Pics of my "Public Debut"

[Y-TRY]

Before I took the car to Austin and broke it, I went to a small F-Body show in Ft. Worth. I was too late to register, but here's how the car looks in real- life, at the car wash, under the hood, and amongst the cars.... (I know you guys like pics, so I'm giving what you want). Although I wasn't eligible for awards but it sure garnered a lot of gasps and questions.

[XcYZ]

Cool. How many questions did you have to answer? (besides this one of course, lol)

[Y-TRY]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

Cool. How many questions did you have to answer? (besides this one of course, lol)

The absolute MAIN 1st two questions, from EVERYONE were:

#1- Where's the intercooler?
#2- Why no EFI?

Damn, man, people are hard to impress. My usual replies were:

#1- I don't need one to beat you. (But I did design the entire front plumbing around swapping-in a cooler with little changes. You can see where there is a Y-pipe kinda behind the front plate area. All I need to do is loosen the two outside couplers, remove the center Y-section and insert a cooler in its place.)

#2- Budget. But I'll get to it. (Again, with this carb, no cooler and pump gas I put down over 700 rwhp. Why you gotta nit-pick? Jeez.)

Then everyone wanted to know who made the kit: No one, I designed everything but the headers, and my cousin built it all under my supervision.

Then normal stuff like "what turbos are those?" "what size engine?" etc.:

It's an internally-balanced MoTown 6" rod solid roller 406 stroker with ported AFR 220's and two PT-52 60mm turbos.

[XcYZ]

In regards to the no IC and the blow through, just ask them if they understand endothermic reaction.

[Y-TRY]

I understand "endothermic reaction" (big word for the cooling effect of atomized fuel droplets in the intake stream). Maybe I should just throw that at them. They'll walk off all confused and leave me alone!! I also like "the Law of Diminishing Returns", especially in the context of intercooling!! That usually shuts 'em up, even though it's an argument in favor of cooling.

I 'm pretty sure I can dial-in the carb, but will need to do it on a dyno, with AFR and pyrometer info. Maybe even step-up to a Digital-7 ignition and 500 dyno-miles of trial-error!!

But the intercooler shouldnt be too far behind. I want to get the car running while I have other things working on the side. After the oil leaks and non-operating wastegates, I should be okay to move forward. Ron Davis will hear from me soon enough!

How many turbo Camaros are running right now and how many else in the works? Just curious.

[69MyWay]

That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RussMS]

Lucky for the competition you didnt get registered in time.

[69rs]

Looks great! What broke?

[trapin]

What's the wheel and tire combo on that car? Looks great.

[Y-TRY]

It's not "broken" really. I just need to re-do my oil drains. A combination of broken turbine bolts and inadequate oil drains has the turbos leaking and buring oil real bad. I also have a leak at the rear main seal. Once I hammer that down I can move on to some other issues.

The wheels are Boyds Turbo-Tech.
The front has 17x7 with 4" backspacing and 235/45's
The rear has 17x9.5's with 6.25" backspacing and 285/40's. The car has a 9" that came from another car, so it's a bit wider than stock Camaro. The rear backspacing wouldn't work on a stock-width. That's a ton of backspacing, but it makes the front/rear dishes look about equal. I like that.