My wife just told me today that I will be busy next Sunday.

So now it looks like two weeks from this Sunday, unless I can get Roger to do it one evening. I'll give him a call again.

 

Hey Terry... We are approaching the one year anniverary of this thread on the 24th!

 

Please don't remind me. I have been down way too long. Perfection takes time, though.

Larry, I sent you a PM about the break-in procedure you used for your motor. I want to look at it. I may use that procedure as well.

 

i know the feeling. i been down so long my 4 door cars are feeling fast.

 

nothing wrong a fast 4 door car

 

Update - my car has been in queue at Japtrix for about a month now waiting for them to clear out the work in front of me. It looks like we are getting close. I'm waiting for Roger to confirm a date when he will start on my car. Hopefully it will be soon. Although I would like to have the car back this summer, I doubt that will be the case. We'll see how things proceed at Japtrix. There is a lot of work to do on my car. When they are done, it then needs to go back to the paint shop for touch-up, etc.

 

Man. U really think u won't have it back this summer? I was hoping to get mine back before the end of summer, but I'm behind u (still gotta get her up there)! Oh well. Might as well add more things to the build!

 

We'll see. Maybe Roger will surprise me. Not all of this is in their control, though, like the body shop. I'm hoping once they start on my car they will keep on it until it is done. If that happens, it should be sooner.

 

OMG!!!!! This build is now going on two years .....3 Space Shuttles were build in less time!!!

 

 

Don't remind me.

Nov. 2008 - I blow my last motor and immediately sent my car to Japtrix on a flat bead.

Jan. 2009 - Japtrix finally gets block, etc. over to So. Fla. Crank and Machine - Motor is supposed to take 3-4 weeks. My motor keeps getting bumped back for the race teams they support.

April 2009 - I finally get sick of getting bumped and pull the job. I order through GTM.

August 2009 - I decide to have GTM flat deck the block. It turned out to be far more complicated than they anticipated and turns into an 8 month project. Motor finally ships April 2010.

May 2010 - Waiting for Japtrix to get through their backlog to get to my place in the queue.

 

Terry the wait will be well worth it. Patience young grasshoppa great things come to those who wait.

 

how much power have you figured you can run thru those stock sleeves? I know both u and Mike chose unsleeved 4.0L for road racing. My turbos are laggy so I am thinking of goin 3.8L or 4.0L (stock 96mm bore) but not sure whether or not to sleeve...

 

i wouldnt sleeve.....i had gtm sleeve my block and it cracked on forged's dyno....

 

problem is there isnt any other 900+whp car thats actually driven that is not sleeved..... My only recourse is to follow what others have been doing.

 

i def hear ya on this one...if u do sleeve i think u should have darton do it themselves, costs a bit more but they will stand by there work unlike some shops.....

 

I'm shooting for 650 - 675 whp on 93 octane and 750 whp on race gas. With meth injection, I would like to break into the 700s.

The pistons are 97mm. The stroke is 92mm.

I didn't sleeve because I'm running road courses, and have heard of overheating issues with sleeved motors. I think for street use and 1/4 mi. use the sleeved block will be fine. I also would have Darton install the sleeves. They designed the sleeves and probably have the most experience installing them. A while back there was a rumor floating around that you wanted to use Darton's west coast facility, not their east coast facility, for sleeve installation.

 

Your block Cracking on forged 's dyno has nothing to do with sleeving the block, Here is the e mail and the video that we got from forged regarding you block.

http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i1...t=IMG_0018.flv


" I spoke to Ryan. Turns out you sleeved this block 2.5 years ago. Who knows. Maybe just a weak casting or something "


Also below that is some pics of none sleved block that had the same exact failure. We have seen three block so far cracking in the vally area .


Sam

 

Wow...I was just kidding about the 2 years.....I forgot it has been this long you have been waiting

 

Wow... thats such a long wait....