WashMo66 coupe is back home... Pics

washMO66

washMO66

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#1
Long story short, sold my coupe 11 months ago, bought a S281E Saleen, wanted my classic back, sold Saleen, bought my coupe back today. Worth every penny.

Remember it used to be very fast with a bad 347ci, but not much to look at, now it is easier on the eyes and runs better than ever.

I sold it 11 months ago to a good friend, I consulted on the changes / upgrades as follows;

-House of Colors Silver, new quarters, door skins, trunk floor, cowl hood, bumpers etc etc....$reciept for $8K for the paint & body work
-Flaming River R&P (not impressed)
-SSBC 4 caliper front disc brakes (very impressed)
-Engine freshened, ring & Bearing and a CAM change from XE274HR to XE286HR, he took off my Vic JR and put on a *** polished Vic JR knock off, not liking that, will be changing back to my port matched Vic JR, polished wielend water pump, polished single wire alt
-C4 freshened, reverse manual valve body, transbrake (launched it off the transbrake on the street today full blast, nothing broke, good thing)
-new interior, dash, guages
-new custom stall (old was 2500, new seems to be around 3500)
-Two new shifters (probably will change the B&M to this radical race shifter he bought and never installed)
-Scat Procar buckets, not my choice, they will be going for a more race oriented seat (hint, hint - For sale cheap, no ship, come & get them)
-Killer billit steering wheel, again, not my choice, a little too blingy for me
-I still have two sets of wheels / tires, Vintage 50's will probably be for sale as I am going to continue to run the ET Streets
-Still has Currie 9" w Detroit true trac 3:73's, still has TCP uppers in the front, 5 leaf reverse eye in the rear. Love that Currie.....

When I sold it it was caged with the factory buckets and went 11.28's @ 119MPH. It will be the end of season before I get new times but I would venture to guess that it will have improved with the stall and cam upgrade.

Ignore the motor pics, it will be getting some Moroso welded valve covers, that polished *** crap intake will be gone, considering electric water pump & fan and that ugly air filter will be replaced with a tall K&N. I think I am going to have pro systems build me a custom carb so I will also have a mighty demon for sale....

Anyway. long winded but I had some fun today and my baby is back...

Pics as soon as my wife goes to bed and quits yelling at me to get off the PC....
 

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#5
I need some input on:

1. light hood springs for fiberglass hood - where to get them, what are the best?

2. How to fix this flaming river problem......

That's all I can think of for now.

Good to be back..
 
#6
Congrats on getting your baby back! It's really looking sharp now!!
You did good on helping your friend pick out things to do to YOUR car. :nice:

I can't wait to see what times it will run now at the strip. I wanna see a 10.9 out of that naturally aspirated beast. I'm sure you haven't even thought of that.:D

I want to get an 11.9 in my car on my current 215 BFG drag radials before I get bigger tires. Have you ever run the MT ET Streets at the strip? Those are the tires I am thinking of getting. Or do you strictly run the slicks?
 
#10
Vinyl66 said:
Congrats on getting your baby back! It's really looking sharp now!!
You did good on helping your friend pick out things to do to YOUR car. :nice:

I can't wait to see what times it will run now at the strip. I wanna see a 10.9 out of that naturally aspirated beast. I'm sure you haven't even thought of that.:D

I want to get an 11.9 in my car on my current 215 BFG drag radials before I get bigger tires. Have you ever run the MT ET Streets at the strip? Those are the tires I am thinking of getting. Or do you strictly run the slicks?
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I ran ET Streets the first season I raced it and the next two I went to Hoosier slicks, the Hoosiers seemed to be a better tire. I will probably buy another set or Drag lites for the track and get some slicks and keep the ET Streets for the street, I get the feeling I am going to have traction problems with the brake and stall at the track
 
#11
Automatic Shifter?

Nice Coupe!! I was wondering about the shifter you have. Is that a special kind of Automatic C4 Transmission? If so where can I get one and does it help with pick up and lowering rpms when on the highway?
 
#15
LimeLight said:
Nice Coupe!! I was wondering about the shifter you have. Is that a special kind of Automatic C4 Transmission? If so where can I get one and does it help with pick up and lowering rpms when on the highway?
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I'll venture to answer on washMO's behalf...

looks like a reverse pattern C4, and the button on the knob is for the trans brake. The 3500 stall converter and trans-brake will definatley give it more 'pick up', lol, but it won't lower the highway rpm's any.

I run 3.70 gears, C4 with 3500 stall, and a 25.8" tall tire, and I turn about 3000 rpm at somewhere between 55-60. I avoid the freeway if at all possible. The T5 I had was awesome on the freeway, but the C4 blows it away at the strip and on the highway.
 
#16
302 coupe said:
I'll venture to answer on washMO's behalf...

looks like a reverse pattern C4, and the button on the knob is for the trans brake. The 3500 stall converter and trans-brake will definatley give it more 'pick up', lol, but it won't lower the highway rpm's any.

I run 3.70 gears, C4 with 3500 stall, and a 25.8" tall tire, and I turn about 3000 rpm at somewhere between 55-60. I avoid the freeway if at all possible. The T5 I had was awesome on the freeway, but the C4 blows it away at the strip and on the highway.
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Thanks for answering on my behalf and you are on the money.

Reverse manual valve body C4 with a transbrake and two step module off of my 6AL box. Can't wait to get to the track.
 
#17
I can only imagine how happy you are to have her back home again!

I cannot recommend which springs to use, some vendors sell softer springs that fit the factory hinges, but have you considered a small section of chain? You can use it to hold the hood up in the raised position and not need springs OR a prop-rod. Just a thought.
 
#18
Trampoline springs for the hood, I think that's what Scott uses on his hood. You can pick some up at Ace Hardware I believe.

If you want to get real, I have a Liberty modified small in/out Toploader, McLeod aluminum flywheel, Lakewood Scattersheild, McLeod adjustable long style pressure plate, Ram solid hub, sintered bronze 6 puck disc and a Mr Gasket inline shifter (like a Hurst Vert-i-gate). hehe
 
#19
1320stang said:
Trampoline springs for the hood, I think that's what Scott uses on his hood. You can pick some up at Ace Hardware I believe.

If you want to get real, I have a Liberty modified small in/out Toploader, McLeod aluminum flywheel, Lakewood Scattersheild, McLeod adjustable long style pressure plate, Ram solid hub, sintered bronze 6 puck disc and a Mr Gasket inline shifter (like a Hurst Vert-i-gate). hehe
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Always have to shake things up larry.... I'll stick with the auto thanks..

Trampoline springs huh, happen to have some in the basement....
 
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