__________________ 1999 Pewter T/A | Just another slow drag radial car (see here) Virginia Speed 366ci LS2 + big turbo (the little block that could) | 7.99 @ 177.8 (1.36)
Virginia Speed 388ci LS2 + bigger turbo | In Progress
Special Thanks to TheOutlaw1, Phil99vette, Shawn @ Va Speed and MADMAN for all their help
Looks very nice! I just drove through Traverse City last week on our way up to Machinac Island nice area indeed. We took the SS badger across the lake to Manitwac Wi on our way back to Chicago. Good times.
Heaven forbid! The drivers side will come right off.... the passenger side
Good news is the manifold bolts on that side is pretty easy. The turbo comes off in about 2 minutes, header can be off in 1/2 hour or so.
Those headers (and the rest of the turbo kit) were built with the engine in the car by Tinker219
More pics and the rest of the buildup, will be up in the next couple of days.
The 1000 mile trip went ok, the car made it in 1 piece, but it rained the whole day.
I have an alarmingly similar setup, wrapping the hot side gained me ~200 rpm of spool time, and now the driver doesn't make as much gravy . Your welds look fantastic, I'd be hesitant to cover them up.
Was the shop you went to near Traverse City called Love Fab, located in Buckley? If so, that is like 20 minutes from my house. I know they do some good shit there, they got a diesel that runs at the local track and hallz ballz.
Was the shop you went to near Traverse City called Love Fab, located in Buckley? If so, that is like 20 minutes from my house. I know they do some good shit there, they got a diesel that runs at the local track and hallz ballz.
Yes it is. He runs his nasty 920+HP NSX at Kaleva too! It is hard to miss that one.
I have acquired a huge pile of parts. Now I have to get the car off the trailer and get this thing running.
I have the Griffin radiator
10" pusher fans
Intercooler water tank is being built
Meziere in line water pump
Ron Davis heat exchanger
Aeroquip -10 and -8 fuel hose
$$$$ Hundreds of dollars of -10 and -8 fittings
18 circuit wire harness
Misc. relays
10 gauge for the fuel pumps
Silicone connectors
Corbeau 5 point cam lock harness
Momo carbon fiber steering wheel with buttons
Midwest Chassis manual brake kit
Ditched the power steering
SLP line lock
SSBC proportioning valve
Eboost2
Lokar billet oil dipstick
Mr Gasket stainless radiator hoses
Full carbon fiber autometer gauges
More pics and hopefully a startup video will be soon guys, I promise.
Still ironing out the bugs...
Has put down a best of 871 rwhp on E85, through the wrong torque converter, it was blowing right through it. I have since changed the converter to a custom PTC turbo unit, have not re dynoed it yet.
I pulled the TH400 trans to install the trans brake, and found third gear was smoked out of it. So it is getting some beefed up upgrades and the brake.
I am waiting on the Midwest Chassis 9" and rear suspension to show up, hopefully this next week.
Installing the Cheetah shifter this week.
Had a problem with wrong head gaskets, now running LS9's, seem to be working.
Went to the track last sunday, was trapping 130 mph on 8 psi, and was only footbraking to a lazy 1.98 sixty foot, to save the stock 10 bolt.
If all goes well, 1-2 more weeks and I will be ready to hit it again with much more boost and a trans brake, and the warm fuzzy feeling that the rear isn't going to snap like a twig.
Here is a video from Sunday, the SS in the other lane was a nice car running in the 12's all day long...
How are the triple pumps working out for you? Any regrets or anything you wish you would have done diffrent? I'm curious if I can run 3 255s in my RX7 so do you have any pics of the pump setup before you installed it?
So far so good on the pumps, a lot of people frown on it, but they are working well. Even with E85. First pump is primary on like factory. Second comes on at 35% TPS via BS3, and third comes on at 5 psi from the Eboost2.
My base fuel pressure is 35 psi on the boost referenced Aeromotive regulator.
I did not snap any pics, but there has been some request, so I may pull it out sometime to get a couple.
I ran all new power and ground 10 ga. wires. Welded the hanger to the top of the sending unit, and used 90* -10 and -8 bulkhead fittings, and coated the whole thing with a special epoxy to seal it up. The stock level sender works great.
The Supra's Vipers and GT500's have been playing with triple pumps for a while, and it does work.
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. Your welds look fantastic, I'd be hesitant to cover them up.
