- Joined
- May 27, 2001
Guys,
I just got off the phone with Ken Smith.
The motor is still warm in the back of the Tahoe as he drives it home.
-The new 1.5 A/R Turbine Housing was installed.
-Timing was set at 37* yes that is not a misprint!
-The carb was tweaked to provide 11.5 A/F
At 20psi the lowest he could get the twin Tial 41MM Gates to hold it made
1589HP.
At 24psi it made 1598HP and had 34psi of back pressure.
The conclusion is that the turbo is the limiting factor on the max horse power at this point. 1600HP on a non intercooled blow through is pretty awsome!
With a liquid to air intercooler the motor would pick up about 200HP.
With a bigger compressor wheel all best are off.
For this season Ken will go out and get used to the 1600HP that he has on tap now. The car should make some warm weather testing in a couple weeks.
Good luck bro!
I just got off the phone with Ken Smith.
The motor is still warm in the back of the Tahoe as he drives it home.
-The new 1.5 A/R Turbine Housing was installed.
-Timing was set at 37* yes that is not a misprint!
-The carb was tweaked to provide 11.5 A/F
At 20psi the lowest he could get the twin Tial 41MM Gates to hold it made
1589HP.
At 24psi it made 1598HP and had 34psi of back pressure.
The conclusion is that the turbo is the limiting factor on the max horse power at this point. 1600HP on a non intercooled blow through is pretty awsome!
With a liquid to air intercooler the motor would pick up about 200HP.
With a bigger compressor wheel all best are off.
For this season Ken will go out and get used to the 1600HP that he has on tap now. The car should make some warm weather testing in a couple weeks.
Good luck bro!