Well folks here we are again at the end of another season. The car was officially pulled off the road last weekend and this coming weekend I am starting to pull it all apart again.
The car worked flawlessly over the summer and I thought that I would make a post to let everyone know how it turned out. I ended up putting a little over 4000kms on it over the few months that it was on the road. I didn't end up tuning the car for race fuel as I just didn't have the time to make the 4 hour drive to the dyno to get it dialed in. All summer I was running on a 91 octane pump fuel tune running 15psi and stock timing putting down 451whp and 421wtq. With that being said the car was able to pull a best time at the track of 11.57@126mph with a 1.91 60ft time. The car does not hook up at the track till 4th gear on the 8" slicks that I was running. I probably would have had better luck with some coilovers and larger slicks but I can't complain with how it ran. Plus I was the only one in my class who could change tires at the track and drive it home, no trailer required.
I am trapping at 6600rpm in 4th gear at the line so my mph is pretty much tapped unless I move to a bigger slick. I do have a plan to fix that issue so stay tuned over the winter.
I do have video of some passes but they were not taken by me and I am trying to track them down now, I will post them up as soon as I get them.
Toward the end of the season I entered my car into Sport Compact Performance 8 in Montreal along with Brad's (DoubleZ) convertible. This show is one of the biggest if not the biggest show in Canada now a days. Now my car is no show car and it never will be but we did our best in a week to get it ready for the show scene. For this show we redid the interior, installed a roll bar and even installed a stereo in my car...yes thats right, for the first time in 6 years my car has a stereo.
Brad and I were in the j-body/cobalt class, Brad won 1st place and I got 2nd place behind him which was pretty cool because they only awarded top two in each class. The top GM guys were there to unveil the new Saturn Sky that the top tuner team built and they were very impressed with what they saw.
I am rolling an idea around in my head now on what to do next to the car. I am 95% sure that I will be taking on another very unique project with the car over this winter. I am still not 100% sure yet because this new idea will take 200+ hours of work and probably another $10k worth of parts and supplies. I am not sure how my gf would react to such a project so I will have to see what happens. If I do go through with it it should be pretty crazy and might just make the car capable of 9 sec passes.
Anyway here are some pics of the car from through out the summer and as soon as I get the vids I will post them up as well.
And here is a pic that I got at the show
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Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore
raven@accesswave.ca
Raven Autosports
55 McQuade Lake Cres,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
(902) 850-3330
10.82@132
Very nice times! Cant wait to see what you have in store for it
If your gf is like me she should support you for a 9 sec cavy! lol, and im shooting for 12s in my OHV
Very nice though -good luck!
absolutely perfect...love the color..nice work
raven wrote:
And here is a pic that I got at the show
got high res of this pic? LOL
awesome work Raven. please keep it up! I was telling my friends that I should have done a 3800 swap instead of the Eco swap. LOL
Desert Tuners
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sweet pics raven and congrats on times
RIP JESSE GERARD.....Youll always be in my thoughts and prayers...
Can't wait to see the video!
Lol. "Got Ass?" Mmm.. very nice, how much?
Video~chanting~~
Looks great man, and glad she ran so well.
PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
i love the hood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone with an eclipse say anything to you about the hood? lol
I love that color. I dont think i wouldve done anything different.... well, my car would have an air filter
NOW GET SOME TRACTION!
Cheers
Absolutely amazing,!!!!!!
15.2@89mph 2.171 60ft. 9.830 1/8 R.I.P. "LULU"
I LOVE YOUR CAR!!! i have an idea for your next project.... i'll trade you cars. you'll have a clean slate to start all over!!
big brake kit is a must
car loooooooks sick man
07 - VICTORY RED - LSD - GM STAGE 2 -FUJITA CAI - Ingalls ETD - SPORTLINES -
246whp 227wtq
is the project rear wheel drive?
looks f'kin sweet, times are great.
Darren was filling me in on the new build was waiting to see some pics of it.
3 thumbs up
raven that is one nice car. man keep us updated will yeah.
Damn Your car never ceases to amaze me. The hood looks alot like a stock dsm hood.
FORGET GIRLS GONE WILD WE HAVE GOVERNMENT SPENDING GONE WILD!
sweet runs, sweet car LOVE the pictures!
is that cage custom? it looks freaking awesome
VIDS!!
WOW, congrats on the times and for bulding what hell of a beast!!!
~2014 New Z under the knife, same heart different body~
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2012 numbers - 4SPD AUTOMATIC!!
328 HP
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Thanks everyone.
The cage is the car is actually a pre made cage from S & W Racecars. It took a little bit of trimming to get it just where I wanted it but it was very straght forward. I think we had the cage installed in about 3 hours. I also have the side door bars that come down to the firewall I just haven't installed them yet.
Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore
raven@accesswave.ca
Raven Autosports
55 McQuade Lake Cres,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
(902) 850-3330
10.82@132
very nice job, i hope your coming to the bash in 08 in ohio to show it off and run it. cant wait to see what you do to it this winter. keep it up man
dam that thing is a BEAST !!!!!!!!!!
whats funny is with that hood bump for the turbo it looks even more like a eclipse in that front shot , lol
great work
That is so wrong in so many ways...yet so fawking SWEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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4 Cams...32 Valves...5 Liters...This Could Get Fun!
i love the menacing hood bulge, and what's hiding under it
2001 Olds Alero (LD9)
650 whp / 543 ft-lb
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