And Penny just keeps on changing...

[ohcbird]

Steve- are they going to put vibration isolators on the Setrab?

That's a good looking piece.

[ohcbird]

Power guesses? Hmmmmmm...need more specs (too lazy to surf the old posts at this point). My spider-senses tell me the driver is going to need to be retuned as well haha.

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by ohcbird

Steve- are they going to put vibration isolators on the Setrab?

That's a good looking piece.

They are there.. put them in myself today. Small pads at each of the four attachment points. Came with the Setrab mounting brackets.

Originally Posted by ohcbird

Power guesses? Hmmmmmm...need more specs (too lazy to surf the old posts at this point). My spider-senses tell me the driver is going to need to be retuned as well haha.

247/261 114 cam
461 cubic inches
11.5:1 compression
Lunati 4.250 stroke crank
I-beam 6.125 rods (609 grams)
Wiseco pistons
Mast Motorsports 12-degree big bore rec port heads
FAST 102mm LS3 intake
RHS race block, standard deck, raised cam - 6-bolt
Mike Norris ported LS2 TBW throttle body

And a bunch of other stuff that don't make power.

It will most likely make more than I need.. so I'm not going to be able to just flat foot it like I did before. I'm thinking I'm also going to have to run short autocrosses like Goodguys in second gear.

[bentfab]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Well, it doesn't feel like it but progress is being made.

The underside is scraped and the new Wurth stuff should be on there by tomorrow.

With any luck I should be picking up the rearend housing from powder this week as well, then we can put the rear back together and get her rolling again. Found that he axle tubes were pretty warped from the 3-link brackets so Currie cut off the ends and welded on new ones.. straight.

Parts are moving for the 460 cube RHS LS engine, biggest delay will be the 4.250 Lunati crank which is two weeks out. That's the only delayed part though.

Cam selected is a 247/261 .624 114 LSA stick.. Any guess as to power?

Should be good to go for having the car done by April.. knock on wood.

The LM clutch is over at Centerforce getting refubed (figured I might as well since it's out)

The oil cooler system is also in progress getting all hard lined up. The Setrab 925 fits perfect. This is being done at Fast Eddies Fabrication in Orange, CA.

Do I smell compition ?

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by bentfab

Do I smell compition ?

No.. Not really.. Fast Eddies is a hardcore fab shop and my go to guy for welding aluminum.

Since he was welding the tabs on for the mounts I thought I would have him bend the lines up front since he can bend stuff that big. It was more of a time saver since he's a few miles away and you're.. well.. farther. lol

The plan is to get her running and then take her to you for the gas tank trunk lines and a couple very hard lines in the engine bay.

You really need to move down to Orange County..

[Vegas69]

I bet it makes North of 700hp and 640-650lbft easy. Why a 114lsa with 11.5:1?

[bentfab]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

No.. Not really.. Fast Eddies is a hardcore fab shop and my go to guy for welding aluminum.

Since he was welding the tabs on for the mounts I thought I would have him bend the lines up front since he can bend stuff that big. It was more of a time saver since he's a few miles away and you're.. well.. farther. lol

The plan is to get her running and then take her to you for the gas tank trunk lines and a couple very hard lines in the engine bay.

You really need to move down to Orange County..

Good. I know who Fast Eddie is very talented and professional.

No! No! No! I think you need to move to the S.F.V. Besides how many times do you go and see Cris at J.C.G. He's even further

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by bentfab

Good. I know who Fast Eddie is very talented and professional.

No! No! No! I think you need to move to the S.F.V. Besides how many times do you go and see Cris at J.C.G. He's even further

What's funny about Eddie is that I took him my '67 back in the 80s for cage work.. he's been around forever.

And yea, driving to JCG is a nightmare.. LA sucks so bad. Took me three hours last time and he's only 90 miles away. My new rule is to try and only go there on weekends

The fuel/vent lines in my trunk need your assitance badly..

[Steve1968LS2]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

I bet it makes North of 700hp and 640-650lbft easy. Why a 114lsa with 11.5:1?

I was leaning toward 112 LSA, but Craig over at COMP thought idle quality would suffer and the additional overlap would make the whole deal less street friendly. He did think it would generate more low and mid-range power though.

In the end I'm going to end up with more power than I really need so I erred on the side of idle and drivability.

For compression I was really shooting for 11.1 or 11.2 to one, but this is how it's working out with the pistons and the 72cc Mast heads. We might adjust it down a touch with the head gasket, but 11.5:1 isn't high, even for out crappy CA pump gas.

Horace at Mast was thinking it would be pushing 700hp.. now I just need to be able to hook it up. Also, while 700 is a good "magazine number" I would be happy with 650-670hp and a bad ass super flat torque curve.

[Vegas69]

I agree, we are both pushing our chassis's to the max. I felt like my 491/497 at the tires was really managable across the board. I have similar expectations. 650-675hp and 625 ftlbs. Your making a vast improvment in your low end torque with identical stroke to me. I was able to hook up that 497 at 3800 with R888's in second gear matted during autocross. I felt it was about the limit however. A little loose but biting hard. On 200 tread wear tires I'm not to sure. You're going to gain some pull out of those slow corners and I'm going to gain 500-700 rpm to avoid shifting into 3rd until 85 or so. We'll put all that power to use on the road course for sure. Crazy you can run 11.5:1 on a 114 with 91 octane. Do you run a knock sensor? I'd error on the side caution. Compression doesn't gain that much power.