The Mark Being Featured in a Magazine

Scorpio1118_2000 · June 19th, 2008, 09:58 PM

Do you know when your car will be featured?

mlschultz · June 20th, 2008, 07:11 AM

The punch list is real short now, so it should be running very soon. Right now, the throttle cable and manifold bracket is the focus item. Aric does not like the idea to butcher up a Mark bracket to make it fit the Cobra intake, and the Cobra bracket does not work well with the Mark throttle cable. I suspect he has to find a Cobra throttle cable, but who knows what he plans to do...

Once the car is completely done, Will is going to finish his photo shoot of the outside of the car, and then finish his story. I do not know the scheduling of the magazine, but I will post the date when I find out.

Scorpio1118_2000 · June 21st, 2008, 11:55 AM

Good deal Ill be waiting for your post.

mlschultz · June 27th, 2008, 05:58 PM

hahaha...

http://picasaweb.google.com/papapeac...96462923579074

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/T...b-994e015074e3

**MonsterMark** · June 27th, 2008, 06:23 PM

Congrats Mike.

Break it in the right way and then swing for the fences.

mlschultz · June 27th, 2008, 09:01 PM

Thanks, Bryan. lol I know I will probably run out of fuel before anything, but hopefully should be enough for me to run mid 11's.

Very happy day

Aric is running it through a couple full cold/hot/cold cycles to make sure everything seals up and there are no leaks. He has a real fat tune in it now also. The tables between the old setup and new setup are not even close, so these are idle only heat cycles.

Once the Mark passes the no leak test, Aric is going to tear it down, and hit the shiny stuff with the buffer, fuss around with some vacuum lines, and make it look purdy.

Then, put it back together and on to the dyno!

Scorpio1118_2000 · June 28th, 2008, 08:54 AM

Glad to that all is going well with your praject, Im in the process of collecting parts for my project I cant wait to get started on it.

mlschultz · July 1st, 2008, 03:23 PM

Here is the first Super Rod Magazine article that you can view online now of the Mark's engine build. This is the August 2008 issue of Super Rod, that you can find a Barnes and Noble, and other book stores. There will be a follow up feature done when the Mark is all done.

PS: Thanks again to Aric and Will for making this all happen!

http://www.superrod.com/ME2/Audience...90D7672A976D29

**MonsterMark** · July 1st, 2008, 03:46 PM

Nice article.

I'll have to remember....

Make sure you lube before you screw.

MarkVIII93 · July 1st, 2008, 04:49 PM

I wanna see it turning them tires over! lol

jbird97 · July 1st, 2008, 04:55 PM

dyno and track already

mlschultz · July 2nd, 2008, 02:08 PM

Thanks, Guys

I had no idea it was going to press until I stopped by Aric's shop yesterday. Ryan handed me the magazine and pointed to the bottom left corner of the cover, and there was Aric's picture of him working on the Mark's motor.

I laughed, and then he opened it and showed me the article. WOW, that was a cool moment. Had a grin on my face for the last two days now

BTW, Click on the download button to see the actual magazine article and all the pictures and comments. It launched a PDF file that I viewed in Adobe Reader.

Scorpio1118_2000 · July 2nd, 2008, 05:47 PM

Good deal, Ill be looking for the mag!

mlschultz · July 12th, 2008, 12:25 PM

Hey everyone, The August Super Rod magazine is on the shelves now.

lol Better get your copy before I buy them all up

I am having all 5 pages of the motor build article put on a black and silver plaque. Here is a link to the company making it, and samples of what it will look like.

http://www.inthenewsonline.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67

Scorpio1118_2000 · July 12th, 2008, 07:50 PM

Im on my way to the store now!

mlschultz · July 12th, 2008, 08:18 PM

lol The Mark goes Hollywood!

Here are a couple screen shots of actors talking about the Mark during the newly released to DVD movie 10,000 BC!

Kbob · July 12th, 2008, 09:29 PM

^LOL, Now that's funny^

Congrats!

96hotrodlincoln · July 13th, 2008, 01:13 AM

Congrats man, and by the way, you chose an awesome date to join the forum two years ago. That's my birthday! Hope to see the finished project in person one of these days.

mlschultz · July 14th, 2008, 06:53 AM

Thanks, Guys

It was really funny when that popped up on the screen while watching the movie.

Staffamerica74 · July 14th, 2008, 10:03 PM

I bought the mag but there are no pics of your mark! Are they going to do more articles on the full car?

mlschultz · July 17th, 2008, 06:31 PM

Yes, I do believe a follow-up to the motor build issue will be done, that shows the entire car. The Mark is going to the dyno tomorrow for some tuning, and then it is getting all detailed out by JC with http://www.attn2details.net

I think Will might be back for the photo shoot within the next week or two while Aric road tunes the Mark.

Well Everyone, If you have not found your copy of the August issue of Super Rod on the newstand yet, I can save you some time... Here is a link to Books A Million, where I was lucky enough to clear the shelf of all copies at their Kennesaw brick and mortar store. You can order the August single issue at this link

http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/ma...mid=0000004196

mlschultz · July 18th, 2008, 09:10 PM

The Mark went to the dyno today. To summarize, need more boost

The new motor makes more power than the old motor without breaking a sweat, and it is nice to see the torque up also.

So, there is a short list of things Aric wants to do, and then back to the dyno for round two.

Here is a video of me following The Mark part way back to the shop today. Stay tuned...

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/F...ark_172416.htm

mlschultz · July 22nd, 2008, 05:50 PM

Yep going to go with a 2.75 pulley this time. Should be good for 14-15 psi when you factor in the 10% overdrive damper. At least, that is what I have been told...

Here are a couple pictures of the plaque I had made of the magazine article. It looks real good hanging on the wall in the garage