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OKIERX-7 08-26-2002 11:01 PM

Today was my first f-body kill. I ran this 93-97? Z28 and pretty much spanked him. He was a teenager, and his car looked stock but cherry. Anyhow, we only got to run up to about 85-90 from a 10 mph rolling start. He probably couldn't drive very well, not that I'm special but better than he was. By the time it was over I at least had him by a car legnth...



Man I love this car! It was SO worth all the hard work.



Mike

7mech 08-26-2002 11:17 PM

Nice kill. Nice engine swap. Probably one hell of a sleeper.

isamu 08-27-2002 12:03 AM

Cool!

SoRRoW 08-27-2002 05:31 AM

V 8 kills are the best...Makes the owner think twice on the 20+k they spent on thier car...lol

Turbo II 08-27-2002 11:14 AM

nice kill. are u breaking that engine in right? thats 2 kills in a week or 2 isnt it?

OKIERX-7 08-27-2002 11:59 AM


Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Aug 27 2002, 11:14 AM
nice kill. are u breaking that engine in right? thats 2 kills in a week or 2 isnt it?

Thats a good question. I'm not sure about the proper break-in for a used engine. I've put close to about 800 miles on it so far. I drove to Dallas and back the first day, then changed the oil and coolant. That's about 260-270 miles. Then I drove it for about 250-300 miles after that before I really started going into boost. So thats about 500-560 miles in the first week of it running properly.

Plus the countless dozens of running (with and without load) hours trying to figure why it wasn't running right.



Technically, its been running since April, just not correctly.

Turbo II 08-27-2002 12:38 PM

oh i thought the engine was new/rebuilt. i figure w/ the amount of miles u put on it should be alright.

OKIERX-7 08-27-2002 12:42 PM


Originally Posted by Turbo II' date='Aug 27 2002, 12:38 PM
oh i thought the engine was new/rebuilt. i figure w/ the amount of miles u put on it should be alright.

Yeah, I believe I called it a "fresh engine" in another post. Well its "fresh" to me and with it putting out 110-120 psi on each rotor, I still call it "fresh".

Turbo II 08-27-2002 12:49 PM

yeah it can be considered new. it's new to the car right. i think ur in love with ur car :wub:

OKIERX-7 08-27-2002 01:16 PM

Well with as much time as I've spent over/under/inside it, I figure I can at least stay with her for awhile. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png


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