1980 Pontiac LeMans Station Wagon - G-T-faux (stuck with it, and can't shake it... like a bad case of herpes)
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Best N/A MPH - straight off the 2 hour drive, only dropped the air pressure to 17psi.
Best (and only) N20 - long story short I knew something was up when my purge didn't work. Relay died in the middle of the pass - see where the AFR drops? Yeah, blame the d-bag in the reflection for using used parts. She was moving too...
Best N/A ET - did some tuning (pulled some fuel and added some timing) and finally got it to hook.
Bottom line is the car needs more power (and less crap parts) and/or more gear. She's heavy and 5100rpms through the traps is too low.
4.56s? Blower? Both?
Despite the outcome I had a blast and got to meet some of the local Hellcat owners who were nice enough to let me park with them.
Best (and only) N20 - long story short I knew something was up when my purge didn't work. Relay died in the middle of the pass - see where the AFR drops? Yeah, blame the d-bag in the reflection for using used parts. She was moving too...
Best N/A ET - did some tuning (pulled some fuel and added some timing) and finally got it to hook.
Bottom line is the car needs more power (and less crap parts) and/or more gear. She's heavy and 5100rpms through the traps is too low.
4.56s? Blower? Both?
Despite the outcome I had a blast and got to meet some of the local Hellcat owners who were nice enough to let me park with them.
Think the paint was overdue for some attention?
Each panel was gone over twice; she smmmoooovvvveee now. No more sandpaper feel. Next I hit it with the DA and some polish, and then seal it with the same Turtle Wax ceramic spray as I used on the Hellkitty. Just a few more days work..
Each panel was gone over twice; she smmmoooovvvveee now. No more sandpaper feel. Next I hit it with the DA and some polish, and then seal it with the same Turtle Wax ceramic spray as I used on the Hellkitty. Just a few more days work..
Hit the roof, hood and header panel with the DA and some compound on a stiff pad. Got the rest of the black and oxidation off. The thing is there are a lot of scratches and imperfections in the paint from before I bought it, and the car was wet sanded by the previous owner. Tough to judge how far you can go without knowing the full history.
Next we polish.
Next we polish.
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Guaranteed 5mph on the big end by reducing the aero drag, or will it slow down because you removed the boundary layer?
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