I'm with Nate, I never thought i would be pulling out the motor on my car and be installing different heads. I was just going to get my 4 thread heads worked on but ended up finding a set of DC casting heads for cheap and went that route. I also went with ARP 2000 heads studs.
I can say right now that I would never turbo, cage, SA, or auto the car...let's see if i stick with that as time goes haha
You already messed up and said "never" ha ha, I said that to. When you go to the track and see a turbo Cobra launch of the TB and pull like a freight train from one end to the other so effortlessly. It changes you lol
It's an 8 point 10.0 cert. I did it more for safety than anything, as the car should be running mid 9's at 145 with nitrous. For how cheap a custom cage is, it just seems stupid to not have the added safety feature. Plus, if I really want to remove it, it will take about 10 minutes to cut the bars out, then I just have to replace the carpet and 2 speaker grates on the rear deck.
The line that I was unwilling to cross was the 8.50 cert /through the dash cage.
Yea not sure I was paying attention you have the bars in the trunk, I see it now. I'm going 10 point with swing outs, you can also go around the dash and not through it.
Doing the solid rear end build, arb, welded torque boxes as well. Someone's I think I'm hacking up my car but then I think what's the point of all this power if I can't stick it. Told myself I'd never do a cage, sticking to that one. My track doesn't require it
I think if you do a good job its not hacking at all but if you just throwing stuff at it then that's a whole different story. The Cage is more about safety for me I'd like to walk away in the event something goes wrong. I have a wife and 3 kids that depend on me, that changes the way you think. To each their own for sure.