Can anyone at PRI get me Mustang dyno info, sales pamphlets?

 

SDPC 402 short block $3,995.00
LS2 intake conversion kit $1,375.00
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TOTAL $5,370.00

The intake conversion kit includes: LS2 intake, LS2 fuel rail, injector o-ring kit, TPIS 90mm tb (for F body), and the new SDPC billet throttle cable bracket!!

 

I'll be at PRI and look forward to meeting some of you.

Jessie

 

I see u are having a hard time with knock sensors.
I had an idea (Thanks Tom)...

Why not drill 2 holes in the block in a safe area,then weld and tap 2 bungs.U could then screw the LS1 style sensors into the block and make ext harness's to clip onto the factory knock sensor harness.U would now have working knock sensors from your old ls1 and your pcm would read the KR if u had any.I thought it was a smart idea instead of figuring reference signals and running LS2 knock sensors but I guess maybe u can drill and weld a bung to the block?

What do u guys think....

 

I think "horsepower" is trying that as we speak. Check out post# 92

 

Having the knock sensors disconnected is not a big deal.You just need it tuned correctly.Fords still don't have knock sensors and they have the biggest market in superchargers.I've been running my stock motor'd /supercharged Vette all year without knock sensors.

 

I was able to talk to alot of different people at the PRI show about our knock sensor problem. Everyone I talked to said even if you could make them work it would be best to just turn them off anyway. If you take a stock LS1/LS2/LS6, and change to a forged piston, the knock sensor will pick up the extra noise. Most turbo,& blower cars run into the same problem, so for the most part I think with a good tune would should not have a problem.

 

We are building a 402CI LS2 right now and I can tell you, its no problem. I plan on tuning the car on the conservative side so as not to need the sensors.

 

This was posted in reference to the knock sensors:
hmm, but didn't he try to hook up LS2 knock sensors, installed in an LS2 engine, to an LS1 PCM? I can see why that wouldn't work - the signals from the LS2 knock sensors are currently incompatible with the LS1 PCM

But what about taking LS1 knock sensors, installing them in an LS2 engine, and wiring them up to an LS1 PCM? Has anyone tried this?

OTOH, maybe just screw it - make the tune on the conservative side, keep the compression ratio on the safe side, turn off the knock sensors with LS1 Edit. The extra cubes, LS2 intake and 90mmtb will make up for any power you lost by erring on the side of caution.

BMW didn't use Knock Sensors on E34 M5s - and that was a 3.6 to 3.8 liter I-6 making 315 to 340 horsepower, spinning to 7000 rpm. Fairly high strung engine, and most of them are still running fine at 100K miles and beyond today.

 

The current skeptics insist that because if the different location of the knock sensors, detonation will sound different to the sensors and not be picked up correctly. The acoustics could easily be vastly different from under the valley covers vs. the side of the block.

-T

 

Give me a couple of weeks and I will try precisely that. The other thought I have is the LT1 knock sensors that were designed for a block location.

Anyone know if that circuit is the same?? I have enough Helms manuals that I will check the circuit diagram myself here in a few days.

The LT1 KSers worked on a constant +5 v signal. If the microphone (KS) heard knock it interrupted the signal and the pcm took out timing as it had been programmed to do. If that is the same for the LS1 pcm, than the LT1 sensors may work better since they have been built for a block location.

Perry

 

He did try the LS2 sensors and they did not work.

 

Another sensor that might work is the knock sensor that the Grand Prix uses . . . it is mounted on the side of the block in a similar location to the LS2.

 

Do you have pictures of the LS2 knock sensor location showing the sensor? I had a GTP for 7 years, so I know what they look like.

DEE

 

We're talking about trying the LS1 sensors. Or some LT1 sensors, or apparently some Grand Prix 3.8 sensors - whatever works

 

He tried it both ways and could not get either to work at the time.

 

you said he could tell that they didn't work "just by hooking them up" - does this mean that they wouldn't fit in the block, or they wouldn't communicate with the PCM? Because the LS1 knock sensors have no trouble being hooked up to the LS1 PCM.

I assume that "just by hooking them up" means he didn't run the enigne and see what happened.



It's just a question of
1) do they fit in the LS2 block ?
and
2) do they report useful information to the LS1 PCM from their location in the LS2 block, or is the noise so different in the new LS2 location that they are rendered non functional?

 

The knock sensors on the LS2 not only mount in a different location, but they are also a totally different design. If you were able to somehow mount the LS1 knock sensors on an LS2 block they would not work properly because you have to mount them someplace other than the lifter galley.

Andrew

 

OooooOooOoo !!

Boy has this ever sparked my interest. I wanted to go bigger cubes on the next project...

Just to clarify - I can pop my heads/cam/accessories onto this shortblock and vrooom off I go ? Tuning change required probably ? What about injectors (my '99 26#'ers are very close if not maxed at 410rwhp).

Hmm, maybe should just go with the LS2 intake/rail setup and some new injectors from Texas Speed...
What an unbelievable deal ! Any guesses what kind of hp/tq some Stage II 5.3 liter heads (milled .030) with a 222/224 cam would make on the 402 ?

Thanks !!
Bad30th

 

No to both questions. The LS1 PCM does not pick up the frequency that the LS2 knock sensor sends. The LS1 knock sensor will not fit in the stock LS2 sensor location on side of the block. This doesn't mean you can't weld in a provision (like some suggested) to make it work, but as it sits the 2 are not compatible unless someone can maybe adjust the parameter of the PCM frequency so the LS1 PCM can pick up the LS2 knock sensor signal.

Maybe Kris and Mikey are right to just tune the car conservatively and let it go at that. Which leads to a different question of: Who runs a LS1/LS6 stroker without knock sensors?

In all honesty the knock sensors have always given me fits of false knock, so maybe just tune them out.