370 GT91.... 8's or bust build
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370 GT91.... 8's or bust build
Finally starting to put my car back together after killing the last motor 30 passes into it.
Sooo ,I figured I would start a build thread since I got the ball rolling on a shortblock. I finally decided on what internals to put in the LQ9 block I've had sitting. They will consist of Wiseco -3.2 pistons, Callies compstar "I" beam rods and figured I would try a K1 3.622 crank. A dragonslayer isn't in the budget and didn't want to regret not using a forged crank.... This will be topped with 72cc AFR 225's and I'm reusing my hyd. cam from my last motor.
Shooting for 10:1 compression.......
Decided on the GT91 with a 1.08 housing for decent spool time to fight long staging times. (The last setup seemed to take forever with 2-.96 housings to spool and only 8.7:1 compression). This will be cooled by a Reichard mini cube a/w intercooler that was a deal I couldn't pass up. It's Fireball's old intercooler from his FI98x setup.
Enough B.S., here is the car as it pretty much sits now.
Pics of the build will be coming soon....... Just haven't taken many yet.
Sooo ,I figured I would start a build thread since I got the ball rolling on a shortblock. I finally decided on what internals to put in the LQ9 block I've had sitting. They will consist of Wiseco -3.2 pistons, Callies compstar "I" beam rods and figured I would try a K1 3.622 crank. A dragonslayer isn't in the budget and didn't want to regret not using a forged crank.... This will be topped with 72cc AFR 225's and I'm reusing my hyd. cam from my last motor.
Shooting for 10:1 compression.......
Decided on the GT91 with a 1.08 housing for decent spool time to fight long staging times. (The last setup seemed to take forever with 2-.96 housings to spool and only 8.7:1 compression). This will be cooled by a Reichard mini cube a/w intercooler that was a deal I couldn't pass up. It's Fireball's old intercooler from his FI98x setup.
Enough B.S., here is the car as it pretty much sits now.
Pics of the build will be coming soon....... Just haven't taken many yet.
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The GT91 I got is the first incarnation with the 94mm wheel and is rated to 1475 hp. They also have one now with a 97mm wheel and is rated to 1525 hp.
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As soon as I put the mockup block and turbo back in there will be pics. Right now there isn't much to look at since I'm gutting it. Gotta make up for the added weight of the iron block and air to water setup. Want the race weight to be below the 3470 it was before.
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Here are a few pics I snapped of what's going on now.
This is where the intercooler is going to reside. Decided to mount it where Fireball had it since there are mounting tabs made up for it. It should work good for my turbo location also.
Pic of cowl boxed in after cutting most of it away. I will be smoothing this out and using seam sealer aroung the edges.
Pic of the crossover I made. Still need to buy wategates and fab them in but you get the picture. There will be pics of the turbo setup installed soon....
This is where the intercooler is going to reside. Decided to mount it where Fireball had it since there are mounting tabs made up for it. It should work good for my turbo location also.
Pic of cowl boxed in after cutting most of it away. I will be smoothing this out and using seam sealer aroung the edges.
Pic of the crossover I made. Still need to buy wategates and fab them in but you get the picture. There will be pics of the turbo setup installed soon....
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Unfortunately, there hasn't been a ton of people using K1 stuff that I've found to base my decision from. What I have read, the machining of their parts is top notch though.....
Now Dschmittie and I may finally get to line up after 3 years of talking about it. His car was down the whole time mine ran, so that never came about. Just a friendly rivalry to push each other to go faster.