BLUSHS
10-06-2013, 02:49 PM
Finally posting this up! I picked up the car close to Green Bay, WI in February this year. It was a California car and had been sitting in a garage for around 10 years with a blown rotary. I was happy after a long time of looking for the right FD to finally find this car!
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130215_135759_zps71ac45c4.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130215_135759_zps71ac45c4.jpg.html)
So.. I have had a couple of decent little cars in the past, even one swap car that Jordan Sharp did for me, but I had never actually learned the ins and outs of working on a car. I figured it was now or never. So we went step by step and pulled the rotary and started sourcing parts.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130217_145222_zps99f861ff.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130217_145222_zps99f861ff.jpg.html)
The car has an LQ4 bottom end with a fairly aggressive cam, LS6 intake, milled and lightly ported LS1 heads, Samberg swap kit and cooling system, and a Ford 8.8 IRS.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130421_121559_zpsbc11a9da.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130421_121559_zpsbc11a9da.jpg.html)
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130714_135352_zps423eacd0.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130714_135352_zps423eacd0.jpg.html)
Thanks Clint Brooks at Karl Performance for the tune and dyno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrnXq6Wl0gQ
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130924_194107_zps607912f1.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130924_194107_zps607912f1.jpg.html)
At Cedar Falls 1/4 mile:
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20131006_150531_zpsf5a694c9.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20131006_150531_zpsf5a694c9.jpg.html)
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130215_135759_zps71ac45c4.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130215_135759_zps71ac45c4.jpg.html)
So.. I have had a couple of decent little cars in the past, even one swap car that Jordan Sharp did for me, but I had never actually learned the ins and outs of working on a car. I figured it was now or never. So we went step by step and pulled the rotary and started sourcing parts.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130217_145222_zps99f861ff.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130217_145222_zps99f861ff.jpg.html)
The car has an LQ4 bottom end with a fairly aggressive cam, LS6 intake, milled and lightly ported LS1 heads, Samberg swap kit and cooling system, and a Ford 8.8 IRS.
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130421_121559_zpsbc11a9da.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130421_121559_zpsbc11a9da.jpg.html)
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130714_135352_zps423eacd0.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130714_135352_zps423eacd0.jpg.html)
Thanks Clint Brooks at Karl Performance for the tune and dyno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrnXq6Wl0gQ
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20130924_194107_zps607912f1.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20130924_194107_zps607912f1.jpg.html)
At Cedar Falls 1/4 mile:
http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag160/blushs/20131006_150531_zpsf5a694c9.jpg (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/blushs/media/20131006_150531_zpsf5a694c9.jpg.html)