Blackenedwings '06 IX MR build thread
I asked the OP, he said to leave it so it stays.
Relax!
EDIT: I just googled hard parking.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...hard%20parking
Relax!
EDIT: I just googled hard parking.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/defin...hard%20parking
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Tiny update, but the car is in the shop right now having the head refreshed. Long story short, 2 years ago I was given advice by Hill at Agile Auto to put in upgraded springs/retainers with my Kelford 272s... I didn't listen to him and cheaped out, and re-used my OEM springs/retainers. I ran the car for 2 years and almost 15k miles of WOT track driving... before the springs gave out and I started slapping the valves around with my #1 piston. Lesson learned, don't cheap out, and listen to your tuner! 
Suffice to say, on his recommendation I'm refreshing the head with a full Ferrea valvetrain, titanium retainers/guides/valves, and beehive springs. I may have some port/polish work done on the head while its off, we'll see.
Suffice to say, on his recommendation I'm refreshing the head with a full Ferrea valvetrain, titanium retainers/guides/valves, and beehive springs. I may have some port/polish work done on the head while its off, we'll see.
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Tiny update, but the car is in the shop right now having the head refreshed. Long story short, 2 years ago I was given advice by Hill at Agile Auto to put in upgraded springs/retainers with my Kelford 272s... I didn't listen to him and cheaped out, and re-used my OEM springs/retainers. I ran the car for 2 years and almost 15k miles of WOT track driving... before the springs gave out and I started slapping the valves around with my #1 piston. Lesson learned, don't cheap out, and listen to your tuner! Suffice to say, on his recommendation I'm refreshing the head with a full Ferrea valvetrain, titanium retainers/guides/valves, and beehive springs. I may have some port/polish work done on the head while its off, we'll see.
Suffice to say, on his recommendation I'm refreshing the head with a full Ferrea valvetrain, titanium retainers/guides/valves, and beehive springs. I may have some port/polish work done on the head while its off, we'll see.Depending on how quickly the car comes back together I should be running it at NJMP next month with NASA NE.
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Your wish is my command! Lol, I have a ton I haven't posted up here. Also, the big news for me is as of today it looks like I will be making it to Summit Point, WV for the Nov 7th event instead of the NJMP October event at this point. A good buddy of mine is finally going to hit his first track day, and we settled on Summit for his first event.
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The car should be on the dyno again soon. It's being retuned with speed density with Tephra with a ported head, full Ferrea valvetrain, MAPerformance o2 eliminator pipe (3'' downpipe + o2 dump). It made 407 whp on 93 octane last year with a 2.5'' downpipe, stock MAF, OEM springs/retainers, and OEM o2 housing... so I'm hoping for some nice gains even with stock pistons/rods.
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