just a V6?
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just a V6? the music is terrible but S*** that is a fast V6 car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Wp1MbNp-8
The 3800 is a great motor with a lot of potential. It's been overshadowed by the LSx, which is unfortunate because a 'completely' stock 3800 can see more power with boost, reliably, than a stock bottom end LS1. There are a couple people running turbo setups just waiting for their stock motors to pop with 22+lbs of boost...and they haven't blown up yet. (Some of those cars have been running that much boost on a stock motor for quite a long time)
This video is quite old though, and I don't think Tim King owns that car anymore.
This video is quite old though, and I don't think Tim King owns that car anymore.
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The 3800 is a great motor with a lot of potential. It's been overshadowed by the LSx, which is unfortunate because a 'completely' stock 3800 can see more power with boost, reliably, than a stock bottom end LS1. There are a couple people running turbo setups just waiting for their stock motors to pop with 22+lbs of boost...and they haven't blown up yet. (Some of those cars have been running that much boost on a stock motor for quite a long time)
This video is quite old though, and I don't think Tim King owns that car anymore.
This video is quite old though, and I don't think Tim King owns that car anymore.
And the 3800 is overshadowed because the ls series is far superior in almost all aspects.
There's plenty of fast V6's but they don't get the coverage as they're, well, V6's. There's a guy that does Stock Eliminator and runs 12.33's in essentially a cam only V6. There are others that are rumoured to be running even faster, but they don't post online.
Sadly enough that turbo car had more potential than you could shake a stick at. From what I recall he was still dialing it in, and hadn't even set the boost to kill yet. Tim had some back problems and sold the car, but who he sold it to is not known by us in most of the community.
Dual GT35R's on an 8.0:1 compression engine and he only dyno'd it at 810whp, supposedly with more room to go.
The 3800 block and bottom end is great, the head design isn't the best as argued by many. It would have been nice to see a better cylinder head and intake design, but that never happened because the LS engine was a much better option for companies to support. There have been some people that have run over short bursts a good bit of boost on stock internals, but their setup doesn't always last too long. Others have garnered more success, but it depends upon the condition of the engine and the mentality of the owner.
At the minimum it is recommended to go with an L67 (supercharged) bottom end for the lower compression pistons.
You can't argue that this was one heck of a build, especially when you look at the business end of this beast:
Here's his dyno vid, it's been a few years since this car came out. He is even in the 8 second club here.
Sadly enough that turbo car had more potential than you could shake a stick at. From what I recall he was still dialing it in, and hadn't even set the boost to kill yet. Tim had some back problems and sold the car, but who he sold it to is not known by us in most of the community.
Dual GT35R's on an 8.0:1 compression engine and he only dyno'd it at 810whp, supposedly with more room to go.
The 3800 block and bottom end is great, the head design isn't the best as argued by many. It would have been nice to see a better cylinder head and intake design, but that never happened because the LS engine was a much better option for companies to support. There have been some people that have run over short bursts a good bit of boost on stock internals, but their setup doesn't always last too long. Others have garnered more success, but it depends upon the condition of the engine and the mentality of the owner.
At the minimum it is recommended to go with an L67 (supercharged) bottom end for the lower compression pistons.
You can't argue that this was one heck of a build, especially when you look at the business end of this beast:
Here's his dyno vid, it's been a few years since this car came out. He is even in the 8 second club here.
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Looks like he'd fit in to the #6 position right behind Pain's Camaro. Only difference is Tim King did it with a "lil 6er", rather than an LSx.
FYI, if you look at the beginning of the video it says the car weighs 3150 lbs... a full 200 lbs less than it's stock original weight.
