Bud
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Might as well start off with the money shot, then get into the details:
Figured it was time to share some progress. I wanted to get my car competitive in a local heads up racing org here and Ken, Jake, and Lund agreed to help by using one of their twin kits on my car as further testing of the Alpha kit in a remote install scenario. With the huge DA's we see in Colorado, turbo seemed the best choice of power adder to efficiently overcome the thin air, and the base turbos supplied in the Lund Kit fit perfectly in my class limit of twin 60's. Anybody near Colorado interested in heads up racing here check out Automotive Performance Center racing
My car ran 10.42 last year with a whipple 2.9 and stock bottom end, stock 6r80, and 2c circle D converter in ~10,000 DA's in 100 degree weather. With the help of the Lund Kit and some other changes I'm hoping to knock at least a full second off of that time at elevation. When this car hits sea level expectations are to be well into the 8 second range
I'm more of a disassembler so luckily I have a buddy here that has done the turbo install and tons of other work on the car, Jon (Slagburn here on the forum.) Greatly appreciate that help, this project just wouldn't happen without it.
Now onto the build list:
Now onto some pics of past and present:
Here is what the car looked like last year in it's 10.4x trim:
Here is a vid of one of my better mph runs last year, this was on a 10,000 density altitude day in 100 degree temps:
After deciding to get serious and try to be competitive heads up, the perfectly good motor with <8000 miles on it was pulled to go stronger. So we went from this:
To This:
Then the motor got shipped off to Michael at L&M to have him throw in some solid parts. Once it got back we threw it back in the car in N/A form for breakin and to wait on the turbo bits. Stock power just isnt' the same after having over double it for a year:
Then came time to get ready for the 10pt cage install:
Along the same time bunches of fun stuff started showing up, including the turbo bits, rear end parts, seats, brackes, etc:
Since the strange rear and center parts showed up, Jon assembled it so Overkill could slap it in the car while it was at their shop:
A few of these guys showed up for the rear as well:
Quick test fit with the rear in the car just to get an idea of how things will look/fit:
Meanwhile the chassis shop was a bit backed up so we grabbed the car back to start throwing transmission and turbos at it. Here it is the day after picking it up...loving me some Colorado spring time:
Got the powerglide up in the tunnel, took some massaging due to how wide the pan/rails are on the glide. Crazy to think a 6spd auto fit in there so well:
And finally we are back to the present, the money shot with the turbo kit installed. We got to fire it up on a temp fuel system with a manual bump of the starter. Was great to hear it fire and idle after sitting for quite some time. I unfortunately don't have any video yet but will try to grab some. The car sounds amazingly tame for open downpipes, people will have no clue what the car is capable of from the sound of it.
Figured it was time to share some progress. I wanted to get my car competitive in a local heads up racing org here and Ken, Jake, and Lund agreed to help by using one of their twin kits on my car as further testing of the Alpha kit in a remote install scenario. With the huge DA's we see in Colorado, turbo seemed the best choice of power adder to efficiently overcome the thin air, and the base turbos supplied in the Lund Kit fit perfectly in my class limit of twin 60's. Anybody near Colorado interested in heads up racing here check out Automotive Performance Center racing
My car ran 10.42 last year with a whipple 2.9 and stock bottom end, stock 6r80, and 2c circle D converter in ~10,000 DA's in 100 degree weather. With the help of the Lund Kit and some other changes I'm hoping to knock at least a full second off of that time at elevation. When this car hits sea level expectations are to be well into the 8 second range
I'm more of a disassembler so luckily I have a buddy here that has done the turbo install and tons of other work on the car, Jon (Slagburn here on the forum.) Greatly appreciate that help, this project just wouldn't happen without it.
Now onto the build list:
- L&M built motor, 11 to 1, Diamond pistons, Manley billet I-beam rods, MMR valve springs w/ titanium retainers, ARP bolts/studs, tss oil pump gears, stock cams/heads
- Lund Racing twin turbo kit with base turbos
- Strange 9" rear shortened just a bit (basically the cobrajet housing), 35 spline, Aluminum yukon case, spool, trying 3.50 gears first
- Powerglide trans - Reid SFI case and bell, transbrake, 1.80 1st gear
- Strange brakes front and back to drop some weight
- Wolfe Racecraft 10pt chromoly cage being welded in by Overkill Racecars
- Various suspension bits
- Trunk Fuel Cell and Weldon 2345-a fuel pump, scrapped the stock tank to drop some weight and move it towards the rear
- Putting the car on a major diet, would be nice to see it near 3400 with me in it this year
Now onto some pics of past and present:
Here is what the car looked like last year in it's 10.4x trim:
Here is a vid of one of my better mph runs last year, this was on a 10,000 density altitude day in 100 degree temps:
After deciding to get serious and try to be competitive heads up, the perfectly good motor with <8000 miles on it was pulled to go stronger. So we went from this:
To This:
Then the motor got shipped off to Michael at L&M to have him throw in some solid parts. Once it got back we threw it back in the car in N/A form for breakin and to wait on the turbo bits. Stock power just isnt' the same after having over double it for a year:
Then came time to get ready for the 10pt cage install:
Along the same time bunches of fun stuff started showing up, including the turbo bits, rear end parts, seats, brackes, etc:
Since the strange rear and center parts showed up, Jon assembled it so Overkill could slap it in the car while it was at their shop:
A few of these guys showed up for the rear as well:
Quick test fit with the rear in the car just to get an idea of how things will look/fit:
Meanwhile the chassis shop was a bit backed up so we grabbed the car back to start throwing transmission and turbos at it. Here it is the day after picking it up...loving me some Colorado spring time:
Got the powerglide up in the tunnel, took some massaging due to how wide the pan/rails are on the glide. Crazy to think a 6spd auto fit in there so well:
And finally we are back to the present, the money shot with the turbo kit installed. We got to fire it up on a temp fuel system with a manual bump of the starter. Was great to hear it fire and idle after sitting for quite some time. I unfortunately don't have any video yet but will try to grab some. The car sounds amazingly tame for open downpipes, people will have no clue what the car is capable of from the sound of it.
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