Pics of the 3.4 Whipple install and thoughts!

[ronnie]

Well, the Whipple 3.4 is on!! Definitely a nice unit although I would change several things on it. First, the directions suck! As far as everything else, I talked to AVT, and when he gets the beast to dyno it he will make the changes. The IAC is going on top. I don't like the fact that it is on the bottom. Also, the EGR location and IAC location are going to be shaved cleaned along with some custom hose routing to clean it up further. With that being done, changing spark plugs should be a snap and I shouldn't have to remove the charger. The intercooler coolant hoses will be rerouted and I will reuse the coolant hardlines. I will make a custom gasket for the charger to midplate. Once that is done, I will be fully satisfied. Btw, with a stock lower and 4 inch upper is pulleys out right at 15 psi and it pulls!!

Here are some pics:
Intercooler--pretty clean!!

Nicked midplate--must have happened during shipping or at the distributor. Boy was I mad!!

Fixed the midplate and added a dab of RTV to be safe.

Whipple and Kenne Bell side by side. I will say one thing about the KB, the rotors looked brand new. Not one nick or scratch on them. GKCrewchief certainly has himself a nice unit for his built motor!

Whipple on the truck:

Coolant lines--argh those are ugly!

Spark plug nightmare!!!

I will post up pictures of the changes and the results to the dyno soon. Enjoy!!

 

[RIDE THE]

Looks good.:thumbsup:

It's gonna look even better sitting on my new engine.

 

[SVTBeatdown13]

Very nice...and Im jealous lol...hopefully sometime in the fall or winter I'll be looking at a KB 2.3

 

[LightningClint]

3.4's are almost getting to be common place

 

[throttle jockey]

Very nice, congrats. Its good to hear Whipple is consistant... the install directions for the 2.3L are a nightmare too :dw:. I almost don't even want to go built anymore since it seems mandatory to run the 3.4L nowadays and that would be additional funds.

 

[fuelonempty]

Seems like that is the main downside to the 3.4. Those instructions.. I will be doing my install soon and am definately NOT looking forward to it. Maybe someone who knows what they are doing can give tips and good how to here on svtp?? it would really help everyone out.

btw, I didnt realize how much bigger it was from the 2.6!

 

[RIDE THE]

From what I have heard the instructions are the same crappy instructions from the Whipple 2.3 kit.

 

[DarkShadow Drew]

Looks good! One day i'd like to see what it would look like on my truck.

 

[Fade 2 Black]

:coolman:

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Looking good!

 

[SWThomas]

BALLIN!!! My thoughts are, your truck is...

 

[00SVT]

^^^^ LOL

Looks Good Ronnie, I'm sure once you get it tuned. You are going to have some killer times at the track.

 

[fastsvt]

do

 

[fastsvt]

do you need any internals to put a 3.4 or is the stock internals good enough

 

[AlanSVT]

do you need any internals to put a 3.4 or is the stock internals good enough

I am pretty sure if you put a 3.4 on your stock block. It would be a ticking time bomb.

Alan

 

[SWThomas]

do you need any internals to put a 3.4 or is the stock internals good enough

You sure can. You'd just have to keep the boost low.

 

[Fade 2 Black]

Of course you can run a 3.4 on a stock block, you just need to be sure it's tuned properly.

 

[MaxPower]

Keep us posted, Ronnie!! :beer:

 

[I'D WIN]

Hopefully I will be joining the 3.4 club soon too! Looks great brother!

 

[DSG04Lightning]

im jelous.... i want one soo bad!!