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time for an update !

I did manage to get the boost control situation sorted out and it now works great ! I love how much control I have in it now with the holley and the onboard air setup. I have a 3lbs spring in the wastegates , and I have the boost ramps setup to give 3 psi in first , ramps up in 2nd up to the desired boost setting , and full boost in third , then if I hit 4th for some reason while under WOT I have it set up to 3 psi ( spring) to save the trans.

I also installed the crotch belt and fixed the turn signal.
I did sandblast the GT nose, and did cut the rear fenders .

I took the car out a few times and did notice a few things : the trans temp was climbing steadily when cruising according to the gauge , but the data log shows is rising and falling with load, which has me thinking I might have an issue with the gauge sensor placement and its proximity to the exhaust heat ( and the fact that I run a full containment tray running from the balancer all the way to the tail shaft - which is not helping in terms of air flow).

moving on , I started noticing that the trans was slipping in third at the track and shifts were getting sloppy ; the pcm would command the 2-3 shift and the car would hit the limiter a few times and take a few seconds to actually shift ( sign that the solenoids were sticking ?) . the trans fluid also smelt burnt a bit.

so it was time to drop the pan and it was confirmed , she be toast
there were no shavings in the pan but this is how the hydraulic fluid looked like :





so I took the thing out and on the bench and started disassembly, I took the pan and valve body out and should be done with the rest soon.

since the car was down I thought this was a good time to do some other things I had on my list ; it was time to do something with the fuel system .

I really wasn't feeling comfortable with the fuel lines poking from under the tank like they did ( it looked cool back then but I matured now )
so it was time to tidey things up a bit.
I swapped tanks to a stocker with a -10 pickup tube that entered from the stock location along with a return line:



and then relocated the pumps to a bracket that held them both together, and redid the wiring to where the pumps and fuel level sending unit where all bundled up into one nice harness with a plug to make servicing much easier :



and that's about it for now

the plan is to see what went wrong in the trans ( talking to rossler I mentioned this issue and he told me something interesting ; he said I should never go WOT while the shifter was in D , and that I should pull it down into 3 whenever I hammer on the thing. he said keeping it in D keeps some valve open and wreaks havoc with the sprag or something like that that would sorta explain my previous issues ).

I also can send in the converter in to get re-stalled for the new combo ( it was setup for the procharger ).

I also plan on removing the front of the car to test the nose , I also might try to move the radiator back a bit to help with airflow and maybe fab up a deflector ( just like the F-bodies have).
and while I'm there I might as well remove the fenders and test fit a new set of air to water intercoolers I got to see how they fit ( more on that later).