Two 5.3's, & a 100mm Turbo...
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Two 5.3's, & a 100mm Turbo... First off, I like the bazaar. More outlandish the better.
I got this idea from watching tractor pulls for decades, so bare with me. I have a few 5.3's laying around & I have a friend that has a 100mm turbo laying around, enough for 1200HP+.
The idea's to take two 5.3's & join them front to back, essentially making a 10.6L, V-16. That should make about 600HP. Slap on the 100mm & run 16PSI on E85.
Bam! 1200HP for dirt cheap.
I have a decent handle on how to join them(tractor pulls remember), but...
What to put it in?
I got this idea from watching tractor pulls for decades, so bare with me. I have a few 5.3's laying around & I have a friend that has a 100mm turbo laying around, enough for 1200HP+.
The idea's to take two 5.3's & join them front to back, essentially making a 10.6L, V-16. That should make about 600HP. Slap on the 100mm & run 16PSI on E85.
Bam! 1200HP for dirt cheap.
I have a decent handle on how to join them(tractor pulls remember), but...
What to put it in?
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I thought about an Astro-van.
What I'm thinking in an automotive application is, because the thing would be a torque monster, is link the engine, through a properly stalled converter, directly to the rear diff.
Have it idle @750 & have the converter come on at 1100-1200RPM, & rise from there.
What I'm thinking in an automotive application is, because the thing would be a torque monster, is link the engine, through a properly stalled converter, directly to the rear diff.
Have it idle @750 & have the converter come on at 1100-1200RPM, & rise from there.
Why all the effort when you can do 1200hp on a single 5.3L for dirt cheap. If you really wanted to go to all the effort to link stuff together I would slap two 100mm on it and set a goal for at least 2000hp.
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Think, Cheap. I'm talking JY. Truck manifolds & all. Stock cam, heads, intake, etc.
That's why the airboat struck me. Very little perifferals & I have uncles into air boating & both are intrigued to try it.
That's why the airboat struck me. Very little perifferals & I have uncles into air boating & both are intrigued to try it.
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Or twin 90s or twin 88s... but you get the point. haha
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Yeah, awesome times we live in, right?
I think it's great we have such better engineered engines to play with. I just like the V-16 concept... Same power but low RPM Efficient. Also, I figure I could have it up and running for a couple grand.
I think it's great we have such better engineered engines to play with. I just like the V-16 concept... Same power but low RPM Efficient. Also, I figure I could have it up and running for a couple grand.
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If I wanted to do AWD, in my mindly-ventures into Wild-Dom. But I would say actual AWD viscous coupling. A simple coupling tourque converter would make it way more compact.
I'm talking cheap too because its exactly what I'm using. 150k+ mile 5.3L, stock intake and exhaust manifolds, stock 862 junk, etc and it has no problem getting fed the beans by an 88mm. Double that up and your easily on the verge of 2000hp.