:grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: That's all I can do right now :grin: Thanks for all the great words guys :TU: The charger is going to work out great. Just as I thought, there's going to be some tuning. For starters, I have to get a bigger pulley. The one I have is wanting to push 8 1/2 to 9 psi and that was in 90 degree temps :eek2: . I'll be sending it back for one that will give me 5 1/2 to 6 in the heat. I still need to built the cold air intake, but other than that, all the stuff is installed including the alky kit which works very well. Once I have her a bit more tuned in with the larger pulley, I'll post some before and after times :TU: Right now, it feels like an easy 1.0 to 1.5 seconds faster in the quarter :beer
Boost, don't leave home without it! :bglasses: I'm interested in seeing what the times are, also. A little boost goes a long way on a big block!
Man I'd say :TU: Talk about wakeing the BEAST withen :eek2:. The charger turned my car into a completely different animal, yet it still drives the same on the street (as long as you don't go past 1/4 throtle :beer
Re: bottom end mods? I'm not sure where the fellow pulled the 11 to 1 from. My motor is at 9.8 -1. As for the bottom end, There's is no girdle, or halo. Just stock rods with ARP bolts. (shotpined and cyrod). This is one reason why I need the boost down to 6psi. I was going to put rods and a TA girdle on the motor, then the new block popped up. I figure I'll run a lower level of boost for a few years (as long as it stays togeter) then I'll purchase the new block and build an 8.5 -1 motor that I can shove about 11 to 15 PSI in with no worries. I just couldn't see dumping 2 or 3k into my block to allow another 2 or 3 psi with almost 10-1 motor..... So basically, I'm just running a well built 455 with ballaced botom forged pistions stock rods with arp's and etc. The motor has about 10 or 15k on it.
No Problem Rob! I think the 11 to 1 came from the above snip. I'm not exactly sure If Craig was thinking my motor had 11 to 1 or if he was just stating to be on the cautious side. At any rate, with 10 to 1, you can succesfully run low levels of boost 5 with no cooler, and 7 or 8 with alky injection on pump gas. ATI claims up to 14 to 1 with an intercooler on a 10 to 1 motor. Any way, it will be fun to see aht the car does now. and how much better it acts once it's tuned. I'll post the pics of the intake as promissed latter today once I get off work, as well as the blower installed (for good ) with teh alky setup and such.
Hopefully this weekend the Cold air intake will be completed. I'm having a bugger of a time finding some 4" sylicone boots to make it with. The Larger pulley is also on the way. It should be here by then as well. If everything goes well with both of them then the fine tuning can begin. After that point, I'll be able to post some times. I should ge hitting the track around the 18th or so :grin:
Well...... Jim, to your standards, it's prabably a slouch p . To me it screams :grin: At 5000ft, the car turned a best time of 12.90 at 111 MPH with good cold air (about 50 degrees). Most of the time, it was in the 13.2 range at 107 to 108. I'm pretty sure with the charger at 5 to 6 psi, I'll pickup at least a full 1.0 to 1.5. To me that's fast especally at 5000ft in a car that weights 4150 with me in it. And it will be run on PUMP GAS. I'll keep you all posted once it's tuned enough to run.
If I were looking at that system from a fluid mechanics perspective, I might be concerned that there is a preferential airflow toward the #8 cylinder, and away from the #1 cylinder. Do you think that you are gonna see #8 running lean and #1 running rich? -Bob Cunningham
Here are a few links that may help. I've only delt with Turbonetics and RacerWholesale. Turbonetics link (an old one I think) 805-581-0333 http://64.225.76.178/catalog/silicone.html http://www.turbohoses.com/Turbo Hose.htm http://www.flexfab.com/Products/Truck-Automotive/ChargeAir/charge air connector.htm http://www.bakerprecision.com/purosil5.htm http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/duct.htm
