Car back from the dead.....
 

Stopped by Kauffmans today and got to see Dave dyno the car... It was neat. That guy really knows his stuff.

For those that don't remember, the car has been dead due to three bad rings and I had to get the motor replaced and then the blower installed.

The car looks and sounds amazing. The Novi-2000 has thus far proved very easy to tune as Dave seemed to have nailed it on four pulls. He may fine tune more tomorrow, but I am not sure.

Looks like I am at about 380 rwhp. I asked for a conservative tune and while Dave could have easily gotten the car to the much acclaimed 400 hp level, I am very happy with the results. I will actually end up with 4 tunes with everything from a street tune, wife tune, and a vallet tune. The vallet tune won't allow the car to go over 60 mph and the wife tune will be good for those days when you suspect bad fuel.

I have not driven the car as of yet, but will pick up tomorrow.

SWEET!!!!!! I want pics and video the works.

awesome! what motor did you throw in there?

Congrats. Cant wait to see some vids.

He through a motor from a saleen that had minimal miles on it....supposidly he got a sweet deal on it and wont tell...lol

'03 Saleen Motor with 7,000 miles on it for $700. Got clutch with it too.

Doesnt get any sweeter than that......

WOW :pepper: :banana:

SWEET Congrats man. You made a great choice by keeping it all.

Nice find and getting it done fast as hell. I'll e all finished up next Wednesday and ready for tue on the 23rd. :beerchug:

Wow thats great news. My install will start end of this week incredible how quick you got things done.

we got a guy at work a lincoln cont engine which is the 4v 4.6 for 750 with 14k. lol I almost wondered about trying to find myself a used cobra engine from work.

damn. that was a good deal.

whats different about the saleen engine?

Nothing. It is just cooler to say it came off of a Saleen - LOL

now u gotta say in ur sig....ENGINE OUT OF A SALEEN!:beerchug:

on the valet tune you should also set the rev limiter at like 2500 rpms so nobody can do burnouts in your car.


thats awesome that you got it back together so fast. and an amazing deal on the motor.

Congrats!!! Enjoy!! :beerchug:

Great news! I must say I should stop reading the forums because its making me want to spend more money. Thats a great idea to have a valet tune

congrats on the car. i want some videos!!!!!!!!!!

yeahe need videos, sounds awesome Blake, My engine rebuild should be starting a week from monday, its amazing how fast they got your car done.,.... wow

Do you really get your car valleted that often??? To have its own tune

Well, I picked-it up today. Glad to have it back. The guys at Kauffmans seem to have done a great job. I ended up spending a lot more then I thought by the time all was said and done, but the car is insane.

Dave seemed to have nailed the tune. The car is one fast mofa, but very streetable.

I will put up the dyno chart on another forum later tonight. I ended up right at 380 rwhp and when you factor in the 4.10's, it is prolly more like 385 - 390. The best part is that I am only running around 8 lbs of boost which is really conservative. The car sounds sick and now has the power.

The car runs better now then it ever did!

Anybody in need of a shop in the NE, please consider Kauffmans.

how far away are they from the Downingtown/West Chester area?...im looking for a place to tune my car when the time comes....ive been to Xotic Motorsport but it doesnt look like its kept nice...they didnt even have a Phone line or CC machine....i had to pay cash for my Dyno Pull

Well, West Chester is near Philly, right? Kauffmans is south of Harrisburg. So I would say about 90 - 120 minute drive.

They take credit card but do not due alignments. Is the place clean? It is a shop. There is no "showroom" so it pretty much looks like a shop. The dyno room is clean and empty.

yea...id rather like a clean facility than a dirty one w/ engines sitting on tires as supports...