I thought that my car could use a lil update.
About three weeks ago, I installed a Griffin radiator. That has went well. Cooling temps are definatly lower. No water temp gauge, but damn if it doesn't take 10min+ to warm up... The only new parts for that swap were the radiator, silicone couplers, and a piece of 1.5" aluminum pipe. I used the stock AC fan wired to run constant and the stock clutch fan. Definately made a difference!
I have also installed Pilot F&R STBs. Slight difference in body roll reduction. Other than that, nothing orgasmic about them.
I have been daily driving the car as always at no less than 14psi to work, out on dates with the GF, random and senseless driving in attempts to find anything fast to race, grocery getting, ect ect. Biggest problem as of yet is spark blowing out. MSD is on the way. Every so often, esp on cold nights, I will blow out spark at 14-15psi. I ordered iridium NGKs and installed at a .028" gap and still no dice. It is terrible at like 17-18psi. Positive that it is spark miss because the night I tried to boost 18psi, it missed like a fat guy trying to hit a slim fast, but at 14psi, its pretty much fine.
I now have 5 gallons of 100 octane sitting in my garage. I'm going to go for 400whp at about 20psi sometime before April 10th when I leave for the Navy. I figure that if I won't be needing my car much after I'm in the Navy that I can at least use it for the good of the KA community and join the other few poineers of pushing the stock block KA. I'll prolly just do slight street tuning at 20psi, then straight to the dyno I go. Yea, it might be a dyno queen, but you know what? The dyno queen club is open to everyone!
Anyways, thats what has been going on with my car...
