some might remember i was involved in a winter project building a twin turb0 31 roadster.. as it turned out i ended up welding everything.. ive even designed the fan/scoop for the intercooler... ill repost most of the pics as i couldnt find the original thread...
oh yeah, fi anyone is wondering, the manifolds are from Schwartz, torbos are garett, and wastegates are turbosmart, the rest is made by yours truely!
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Elwood:We're 105 miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
some more pics a little further on in the process..
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Elwood:We're 105 miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
there is even one of a trade secret... this way there is no way to pop the hose off at boost..
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Elwood:We're 105 miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
here is one of the car on the road... as you can see by the color of the exhaust.. 18 pounds of boost does generate some heat... and speed
i have tonnes of pics, and answers to any questions btw
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Elwood:We're 105 miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
That looks like a project. I have a question. Why an LT? Not saying you should have done an LS or anything, but dont the LT's have there fair share of problems when you boost them?
if it were my personal car, i would have done an LSx or a BBC, but the guy had a procharged LT4 installed and wanted more boost and less whine and belt issues so we simply rebuilt the engine with a forged crank, some crower rods and forged pistons and some trick flow heads... so the engine choice wasnt mine, i just thought id share the build as turbos aer so popular on this site and the parts were bought at a supporting vendor...
also the choice to use an FMU instead of a standalone EFI isnt one id make either, but that wasnt my call either...
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Elwood:We're 105 miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
thanx for the thumbs up on the intercooler setup... and how does it run... like a muthafuker... the converter is a little to tight, so we are installing a 3000 rpm stall unit to get some better 60 foot times (they are in the 1.6 range now.. prety good with an IRS).. but from 2500 rpm on the highway it will just pull like a stink..
the previous setup with procharger seemed to need some rpmīs and would run out of steam.. but thsone just pulls like a diesel from hell and keeps going
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Elwood:We're 105 miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half pack of cigarettes, it's dark out and we're wearing sunglasses.
Jake: Hit it.
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