[laynlo15]

Well I think many remember my issues last year and the year before. Wallet is emptier then a few months back. We got the motor back in the car today. Here is what I've changed.
-Lt4 short block with 1500 miles finished by Carlyle Racing.
-BTR Stage 2 Cam, lifters and springs.
-Fresh Lt1 Heads, new intake valves. At least 4 of the old intakes were bent.
-LT4 Head Gaskets
-New valve job of course.
-Katech front cover with Dod delete setup, new chain, guides, tensioner.
-New oil cooler as I'm sure the other was full of metal.
-Fuel system is the same for now, will decide in a couple weeks what that next step will be.
-Speed Engineering Billet Valve Covers
-I'm of course putting the old 2650 Maggie Heartbreaker back on.
We should have it ready to fire tomorrow but doubt I'll get to drive it for a while since the weather has been just shit here in Missouri for the last F---ing month. Snow or ice every dam week and more on the way Wednesday.
-Same 1 7/8 header BBK headers
I'll also determine the type of fuel I'm running this year but starting out with 90mm pulley, way less timing and some 93 octane just to have some fun on the street to make sure all is safe and ready for some boost again. Probably close to the same race setup with about 15-16 lbs of boost and 25 or so degrees of timing on race fuel with 75mm pulley and about 19 or so on the street with 93 octane and 90mm pulley. Plus a little Meth/Water as I have the last 3 years, just a little safety net.

[radz28]

NICE!!! It's good to hear you're getting back up and going so fast. It makes the lightening of the wallet a little more justified, HAHAHA.

[laynlo15]

Ran into an issue this morning but getting that resolved. Having problems getting the AC stretchy belt back on but Matt went to get his tool he uses at the shop. New belt is a bitch to get over the hub. Should have the blower back on in a couple hours.

[KingLT1]

Good deal!

[L78toLT1]

Originally Posted by laynlo15

Ran into an issue this morning but getting that resolved. Having problems getting the AC stretchy belt back on but Matt went to get his tool he uses at the shop. New belt is a bitch to get over the hub. Should have the blower back on in a couple hours.

You ain't shittin that ac belt is a bitch to get on! SOB almost got the best of me! Used ones are cake to roll back on, new ones are damn near impossible

[laynlo15]

We got it and it was new so the tool he uses at the dealership worked great. Fired it up this afternoon and hope to get to drive it next week after the weather clears and warms up. The BTR stage 2 cam is a littler milder sounding then the Livernois but still think it will make great power, it def idles better then the other cam. I'm ok with that. I'm pretty stoked for sure. Will give updates as they occur, hopefully good ones.

[Gen5&Beyond]

Glad you have it running again. Looking forward to seeing it make some passes in Bowling Green this year.

[laynlo15]

I'll be there, will probably load it up for bear for that race and enter the correct class also. I plan on doing a lot of bracket stuff this year and want to work on my driving instead of seeing how fast I can go all the time. I'll probably try real hard to run faster then last year this spring and back off after that. Goal, go to every race and not come home with something broken. Those are good days.

[laynlo15]

Finally was able to do some idle logs, had a bunch of codes that were all dod/vvt which hadn't been shut off in the tune so Matt from Nickey Performance got me all lined out on that and he will be tuning my car this year. Really sharp tuner and I appreciate his assistance. Nickey has done a lot of our 2650's have them figured out pretty well and since Mike is not with Magnuson anymore needed an excellent tuner to step in and Matt offered to do that. Hopefully drive it in a couple days after the roads clear up and weather warms a little here in Missouri. Will do some logging for Matt since this is my 93 octane tune. Want to put a few hundred miles on it with the 90mm pulley and then throw the race tune in it for the first TNT which is March 28th if weather cooperates. Will update once I get to drive it some.