@TylerT Florida is actually the country's Gonorrhea Drip Dick already

 

This is awesome. Can't wait to hear this thing!

 

Hoping you don't hear anything, have a pair of 26" magnaflow resonators to hopefully tame it down..

 

It's been an eventful week with what seemed to be a never ending dissassembly process. Getting started with assembly this weekend was so damn refreshing..

Almost managed to hit my goal which was to have the pushrods measured but came up just short. Either way, I'll take the W for the weekend considering how much of a bitch that damn pick up tube bolt was. I always laughed when the V folks emphasized that the pick up tube bolt would fuck you up & I'm officially a full fledged believer.. ..

Aside from that headache, it's starting to come together & the light at the end of the tunnel is on the horizon. Installed:

- Cam/tensioner/timing chain
- Oil pump/pick up tube o-ring (pray that it's not pinched )
- OEM engine mounts
- Valve seals/springs
- Lifters/trays
- Headgaskets
- Heads

Heads are on but not torqued down but staring at the shortblock was starting to get old..

Infamous pick up tube bolt..



Down to the bare bones..



Some LS porn..



Improved Racing pick up tube brace FTW..




If I never go back in here, I'll be very happy..



Just getting the heads on was such a great feeling. The itch is started to get real..

 

Dude, you know your fucking shit.
Nice!

 

This is getting fun

 

Nice work! I wish you were closer I'd give you a hand just to learn! (Insert Jeremy joke)

 

Majofo calls my peanuts a joke.
You sure we're inserting Jeremy's joke somewhere?

Call me, maybe?

 

build looks great... were you able to do the cam without removing the radiator??? i can't tell in the pics...

 

No chance, everything is out except for the AC condenser which was moved out of the way.

 

are you tuning it yourself in your driveway based on mods.

 

I'm not tuning myself, that's all Shane Hinds remotely. Send him my full mods list, he sends a base file & we go from there. It's definitely on the list of things to learn though.

 

any reason not justin white?

 

A local V had JW do some remote tuning & he mentioned there was some things in the tune that he didn't like, especially considering his is a daily as well. So that kind of rubbed me the wrong way & just the hit or miss reviews I've read was enough to make me look elsewhere.

As with anything else, I did my research & Shane Hinds always popped up with great reviews through multiple platforms. Him having a 9 sec wagon was the cherry on the cake..

 

That's right, sorry...I had read that...
Good shit, man...you must be itching!

 

 

so are you doing HP Tuners? what did you have to buy?

 

Yea, I had to bite the bullet..

- HP Tuners Pro w/ 2 credits (need more if your auto)
- AFR500 wideband w/ NTK sensor

$975 for the package through him, saved like $50 over retail + $550 for the remote tuning. It was a heavy bullet to bite..

 

As usual I'm late to the party, regardless nice monster you're building...

 

workin with a monster

 

Yea, it should be a handful

Spoke to my local V buddy with the similar build & he went down to Woodward this weekend. Mentioned he pulled on a 19' E63 S with 3 ppl in the car, should be fun..

The home stretch is taking longer than I hoped with some late days at work. Slowly hacking away though, got the passenger side header/plugs/wires in, measured pushrod length & managed to source some locally which is always nice. Also got the trunnions pressed out of the rockers & cleaned up the rockers for the CHE kit. Aiming to have the motor assembled tonight except for the SC.

Prepped rockers ready to go with some CHE trunnions..





Unfortunately going away this weekend but would love a first start before I leave Friday...

 

Don't rush just to hear it start...that's when you make mistakes!

 

Definitely not rushing, already at peace with the first start being next week but it's not out of the question for Friday depending on how today turns out. Tonight should be eventful since I'll be off early & will have a solid 5-6 hours to put some work in, should be able to get a lot done. In a perfect world, I'd like to get a bunch installed..

- CHE kit installed
- Rockers installed/torqued
- Timing cover/crank pulley
- Valve covers/coil packs
- Waterpump/tensioners
- Rad/Heat exchanger

Still would have time Friday since the wifey isn't off till 8 to install SC, bleed coolant, oil change & whatever final touches are left. A bit ambitious but the heavy installs are out of the way. At the least, I'd love a dry start without the coil packs/fuel to see if I have oil pressure, that damn pick up tube o-ring is the make or break of the whole build.. ..

 

Want to stop by my place tonight to do the knock sensors on the Yuk?

 

f that, he's coming down to tear my motor apart...

 

that's fucking gross...can't you guys keep those sort of exchanges on your grindr DMs?