Turbo Vette Project

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Well if it seems I haven't been around in a while it's because I have been busy trying to get another project going. The graph below happended at only 11PSI of boost and we are looking at pushing 20 or so. We had a fuel system problem that was keeping me from pushing the car any further......
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Torque is the lighter blue right?

Can I have that engine? I'll trade ya for a butterscotch candy... I know your tempted.
 
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It's a 2000 vette. 405 cubic inch LS1 with 8.3:1 compression using a 6 liter truck block since the stock alumnium block won't support the kind of power we plan to make. Billet Callies crank, billet Howard's rods, can't remember the piston manufacturer but all good stuff. The heads are ported stock heads (by ligenfelter) they flow okay, but not the best on the market now since the project was started two years ago. The head/cam/intake combo we went with makes the motor very nice to drive off boost and it still gets 20MPG as long as we keep our foot out of the throttle.
Anyway, the power adder is a single Garrett GT42R ball bearing turbo and the numbers you see above were only at 11lbs of boost. I had a serious problem with the fuel system and had to stop there. We will be turning up the boost to 20 PSI as soon as we get the fuel system fixed. The car has some serious technology with the intercooling and other aspects. This will see some magazine coverage for sure once it is completely finished.
Yes the lighter line is torque and there is a swell when we first punched it because the boost did spike up to 14 for a bit before it settled down (boost controller settings need to be tweaked). That's why the torque has a "hump" right at the beginning. You can also see that the motor is still making power when we let out of it.
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Awesome project,,, God i love Ls1's now wheres wickman he will be all over this! LOL
 

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i knew you would show lol.... and yes im waiting for pics too!
 
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well I can give you guys a taste, but the car owner would be super pissed if i revealed the car berfore it is finished and he has a chance to pick on some supercars in the chicago suburbs.....LOL
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That's all I can give you for now....
 

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This forum needs a jawdrop smiley damn it!


Very nice!!!!!!
 

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Wow, you are going to have to post up some more pics when it is completed. Some video would be nice too, I bet that bad boy is going to sound awesome at WOT.
 
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Yeah it sounds really sweet when the turbo spools. It goes from sounding like a healthy V8 to a high pitch wail that dominates. We will probably be replacing the GT42R with a GT42RS or getting something custom made from Precision Turbo to support 1000 at the wheels, but for now we should be able to put down 850 at the wheels with the current turbo when we get the fuel system problem fixed. That's the reason we didn't push more than 11lbs of boost to it in the dyno graph. I may be changing my exped to turbo in the next year. You get more power at the same boost level as compared to a good turbo setup. Plumbing it up is another story however....LOL
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has this car been floting around the south burbs of Chicago???
 
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