its nice and loud. it sound good.  loud pipes save lives 

Ho Lee Crap!!! I went bug eyed when it fired up. That's an awesome accomplishment right there. Can't wait to see this thing moving under its own steam (or rather 8 cylinder goodness).

Great Job!!

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Think we could do that to my eclipse?

MUA AH AH AH!! THE BEAST IS ALIVE!

brings a tear of joy to my eye to hear a sound like that coming from an avenger—especially b/c that avenger just happens to be the same color as mine! …makes it easier to daydream it is mine 

Sorry to leave you guys hanging again.  I ran into another set back almost as frustrating as the fire.  I hate to admit to this, but I tossed out the cv axles with the motor before realizing that I needed the end shafts off the axle assembly to hold the front wheels on.  The entire time I've been working on it the only thing holding the front wheels on were the brakes.  Yeah, I feel pretty stupid.  I didn't drive it if that is what you are thinking, thank god!  After getting the interior all back in I decided to give the steering another look after noticing some toe in that I had not seen before.  When I jacked it up I noticed the wheels were all wobbly which is when I realized my blunder.  $84 for a set of junk yard axles that I already had but junked  . Any way, I disasembled the cv axles and reinserted the end shafts through the rotors and bolted them back on.

I also had to cut a hole in the hood after failing to find an air cleaner that would clear.  Less than an inch of the front side of the air cleaner sticks through the hood (pictures coming soon).  In order to try and keep the car a sleeper I decided to cover it with an inexpensive hood scoop (pics to come).  The hood scoop is a tape on giving it a ricer want-to-be look when in reality it is fully functional!

Between winter and running out of funds progress is slow right now.  I'm going to try and get some exhaust on it in the next couple weeks which is another head scratcher.  I'm not sure if I want to run it all the way out the back, or turn it out in front of the back wheels (cheaper). 

Even if I don't get anything else done on the car it is at least ready to run at the drag strip at the end of March, first week of April www.greatlakesdragaway.com.  If anyone lives near by, come seem me run it.  I'm hoping for around 14.6 or better in the 1/4 mile.  My friend is thinking it will run a little higher (15's) after running some calculations on weight and horsepower (estimating 175 hp).  I'll post the exact date when it gets a little closer.

List of things to do before driving on the street:
- exhaust
- gauges
- electric fan
- refinement of steering center shaft (the shaft is a little low putting too much angle on the tie rods).
- fix brake lights and turn signals.

About those turn signals and brake lights...if anyone knows what they have in common that would cause both to fail together let me know.  BTW, the center brake light works, but not the tail lamps.  They all worked before I swapped the dash.

Also, if anyone knows of a style of carbon fiber hood that might get me an extra inch and a half of clearence let me know.

Yep, it is drivable. I drove it from my garage about 100 yards to my new pole barn/work shop.

hey i had a quick question. just how big of a v8 you think would fit in there? 350 or could it cram a 427. i know alot of other thigns would change and probably have a loss of room to fit the power steer but if makes in a pure drag car how big is big for that bay do you think?