Grrtrude - Ready to go

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:56 pm

esteinmaier wrote:Haha... who knows. I kinda doubt it. I pulled the motor out somehow.

lol id ship you mine

this is going so good i want 1/4 mile times NOW

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:11 am

Well, last night I got stuck in a lake on the tollway, so I'm pretty sure the DD's motor is toast. Looks like I'm gonna have to spend my time tearing that one down instead of getting the drag car ready.

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:54 pm

time to get a bicycle as a dd.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:34 pm

I was actually briefly tossing around the idea of a vespa. Then I realized that I do have a little dignity left, even after driving a pink neon around for the last year.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:04 pm

esteinmaier wrote:I was actually briefly tossing around the idea of a vespa. Then I realized that I do have a little dignity left, even after driving a pink neon around for the last year.

MOTORCYCLE IT lol buy some cheap bike or some crap

get the drag car running and daily it and shit on everything on the street LOL

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:09 pm

No, no, no. Things break a lot with 700whp.

T-Nasty · Post by **T-Nasty** » Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:08 am

buy jakes old scooter

dtjackten · Post by **dtjackten** » Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:08 am

wow, with job hunting for me i have missed alot... cage looks great erick! nice work! i dont think i have ever seen the front end of grrtrude..... i like the cut out job for the intercooler.

nice work, i hope i will have more time to take a look at this thread now!

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:40 pm

The motor is bolted back in. Now it's time to start wiring everything. Hooray!

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:10 pm

OK, Judy's taken apart. Yep, the hydrolock bent and broke a rod. The piston took a little damage, but not much. The bore got a little marred at the bottom, but the rings don't travel that far anyway. The balance shaft assembly got stabbed by the flying rod shard, so that's getting removed.

Ordered new (and better) rods and pistons.

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:35 am

low compression??

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:20 am

Yea, a little. I haven't decided if I'm actually going to make use of it, but either way, resale value of the motor goes up if it's already SRTified.

BlackRT? · Post by **BlackRT?** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:40 am

esteinmaier wrote:Yea, a little. I haven't decided if I'm actually going to make use of it, but either way, resale value of the motor goes up if it's already SRTified.

lol your nuts.. wasson has a 16g kit.. then you just need megasquirt lol just sayin

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:48 am

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/pts/1980554386.html

*caugh* racecar *caugh*

BlackRT? · Post by **BlackRT?** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:50 am

synviper wrote:http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/pts/1980554386.html

*caugh* racecar *caugh*

wow thats a deal... i kinda want to buy that and put it in something

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:12 am

Yea, I saw that this morning too. It is a great deal but I'm more looking to be mobile than to have 2 quick cars. Quick for the second one only once priorities are taken care of.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 9:53 am

ARP rod cap bolts arrived yesterday, pistons and rods arrive today. Judy (95) should be running by the end of the week if I'm lucky.

I'm deciding if Judy should be MS. It runs ok on the stock ECU, but I know I could make it run so much better on MS. That also opens up the opportunity for neat things later that I won't discuss as of now.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:10 am

i vote MS, if it was anybody else i could see it not being worth it but im sure an MS install isnt that much of an undertaking for u.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:46 am

esteinmaier wrote:ARP rod cap bolts arrived yesterday, pistons and rods arrive today. Judy (95) should be running by the end of the week if I'm lucky.

I'm deciding if Judy should be MS. It runs ok on the stock ECU, but I know I could make it run so much better on MS. That also opens up the opportunity for neat things later that I won't discuss as of now.

if i can quote you
something along the lines of
"i wont mod a car i cant fully control" MS FTW

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:11 am

Dammit. When you're right, you're right. Guess I have to save up for an MS and wideband budget.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:19 am

esteinmaier wrote:Dammit. When you're right, you're right. Guess I have to save up for an MS and wideband budget.

Lol your not the only one

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:48 pm

Problem is too the car will only make like 100hp na with srt rods and pistons. It will need boost.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:03 pm

Yea, probably. But it's like a $1000 affair between a high end MS, wideband, and turbo. Anyone wanna donate an SRT turbo?

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:57 pm

esteinmaier wrote:Yea, probably. But it's like a $1000 affair between a high end MS, wideband, and turbo. Anyone wanna donate an SRT turbo?

Psh, do it cheaper. Stock injectors, 4lbs on a turbo, and borrow grrtrude's wideband to get the tune down. Once that's done you shouldn't need it again!

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:21 pm

I have 30s and 42s laying around I can stuff in it, so that's not really an issue. MS does something very similar to the stock ECU's fuel trims, and it works very well with a wideband, so I wouldn't want to do that without one. I'll probably just keep a pile going and when I find good deals on cheap stuff, it will go in the pile.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:28 pm

just buy MS unit and ship it to me dont waste your time lol!

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 8:19 am

Current status:
I got Anita drunk and asked her if I could buy parts. I love being sinister and evil. So I got the go-ahead to get my wastegate. So once Jake's turbo gets here, it will also have my brand new BEP 45mm wastegate in the box. Once I have that, I can weld on the v-band flange for it and get the manifold and turbo back mounted up again.

Judy is running fine, but still very rich with the wrong injectors in it. I need to sack up and buy the MS for her.

NeonOn19s · Post by **NeonOn19s** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:25 pm

LOL nice...

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:54 pm

esteinmaier wrote:

So did you take a sawzall to your rear deck lid? Man, your backseat rear area looks clean. I have a bunch of asphalt based sound deadener on that area from the factory? Did you chisel your's off?

Did I mention the front bumper looks badass?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:57 pm

Yes, he sawzall'd the rear deck out, and yes he chisled the asphalt shit out. Er, well actually I did about half of it. A chisel and a blowtorch (IIRC) make it pretty easy, probably took an hour or so, I think.