1970 GTO Twin Turbo
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Killer build! The fab work on the manifold's is very impressive. I'm very curious to see how the dual fuel system works out for you. I've pondered this same idea but am limited by running the factory pcm with EFILive, that Holley Dominator system is way outta my budget lol.
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Thanks to everyone for all the kind words. I'm just an average guy in his garage trying to build something cool. It's nice to see others get excited about it.
If you're starting your build from scratch, the Holley makes more sense. If you already have a harness, ecu, HPtuners or EFIlive, and a boost controller, then the cost of going to the Holley greater.
Killer build! The fab work on the manifold's is very impressive. I'm very curious to see how the dual fuel system works out for you. I've pondered this same idea but am limited by running the factory pcm with EFILive, that Holley Dominator system is way outta my budget lol.
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I've seen your videos. You got that thing working well. I would be ecstatic if I got numbers close to yours. Are you running a glide with a brake? I plan on driving this a lot on the street, so I wanted to use the 80. I'm not using a trans brake this year, but might add one later. That's going to hold me back a lot on the track.
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This build is beautiful!!! Im working on my right now but its no where near the quality of yours! I have the dominator and im going to be doing the 16 injector set up as well.
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Been a while since I've updated this. I've been burned out and on vacation for a week so things have been moving slower than I would like.
I ordered some stainless 3.5" mandrel bends to make the down pipes. Unfortunately I needed a much tighter radius on the drivers side to clear the brake master cylinder and steering shaft. So lots of pie cuts and lots of welding.
You can see how much tighter the radius is. Each cut is 7.5*, .25" on the narrow side and 1.25" on the big side.
The nice thing about taking this approach is you can make the bends change directions very easy and route the pipe exactly how you want it. In my opinion, It's easier than mandrel bends on this complex stuff.
The downfall is lots of welding.
I ordered some stainless 3.5" mandrel bends to make the down pipes. Unfortunately I needed a much tighter radius on the drivers side to clear the brake master cylinder and steering shaft. So lots of pie cuts and lots of welding.
You can see how much tighter the radius is. Each cut is 7.5*, .25" on the narrow side and 1.25" on the big side.
The nice thing about taking this approach is you can make the bends change directions very easy and route the pipe exactly how you want it. In my opinion, It's easier than mandrel bends on this complex stuff.
The downfall is lots of welding.
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Check the spring on those china gates! Those are my favorite to use due to size (and they share springs/diaphragm with the new tial MVS) and price but I have gotten several "8 and "10 psi gates that had 20psi of spring in them!! I always test them now before I install them just to be sure.
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Check the spring on those china gates! Those are my favorite to use due to size (and they share springs/diaphragm with the new tial MVS) and price but I have gotten several "8 and "10 psi gates that had 20psi of spring in them!! I always test them now before I install them just to be sure.
I have 10# springs in them now, and 4# springs to add after the initial shake downs.
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