~~ TTSaleen's 2008 Pontiac G8 GT project! ~~

[Unavowed]

What compression ratio do these RCR NA builds typically end up with?

[TTSaleen]

What compression ratio do these RCR NA builds typically end up with?

Between 11 and 11.5 depending on head gaskets used along with milling.
Mine is around 11.3.

[TTSaleen]

[TTSaleen]

I found this lost video footage from late 2015. LOL.

[TTSaleen]

Few pics from today.

[stand66]

Knew I recognized the name, and realized once I saw the cobra it was from SVTP. Been on and off there for years, obviously mostly when I owned my 03 Cobra (Horsepower By Hermann's first auto swapped sonic blue 03, years ago now)
Nice job on the G8. I will say, I definitely need you to come detail my car, looked great when you were done.

[TTSaleen]

Knew I recognized the name, and realized once I saw the cobra it was from SVTP. Been on and off there for years, obviously mostly when I owned my 03 Cobra (Horsepower By Hermann's first auto swapped sonic blue 03, years ago now)
Nice job on the G8. I will say, I definitely need you to come detail my car, looked great when you were done.

Thanks. You local to the Raleigh area?

[stand66]

No, if i was i would actually be asking you to come detail it instead of implying it....lol
I am all the way out in nj, just recognized the name from my time on svtp through the years.

[TTSaleen]

G8 update!!!!!

1st track outing since CAM ONLY BRO swap!!!!
I borrowed a set of 26" ET Street drag radials from Rick Crawford for this outing.
I drove the car to the Fayetteville Motorsports track from Fastlane when I got outta work today and let it cool for about 45 mins.

I decided to make a quick shake-down pass to see how the car responded to the tire change.
Normal burnout to generate a little smoke.

Staged car, brought it up to 1800rpms, and launched.
Car left good, but squealed the tires a little on the 2nd and 3rd gear change.
Went 11.61 @ 119mph!
The cam swap, head work, and Rick's tuning managed to pick my car up 7 tenths from my previous best (on street tires) of 12.30's!

About 1 hour later I ran the car one more time to try and duplicate or best my previous pass.
This time I did a little longer burnout and staged the car.
1800rpm launch but this time I punched it harder outta the gate.
Car wiggled a little on the 2nd and 3rd gear swaps, but I stayed in it and crossed the stripe.
I was stoked to see the car ran a 11.57 @ 120mph!!

This G8 continues to amaze me! Basically a bolt on car running all MOTA going consistent mid 11's.
I cannot say enough good things about Rick Crawford Racing and all the advice he gave me to get the car to this level!







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[donkeyGT]

That's a sweet squat!