Recent content by trbo355

Trust what this man says. He's right about all the misinformation posted here. Rod bolts in a turbo application have zero issues as the RPM isnt nearly as high as N/A and the compressive loads of huge turbo power dont affect the rod bolts at all. To add some info to the piston and rod...

Thanks for the kind words Mike. Wades car truly does drive like a showroom stocker in smoothness plus retaining all the creature comforts. I didnt really try the cruise control as the handle and switches felt broken to shit but everything else works very nice. Its misleading how smooth it is...

Well we got the car started and it sounds great! The 3 bar SD conversion with the late model PCM had me worried how it would start up since the SD table has to be made completely from scratch. Got lucky and it fired right up and ran really clean. The Hooker cat back exhaust is almost too quiet...

On Wades swap i used motor mount stands for a 3rd gen F body. Same thing a SBC G body would have had and Moroso solid mounts that are designed off the old school short/wide chevrolet mount. The engine side of things uses Dirty Dingo CNC alum plates with multiple forward/back positions...

Its a mini Sanden 7176 compressor and we used Kwik Performance accessory brackets. That mount position is somethging new they just came out with and it was perfect! You have to run a truck balancer and belt position to put it in front of the head like that but thats the most common balancer...

Heh heh Mike it sure would be cool. Justifying the cost is a little hard to swallow though. The power potential and what the car "could" do has gone thru the roof with the swap. Its got enough turbo to go high 8's potentaially and if its too heavy to do the number, a 100 shot of nitrous would...

Were expecting this thing to go low 11's on pump gas and plain old street tires on maybe 10-11 lbs boost and should crank WELL into the 9's with a little race gas, boost and sticky tires added. Turbo Buicks were WAY ahead of their time when new but its high time to inject a little modern tech...

Whats your name? Ill call him for ya and see whats up. Business really took off after the Car Craft article and i think he is a bit overwhelmed getting up to speed. I assure you he's a good guy and things will get straightened out soon. (edit) Are you Ron? I guess you guys talked and have...

Yep i think a tubular upper is mandatory to work and the new design sweeps the cyl 1 and 2 primaries back at a 45 degree angle as soon as possible to clear the damn A arm that sticks up more than typical SBC engine compartments. That was the only car i could see a big problem with. Steve says a...

I own the blue Chevelle in the Wrenchrat video and built most of the silver 67 chevelle with steves kit thats in this thread. I didnt help steve too much except a few suggestions as he did the design layout. I had a better idea of common problem areas (from building cars working for my dad Tim)...

Ha ha no its his buddy Marty Stromberger. Just throwing out a quick sales pitch to help him out!

Check out the newest issue of the april Car Craft about to hit the streets. Big article on the WrenchRat system bolted to a production block 355 SBC. Not gonna ruin the article for you guys but ill give you a hint. More than 850 whp non intercooled. Check it out!