Nine Ball ran a 10.67 @ 128mph with a N/A 434, and this was with a full weight car. You have a BLOWN 422 and are still slower then he was...

Oh and most "streetable" H/C setups I've seen are making 420-460rwhp. So what are you talking about?

 

You liked the sound of the ATI at idle? Mine sounds really bad at idle(like a Cement Truck), but smooths out when spinning up. I have yet to hear anybody saying otherwise till now..

 

The main reason I like it is because I can actually hear it. I haven't beard enough blowers to really judge which sounds good. I judge the audbility of it.

From the way this post is going, I take it I'm either going to have to get a big turbo(s) or a big (F1) S/C. Sound about right?

 

People in front me tell me they hear the blower, people behind me tell me they hear the exhaust. But when I bust that surge valve open after 5 or 6 lbs. of boost, jaws just drop Myself included. That is the coolest sound ever!

This truck next to me asked me to do a quick blast so he could hear, which I oblieged and then turned into a gas station to fill up. Next thing I know two S/Ced foxes pull in cause they heard me. And my exhaust is loud as hell(LTs and cutout)! So even though inside the car I don't hear the blower so well when I get on it, people outside say they hear it well. Hope this helps.

Mike

 

I've noticed that the more boost I run the louder the whine gets. My D-1SC whines loud enough for me to hear it over my exhaust with the 3.85 pulley. My cars pretty damn loud too.

 

I can hear my D-1SC at full boost over the exhaust when its closed, but if the cutout is open, thats a different story...

 

Just buy one of those fritzed out dogs and put it in the passenger seat and hook a dog whistle up to the blow off valve. :p

 

Since this guy is talking about just putting on a supercharger and not starting with a big cube motor, that was the position I was arguing. It IS true a big cube motor will suck up a large cam sufficiently to make it streetable. But, I don't think that is the case with stock cubes.

Maybe I should clarify... a stock cube engine built heads / cam (in my experience) may make 400 RWHP. An FI stock motor should do more (even with the added weight of the SC kit). I thought anyone would realize that from the HP numbers I threw out.

Oh, and I don't see my 422 outperforming a big cube NA motor (which will have much higher compression and is optimized for NA) until I crank the boost. So far I'm only making 5 PSI to start and 7 or 8 PSI at peak RPMs. My motor is not optimized for peak power yet.

When will it be? When I can get enough money to properly feed it for higher boost and keep parts from breaking from the power/torque.

 

Hey Mike, you're in EFA aren't you? You think we can meet up sometime so I can check out your setup in person? BTW, I'm Raptor on the EFA board.