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Hey guys, I don't post too much here, but I keep tabs on things, cause honestly, my next project car will be a Festy!!! But for now here is a little backround on my cars.
My first "fast" car- 93 Probe gt. Started off stock, running 15.20's the first time out at the track, for me and the car... Quickly turned into a high 14's car with bolt ons, then 14.20's@96mph with a Jspec KLZE motor, and drag radials. Got bored with that, as we all do, so I decided to supercharge it. Without megasquirt, it ran low 13's, with MS and a couple more #'s of boost it went 12.58@112 with a 1.894 60' on drag radials. Once again, got bored, decided to switch to turbo, ended up running low 12's at 118mph, but soon again, got bored and tried for something no one else had tried before. I twincharged my car(Threw the supercharger back on being fed by the turbo). This was a complete and utter BLAST to drive! Hitting 123.7mph in the quarter on drags, spinning through third gear, at the track! On slicks, it went 11.992@115mph on just 10lbs of boost, and when I turned the wick up to 14lbs, it went 11.94@111mph, due to the clutch slipping real bad from the 1000' on..... Had it held, it was a low 11's car for sure.
Well, then fate happened. Matt, a guy from wisconsin, was selling his RWD Probe chassis for $1500!!! Seemed like no one wanted it, which I couldn't believe, but was very happy to pick it up for that price!
So, Here I am with a RWD chassis and nothing to put in it. My original plan was to convert the Probe 2.5L to RWD status, but after seeing what a buddies 3rd gen camaro ran with just a cammed chevy 5.3L, I decided V8 power was the way to go. I picked up a 4.8L LS truck motor for $200 bucks! And the build was on!!!
Soon after, I had the motor mounts fabbed, got a fuel cell, a built 700r4 tranny for cheap, with reverse manual valve body, shifter and driveshaft for $800! And I started to put everything together, fabbing up a tranny mount, using whatever parts I had to for the motor to fit. All the welding was done by my friend with the third gen, Tyler.
As it sits right now, the car runs and drives, only has a 3.23 gear, so it's not that fast, but my 3.70 gear should be here tomorrow. The car is having cooling issues, but I am working on that.
At the track it went 14.40@94mph, with a best of 96mph, thanks to that crappy 3.23 gear and no ability to launch the car( no rear brakes were on at that time).
So, I'll end with what your waiting for, some pics....
machining the oil pan
Painted motor
The rear that came with the car, ford 9"
Fitting with tranny in the car
Empty engine bay
awfully close to the firewall
Tyler welding the tranny mount
Four inches from the floor!
AFPR and braided fuel lines up front
My first "fast" car- 93 Probe gt. Started off stock, running 15.20's the first time out at the track, for me and the car... Quickly turned into a high 14's car with bolt ons, then 14.20's@96mph with a Jspec KLZE motor, and drag radials. Got bored with that, as we all do, so I decided to supercharge it. Without megasquirt, it ran low 13's, with MS and a couple more #'s of boost it went 12.58@112 with a 1.894 60' on drag radials. Once again, got bored, decided to switch to turbo, ended up running low 12's at 118mph, but soon again, got bored and tried for something no one else had tried before. I twincharged my car(Threw the supercharger back on being fed by the turbo). This was a complete and utter BLAST to drive! Hitting 123.7mph in the quarter on drags, spinning through third gear, at the track! On slicks, it went 11.992@115mph on just 10lbs of boost, and when I turned the wick up to 14lbs, it went 11.94@111mph, due to the clutch slipping real bad from the 1000' on..... Had it held, it was a low 11's car for sure.
Well, then fate happened. Matt, a guy from wisconsin, was selling his RWD Probe chassis for $1500!!! Seemed like no one wanted it, which I couldn't believe, but was very happy to pick it up for that price!
So, Here I am with a RWD chassis and nothing to put in it. My original plan was to convert the Probe 2.5L to RWD status, but after seeing what a buddies 3rd gen camaro ran with just a cammed chevy 5.3L, I decided V8 power was the way to go. I picked up a 4.8L LS truck motor for $200 bucks! And the build was on!!!
Soon after, I had the motor mounts fabbed, got a fuel cell, a built 700r4 tranny for cheap, with reverse manual valve body, shifter and driveshaft for $800! And I started to put everything together, fabbing up a tranny mount, using whatever parts I had to for the motor to fit. All the welding was done by my friend with the third gen, Tyler.
As it sits right now, the car runs and drives, only has a 3.23 gear, so it's not that fast, but my 3.70 gear should be here tomorrow. The car is having cooling issues, but I am working on that.
At the track it went 14.40@94mph, with a best of 96mph, thanks to that crappy 3.23 gear and no ability to launch the car( no rear brakes were on at that time).
So, I'll end with what your waiting for, some pics....
machining the oil pan
Painted motor
The rear that came with the car, ford 9"
Fitting with tranny in the car
Empty engine bay
awfully close to the firewall
Tyler welding the tranny mount
Four inches from the floor!
AFPR and braided fuel lines up front
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