Latest Mods for the SSEi...12s or BUST!
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Latest Mods for the SSEi...12s or BUST!
I am happy to say that after fighting an uphill battle with my SSEi for the past 1.5 years, I can now drive it again with a smile on my face! It feels totally different...especially the trans.
I orginally took my car to Dave Norris at TripleEdgePerformance.com (he'* Trannyman95 on many 3800 boards) to get a set of L32 heads, ported, polished and installed. I ended up getting that done along with getting my current "performance" trans rebuilt properly (Omar...whoever you are..you suck at building transmissions! :angry7: ), a partially collapsed flex 3" DP replaced, leaky fuel log fixed, my GenV machined (inlet and outlet) and a tune.
Dave was the upmost professional and was great to deal with throughout the process. He ran into serveral issues and worked through all of them without cutting corners.
Just before I left with the car, Dave started to show off a bit. He went and grabbed a torque wrench to double-check the lugnuts before I drove back to Chicago.
Here'* some pics of his work:
L32 Heads
Coolant Passage Opened Up (thanks Turbocharged400sbc for the tip!)
GenV (thanks Willren for the Secret Formula! It actually works! I'm a believer!)
Getting it Back Together
I hope that I'll finally hit my goal in the coming month to be the first non-sponsored 2000+ Bonneville to run 12s in the 1/4. We'll see.
I orginally took my car to Dave Norris at TripleEdgePerformance.com (he'* Trannyman95 on many 3800 boards) to get a set of L32 heads, ported, polished and installed. I ended up getting that done along with getting my current "performance" trans rebuilt properly (Omar...whoever you are..you suck at building transmissions! :angry7: ), a partially collapsed flex 3" DP replaced, leaky fuel log fixed, my GenV machined (inlet and outlet) and a tune.
Dave was the upmost professional and was great to deal with throughout the process. He ran into serveral issues and worked through all of them without cutting corners.
Just before I left with the car, Dave started to show off a bit. He went and grabbed a torque wrench to double-check the lugnuts before I drove back to Chicago.
Here'* some pics of his work:
L32 Heads
Coolant Passage Opened Up (thanks Turbocharged400sbc for the tip!)
GenV (thanks Willren for the Secret Formula! It actually works! I'm a believer!)
Getting it Back Together
I hope that I'll finally hit my goal in the coming month to be the first non-sponsored 2000+ Bonneville to run 12s in the 1/4. We'll see.
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Looking great Tom. I am sure you will be pleased with Dave'* work. Heard nothing but great stuff about him.
Did you change gear ratio as well?
Did you change gear ratio as well?
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Triple Edge Peformance Build
Upgraded Torque Convertor (stock size and stall...but all the goodies on the inside)
3.29 gears (single chain drive)
TransGo Shift Kit
ZZP Input Shaft/ZZP Pump Shaft/ZZP Gun Drilled Output Shaft
Trans Cooler
SFPHQ HD Axle Shafts
How'* your car been?
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Hey Ed - I dyno'ed the car last week (9/8 ) and with my street tune (93 octane, 16* of timing, ~12lbs boost w/ 2.8 pulley, 11.6AFR). The car put down 316whp/306whp (STD/SAE). Unfortunately, I only got one pull in before the dyno controller broke.
My last dyno was ~282whp before the heads.
My last dyno was ~282whp before the heads.