Tango Start-up!!!
Tango Start-up!!!
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LS7TANGO

Original Poster:

301 posts

229 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Well chaps I'm one happy bunny - finally got the 'Tango' fired up today for the first time. Car started on the button and as yet haven't seen any leaks......run the engine upto temp until the fans cut-in - around 88degC - so at the moment everything is looking good. Only one small issue is that the Stack tacho isn't working which is a bit of a b*****r - not gonna worry about this small niggle though as overall very, very pleased with myself!!! Hopefully post a vid on you-tube later today in the meantime here's some piccies of the final install:




Car is booked in for the SVA in April so hopefully be hitting the road sometime in May.....fingers crossed for Stoneleigh!

Simon

Steve_D

13,802 posts

287 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Well done Sir.
Great feeling, remember it well.

Steve

deadscoob

2,265 posts

289 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Excellent. Get the vid up!

qwick

530 posts

296 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Good stuff! Looking forward to hearing it ;-)

LS7TANGO

Original Poster:

301 posts

229 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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here's linky to quick you tube vid......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc-6hTBCU18

Steve_D

13,802 posts

287 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Sweet.
Sounded a bit over advanced when first turning over but may just be that the ECU had not established its timing reference.

Steve

GTRCLIVE

4,193 posts

312 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Left bank looks abit lean and number 5 Spark plug needs a clean but apart from that, sounds realy tame... almost a Sleeper.. apart from the Colour...cool

Now when's the first drive wink

CanAm Dave

939 posts

253 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Congrats mate that sounds really good! And a very nice installation!

Regards Dave

Ramthorne

4,227 posts

245 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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If it's a GM ECU you may need to set the tacho to a 4 cylinder setting.

Soovy

35,829 posts

300 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Oh lord. What a machine.

You lucky man.


Pb3

1,064 posts

275 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Well done Simon looking really good, one more step closer to that SVA.

Good to meet you the other day, although not sure where you disappeared to, so I guess the next meet will be Stoneleigh, and you can show all us SBC guys up!

LuckyP

6,243 posts

254 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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I hate you more and more with each passing day. smile

Fantastic mate. Keep up the pace thumbup

dirty boy

14,858 posts

238 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Well done Simon, can't wait to see it out and about thumbup

qwick

530 posts

296 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Fabulous! driving

Steve_D

13,802 posts

287 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Pb3 said:
......I guess the next meet will be Stoneleigh, and you can show all us SBC guys up!
He can bring it along but he won't win the sound-off.

Steve

Gulf -LS7

1,922 posts

233 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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you seem to be flying along with the build, sounds great!!!

738 driver

1,202 posts

222 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Very nice...I too had to turn the sound right up to hear it! (unless I'm just getting a bit owd n knackered)

Erm....whats all this about showing the SBC's up, are they not very good or something ?

CanAm Dave

939 posts

253 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Steve_D said:
Pb3 said:
......I guess the next meet will be Stoneleigh, and you can show all us SBC guys up!
He can bring it along but he won't win the sound-off.

Steve
At 117 dB that will be me! Must hurry up and work on my new exhaust system!

Regards Dave

San Diego GTR

469 posts

236 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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Very nice set up! I love the intake. What is that? Did Jeff source the brackets for moving the coils to the end of the heads? What else did he do to the LS7 to juice up the hp?
Paul

brem

187 posts

313 months

Saturday 21st March 2009
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very nice set-up!!!

i really like the orange with the black wheels!

do you have any more pics of the whole car?

thanks..........peter