Pics of my Ride

anthony05gt

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Pics taken after the tranny swap

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Raced once last week. Found out my new clutch has a problem. Can't speed shift, only granny shifting until I straighten the clutch out.

11.226 best et. 1.52 best 60ft and the granny shifting brought the mph down to 118.22 during the 11.226 run.
 
The stripes are silver with a hint of pearl gold. The hood is a functional ram air. With the blower, the air filter is in a slightly different location than where the hood dumps air into the engine compartment.
 
I swapped the tranny from an auto to a manual because the boost from the blower had me worried about the auto holding up. Besides, nobody did the swap yet and I felt it was a cool challenge.

Believe me, I watch the speed bumps. I've got 5" of clearance.
 
I'm running 11lbs. and the only reason I went that high is the car was recently involved in a magazine shoot which involved more than just photos. We had a half a dozen or so 1/4 mile runs at a prominent track which required a good performance. I was lucky enough to have a guy fly up from Diablo and dyno tune the car which involved probably 8 hours, maybe less. Then he was data logging each run and making tweeks to the tune. That kind of attention to the tune takes a lot of the danger out of running 11lbs. boost or I wouldn't have kept it at that level. If I end up blowing it, which is still possible, I'll just have to deal with it. I don't run it too hard and try to stay under 6100 on street shifts and will try to stay away from the track except once in a while. It was Justin Burcham who hooked me up with all of the attention and the tune. He's been great and gave me an opportunity that I couldn't refuse. I can't discuss any details of the photo shoot and what the article is all about as requested by the magazine editor. I guess puting all of cash into the car over the past 16 months paid off for me. The article is probably 3-4 months from release.