kp

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Dont forget you will adding about 100lbs for whatever forced induction setup, also the the extra weight of making you bar a cage.

If you could stay under 3200lbs raceweight then a D1SC would have a good shot at 8s in some good weather. But I would probably just go right into an F series either way.

PHIL H

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Then how do the ford boys do it with less stroke? I have seen alot of 33x ci engines with bigger turbos run pretty stout #'s...What about outlaw 10.5 cars with small blocks with twin 91's? They seem to spool ok...

mdhmi

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That's exactly how I feel. My ride is plenty fast for me so there just isn't any point in spending more money on go fast parts.

It didn't bother me one bit. I copied a well proved combo and have had a very fast dead nuts reliable street car for the last couple of years. Different strokes for different folks.

STEALTH TURBO C5

Cartek built this 8-second stock cube C5 back in 2005 , the car ran 8.40's at 159 , it was a custom built Cartek in-house twin-turbo kit , 346 with a stock crank , Cartek prepped LS6 heads , LS6 intake , hydraulic roller cam with stock rockers and an air to air intercooler , it also had a 12 bolt rear to get that power to the ground .

kp

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Forgot about Paul's car, thought he had a bigger engine when it was running solid 8s. Nice car though.

STEALTH TURBO C5

Nope , stock cubes , I really wish he went with a solid roller and Air to Water IC , the car would have run 7's with the 346 .

kp

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It was a nicely done car, where did the car end up? I assume he sold it.

mdhmi

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I thought the car ended up going to an over seas buyer.

DrTurbo

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With a huge stall and transbrake while on the line for 4-5 secs, its still tough to spool an 88-91. A 101 would be flat out HARD to spool.

Also the twin 91 SBC's are on alcohol......different story all together. You can spool ALOT bigger turbo on alky.

PHIL H

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Twin 91's (sbc) i am referring to is on gas not alky, so i wonder how he does it?

I remember Spetter back in the day had a 101 on his 33x ci engine and it was in the 7's with an igloo..SUrely the turbos are a little better now than they were 6 years ago.

TN94Z

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I will go with a F series regardless. I don't want to get the D1 and then want to upgrade soon after. I just want to do it right the first time.

TN94Z

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You are right. Its not that big of a deal to me really. I mean with so many people doing so many setups, it would be hard to not copy someone. I might as well pick a setup that has been doing well and get after it. Will there be a problem with running an aluminum block with high boost? I didn't think there would be, but it seems like I have read that alot of FI guys chose to run iron blocks instead.

kp

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Just about every car out there is a copy of something, most builders take other's ideas and modify or add some of their own. The best way to get a solid baseline is to copy someone else's setup that works. No shame in that at all..

If the iron blocks were the same weight it would be a no brainer but on a race car 100lbs on a front may as well be 500 at times. My block has a crapload of passes on it and its a weak LS6 block according to some. If you dont constantly detonate it or overheat the thing I think the aluminum blocks will hold quite a while. But I'm also prepared to throw it away at rebuild time..

TN94Z

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What about head gaskets? It seems I have read alot about pushing gaskets out lately.

TN94Z

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And I am going to search for this stuff too. I just start typing as it crosses my mind.

kp

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Head gaskets are head gaskets lol, cant have everything with an 8 second car. Plenty of threads on gaskets..