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Figured id share my garbage..
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tjpatte
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I’m thinking a Hell Yeah on this one! Treatin launch like having a 8 1/4 rear
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
Massive vacuum leak on a throttle shaft. First pass it fell flat on its face. 8.4 at 110.
Second pass I babied it out of the hole, slowly rolled into it and short shifted it. 7.1 at 112.
Didn’t break it so I can’t complain too much.
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
The 112 pass it felt SLOW. I’m going to be overly critical of how it ran, but it’ll get sorted eventually.
tjpatte
Well-Known Member
Wow, that seriously is a hot back half!
I was pretty happy with this, I’m that Patterson fella.
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
You should be happy with it. It hauled *** and didn’t break. AND the engine was in pieces on your garage floor 3 days ago.
Congrats. Good to hear it held together and ran hard
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
The difference between your car making a clean pass (my brother) and your car falling on its face and going a 3.2 60’
I’ll just say I’m happy I wasn’t recording in the car
I’ll just say I’m happy I wasn’t recording in the car
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
After some much needed sleep and some time for reflection. I had a killer time with my friends and family. Crazy to run 131 to the 1000’ on the street and not be bothered only to be a nervous wreck in the lanes. Cant wait for the next track day, next time I’m going with zero expectations. Check the A/F on the return road photo. Big yikes.
Just know that combustion makes the most heat at stoic (14.7:1 for regular gasoline). Ask any small aircraft pilot, combustion temps get cooler the further you get from stoic -- in either direction. The reason for going rich under heavy load is to both cool combustion, and to better facilitate spark ignition under extreme pressure. You can cool combustion just fine at 16.82:1 AFR so long is it doesn't induce ignition misfires. Be scared at 14.5:1, be very scared!
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
I was nervous also and have no idea why. All the dumb crap we do and making a pass at Pomona was nerve racking. I don’t get it. After the first one though the nerves went away and it was game on.
Don’t fret the afr on light load, that’s in the carb tune up and right where it needs to be. You’ll get good mileage and like @mpgmike said above it’ll run fine there as long as it’s not misfiring.
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
Cutting up some old brackets to move the alternator to the drivers side. Gotta figure out how to get the plug in the alternator now, but it opens up a TON of room to build something and let the motor breathe cold air instead of being fed through the radiator. @TT5.9mag has been on me for awhile to do this. Finally decided to mess around and see what I could come up with. Couple spacers and clean up the scrap metal and I’ll be in business.
That looks good, boy that's seriously a full engine bay lol.
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
Whole lotta nonsense and nowhere to put it. Been a struggle
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
A whole lotta badassery
TT5.9mag
Two atmospheres are better than one
I love it. Now we need to get a 5” aluminum 90 on the turbo inlet. I have one we can fit.
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
Had to shave down a bunch of nonsense on the back of the alternator, ditch the plug and use spade connectors, but otherwise it’s in. Eventually I may need to build a “Z” bracket to bolt to the block and alternator to stabilize it more. Few nuts, washers, and a belt otherwise it cost nothing but time.
Good, that's what I was thinking too.
I had a 60amp denso alternator mounted in almost the same spot, and had trouble keeping them alive. Voltage would drop after about 15 minutes at operating temp. New alternator every year(oreily lifetime came in handy). I hope you have better luck!
Turbo440Dart
crank runner over-er
So far it’s been on the car for awhile (3ish years if I had to guess) and hasn’t given me an issue but doesn’t have a whole ton of miles on it. Amperage wise it’s lacking at night with everything on but otherwise does good if it’s above idle. Time will tell but thankfully it’s a fairly common alternator if I do need one
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