Thread: My new baby arrived today

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Originally Posted by Hot Rod Nick

Thanks for the update, Bob. I'm using your reports as additional motivation to get mine done. Your driving reports are nice and graphic so I can almost feel what you're talking about. I wasn't expecting any kind of good gas mileage and I'm sure mine will not be as good as yours since mine weighs 500 lbs. more than your Track-T.

Can't wait to get mine on the road although it's still a bit too early in the season around here. It snowed and sleeted here today, got super slippery on the roads in late afternoon but then it stopped and the ice disappeared by early evening. A few more days and everything should be done on mine except I'm not sure about the bomber seats padding; I have to talk to that guy on Monday.

What will be your top gear rpm at 70 mph? You might do better than me in the mpg arena because my 0.64 is too tall to use most the time so I'm having to stay in 4th (1.00) and at 70 mph is 2700 rpm, 5th is 1700 and engine no like. I would like to have the TKO-600 with the 0.83, that would be perfect.

As soon as you came on this thread reporting that your pro built 427 also just came in, I felt a kinship. Then you turn me on to your 700+ hp rice rocket, and I figure you like rides the way I do, insane hp for the application. Top that off with your comment that to cool your compressed intake charge your running a 50/50 water/methanol injection and I'm thinking you have done this stuff before. Since I have zero experience with modded automatics, I've heard of the manual valve body and need to ask how it works? If you can get an automatic to ignore both the vacuum signal and throttle position, then in the case of cruising in "drive" at about 35 mph and you get challenged, it is just a matter of pulling into 2nd and nailing it, knowing it won't drop lower into 1st, and stay in 2nd? This could be good on a modded 700R4 where I know you can install a switch to lock up the torque converter. You could basically drive it like a manual.