Woo! Congrats on the first start!

Congratulations! Sounds like a race car. :D

Excellent. Epic build, but you knew that.

Does anyone running TSE kits have pictures of their heat shield setup?

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...d0fcb1d40f.jpg
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Thats awesome thank you...did you make it?

Nope, had a guy at my shop make it up for me when he did my intercooler piping.

Congrats on the start-up, sounds great.

@sixshooter didn't you melt a dipstick as it was on the manifold side of the heat shield (or no heat shield)? Asking for general input on that.

Why yes, yes I did. I vaguely recall the little plastic droplets from the melted handle getting into my oil pump relief valve. I was fortunate enough to end up with a completely new built motor out of it (because I had to build a completely new motor because of it). So if you know anyone who has a stock bottom end that wishes to replace it with a forged bottom end I highly recommend not heat shielding the dipstick tube.
:rolleyes:

I actually cap off the dipstick tube these days and leave the dipstick in my toolbox. I'm not checking the oil while I'm out on track so it really doesn't need to be in the tube then. I only check it in the paddock or driveway.

Because of course that's something that would happen to you.

I may have missed it but which rear end did you decide to use?

I'm contemplating the ZF5 swap for my car as I only stopped at 313 ft-lbs and 338 HP as I'm nervous about the drive train going higher, but not sure which gear ratio would be best for track only.

i put in a getrag 3.42 with the V8 roadsters kit. Fits nicely. Unsure of how it feels since I haven’t driven yet.

Getting destroyed at work so progress is slow this week but added this to the bay. Looks nice. We'll see how it works.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...c39fb24837.jpg

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Bled the brakes and added more fluids to the car. Put the fenders back on and mounted the wheels. She has a nice aggressive stance. Waiting to get in to the shop so I can have my downpipes and exhaust fabricated followed by an alignment. Pretty happy with the look.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e56667bcb0.jpg

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It sure is clean. :bigtu:

I have progress pictures from yesterday as well.

Looks great guys

Sounds a bit like my big cam car at idle