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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:42 pm
by THAWA
BAC5.2 wrote:Jason, when Roman gets the SHO fixed, you can see what the V8's are made of. He has zero intake restriction (i.e. Throttle body is attached directly to the MAF which is attached to the cone) and some exhaust work done.
hehe, you realize those are all restrictions right :) Also what's on his car?

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:45 pm
by boostjunkie
Is Roman's car fixed? I need to take a ride in that thing sometime!

BTW, he needs to get that cone filter encapsulated. RIght now, it looks like it's breathing hot engine air!! :shock:

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:48 pm
by BAC5.2
Let me rephrase. There is no unavoidable restriction. He's running as free-flowing as possible.

What do you mean "what's on his car?"

Pretty stock I guess. Just the intake work, Mandrel cat-back (with Borla straight through's), shift kit, things like that. Saddly, there is not much available for the G3 SHO.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:51 pm
by BAC5.2
Yep! All fixed! Got it back from the paint shop yesterday.

We are making it a fender-fed intake in the summer. We (he) didn't worry about it over the winter because between the already cold ambient temp, and the snow tires, it was not really a concern.

Within the next weekend or so, we will probably fix it.

Image

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:00 pm
by THAWA
whats the white shit sprinkled on th car?

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:16 pm
by BAC5.2
Rain.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:27 pm
by THAWA
note to self, dont move to Gaithersburg, MD :)

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:36 pm
by BAC5.2
Because you're afraid of rain?

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 7:40 pm
by boostjunkie
THAWA wrote:note to self, dont move to Gaithersburg, MD :)
Don't move to the East Coast period.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 8:54 pm
by georryan
At full throttle, the flat-six revs right to the solid red at 7000 rpm before shifting up, and although first-to-second and second-to-third shifts are smoothed by a shift-energy strategy that cuts fuel to three cylinders momentarily, the next ratio hooks up pretty quickly. In fact, up- and downshifts are accomplished promptly during full-throttle operation. An electronically controlled hydraulic torque converter lockup mechanism operates on all gears except first and does so with a two-phase action to minimize abrupt driveline sensations.
That's the paragraph Thawa was thinking about I think. It is in article 2. It isn't exactly as he remembered it though :)

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:38 pm
by vrg3
The rain in the DC/MD/VA area is actually pretty harsh. I've driven around upstate NY and collected lots of bugs on the front of my car. They seemed to be permanently attached; I scrubbed with the wiping thingies at gas stations and it made no difference. I went through weeks of rain and using my wipers and it made no difference. Then I drove back to DC, and after a single rain they wiped off.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 10:56 pm
by BAC5.2
Yea, we have mean rain storms sometimes. It's rained so hard to the point where no matter how fast your winshield wipers are flailing, you still can't see. And you'll hit spots of 8 and 10" of standing water. I've not been able to go to school before because of standing water being to deep to safely cross. Well, I could have safely crossed it, but... you know how it is.

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:00 pm
by vrg3
Well, I wasn't talking about the quantity (Ithaca'll put DC to shame in that regard). I was thinking more along the lines of pH.

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:15 am
by Legacy777
I want that garage..... :)

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:26 am
by BAC5.2
I was just talking about volume at a time. GPM if you will. I've never noticed anything about the pH, but I live here.

Legacy777 - Yea, I have a similar one, except with a wall in it and it's full of crap. The wall makes it difficult to do much work in there, but it gets the job done. I usually go next door (the garage in the picture) to do any work on the car that will take any amount of time. I'll have a picture of my garage when I get the pictures of the BAC BOLSTER MOD.

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:58 am
by vrg3
Phil - Ithaca's still got DC beat in instantaneous rain flow.

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:08 am
by BAC5.2
Really? daaaammmmnnnn

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:25 am
by QuickDrive
THAWA wrote:whats the white shit sprinkled on th car?
That's Jealousy Jizm. anyone who visits but does not know that garage...... well you know.

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:59 am
by BAC5.2
What?

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:03 am
by QuickDrive
Heheh,

I'll try and Decipher

Pic on first page, awesome garage, SHO with what looks like white sprinkles on it.... Metallic flakes? Dust? Jealousy Jizm?

The reason for the jealousy.. That garage is awesome.

...um... yeah.

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:14 am
by BAC5.2
Who's jizz would it be? You guys'?

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:16 am
by THAWA
BAC5.2 wrote:Because you're afraid of rain?
No because I'm afraid of white rain.

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:26 pm
by wiscon_mark
did we ever get pictures on this project? This seems like the kinda thing I would love to do myself, but I need a better idea of how to do it (images help a lot :))

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:27 pm
by wiscon_mark
oh, and how did you engineer the PCV valve opening??? Did it open at a certain RPM?

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:27 pm
by scottzg
Holy back from the dead posts, batman!
wiscon_mark wrote:did we ever get pictures on this project? This seems like the kinda thing I would love to do myself, but I need a better idea of how to do it (images help a lot :))
never made pictures. Save your energy, unless you only want to do it for the sake of experimentation.