93 Mark VIII
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After several months of troubleshooting problems, changing intercoolers, adding water injection, and changing electronics we did not make any progress. The car made 300RHWP with 8psi and with 24psi it made 300RWHP. Funny thing was that the car could only muster 300RWHP before we did the swap too, and that was with modifications that should have made atleast 350RHWP.
The answer to all of our questions came last week on the dyno. After a few pulls with the water injection on and pretty low intake temps we smelled somthing burning. Some more investigation revealed that we melted the floor on the dyno. Yes, the exhaust was SO hot that the headers were glowing and the entire floor of the dyno was as hot as a stove. The heat curled up some of the tiles and softened up all of the glue.
So where did all of the heat come from? After putting some of the smartest car people and engineers together I know we determined it's the camshaft overlap. It explains why the motor won't make more power with more boost, and why the exhaust is so hot. So now to get progress I would have to pull everything apart and change the camshaft.
This is where the project stops. It doesn't stop because we hit a wall, or because I am giving up. It stops because I can't devote enough time to get this car going in a reasonable amount of time. My own personal SC has not been drivable and I need to rebuild that transmission and put the motor back in. I also have been working about 35 hours a week with my tuning business on top of the 40 hours a week I work with my main job. At some point I will own a performance shop and perhaps continue where I left off, but right now I really need to put the focus back on taking care of business.
So for someone that's willing to spend the effort, I have everything for sale here. I am asking $2500, which I think is more than reasonable considering that there's well over $4K in parts alone. If you added up what it would cost to just upgrade your Eaton to the MP stuff with the FMIC, you would have already spent more money. Just keep in mind, this project is for someone that has some good mechanical experience.
http://www.sccoa.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=30669
As for chris's car, I found a motor that I can drop in fairly quickly and make the power he is looking for... so that was the logical choice.
Brian
The answer to all of our questions came last week on the dyno. After a few pulls with the water injection on and pretty low intake temps we smelled somthing burning. Some more investigation revealed that we melted the floor on the dyno. Yes, the exhaust was SO hot that the headers were glowing and the entire floor of the dyno was as hot as a stove. The heat curled up some of the tiles and softened up all of the glue.
So where did all of the heat come from? After putting some of the smartest car people and engineers together I know we determined it's the camshaft overlap. It explains why the motor won't make more power with more boost, and why the exhaust is so hot. So now to get progress I would have to pull everything apart and change the camshaft.
This is where the project stops. It doesn't stop because we hit a wall, or because I am giving up. It stops because I can't devote enough time to get this car going in a reasonable amount of time. My own personal SC has not been drivable and I need to rebuild that transmission and put the motor back in. I also have been working about 35 hours a week with my tuning business on top of the 40 hours a week I work with my main job. At some point I will own a performance shop and perhaps continue where I left off, but right now I really need to put the focus back on taking care of business.
So for someone that's willing to spend the effort, I have everything for sale here. I am asking $2500, which I think is more than reasonable considering that there's well over $4K in parts alone. If you added up what it would cost to just upgrade your Eaton to the MP stuff with the FMIC, you would have already spent more money. Just keep in mind, this project is for someone that has some good mechanical experience.
http://www.sccoa.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=30669
As for chris's car, I found a motor that I can drop in fairly quickly and make the power he is looking for... so that was the logical choice.
Brian
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