Just bought 2 track cars
05-26-2008, 12:28 AM
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Are you sure those are 9" wheels on the front of the black car? I didn't know that was possible. Is there a spacer, or do they just bolt right up the same way 8" rear wheels bolt up just fine?
12-11-2008, 04:35 PM
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John, what happened to your build/s?
12-11-2008, 05:50 PM
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I'm not sure what you mean "Builds". I've been concentrating on getting my NASA and PCA competition licenses and have just started to work on tuning both 3.0 Turbos. My plan is to decide which one I'll keep and sell the other. I visited Australia and Tasmania in Feb. Had a great time. Where are you located?
12-11-2008, 10:14 PM
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Yes, Autometrics is on Belgrade off of Sam Rittenberg. The build some serious race cars, including 2 entries in the Daytona 24 hours.
Re: MAF. I'm pretty sure that's a typo. I just copied it from the Autometrics ad
Re: MAF. I'm pretty sure that's a typo. I just copied it from the Autometrics ad
12-12-2008, 07:16 AM
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I'm not sure what you mean "Builds". I've been concentrating on getting my NASA and PCA competition licenses and have just started to work on tuning both 3.0 Turbos. My plan is to decide which one I'll keep and sell the other. I visited Australia and Tasmania in Feb. Had a great time. Where are you located?
I meant "Builds" just because of the title of the original thread. Just wondered what had become of the cars and if you'd transferred all the good parts into one car etc...
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12-12-2008, 08:30 AM
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Yes, I was on Holiday and actually the weather in Tasmania wasn't too bad, although it did rain in Melbourne. I have some friends who live in Sydney. We also visited NZ, both the North and South Islands on that trip.
After I bought the cars, I sailed in Europe (Turkey to France) for 3 months, returning in late August. Since then its been DEs and Races with my 44Cup car and not much time for the 3.0 Liters.
I am finally getting a chance to work on them. They are actually pretty well sorted, but have been sitting for a few years. After changing all the fluids, I am adding widebands to both cars and upgrading some of the technology that has been improved since the cars were built. For example, The black car has a LR MAF and an old Vitesse device, like a simplified ARC2, to adjust MAF voltage. I have installed an SMT6 and started tuning. I will also upgrade the IC pipes to 2 1/2 inches and may install a set of headers on the one I decide to keep. On the red car, I have to learn to program the Motec and will add a set of camber plates. I plan to bring both cars to a Dyno for final tuning, with a goal of a consevative 400 WHP(Currently 363 and 388 at 15lbs).
As they are right now both cars are street legal in South Carolina, although the black car doesn't have any headlights installed. I am looking at having a friend of mine fabricate some fixed headlights and plexi covers, so that car can be run at night.
After I bought the cars, I sailed in Europe (Turkey to France) for 3 months, returning in late August. Since then its been DEs and Races with my 44Cup car and not much time for the 3.0 Liters.
I am finally getting a chance to work on them. They are actually pretty well sorted, but have been sitting for a few years. After changing all the fluids, I am adding widebands to both cars and upgrading some of the technology that has been improved since the cars were built. For example, The black car has a LR MAF and an old Vitesse device, like a simplified ARC2, to adjust MAF voltage. I have installed an SMT6 and started tuning. I will also upgrade the IC pipes to 2 1/2 inches and may install a set of headers on the one I decide to keep. On the red car, I have to learn to program the Motec and will add a set of camber plates. I plan to bring both cars to a Dyno for final tuning, with a goal of a consevative 400 WHP(Currently 363 and 388 at 15lbs).
As they are right now both cars are street legal in South Carolina, although the black car doesn't have any headlights installed. I am looking at having a friend of mine fabricate some fixed headlights and plexi covers, so that car can be run at night.
12-12-2008, 04:33 PM
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Sounds like you've got a good life going on there John. Half your luck. 
12-12-2008, 06:42 PM
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2 3.0 944's and sailing round europe ??? yeh this guy's living in a 80's porno movie
download the seminar notes from the Motec web page also the late software has plenty of help in it .
.I have only done the first day of the 2 seminars so mostly set up stuff I'm planning on going back for the tuning day mid next year when i have it all set up.
download the seminar notes from the Motec web page also the late software has plenty of help in it .
.I have only done the first day of the 2 seminars so mostly set up stuff I'm planning on going back for the tuning day mid next year when i have it all set up.