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Post by stangman93 on Jun 14, 2012 0:45:22 GMT -5
Finally got the car to make a decent hit!! Sixty foot kinda sucks until I get my new convertor but I am all smiles for now!
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becools
Boosting 25 psi
Addicted to boost..
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Post by becools on Jun 14, 2012 10:00:03 GMT -5
Thats really movin.. Was that on race gas?
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Post by Stinger on Jun 14, 2012 10:39:22 GMT -5
Congrats.
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Post by arummel93 on Jun 14, 2012 17:17:45 GMT -5
The paintjob isn't for me, but the motor sure is! Very nice, mind letting us in on the specs?
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Post by stangman93 on Jun 14, 2012 18:49:22 GMT -5
The paintjob isn't for me, but the motor sure is! Very nice, mind letting us in on the specs? The engine is stock, its the paint that makes it fast! Fuel was Q16, stock block, billet stock stroke crank, Esslinger SVO head, Boport stage 4 cam, powerglide, 7675 CEA turbo, 29psi, 5400rpm @ 17lbs for the launch. |
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Post by arummel93 on Jun 14, 2012 18:52:18 GMT -5
At that point why not try the ARCA head?
Last time I did a neutral drop at 4000rpm in my N/A 2.3, my brand new trans with 200 miles on it sheared in half. >.<
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Post by stangman93 on Jun 17, 2012 12:20:02 GMT -5
At that point why not try the ARCA head? Last time I did a neutral drop at 4000rpm in my N/A 2.3, my brand new trans with 200 miles on it sheared in half. >.< I may consider it if I can find a good deal on one, I would probably have to sell my current head too. I think I can make 8's with the current combo! Sorry to hear about the trans breaking, that sucks for sure. |
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Post by arummel93 on Jun 17, 2012 14:21:24 GMT -5
The good news is, the guy who built the trans has been in the business building race transmissions for 30 years, and I know him personally. For $140 he got 6 gear steel planetaries to replace the stock 3 gear aluminum planetaries (it turns out the aluminum planetary had actually sheared completely in half lol) so he tore it back apart and did the labor and all for free to put the new planetaries in.
Have you considered turning the motor into a stroker? Pull some 5.7 rods out of a chevy 350 and a crank out of a 99-01ish ranger 2.5 and you can put together a nice little stroker for cheap. If you can find a ranger 2.5 and you don't want to do that, send that crank my way. I've been looking for one but they're apparently very hard to find.
Only issue is that the 2.5 crank is small main and the pre dual plug head blocks are all big main, so you'd have to get a spacer to make up the difference, or just use a DP block and make a hole for the oil return (unfortunately sacrificing the nice high nickel content turbo block)
I'd love to see a turbo stroker running around. Bet you could hit low 8's, maybe even 7's if you played with it a bit and got it to hook real nice!
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Post by Stinger on Jun 17, 2012 17:40:47 GMT -5
Have you considered turning the motor into a stroker? Pull some 5.7 rods out of a chevy 350 and a crank out of a 99-01ish ranger 2.5 and you can put together a nice little stroker for cheap. If you can find a ranger 2.5 and you don't want to do that, send that crank my way. I've been looking for one but they're apparently very hard to find. Only issue is that the 2.5 crank is small main and the pre dual plug head blocks are all big main, so you'd have to get a spacer to make up the difference, or just use a DP block and make a hole for the oil return (unfortunately sacrificing the nice high nickel content turbo block) I'd love to see a turbo stroker running around. Bet you could hit low 8's, maybe even 7's if you played with it a bit and got it to hook real nice! Chevy 350 rods would be turned into pretzels at the power levels he's at. There is no reason to dream about turbo strokers, there are probably at least 500 of them running around and at least a dozen or more in all out race applications. Many of those are larger than 2.5L though. |
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Post by arummel93 on Jun 17, 2012 18:24:51 GMT -5
I know they're out there, just not nearly enough of them. Obviously I'd get aftermarket performance 5.7 rods at his level, but for where I'm going to be at for now they'd do the trick.
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Post by Stinger on Jun 17, 2012 22:26:33 GMT -5
350 Chevy rods are only good for about 300-350hp in a 4 cylinder application (600-700 in a V8). In other words, way weaker than stock 2.3 rods. Lets not clutter up his "Nines" threads with anymore off topic discussion.
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Post by stangman93 on Jun 19, 2012 14:53:47 GMT -5
350 Chevy rods are only good for about 300-350hp in a 4 cylinder application (600-700 in a V8). In other words, way weaker than stock 2.3 rods. Lets not clutter up his "Nines" threads with anymore off topic discussion. Thanks, its no problem....I am currently working to make that 8 second thread before long! |
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Post by arummel93 on Jun 20, 2012 23:19:22 GMT -5
I could be wrong, but I heard John Hubers was running 900hp and still only running 8's?
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Post by Stinger on Jun 21, 2012 1:24:31 GMT -5
I could be wrong, but I heard John Hubers was running 900hp and still only running 8's? What that has been discussed above is this in reference to? The info is correct (except the "only 8's" part) but I'm not sure I understand what info this is intended to contradict? |
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Post by arummel93 on Jun 21, 2012 11:52:30 GMT -5
He said he was shooting for 8's, yet he's running 500ish hp now, whereas John Huber has almost twice as much power and a mere second faster.
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