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1 hour ago, Grease Monkey said:

Thanksgiving is the gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaalllllll

Soo Happy for you Eric!!!!  Gonna be the dream moooosheen that you sooo clearly described to me while standing next to your "trial and error Fleet of Funcos" in camp 

Its AWESOME that you are getting EXACTLY the car you want customized the way you want it!!!!!! That is the JACKPOT right there. You will have Years and Years of great times and not thinking about what you neeed to change about the car.........we all do it (John at outfront is the ultimate! :lol: !

The battle to get there will be well worth it when you are ripping it up thru the dunes

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Teaser Picts.

Cars going to John's tomorrow for the new AEM  ECU and engine harness, programming and Dyno. Hoping to see some numbers next week.

Car will go back to Trey for final assembly and checking hardware after Dyno.

 

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31 minutes ago, Grease Monkey said:

Teaser Picts.

Cars going to John's tomorrow for the new AEM  ECU and engine harness, programming and Dyno. Hoping to see some numbers next week.

Car will go back to Trey for final assembly and checking hardware after Dyno.

 

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IMO, those little labels make a good harness a great harness.  The small details that set things apart from others. Nice job!!! And not juatnon the harness, thw whole damm thing is bitchen!

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Get it done!!!

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So cool

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Cars at Johns for engine harness and ECU install. John snapped some photos.

 

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Car is going to be off the hook!!!

Just Wow

 

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Any more updates??

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Serious skills there, car is looking awesome. Devil is in the details, don’t rush it. 
Good luck on the final assembly. 

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@Rampage42

 

this ^^^^^^ guy knows his wiring 👍

Eric. It’sgreat to see how far it’s come along ! 

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Well???? anything New to post??

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18 minutes ago, SandTrap said:

Well???? anything New to post??

This, the suspense is killing me. Can't wait to see this BAD A$$ beauty done 

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Few more pics. Cars at Johns. This week is slated for engine harness and ECU tune. 

I'm itching bad to get this in my hands.

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Wow - looks amazing - it takes a village !!

Making All the right moves on this one Erik!!

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Damn that’s going to be a beast.  I love it. 

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The dunes and I are waiting to see this beautiful beast out here. 

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Updates???

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57 minutes ago, SandTrap said:

Updates???

This coming week should be very productive.

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I believe in my Heart it will all be worth it when you finally get it out in the sand.You deserve the very best and that looks like exactly what you are getting

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Getting closer. Should be up and running tomorrow. John and his team have been at it and it's close. 

Engine harness built. Installed and close to adding fuel. 

Hickup on my part. I tossed the S4 gear indicator harness. They need that to connect to the new AEM dash. Luckily Kartek was able to sell me just the extension harness. This is showing up today. 

Adding another CAN bus so we can bring in more info and monitor other things like gear temp, fuel temp, ambient air temp etc.

Few Picts, more to come. 

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What’s cool about the can buss expansion module is the main harness is then only for the engine. Without the expander the main harness becomes even more complicated. And overly big. And while removing the engine the other module and harness stay intact. I’m going to add one of those to my car too. I have some sensors I have never hooked up before cause I would have to open up my current harness. I’m tracking some weird stuff like air temp pre intercooler. Air pressure pre intercooler. Fuel temp, ethanol content, water pressure for blown head gasket and ambient air temp.

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going to be a new sheriff in town.............................................

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It's alive. Pretty stoked on the capability of the AEM. John and his team have done a great job getting all this wired up, sensors installed and AEM system communicating as it should. 

Plans to pick up the car tomorrow once the final tuning and calibrations are done.

Turn up the volume. 

Enjoy.

645 Hp average on 5 pulls at 13 lbs boost. 

Tried a 15lb spring and it pulled 687hp.

Feel pretty safe at 13 lbs so that's where shes staying. 

650 was my targeted HP for this engine. 

I can't wait to put the skinny pedal to work.

 

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UUHHH, YEAH,....THAT will Work just Fine!!!!  WOW!!!!

 

Cant wait to see it!!! You gotta be jumping out of your skin right now!!!

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Merry Christmas to yourself. You won’t be able to knock the smile off your face with a baseball bat that first trip.  

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