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while i was pulling everything i had a spare 5.3 block, a fresh factory crank, k1 rods, and cp carillo pistons sent to the machine shop.
they bored the block to 3.905, installed new cam bearings, balanced the rotating assembly, and filed the rings for me.
Few nights later i finished putting the shortblock together with king bearings and ebay studs
should be a pretty healthy 347
got the engine assembled, cleaned and painted just about everything, and set it back in the car.
still need to finish a handful of little things but i think i have just about everything i need to finish it up
only piece of the puzzle missing is the intake/elbow
installed a holley single plane intake, holley rails, a giant edelbrock elbow, and a knock off throttle body
had to trim the hood a little, but it fits without cutting a hole
got the car all finished up and tuned
tried to run it non-intercooled but after a handful of tuning pulls on the street and a few passes at the track i couldnt seem to get it to eat over 20 psi without getting so hot it would eat spark plugs.
pulled enough timing to keep the plugs looking good and it was a slug
the non intercooled setup looked pretty sweet and took some weight off the nose of the car, but i didnt want to risk hurting it every time it went down the track with some power in it
put an intercooler back on and rewelded a ton of cold side pipe and ended up with this
I actually love the look of the non-intercooled setups and would've gone that way on mine, but after hearing all the compromises I decided against it. Yours looks really sharp either way. Nice work.
got the car all finished up and tuned
tried to run it non-intercooled but after a handful of tuning pulls on the street and a few passes at the track i couldnt seem to get it to eat over 20 psi without getting so hot it would eat spark plugs.
pulled enough timing to keep the plugs looking good and it was a slug
Thats a shame, any slips for the runs? How did it do with VS without the IC?
Seems like most of the successful hot air E85 guys are running twins. I'd think to get the equivalent of say twin S366's you'd need a single that can put out 150+lbs per min. Like an S588 or some of the big wheel Garrett's. Did you get any charge temp data around 20lbs with the S476?
made a pass on 14psi and it shook the tires pretty bad.
went 5.80 at 122 on a pretty crappy 60'.
iats on medium boost like that were in the 150 ish degree range with ambient temp around 45-50 degrees.
at 25 psi it pegs the iat sensor so i really dont know how hot it got
took the car to the dyno last weekend and ended up pushing water around 22-23 psi
i was playing around the day before trying to get some data with the intercooler on and made 300kpa and hit the boost cut.
i imagine it hurt a headgasket in the process.
pulling it apart now to have the heads checked and putting a new set of gaskets on.
got the car all finished up and tuned
tried to run it non-intercooled but after a handful of tuning pulls on the street and a few passes at the track i couldnt seem to get it to eat over 20 psi without getting so hot it would eat spark plugs.
pulled enough timing to keep the plugs looking good and it was a slug
Assumed you richened it up without the IC? I see guys over on the bullet running 10.5:1 or so pegging the sensor without issue. What plugs are you using? Try going a step colder? You didn't want to try meth?
Originally Posted by mkvamso
made a pass on 14psi and it shook the tires pretty bad.
went 5.80 at 122 on a pretty crappy 60'.
iats on medium boost like that were in the 150 ish degree range with ambient temp around 45-50 degrees.
at 25 psi it pegs the iat sensor so i really dont know how hot it got
I don't think 150 is bad at all, I've seen IC cars with that IAT
Originally Posted by Forcefed86
Thats a shame, any slips for the runs? How did it do with VS without the IC?
Seems like most of the successful hot air E85 guys are running twins. I'd think to get the equivalent of say twin S366's you'd need a single that can put out 150+lbs per min. Like an S588 or some of the big wheel Garrett's. Did you get any charge temp data around 20lbs with the S476?
There is that... he just needs another S476 to hang on the other side!
12-26-2016, 09:22 AM
