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Old 05-25-2005, 12:39 PM
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Cool. How many questions did you have to answer? (besides this one of course, lol)
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Old 05-25-2005, 01:01 PM
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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.

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Old 05-25-2005, 01:11 PM
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In regards to the no IC and the blow through, just ask them if they understand endothermic reaction.
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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.
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Old 05-25-2005, 05:22 PM
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That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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