The Mark Being Featured in a Magazine

[jbird97]

dyno and track already

 

[mlschultz]

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]

Good deal, Ill be looking for the mag!

 

[mlschultz]

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]

Im on my way to the store now!

 

[mlschultz]

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]

^LOL, Now that's funny^

Congrats!

 

[96hotrodlincoln]

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]

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

 

[Staffamerica74]

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

 

[mlschultz]

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/mag?id=4163338067752&mid=0000004196

 

[mlschultz]

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/Following-The-Mark_172416.htm

 

[mlschultz]

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

 

[kustomizingkid]

Hell Ya Dude!

I hope I can be there someday...

 

[MonsterMark]

It looks real good hanging on the wall in the garage

Guess we know who wears the pants in your family.

If it were me, that plaque would be right dab square in the middle of the living room wall.

 

[driller]

If it were me, that plaque would be right dab square in the middle of the living room wall.

Fo' shur! :bowrofl:

 

[mlschultz]

lol Wendy, the person wearing the pants around here, said that you guys are not allowed to hang this kind of crap on the walls at your house either! Take it from me... you better listen to her... JP, She said she is going to have a long talk with Mrs. Driller at SSHS8... lol At least you have fair warning!

 

[driller]

JP, She said she is going to have a long talk with Mrs. Driller at SSHS8... lol At least you have fair warning!

Yeah, I know - I'm lucky to have my shrine at the end of the hallway. LOL

 

[Roadboss]

I thought you looked great in Lederhosen.

 

[mlschultz]

Now that /\ /\ /\ /\ is what I call a fashion statement...

 

[mlschultz]

The bugs have been worked out, and The Mark has been on the dyno the past few days while Aric builds all the files from scratch.

Once he finishes the preliminary file loads, The Mark will go on the rack hopefully for the last time to take the blower and tubes off. Aric needs to align the blower for the new 2.70 pulley, install the serpentine belt stabilizer, and polish all the tubes again.

The new intake tube was modified today to get me by until Joey Bell can make another new tube.

That said, tomorrow, Aric is planning to do the final dyno pulls. I will try to make it over to the shop to get it on video.

Friday, JC is going to detail The Mark, and then I get to bring it home for the car show on Saturday! Here are some pictures I took today:

 

[Staffamerica74]

love that car, when you get tired of it and you want to sell it, maybe ill have enough money to buy it

Looking forward to dyno pull vids

 

[NYC LS8]

Lookin' forward to actually seeing that car up close and personal this year in Georgia!!

 

[Icarus]

That would be cool to see your car up close as NYC said, theres some great work going into that beast

 

[98CobraStarLSC]

what did you end up doing for the throttle bracket? I just modded mine so it would work, but i still cant figure out how to get the cruise to work too. did you use a cobra bracket and throttle & cruise cables?