hey thanks bob... :-D we seem to be a select few...
MustangChris said:heat soak is the main problem, hm? ill look into that... ive called KB before and they are always willing to give information. How would I find information defending them against heat soak? I just have a spot in my heart for a KB. lol. people just seem to be afraid of them plus i can say dumb things like "my blower has more displacement than your entire motor" i was going to get "2.8L" badges for my fenders... oh yea. lol.
i was pretty much just going to use their blower and go with other stuff for everything except minor things (like the 8 rib conversion)
as for saving for heads and what not, this motor will be sitting on a stand for at LEAST a year... im having the best in denver build my cobra heads. it will basically be a fully built, fully forged 03/04 with a massive blower on it. im not sparing a penney...
most people throw bolt ons onto the car in hopes of making power just to have things fail. My rear end is already built, i will be dropping in a T56, and then this blower will be the final piece (along with supporting mods like fuel and induction system) so dont worry about durrability. the weak link will be the T56 and I will have that built shortly after the motor is dropped in.
as for tuning, 100% custom, along with a 100% custom head set up and 100% custom drive shaft :-D
95PGTTech said:MustangChris said:heat soak is the main problem, hm? ill look into that... ive called KB before and they are always willing to give information. How would I find information defending them against heat soak? I just have a spot in my heart for a KB. lol. people just seem to be afraid of them plus i can say dumb things like "my blower has more displacement than your entire motor" i was going to get "2.8L" badges for my fenders... oh yea. lol.
i was pretty much just going to use their blower and go with other stuff for everything except minor things (like the 8 rib conversion)
as for saving for heads and what not, this motor will be sitting on a stand for at LEAST a year... im having the best in denver build my cobra heads. it will basically be a fully built, fully forged 03/04 with a massive blower on it. im not sparing a penney...
most people throw bolt ons onto the car in hopes of making power just to have things fail. My rear end is already built, i will be dropping in a T56, and then this blower will be the final piece (along with supporting mods like fuel and induction system) so dont worry about durrability. the weak link will be the T56 and I will have that built shortly after the motor is dropped in.
as for tuning, 100% custom, along with a 100% custom head set up and 100% custom drive shaft :-D
unless you're running race gas, you're going to be limited by pump gas's octane. that's what limits that 2.3 combo I was talking about to 650 - it's got more in it at that boost level, but you're already pulling timing. so spending money on heads/cams/etc is truly a waste, you're going to make more power on motor but have to pull even more timing and you're going to end up at much the same power level.
I've been there/done that with cars, and to me the less you can modify to make the power is better, less stuff to fail, have fitment issues, noises, squeaks, rattles, clanks, clacks, etc. The whipple and I'm sure the KB can use the stock 8 rib 03/04 system, i would suggest going with that. More OEM parts mean less NVH issues down the road. Why is this pulley making a noise........
95PGTTech said:You could do it like that, to an extent. I mean, the pulley combo I stated above is about the most you're going to be able to get on 93 octane and have enough timing to have some grunt down low and snappy throttle response. You can step up the timing and down the pulley or step down the timing and up the pulley for a more aggressive tune staying with pump gas.
If you mean have like
WEAK
STRONG
RACE
Where weak and strong are both 93 octane with the same timing but weak is 12lbs. and strong is 22lbs., yes it could be done. But, you know yourself, you are never going to just drive the car around on 12lbs. At some point, usually around the 20+ psi range, you just run out of octane and you have to give up either boost or timing, or add race gas. And again, you're swapping pullies, and probably belts for that big of a jump.
MustangChris said:hey thanks bob... :-D we seem to be a select few...
MustangChris said:i was going to get "2.8L" badges for my fenders... oh yea. lol.
D3VST8R96GT said:MustangChris said:i was going to get "2.8L" badges for my fenders... oh yea. lol.
how about "3.4L" whipple has one .....thats a mammoth
95PGTTech said:To make more power. The higher octane fuel is the buffer safety against detonation.
95PGTTech said:D3VST8R96GT said:MustangChris said:i was going to get "2.8L" badges for my fenders... oh yea. lol.
how about "3.4L" whipple has one .....thats a mammoth
Again, what's the point of making more power than 93 octane can support?
Are you really going to buy a 55 gallon drum of VP103 and fill up once a week?
MustangChris said:95PGTTech said:To make more power. The higher octane fuel is the buffer safety against detonation.
but i thought the best fuel/air ratio was like 14:1 or something? why lean it? isnt that dangerous?
95PGTTech said:D3VST8R96GT said:MustangChris said:i was going to get "2.8L" badges for my fenders... oh yea. lol.
how about "3.4L" whipple has one .....thats a mammoth
Again, what's the point of making more power than 93 octane can support?
Are you really going to buy a 55 gallon drum of VP103 and fill up once a week?
dont tempt me.... lol