13BAce

My car looks ok, but I spent too much to do the body right now. I bought 89-91 mouldings and a rear bumper, but I still need a front end.



I didn't get a chance to go to the track this year. So maybe I'll get a G-Tech to see where I'm at. It should be able to hit 11's without any trouble. 10's would be nice, but I"d probably have to run about 25 PSI for that. I think that I would have VERY bad traction problems at 25 PSI.



If you do a TII conversion 14's will be easy to do. You should be able to get into the 13's with alot of bolt on stuff. The convertibles are a little heavier than TII's, but the difference isn't that much. I have no airpump, A/C, P/S, interior trim in the trunk, insulation under my interior carpet. That probably saves close to 100 lbs.

ILUVMY88CABRIO

You should post a pic of your verts engine, or send it to my E-mail. I'd like to see it. How much boost do you normally run? You've got the 9.5 # flywheel on your vert too, right? Do you like it? I'm still trying to decide wether or not to get it, or maybe a 12# or 17#. Do your rpms drop realy quick when you're shifting? After I get my turbo engine in this will be my next mod........



They claim a 59 hp increase on a 87 TII. Not bad for $800. that should put me into 14s easy!

13BAce

There are some pictures of my car at th Tri-7 Halloween cruise at:

http://www.getaway2.com/flybye/cruise/

http://www.vosko.net/photos/halloween/

http://photos.yahoo.com/pvival

My car is the only convertible in the pictures. In the engine shots it's the car with the Mazdatrix front strut tower bar.



The 9.5# flywheel is great. It's a little tricky to get a good launch at first, but once you get the hang of it it won't be too hard. The RPM's don't drop much more than with the stock flywheel. I noticed that when my friend drove the car on Friday. When he shifted at around 6K the RPM's dropped by about 1000. He didn't shift over that because he's a wuss. He's used to the active handling on his Corvette and was worried that he'd spin the car.



The RB TII system is definitely worth the money. It does what they say. That system, an intake, and some fuel system upgrades should get you into the high 13's. Just make sure that your motor is healthy.

13BAce

By the way, do you plan on running the motor with the stock ECU or a standalone ECU?

ILUVMY88CABRIO

I was planning on running the stock TII ECU untill I could scrape enough $ together for a haltec. But I might be better off getting the haltec when I get my TII engine. It would make the swap a little easier I think. Is the haltec a stand alone, or do you need the factory ECU too? What are you using?

13BAce

If you want to use the TII ECU then you'll also need the TII fuel injection wiring harness. You'll also have to modify the convertible's main harness to work with the TII ECU. Running a standalone will be MUCH easier because you won't have to worry about the stock wiring for the ECU. You can actually take apart your stock FI harness and just leave the parts for the wipers, cruise control, and water temperature gauge.



The Haltech E6K is a standlone system. It's pretty popular because there's alot of support for it, and it works well. I'm using a Wolf 3D on my car. It works well. I had actually planned on using a TEC II, but the one I bought wasn't working properly when I installed it. I had the Wolf. So I installed that. I sent the TEC II back to Electromotive and they said it had a bad resistor. So they fixed it for me at no charge. I would like to install it again, but my car is running well and I don't want to mess with it right now. The TEC II should run it alot better, but I'm too lazy right now.