I don’t have a huge update, but all of the parts are here. I pulled the upper intake and installed my 80 lb. injectors. A cursory examination of the lower intake shows it’s really clean, which is encouraging. The entire engine seems to be well maintained.
I removed the oil cooler lines, transmission cooler, fuel hardliners off the back of of the manifold, and loaded them all up along with my radiator. At some point in time this week I am going to have to spend an hour or 2 at Napa figuring out fittings and plugs, to make sure all of the truck parts fit with the existing car parts.
my gauges are still factory (barely functioning, and appallingly innacurate) with an aftermarket coolant temp gauge, it is painfully obvious to me that another $500 is going to end up getting laid out for an aluminum radiator, and I like the way the intellitronix digital gauges look and function. It reminds me of my C4, and I can get them in a blue that matches the stereo and the interior, so it’ll look good, I’ll just have to sleep on the couch for a month.
the turbos are a tease. Haha they aren’t being installed in this phase of the project, my friend with the fox body in some of the pictures is switching from a cx racing ball bearing turbo to a genuine borg Warner s366, so we were doing a comparison on the workbench. My intent for phase 2 (Intercooled turbo install) is to run a single s480 off the passenger side.
I did some calculations with various online calculators, and when I punched in conservative numbers, it looks like the the injectors will support 780 hp at 80% duty cycle, but the 300 lph pump I bought will only support 715, so until I put some money into the tank/pump setup, I think I’d probably keep this thing limited to the low 600’s.
I’ll give an update after my napa Trip. Then hopefully the next update you see will be the Colossal new drivetrain in the SS.
a side note, I know grandprix454 mentioned a weight gain in his thread, I think mine will be worse because he eliminated a lot of weight via intake and accessories. I believe my car will be in the 3700 lb. range when I’m done. Considering the fact that I’m increasing the horsepower by 60% and the torque by 90%, it should be fine.
I removed the oil cooler lines, transmission cooler, fuel hardliners off the back of of the manifold, and loaded them all up along with my radiator. At some point in time this week I am going to have to spend an hour or 2 at Napa figuring out fittings and plugs, to make sure all of the truck parts fit with the existing car parts.
my gauges are still factory (barely functioning, and appallingly innacurate) with an aftermarket coolant temp gauge, it is painfully obvious to me that another $500 is going to end up getting laid out for an aluminum radiator, and I like the way the intellitronix digital gauges look and function. It reminds me of my C4, and I can get them in a blue that matches the stereo and the interior, so it’ll look good, I’ll just have to sleep on the couch for a month.
the turbos are a tease. Haha they aren’t being installed in this phase of the project, my friend with the fox body in some of the pictures is switching from a cx racing ball bearing turbo to a genuine borg Warner s366, so we were doing a comparison on the workbench. My intent for phase 2 (Intercooled turbo install) is to run a single s480 off the passenger side.
I did some calculations with various online calculators, and when I punched in conservative numbers, it looks like the the injectors will support 780 hp at 80% duty cycle, but the 300 lph pump I bought will only support 715, so until I put some money into the tank/pump setup, I think I’d probably keep this thing limited to the low 600’s.
I’ll give an update after my napa Trip. Then hopefully the next update you see will be the Colossal new drivetrain in the SS.
a side note, I know grandprix454 mentioned a weight gain in his thread, I think mine will be worse because he eliminated a lot of weight via intake and accessories. I believe my car will be in the 3700 lb. range when I’m done. Considering the fact that I’m increasing the horsepower by 60% and the torque by 90%, it should be fine.
