Just wanted to update some more progress on my build, and thank Ashley and the guys of Black's Diesel Performance for more outstanding work and customer service that's second to none. I was able to hit an 11.54 pass back in November with the mods listed above, but Ashley and I knew she had more in her since I was still smoking pretty decently down the track. He recommended a B&B side mount intake, external gate, and a small shot of nitrous. Being that Christmas leave was from December 17th-Jan 2nd I decided I'd drive back and have the work done for the upcoming race season.
Unfortunately I'm stationed in El Paso and couldn't get the truck or an extra head to Ashley in time before I had to leave for special forces selection at the end of November. Ashley volunteered one of his spare heads for his race truck and had it machined for the intake. Not only did that save our timeline for install since the machine shop was backed up til the end of the year but it also saved me $400-600 in an extra head. (Thanks #1)
Once I got back from selection I made the drive from El Paso to Georgia, Ashley had all hands on deck and got the heads swapped and nitrous installed in a day and half, which allowed me the use of my truck the weekend before Christmas to cruise a particular lady friend around town. (Thanks #2)
Knowing my time was running short Ashley invited me up the day after Christmas to install the Turbosmart wastegate. While we were tuning the wastegate I was met with a random injector failure. Ashley pulled the injectors the next day and overnighted them to Exergy. We got them back on Saturday the 29th and he reinstalled them that afternoon in an effort to save my weekend plans. Unfortunately, as luck would have it, one was still misfiring. Out of time with New Years approaching and a mandatory Jan 2nd return to El Paso, Ashley lent me a spare set of injectors and came in on Sunday for the install to get me back on the road and back in time to stay out of trouble with the Army. (Thanks #3)
I may come off as a "cheerleader" but truth be told I don't really give a damn. Ashley deserves all the credit possible for my success and the success of all the other trucks that have come through his shop. I can't stress enough if you're looking for quality, reliability, and top notch customer service Ashley's your guy. Hats off to you sir, and thanks again for everything :Cheer: