I can't wait until I'm able to redo the paint on this one. I'm thinking about doing it 2 toned. Same black on bottom with either a candy cherry or silver on top
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I can't wait until I'm able to redo the paint on this one. I'm thinking about doing it 2 toned. Same black on bottom with either a candy cherry or silver on top
Chip Foose once said when doing a two tone...black should never be the bottom half....
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Got to try out the new belt today. Went on a short trip and on the way back, tested it out about a mile from the house. It peaked and held at 10.5#, then I smelled it, antifreeze. Pulled into the driveway and seen that the steel tubing insert in the water pump for the heater core blew out, soaking the belt and everything else. I also noticed the intake elbow had blown off too. Im not sure when the insert blew off so im not sure if it had more boost in it. I think I'm going to tap the water pump for an fittings and cap them for now.
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Originally Posted by firebird_1995
Good news... and bad news... but progress none the less!!
Didnt soak the opti did it?
Man you are maxed out on correction and AFR is whacked.
yeah its soaked. It was the insert that is right below the thermostat.
DAMN...maybe make one of those opti shields just in case. Hope its ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird_1995
good eye jim. Those pictures were taken while viewing the data log. I believe the AFR correction data is only correct in real time. Did you notice the six tenths of a second from idle to full boost?Quote:
Originally Posted by JPack
:D
Thats the beauty of that type of s.c. instant boost. Typically a dyno shows instant boost, flatline hp/torque across. Pulls like a freight train. Always fun!!
Made some changes to the setup. I made an adapter to go from the ford m122 elbow to an lt1 throttle body. I moved the throttle body back to the inlet of the supercharger. I think I was using the wrong source for vacuum to the boost bypass valve. The setup on the gt500 uses a source on the 45° elbow between the throttle body and supercharger. I was using manifold vacuum. Hopefully this will tame it down a little bit and make it more street friendly. I will test it tomorrow and see.
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That looks really nice. Im glad ur still working on making thisbset up right...
LTXtech.com is my drug.
I'd love to heard that thing run
It was loud and violent.. sounded like THUNDERQuote:
Originally Posted by fullforce
you just running straight pump gas Chris?
Yes. Usually 91/93
have you ever considered the corn!
Yea when I was putting the fuel system together. Last run I made, @5k rpm I was seeing 10# of boost and 85% duty cycle on the injectors. This was at 12.3:1 afr and they are 60#. I think id have to put some monsters in there to run e85
What are te benefits of e85? Is this mostly just for boosted engines or beneficial to n/a engines as well?
yes. i ran 62.5lb injectors on motor with stock lt1 fuel pressure. it's roughly 35% more fuel you need. i would imagine your set up would roughly need around a 80ishlb injector but that all depends on how much boost you are/wanting to run, fuel pressure and how much duty cycle your'e ok with.Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird_1995
and smoke em all the benefits are quite a bit, higher octane, cooler intake charge, and an oxygenated fuel that WILL make more power then a non oxygenated gas/ race gas. but only down fall really is availability depending on your location, fluctuating in ethanol content, and the fuel itself isn't harmful to your fuel system, the fact that the alcohol based fuels will attract moisture and that's what will eat away and corrode stuff...
lots of myths and bs on e85 but go on yellowbullet and see how many hundreds of guys run it with a plain jane AN line and just draining in during the winter and been doing it for years. The moisture it attracts is the thing that is actually harsh on stuff. either keep a full tank or drain it and you'll be fine.
i tested well over a dozen batches of it from spring to early fall... all of it dead on at e85, late fall and winter they add 15% more gas to help with cold starting
I think I'm going to max out around 12#. Looking at putting doing away with the factory bypass valve and doing a blow off valve located in the charge piping. The factory one isn't working right with the throttle body on the intake
Just bump line pressure and voila, bigger injectors. I had to do that with my 80#s at LT1 rail pressure.
is it already pullied all the way down?Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird_1995
yes, only to a point.. low end $ injectors can malfunction with high pressure, when i order my new ones i plan on getting around a 40ish at stock pressure and have them flowed at around 65-70psi..Quote:
Originally Posted by shownomercy
I think Moran's are like rated out of the box at 100psi
Mine seemed to be happy at 55-60 base psi, so with 10psi of boost, they see I guess 70 area.
which injectors?\Quote:
Originally Posted by shownomercy
I've got the smallest pulley I can get on the sc and a 8" crank pulley. I don't trust the factory bypass valve is holding so I may see more.
Siemens dekas or somethingQuote:
Originally Posted by dawdaw
got any pictures of the bypass valve you're talking of?Quote:
Originally Posted by firebird_1995
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The valve is on the top of this picture. Its got a 1 3/4" butterfly controlled by that actuator on the left side of the case in the picture at the top. It just allows the pressurized air to exhaust to a chamber on the intake side of the blower. I want to dump to atmosphere
Is that what guys that run these blowers that are wanting to push it do?
No. The way the vacuum operates it is different from the way they do it which is why its not working for me. They run the throttle body on the inlet of the sc and as much as I've tried, I just can't get it to run like that. With the piping and intercooler it just has too much plenum volume and there is no control at idle. They source the vacuum for the bypass in between the tb and inlet of the sc, it never sees boost in the factory application. Running my tb on the intake the only source I have is intake vacuum which sees boost. Because of that the valve has no middle ground. Once it sees 10" of vacuum it begins closing, which brings in the boost, which then slams it closed. Theres no adjustment on it as to when it begins closing. Its a bitch on the street, pretty much all or none. By running a regular bov I should be able to adjust it to close at a lower vacuum and make it a little more streetable. I think by letting the stock bypass see pressure on the diaphragm it may be ruptured
I see.. gonna switch out it this winter and vent it to the atmosphere? think it'll pick up quite a bit?
Yes I'm going to change it out in the next few weeks and let it blow off to atmosphere. I don't think I'll pick up anymore boost. The last time I had it out I still had some belt slip. I was reading on a mustang forum that it is a common issue with that size pulley. It may be in my best interest to run a slightly larger sc pulley, if it cures the slip I may actually gain boost. My goal at this point is to make it more drivable. Set up like this it is not fun to drive at all.
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Got everything installed and did some tuning at idle. The BOV made it much quieter at idle. We are supposed to get up to 60° tomorrow so I'm hoping to get it on the road and see if it makes the drivability better.
Mannnnn, I LOVE the way that looks. Cant wait to see how it is now.
I like the symmetry of how the filter sits across the top of the intake..
Thanks. Working on getting the piping welded to eliminate as many silicone couplers as possible. Whatever is left I am changing to black. Also looking to paint the piping to match the car.
Looking forward to our next LTX Monte Shootout :D
I'm looking forward to another dyno day! I'd be more than happy to help pay for the rental fee. I'm sure my dad would too.
We are trying to finish out this year as strong as possible so the bank will loan us the funds to buy the building. But we will start trying to nail down a date for the next event.
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Been a while but I have a few things on working on.
I'm adding a throttle body on the inlet side of the supercharger in order to control the amount of air its pulling in at low or closed idle positions. Its going to be controlled by a servo motor and a little microprocessor called an "arduino". These things are fully programmable and have almost infinite possibilities. I'm going to see how it goes but I believe I could go back to the stock bypass valve and put an actuator control on it controlled by the arduino. Then I could program it to bypass at any throttle position regardless of vacuum level. This would allow me to run it with full boost control depending on how I program it. I can also program it to operate a meth or nitrous injection kit based off of map pressure, throttle position, iat, etc. I can also program in safeties like one that would allow boost to be bypassed in the event of a loss of fuel pressure or low oil shut down. I'm also going to add a remote start feature with GPS and cellular command. Text the car to start it, track it, or shut it down.... these things look amazing....
http://hacknmod.com/hack/use-an-ardu...tart-your-car/
Cant wait to see it. Is the mondo not helping enough?
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