STATUS Racing sent over there new 5 point harnesses today to put in Project 996. I had high expectations after originally seeing their product at SEMA, however the quality of their delivered product has blown my mind. Every detail from the outside textured box with recessed logo, to the branded carrying bag, to the quality stitching and brand was top notch. You can tell a ton of though has gone into every aspect of the product, something that I find very important given the products is intended to save lives. These harnesses are currently available in 4 / 5 / 6 point offering in Red and Black. Limited edition versions in Blue and Silver are on the horizon. All versions are FIA approved which should meet or exceed most sanctioning bodies requirements.

Titan Motorsports is now the East Coast distributor for Status Racing, we will be adding their line to the site soon and will stock their seats and harnesses once we move to our new location. If you are looking for a great seat or harness setup for your car give us a call and we’ll get you setup with a set. Custom colors and options are available, and Status Racing takes great pride in offering a 1-2 week or less turnaround time on custom seats, something unheard of from most seat manufactures. We’ve got a custom set of seats on the way for our Porsche project, keep any eye out on the blog as I’ll be posting pictures as soon as they arrive.

Yes we are growing beards, yes it will be epic.

Who of these four rough looking gentlemen will be able to hold out the longest? We don’t know but we have money riding on who will. Each of us had to put up $10 to enter the contest. $20 if you didn’t shave the night before the contest began. By the end of the year we should all me looking like cave men.

But who cares, it’s all for charity of our choosing, and we’re all choosing our own bank accounts. Go Figure…

Somebody better call the feds, we got our hands on a Challenger SRT8.  In the coming week we’ll be bringing you news on our plans for this car.  Nothing too drastic, but power should be bumped up by about 150 or more.

This last Friday we took the car to Orlando Speed World for some baseline runs and the car performed admirably.  My best run was a 13.550 @ 104.12.  Over the course of the evening track conditions were deteriorating quickly and could never quite muster the same time.  Although they were consistent, I kept losing a couple hundredths per run.   So, we decided some wieght loss, and a drop in tire pressure was in order.  I got out of the car and sent in the owners son, Josh, to handle the strip.  Although it was his first time down the 1320, you wouldn’t have been able to tell.  With 50lbs less wieght and 22psi in the tires he managed to pull out a 13.511 @ 104.33. Hopefully the next time we take the car to the track we’ll be able to track down a set of drag radials.

All in all the evening at the track wasn’t a disappointment (except for the track condition itself).  The car did exactly what was advertised.  Although we missed the claimed 13.3 second 1/4 mile, we couldn’t blame the car.  It did have some unwanted weight in the back (7/8th a tank of gas) and my heavy ass in the driver’s seat.

Monday began with some baseline dyno pulls to see what the Challenger is capable of at the wheels.  We did two pulls, the first one being the best.  I think the engine fell victim to heat soak on the second pull and lost a few HP and lbft.  Tomorrow we should be doing a couple more pulls after the 3″ header back exhaust from Exhaust Depot is installed.

You can see from the pull just how quiet the factory exhaust system is.  I’m sure there is quite a bit of restriction that we’ll be getting rid of once the 3″ exhaust system is installed and this beast can breath a little better.