NJ Noob Here

[Captain Ballz]

Hello everyone,

My name is Andrew and I live in NJ. I have a 95 Vette that I bought about 4 years ago and have spent pretty much the first 2 1/2 years building. I'm not much of a wrencher personally, but have been working on it with friends who are, and have helped get to the point I'm at.

The original owner is a close friend of mine who bought it when it was just 3 years old, and when he got out of the Marines. Obviously, I have known the car a long time and when he and his wife were pregnant with their first and he commented about how he would be willing to sell it (over much beers one night...LOL) I pounced and showed up the next day with cash before he could change his mind!

The car is crazy clean, but the motor had 105K on it, rear main had a leak, and needed a lot of refreshing. Since I got the car for dirt cheap, I started doing some homework (joined and read everything I could on pretty much every vette forum there is) and started putting together a build to make the car into what I wanted to do with it. So here's where I'm at now:

Engine - Purchased a CF user's project he couldn't complete; No miles
- 4 bolt 396 LT4 all forged (Pat Musi built)
- Eagle Crank/Callies Rods, SRP Pistons
- 11.25-11.5 Compression
- Comp Cams 242/248 LSA 110 .571/.577 242/248 Custom Grind Solid Roller
- AFR 220 Heads (Ported/Polished/Matched to Intake)
- LT4 Intake Ported Polished (Heads and Intake work by Tony Mamo)
- HS 1.6 RRs
- ASM 1000cfm TB
- 42lb SVO "Green Top" injectors
- Canton 7qt Race Road Pan with traps
- Customized Chevrolet Tall Valve Covers and breathers (didn't come with motor)
- Mezierre HD Electric Water Pump
- HyperTech T160 Stat

The engine was a fresh build, sitting on a stand. We scoped it and check everything out before buying/installing...all looked straight $.

Drivetrain
- ZF-6 Tranny
- Viper OE 4.10 Gears (Stock Dana 44 rear) (no speedo gear change; gauges all whacked)
- All brand new Spicer Joints/Straps (main drive and half shafts)
- Brand new master and slave clutch cylinders and cable
- SPEC Stage 4 Puck Clutch with Steel Billet Flywheel

Exhaust
- ARH Stainless Longtubes
- No EGR/No AIR Pump
- Corsa Cat Back System
- No Cats (deleted because they almost caught the car on fire...twice!)

Brakes/Wheels
- C5 Z06 Red Calipers and 5 Spoke (Polished Lip)
- Ceramic Pads all around

Other Goodies
- LTCC (Bill Bailey Opti->Coil Pack Ignition Conversion) w/LS2/7 coil packs (not yet installed but plates for coil packs made for mounting)
- Banski Racing Rear Suspension Links (Full - Camber, Toe, and Trailing Arms)
- Rear Suspension lowering bolts

There's probably more stuff I'm forgetting, but you get the idea. The idea was to have a C4 to take all comers on the street, and still hold it's own at the track.

I came across this site because of my current predicament - I can't seem to get this car tuned right. I can't get the FUEL out of this car. It runs ridiculously rich and is still basically undriveable, yet fires up EVERYTIME without fail. I was looking for local LT specialists when this site came up. Not sure how I never came across you guys after all the above, but that's how I'm here. I'm hoping to learn, make some friends, get this car finished as planned, and talk/meet/drive with other LT cars owners!

Thanks so much for having me.

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P.S. - Oh, almost forgot. I became a Dad myself this past January, which is why I've not been able to get much done the last year or so of owning the car.

I'm a software engineer by trade, so PCM/techie stuff is easy for me; at least to do log/program. But I have ZERO clue what I'm looking at with the tables and adjustments! I do have DataMaster and CATS Tuner.

Also, have tons of pics.

[shownomercy]

Welcome, where in NJ are you?

[harner]

Very cool project! Welcome.

[Captain Ballz]

Thanks!
I'm up in the northwest by Island.

Long Valley.

[shownomercy]

Wayyyy up there, I am down by Etown.

[Captain Ballz]

Yeah, it's a bit of a hike from your neck of the woods, but I still get down to Englishtown at least 3 times a year.

I went to Rutgers and lived in the Rt. 18 area for a few years afterward...

Then, life somehow moved me along.

The guy my motor came from was down that way... One of the Amboys, me thinks.

[blackbirdws6]

Welcome from a fellow NJ resident. Your build sounds pretty good and Pat Musi does really good work.

[Captain Ballz]

NIce....got some NJ guys 'round here.

Thanks BBWS6, I hope to see the potential. That's the plan, anyway.

Is everyone down in Middlesex (ETown) here?

[popo8]

Welcome to the "family." Cant wait to see pics. Download tapatalk if u are visiting the site via mobile.

We have @MoeHorsePower as a tuning sponsor on the forum.

He is in TX so its mail order work. If u would like the info for the tuner that straightened out my boost build tuning... PM me. They are located on the NJ, PA line.

LTXtech.com IS my drug...
OWNER/ADMIN

[shownomercy]

NIce....got some NJ guys 'round here.

Thanks BBWS6, I hope to see the potential. That's the plan, anyway.

Is everyone down in Middlesex (ETown) here?

On here, there is a couple of us mainly central guys.

Join up on the local NJFBOA club for specific NJ stuff.