Well I realized I haven’t updated this thread in a long time, so I figured I’d get to it.
Got the car fired up back in July, on the first crank. I couldn’t believe it, it sounded bad *ss with just open headers. No leaks, great oil pressure.
Had a shop in town do up a true dual exhaust, couple Jegs 2 chamber mufflers, exit behind rear tires GN style. Very happy with the sound, great idle, drone isn’t terrible in town.
Installed the new gauges in place of the factory dummy lights. I tried to make it look as factory as I could, mounting them was actually pretty straight forward. Added the tach to the column for now. I might eventually put one where the clock is, but I just think having a 5” clock front and centre is hilarious, so I’m keeping it for now.
Also got the electric fan hooked up along with the Derale controller. I do have a shroud I’ll be putting on, but this seems to be working fine for now.
Ive been playing around with timing tables on the MSD, I have it in a decent custom setting now. So far I’ve put a couple hundred KMs on it and it’s working pretty good.
The next projects will be some new suspension parts, upgrade the brakes, and upgrading the rear end. I might be able to get my hands on an 8.8, so that might be the route I go.
Any questions or suggestions please feel free to message.