I'm not frustrated about it taking so long. I'm frustrated about a pattern of shops giving waaaaay unreallistic timelines. You should always underpromise and overdeliver. Or at least attempt to. I love this build, I knew it was gonna take this long. And if I had big money like bullitt i'd do it to.

:iagree: i think its just gotten abit slowed down because of the sponsorships/shows/photoshoots/ all that stuff. i dont think its GTM's fault. this car is all over the place, not just with them

Ah...just another car fanatic from GA striving for a 1000hp VQ:tup:

Thanks Jeff, I never said July as a finished date cause GTM got it in may thats just insane... On another note. The car has been put together for over a month now... GTM has been working on developing products because I asked them to add those products to the build... we would of been done and I would of had the car back months ago if it wasnt for me adding parts and having the car go from one shop to the next... GTM has done everything they said they would... I wish people would stop talking out of their butt about things they know nothing about... Honestly, they should talk to one party or the other to get the behind the scenes details before they run their mouth about a shop or build...

Its ok Bullitt, you need haters! ;)

longevity of the motor? meh, 1000whp engines aren't supposed to last, thats why the Veyron costs a million dollars.

That's kinda interesting. More interesting are questions like: What driveshaft will handle the power? What axles? Hows he gonna keep the engine cool? What transmission will he use to handle 1000hp? What differential? Compression? Meth? What tires? What's he going to do about the aero profile to go the speeds he wants to? How engine mounts are gonna hold up, tranny mounts? diff mounts? Melting everything around the turbos? All has to be welded. Full rollcage. Forget the A/C.

Those are the parts I find interesting. Lots of engineering goes into a build like this. That's were the true risk of this build is, if all it took was a 1000hp engine then it would be just a matter of building the engine and pumping a lot of boost into it. If only it were that easy haha...

LOL i couldn't do this build the min they told me no a/c this whole project whould have been in the toilet lol
Frank

we are keeping A/C ;)

well i don't think they'll be cranking the AC when they try to push past 1000hp on the dyno. If i recall, the car isn't going to be tuned to 1000hp all the time, so AC, and longevity issues of running a car with 1000hp and 4 tons (:tup:) of boost shouldn't really be issues unless bullits gonna be using the car as a DD, every day driving at WOT with the most aggressive tuning setup on the car.

Jayfightmoves needed a 12 quart NASCAR cooling system to keep his 520whp (mustang dyno) TT engine running cool. In order to run kit like that you need the room.

You either got super creative or you don't have enough cooling to support a 1000hp car for more than a few minutes of hard driving.

Looking forward to seeing what you guys did :tup:

Got any reasonable ETA ?

My TT engine runs super cool in a long run of hard street driving, whats your temps like RCZ???

:iagree: mine too, without any oil cooler.. might be different if I ran a 30 min track session though.

My butt has excellent vocabulary :p GLWTB

Originally posted June 21, 2010

its ready when he says it ready. Shouldnt rush $$$$$$ project like this. You always want the best products on your car.

like I said we added and changed things... that was also posted in like june/july... and it states a "Month or so..." which means it could take longer... I guess the my350z guys love to use selective reading :shakes head:

yeah a month or so. And when someone said they were in for completion sometime next year you blew it off. Changing and adding things always happens on these builds and should be built into the timeline. I'm just sick of seeing unreallistic build times put out by shops. And I'm not gonna let up on the subject. That being said, I love what you're doing

:iagree:

no reason to rush through to meet a timeline and end up halfassing something..

Definitely! no need to rush but I would like it all finished soon.

Daniel: The parts being changed on the car are mainly parts outside of GTM's control i.e. the car leaves the shop on a trailer to another shop for a week or so then comes back. GTM gave me realistic timelines we had a motor already pre-built for my project. The turbo kit had already been shipped to me last year. I had clutch and most of the supporting mods already in hand in may. the main pieces left were install fabrication and tuning. The install was done in about 2 months. We looked over the project and some components and realized we could better the build and make a better product to be reproduced. GTM took it on themselves to make the build better! They told me there could be delays and kept me up to date. I had photoshoots for the car and I had other body work to get done... GTM has been patient with me on this build and now the car is finally all theirs to finish. My turbo power will be down and available for release before new years. Again I want to STRESS no ones builds were ever put on hold so that mine could be built... the reason for such a quick build was the stockpiling of parts WAY in advance of the build!!! The time lines are realistic and despite the car traveling to shows and to other shops it could have easily been finished months ago! My build is more than a turbo/motor build... it is a full car makeover! Push the point all you want just realize you are preaching to a deaf crowd... we are looking forward not back and I would appreciate you doing the same.

Thank you,

Mike

p.s. thank you guys for the compliments! you too daniel! :tup:

builds take time, my friend has been waiting to get his powerlab kit because of a BOV:shakes head:

bump for any possible updates.=) mainly just want this to stay at the top because it is pure sex.
Frank

If you are a paying customer then first come first serve, if your build did delay other builds, what the hells the problem? I dont know why you keep apologizing. It's not your problem..

Updates soon the new intake is almost finished ;)

looking good. :)

Makes me happy! I cannot wait to see some videos for sure!

After all my B!tching and moaning about timelines this build still makes me happy in muh pants and I want to see quality in car videos of this thing doing 20-140 pulls. I don't think thats to much to ask. If you're penniless after the build i will even spring for a headrest mount for your camera. MUST HAVE IN CAR VIDEOS

ohhh there will be videos ;)

I got your call. Call you back later today!

sweet :happydance:

New updates coming after new year break *cough* possible vids *cough* *cough*

So got my copy of Pasmag in the mail today... Anyone wanna guess who's car is on the cover?



Congrats guys...

What no pics ?

Thanks for posting those kastley! I will get some pics of the cover up ASAP! I have had the mag since SEMA but had to wait to post the article or pics until copies of the mag came out :)

ah crap i gotta go out and buy a mag today before work, well 2 if you count PAS.

Awesome thread!

Thanks! Guys go out and get your copy of performance auto and sound today!!!

I attempted to but B&N doesn't have the issue yet nor does walmart.

wow that looks fantastic! Hope to see it at a show someday!

Sickness.:tup: