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[aliengotpsi]

are you going to race this car when done?

[zbrown]

aliengotpsi;296204 wrote:
are you going to race this car when done?

maybe...

atleast once since i need to make a pass faster than 11.87... hopefully it will atleast run that fast, maybe it wont....

[24valvenotak]

probably fail because you didnt buy it at macs

[zbrown]

24valvenotak;296256 wrote:
probably fail because you didnt buy it at macs

lol, very possible outcome

just about done....

there is frost on the heads and block, that is why it looks messed up

[zbrown]

I have to say i am quite surprised.... Luke and I figured the complete Granny setup would weigh around 30lbs more than the complete NA IRS setup.... we were wrong......... in a good way!

YES... I did forget to take the rotors off the IRS, but i also forgot to weigh the subframe and diff retaining caps... so it would be about a wash. And YES, I zeroed the scale with the weight of the lumber in the IRS pic

So...

first stock open(welded) NA IRS

and weight of 220lbs

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now the complete 8.8 axle (its cold and i breathed... lol)

and a weight of 135lbs

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plus complete Granny TA mounting kit

and a weight of 56lbs

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So 220lbs for the IRS

and 191lbs (135+56) for the solid 8.8

~30lbs really was surprised as i was saying

I am guessing a TII IRS setup is going to be what? 10lbs heavier? more or less than that?

anyway, thought you guys would be curious to see some actual numbers....

[MisterCMK]

What did that 8.8 come out of?

[zbrown]

MisterCMK;297137 wrote:
What did that 8.8 come out of?

out of a fox with these changes

billet 9" housing ends
forged 9" style 31 spline axles
o-ring style 9" axle bearings and retainers

[MisterCMK]

Excellent. Should be better than Parkers car.

[zbrown]

MisterCMK;297167 wrote:
Excellent. Should be better than Parkers car.

lol, if nothing else give him some motivation to do something with his

[bubba]

zbrown;297175 wrote:
lol, if nothing else give him some motivation to do something with his

I was told that he moved it from one shop to another a while back, does that count as doing something with it, lol...

[Parker]

Hey, I moved it twice this year.

[zbrown]

my fuel pump showed up, Magnafuel 4301

supposed to support 1000whp on gasoline with forced induction so it should support enough for me on e85

[Parker]

Still weak

[bubba]

Parker;297204 wrote:
Hey, I moved it twice this year.

That's as much as my car has moved since i bought it... but yours was probably under it's own power, lol...

[MisterCMK]

zbrown;297175 wrote:
lol, if nothing else give him some motivation to do something with his

bahaha, I'm not putting money on that...

[zbrown]

it was above 0* today so i did the cold side aluminum stuff, don't know what BOV i am going to use yet

[Grr]

im gonna have sex with that car when you bring it here

[beachbum_jon]

nice hood prop..

[zbrown]

beachbum_jon;298407 wrote:
nice hood prop..

who doesn't like rust?

[beachbum_jon]

adds character