Just got the car back from Fastlane Motorsports in Raleigh today. When I dropped it off it was a pulley, intake, exhaust (no longtubes), now it's got the 2.9L Whipple, Comp Stage 3 cams, Spec 3+ clutch w. 26 spline input shaft and Kooks headers with the o/r x-pipe. After driving it for the first time, the difference is incredible. It made 675 rwhp with the stock 3.5" pulley ~18lbs on 93 Octane.
Here are a few pics of the engine bay. The powder coaters we used for the valve covers didn't do a very good job and I'm really not thrilled about the way they turned out. I wanted a black crinkle coat that matched the Whipple.
Right before I got home, I started having some issues with the idle and it wouldn't pull like it did this morning before we started the 2.5 hr trek back to Morehead City. It started popping and acting really weird like it had a vacuum leak. I immedialtely started spraying around the blower with carb cleaner and sure enough the engine revved. Bad thing is that it rev's when I spray where the blower meets the intake plenum. So my guess is that the seal is no good anymore. I've heard others have had issues with new superchargers sealing??? I know Fastlane will fix it and they are great to work with, the only downside is that their shop is 2.5 hrs from my house. Can anybody shed some light on what might have occured? The bolts that hold the supercharger down are all tight, with the exception of one that took about a half a turn.
http://youtu.be/94j99LPIS5s
Here are a few pics of the engine bay. The powder coaters we used for the valve covers didn't do a very good job and I'm really not thrilled about the way they turned out. I wanted a black crinkle coat that matched the Whipple.
Right before I got home, I started having some issues with the idle and it wouldn't pull like it did this morning before we started the 2.5 hr trek back to Morehead City. It started popping and acting really weird like it had a vacuum leak. I immedialtely started spraying around the blower with carb cleaner and sure enough the engine revved. Bad thing is that it rev's when I spray where the blower meets the intake plenum. So my guess is that the seal is no good anymore. I've heard others have had issues with new superchargers sealing??? I know Fastlane will fix it and they are great to work with, the only downside is that their shop is 2.5 hrs from my house. Can anybody shed some light on what might have occured? The bolts that hold the supercharger down are all tight, with the exception of one that took about a half a turn.
http://youtu.be/94j99LPIS5s
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