Awesome numbers J. I'm putting my car on the dyno on Feb 8th to see how it does after my fuel system with the built motor with a bps ported trinity and a Whipple elliptical . I made 842 783 and was running out of fuel at 6200 hard. I installed a Fore triple 465 setup and had Lund remote tune it. Took it to MIR to a track rental on its one and only pass it ran a 10.09 @ 147 on 20'' MTs with the 4,10s. and blew up the Torsen diff on the next pass. Ran outta gear at the 1300ft mark.
I'm back.....943rwhp rebuild
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No, I did not feel it was a big enough increase from the
stock setup, at least with the AN 12 or 16 that I bought it with, for the hassle.
It would have been near impossible with the TVS and BPS auxiliary idler I run, and I feel the increased belt wrap is more important for me.
I'll be running 1" line from the rear ice tank but unfortunately keeping the stock 3/4" cooler lines for most of the system, keeping it close the stock.
An important point for the intercooler system is that hose size is always a bigger is better deal.
The cheaper push lock/garden/marine hose is easy to find in 1" or 1.25" and bigger than most expensive AN fittings/
Braided lines.
I run all 1.25" with my turbo LX air/water cooler, but not easy to do with street style GT500 system, especially considering the bottler neck in/out of the stock lower intake cooler.
Bad ass build you have coming, good luck.
-J
Thank you sir, I can't wait to restore the '66, it's on the 5-10 year plan.
I'd definitely like to meet up at the Summit show. After all I still want to buy you a beer for helping me locate the dealer I ordered this beast from
-J
Wow buddy, I must have missed your sig or past post on the mods and track results!
Looks like us foxbody drag guys think alike!
My brother was already busting my balls that I'll prob run 10.00@150, or at least have to keep it there without a cage. Def NOT willing to cage this car, but I want to trap 145-150 and encouraged by your 147.
A stick car trapping 150mph is an awesome top end charge.
Our combos are very similar, too bad you didn't have the extra 20' in the 1320.
As much as I love my 4.10s, I'm worried they're too much at the stripe on street DRs. I plan to run 28" bias plys that should be 29" with tire growth at 150mph but we shall see.
-J
nice! thats impressive almost 1000rwhp with a lil 2.3 tvs? wow its a bigg kb or whipple away from 1000+rwhp, it would be so hard for me and make me mad to fall short of the 1000rwhp oh so close lol
Wow awesome power man, Big congrats, I'm still kicking myself in the ass for selling my Shelby and not building the engine. But I'll definitely be buying another 13/14 soon. Either way enjoy your new power
How do you like the manners of the whipple elliptical on the street, if you've even had it on the street, (idling, part throttle etc) and did your tuner find it difficult to tune. I'm going back and forth between the vmp 72mm and the whipple.
Congrats on the build man looks real and those are some real good numbers I built my motor with jdm rods plan on running a 4.0 whipple on my car
Very impressive build and garage, too! We'd love to see a video of the car in action! What clutch are you currently using?
Thank you Centerforce corporation
I'm running a 'seasoned' SPEC SS. I say seasoned because it came out of a members car here (BIRDOC) that made 1200rwhp and ran 8.60s with it. I bought it with a full rebuild kit, and a friend who works locally at Exedy, tested the pressure plate and inspected it, giving it a thumbs up to use. Two funny things to the clutch story.
First, is Birdoc thought it was an ST trim, but the rebuild kit didn't match the clutch. The rebuild kit was for the higher power ST, but the clutch he ran was a base SS:
http://www.specclutches.com/704860/
So, he ran hard and the base clutch held big power.
Second, the shop installed the SS clutch without the new ST discs or FW insert because they said it looked fine (as did Exedy). So, I still have a rebuild kit to upgrade to ST trim.
If it chatters or I have issues, I'll probably rebuild it as the ST discs are full faced, compared to the puck style SS, and the ST are supposed to hold more power and have better drive ability.
I personally experienced that when I swapped my puck style SPEC stage 3 for a full faced stage 3+ disc, back when my Foxbody LX was a stick car.
Back in '07 the LX put down 865/901 on this same dyno, ironaically, so now my street car has more than my race car (LX since upgraded and makes more power).
Anyway, I've had good success with a centerforce clutch when my LX was a bolt on 302, and I've heard good results from your DYAD clutch for our GT500s.
What exact clutch would you recommend for my GT500 if I don't like the SPEC?
-J
I'm running a 'seasoned' SPEC SS. I say seasoned because it came out of a members car here (BIRDOC) that made 1200rwhp and ran 8.60s with it. I bought it with a full rebuild kit, and a friend who works locally at Exedy, tested the pressure plate and inspected it, giving it a thumbs up to use. Two funny things to the clutch story.
First, is Birdoc thought it was an ST trim, but the rebuild kit didn't match the clutch. The rebuild kit was for the higher power ST, but the clutch he ran was a base SS:
http://www.specclutches.com/704860/
So, he ran hard and the base clutch held big power.
Second, the shop installed the SS clutch without the new ST discs or FW insert because they said it looked fine (as did Exedy). So, I still have a rebuild kit to upgrade to ST trim.
If it chatters or I have issues, I'll probably rebuild it as the ST discs are full faced, compared to the puck style SS, and the ST are supposed to hold more power and have better drive ability.
I personally experienced that when I swapped my puck style SPEC stage 3 for a full faced stage 3+ disc, back when my Foxbody LX was a stick car.
Back in '07 the LX put down 865/901 on this same dyno, ironaically, so now my street car has more than my race car (LX since upgraded and makes more power).
Anyway, I've had good success with a centerforce clutch when my LX was a bolt on 302, and I've heard good results from your DYAD clutch for our GT500s.
What exact clutch would you recommend for my GT500 if I don't like the SPEC?
-J
Nice build. See u at the track this spring BF. I joined this forum.
Yeah buddy. Well, now you own a Terminator you need to be on the best SVT forum.
-J
Screaming is good right?
Before the dyno, the tuner and I were discussing if the new R case would allow a clean boost curve that carried closer to redline.
So, as you point out, you can see the 2.3 run out of steam around 4500rpm, but it still makes good power. Just a 4.0 liter blower would have carried the boost curve straight through and prob make another 200rwhp.
And you must have read my mind, the intake is plumbed for NOS....
Stay tuned.
-J
The DYAD would definitely be the way to go for a high-power build like this. Its smooth engagement and light pedal pressure makes is easily streetable, but can also withstand being punished at the track. If you happen to have any questions later on that we can answer, please dont hesitate to call us or send a PM over!
Amazing build and best color combo around! Enjoy it.
I bought it ported from Birdoc, his build was all over here, I think Slawko but might be BES?
I improved it dramatically with the weld/port around the bypass shelf, see pics above on how much it opened up intercooler.
My brother just finished my trunk ice tank, and I'm looking forward to that helping as well.
Dyno numbers are fun but I can't wait to see how it traps on the strip. It did 137mph before the ported blower.
-J
I improved it dramatically with the weld/port around the bypass shelf, see pics above on how much it opened up intercooler.
My brother just finished my trunk ice tank, and I'm looking forward to that helping as well.
Dyno numbers are fun but I can't wait to see how it traps on the strip. It did 137mph before the ported blower.
-J
bad ass gt500 and bad ass garage!
Hey J! Glad to see you're doing well in spite of the horsepower addiction thing. Cars look great and wow on that garage! Like Bill said maybe we will see you at the track this year - SCMC track day at Keystone ( not scheduled yet but I can pass along the dates once they're set ). For some unknown reason your '66 is my favorite!?!?
Hi biminiLX, I live in Detroit and I am looking for the same work to modify the intake manifold for the Bigun intercooler. I have the intake manifold out already. Can you please tell me where I can get that done?
I talked to you before on the phone but not sure you still remember me or not.
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