well fellas i couldnt be happier with those last replies-- im elated to know you like my car. i will work on getting some more pics online.
as for my tuning--- gotten the fuel close-- its pretty quick-- but to tell you the truth i wish it was faster for the time and money i put into it-- then again its tuned rather roughly--- only has about 600 miles on the motor-- cooling isnt a major problem anymore and i think i have attributed the overheating to irratic detonation--- but i couldnt understand why i would have any detonation at all runnin straight 110 octane in the past.--
latley i have been playin around with fuel mixtures (couple tanks of 25% 110 and 75% 93) cause to tell you the truth-- 2.10 a gallon is a lot better then 5.10 a gallon.-ESPESIALLY SINCE MY CAR CAN SUCK SOME DAMN GAS DOWN- just got off of work and had less than an 8th of a tank of 93/110 mix-- so i threw some of that NOS Racing formula octane booster and was glad to see it wasnt detonating much,acutally one or two knocks less than the 110mix, except for a couple of full throttle pulls, detonation got up there.-- my detonation is rather irratic with and without the new nos run-- cant quite figure it out yet-- but for the most part at idle I get anywhere from 1-9 knocks, over that on low throttle seems to be vertually no knocking- just intermittent 3 or 4 pings-- i am getting those reading from the safc2-- this all means good news cause i dont have to rely on stopping off at the race shop to make sure i always have 110 on hand.- versatility is the key-- cant be bound to race shop hours.--- we'll see how long that lasts cause i only drove it after filling up for about 10 min-- fuckin tired-long day at work--

so progress is ok on my rizide-- one thing that really bothers me is i have found a little oil leak- seems to be comming from where the bed plate meets the block just above the oil filter next to the crank position sensor. i was under my car last night changing my 500 mile black ass oil and re tightened the bed bolts on the back side of the motor over spec of 21lbs, they are about 26lbs now-- fuck pullin the oil pan off at 1 in the morning. but sad to see the leak is still there-- when i was assembling the motor, i called dodge and mitsu and they both said < to my suprise> no sealant was nessasary between the bed plate and block but if i was REALLY worried about it i could use some rtv or something. so goin by what they said i used no sealant. wish i did now-- leak is rather small- about a drip every second or so. i would love to get rid of this,synthetic oil is expensive too and at at LEAST one quart every 4 days or so--- ANY real suggestions on fixing this problem besides pullin the motor and takin the bed plate back off would be greatly appriciated-----PLEASE HELP--
as for the cooling issue again- i will try some of that water wetter as soon as i get my hands on a bottle-- every bit will help-

to add this is my daily driver-- have a second car 91 pos cavalier but dont wanna ever drive that again-- i aught to throw some pictures of it up here and let yall see what ive been driving for 5 months-- really scary

THANKS AGAIN FOR YALLS IMPUT -- AND LOVIN THE PRAISES-- KEEP EM COMMIN'


KAREEM