New arrival (3+ years in waiting)

[DarkblueTA]

Originally Posted by Toomnymods

Just wondering some more variables of your setup where it wouldnt spool..

Did you have a ball bearing turbo?
What was the dia. of the primaries on your long tubes?
What was your collector size on the longtubes?
What dia piping to the turbo from the manifolds?
Lastly how far back was the turbo?
Was your volumetric efficiency around 93% like the VK56 engine with cams at 6k?

Without knowing all of your setup its like comparing apples to oranges..

1 No, normal journal. BB only spools 200-300rpms faster. If you think otherwise, you're fooling yourself. STS kit on a 2002 SS Camaro from T76 to a BB 76 only added the above spool time. He also runs 10.1 @ 135 in the vegas heat and is driven around town all the time.
2 primaries were 1 5/8" Normal long tubes on a 5.7 liter AND they were coated.
3. Collector was around 3"
4. 2.75"-ish
5. replaced the muffler
6. If you think the VE is 93% you're kidding yourself.

I also had a smaller turbo with a .80 a/r on the ehaust side. I already told you all the stuff we did to the exhaust system pre turbo after putting it on and then it worked fine afterwards. If you don't want to listen, that's not my problem. You forget that your turbo is going to be the biggest restriction in your exhaust.

Not apples to oranges only the vehicles are, turbo's are turbo's are turbo's and if you don't set it up right, it will not run correctly. Period. Now do yourself a favor and read up on the subject.

I'm done trying to help, good luck with your project and hope it works for you.

[Toomnymods]

I'm going to go ahead and buy me the .85 a/r exhaust housing and swap the 1.19 for a 1.06 and save it for later when i switch to a front mount after the motor is built.

I bought the dual ball bearing cause i heard it spools harder and realibity is much greater, i dont feel like having to tear it apart after a yr and replacing parts hopefully can get 2-3 yrs out of it before having to replace anything in the turbo

Our headers are nearly identical but my primaries are only 2.25" and my piping will stay 2.5" up to the turbo, and probably a 3.5" to 4" out the back

With a .85 ar This will spool fully by 3800 rpms right? I guess this is my goal, cause on the street when i floor it it almost instantly goes to 4k when the converter locks up ( i know you really can't go by the dummy gauge in the truck) but i imagine it's within 200 rpms or so

[Mychael101]

DarkblueTA, he obviously has enough faith in what people in message boards and salesmen have to say. Let him play the hand he was dealt. He's made it clear that he has it covered and doesn't need our help. I'm actually surprised that he is actually asking more and more questions of you.

BTW, I'm thinking I'll be heading your way in September for a weekend. So count on the first few drinks being on me. If things go well on my tuning project, I may end up down that way for several months.

Toomny, I wish you the best on your project. I look forward to your results regardless of the outcome.

[Toughtitan08]

The VK56 is 340 cu in and is over 100% vol efficiency when cammed. I can guarantee that Chris' engine puts out well over 400hp at the crank. I am also doing a single turbo setup based on the same turbo, GT4094R with
the 1.19 or 1.09 a/r. Garrett told me that with a 5.3L engine it will spool plenty fast enough. Mine will be front mount of course, in my 1986 Cutlass. I don't think the a/r will be that prominent an issue with him myself. If a little old 4.8L can spool a PT88 standard journal turbo then a slightly bigger BB 94mm turbo will not be that much of an issue for a bigger engine with better efficiency.

[kha4079]

Originally Posted by Qaher

the below is their setup for me what do you think?

Upgraded turbo LSX 7.0L short block $7350

Turbo Long block w/L92 heads $11350

Upgrades include Dragonslayer crankshaft, Lunati Hbeam rods, Custom Turbo Pistons, ARP studs, Steel top turbo Piston rings.

Note: i told them that i will have a STS twin turbo rated between 800 to 1000HP.

if u can get a hold of an LSX block id go bigger than 427. theres a guy here in houston doing a 482 LSX build with a turbo

[Toomnymods]

Ahhhh screw it Do this!! 540cuin. twin supercharged prob well over 1,600 hp and 1,200 tq
reading thru the comments it said on the street he de-tunes it down to 1,000hp lol

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/N...40ci_91856.htm

[JROCK70]

cant wait to see it man, im saveing up the money to start my beautiful titan project, hopefully ill be able to begin soon. I might have some question in the next few months.lol

[Toomnymods]

I ordered another 400 bucks of fuel stuff from Jeg's yesterday, I'm glad to say the fuel system is almost complete just need my 20 gallon fuel cell, RC engineering injectors, and custom made fuel rails.. Will post the pics soon as it arrives..

[Toomnymods]

OK the Shipment has Arrived :P

Here I mainly finished buying the rest of the Russell anodized 6an, 8an, and 10an fuel fittings, the 10AN stainless steel braided hose, and the MSD RPM pickup wire needed for the Aeromotive fuel controller i bought a few weeks ago..

All that is needed for the fuel system now is my 750cc RC engineering fuel injectors, and the custom made fuel rails

Here's the pics:



Might not look like much but this was over $400.00 of fuel accesories, pushing my total spent so far already over $6,000 now

In the center is the 8AN 180 degree fitting that'll be used for each fuel rail to feed fuel to the front of both of the fuel rails ( I bought two of these )




This was the most expensive part I bought in this session the 20 ft. of Russell 10AN stainless steel braided hose





Lastly is the MSD RPM pickup wire that'll be used to feed rpm signal to the Aeromotive fuel controller

[RelentlessNiSMo]

Great job buddy!! Cant wait to see the next step!! We got ours up and running again today...now back to the Dyno we go.