#211 on the way

[MDP727]

Okay I've got 350 miles on the car so far. BD delivered the car last Friday. The car handles better than expected. There is a little shake in the wheel at 60 until about 67 then it goes away. At 80 it's nice and solid. At 120 it's nice and solid. I stopped at 120 because I want to get underneath the car and make sure everything is nice and tight after the first couple hundred miles break in. Then we'll see what it'll do flat out. In fifth gear with my motor you have to go 70 to 80 down the road or the rpms are a little low. Performance wise the car is sick.(In a good way). It pulls through every gear and keeps on pulling. Haven't come close to breaking the tires free in any gear. It just hooks up and goes. I usually run out of road without going over 5000rpm. I have pulled up to Z28's, old corvette, 2 new corvettes, and a couple rice burners no one will even entertain the idea of a little competition. Make sure you tighten the header bolts, intake bolts and water pump bolts. After the second day I lost 4 header bolts and one valve cover nut. Frank over nighted the stuff to me. If you got the cobra valve covers make sure your grommet that holds the pcv valve in is the right one. The hole on the valve cover has ears on opposite sides. My grommet was round and oil was seeping out. BD also sent me one of those. I was a little impatient and went to National Parts Depot locally and asked if they had that exact grommet and they did, it was 2 bucks now no seeping. It's called a notched valve cover grommet.
Be prepared for stares, questions and compliments. Yesterday while on I-75 a teenager was nearly causing an accident to try and pull up next to me. I saw him in my rear view mirror. When he pulled up next to me he stayed right with me for a few miles smiling and nodding his head.
I'm putting the car in two car shows this weekend, we'll see how she does.
Enjoy