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Noobz calls it 'the dump truck'
I have to drive it till I resolve the Exxon Valdez oil leak on the gt.
You don't need an excuse or a vacation, we'll make a date and I'll burn a dead animal on the grill, I'm certain that you and 'that girl that puts up with you' could use a break.
Why thank you. As a matter of fact my friends call me mad max. Lol I come up with some wild stuff..... Well according to them I do....
Now I can see you all leathered up with a metal leg brace.
The things nightmares are made of.
The things nightmares are made of.
For the life of me I can't understand why there isn't a kit for this. A few intrepid individuals have pulled it off and made impressive numbers. I feel this should be a thing. I would buy it in a heartbeat. My feeble fab skills put this well out of the range of possibility for me.
Well if it was a kit...... then it would no longer be unique..... then I would hate it.
I am now worried I may have gone to far..... stock rebuilt bottom end, nothing is forged. Blower capable of xx psi and my never enough complex....
I may need to buy an underdrive pulley for the blower.... or put a check valve in the bypass line so it stays open.
In other news today I flipped the valve covers so the vents are at the front of the engine. And realized the bracket @karthief so kindly dropped off to me today for the fuel lines...... will need to be modified, I used arp bolts there is no stud for it to attach to.
I also checked the fuel lines for leaks, I didn't have the injector harness hooked up s I had no way to purge the air, car has been sitting for a while and I drained the lines when I took the rail off. A lot of time went by before the system built up pressure not worried about it yet.
I think next up will be the coil bracket that will dictate where other stuff goes.
Also what aree your thoughts on my throttle body situation... I had a crazy thought of making a manifold to bolt up on my elbow that will accept 2 explorer 65mm TB.... then 2 pipes and 2 filters..... hmmm now that I typed it out it sounds dumber than it looks in my head.
I am now worried I may have gone to far..... stock rebuilt bottom end, nothing is forged. Blower capable of xx psi and my never enough complex....
I may need to buy an underdrive pulley for the blower.... or put a check valve in the bypass line so it stays open.
In other news today I flipped the valve covers so the vents are at the front of the engine. And realized the bracket @karthief so kindly dropped off to me today for the fuel lines...... will need to be modified, I used arp bolts there is no stud for it to attach to.
I also checked the fuel lines for leaks, I didn't have the injector harness hooked up s I had no way to purge the air, car has been sitting for a while and I drained the lines when I took the rail off. A lot of time went by before the system built up pressure not worried about it yet.
I think next up will be the coil bracket that will dictate where other stuff goes.
Also what aree your thoughts on my throttle body situation... I had a crazy thought of making a manifold to bolt up on my elbow that will accept 2 explorer 65mm TB.... then 2 pipes and 2 filters..... hmmm now that I typed it out it sounds dumber than it looks in my head.
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I know a guy that does prototype modeling and aluminum CNC fabrication. I don't know all the technical terms....my edumacation only goes so fa. If there was an affordable manifold to put a blower on a fox I'd buy it. That was the plan at one point. I even had a blower from a Lightening. The one guy that did it had a huge following and a lot of orders....until he disappeared with a bunch of folks moolah. There were people all over the place looking for his kits.
His kit was pretty simple, basically, just a bunch of flat steel welded up to make a box for the blower to bolt on to and an extended blower snout with a support bearing and bracket.
You could even sell them with your own version of MSPNP and offer tuning, too.
Then you'd loose all your joy in fabricating " mad max style ".....and slip off the cliff of uncertainty, erasing your self from internet fame. The depression would give you a gambling habit....and maybe a few other habits....until you slip into the darkness never to emerge ( like that other loser ).
Then again...that would never be the Steve I know. Keep building baddassery and rock the ##$k out wit' your blowah out !!!!
Forgive me---- I've been drankin'
His kit was pretty simple, basically, just a bunch of flat steel welded up to make a box for the blower to bolt on to and an extended blower snout with a support bearing and bracket.
You could even sell them with your own version of MSPNP and offer tuning, too.
Then you'd loose all your joy in fabricating " mad max style ".....and slip off the cliff of uncertainty, erasing your self from internet fame. The depression would give you a gambling habit....and maybe a few other habits....until you slip into the darkness never to emerge ( like that other loser ).
Then again...that would never be the Steve I know. Keep building baddassery and rock the ##$k out wit' your blowah out !!!!
Forgive me---- I've been drankin'
It's cool. Me to!
It's different but I like it.
Actually the manifold I used is available, just has no injector bungs.... However a log with 4 120lb injectors behind the throttle body before the blower would have a chemical cooling effect..... and would work just as well. It can be done sir.
It's different but I like it.
Actually the manifold I used is available, just has no injector bungs.... However a log with 4 120lb injectors behind the throttle body before the blower would have a chemical cooling effect..... and would work just as well. It can be done sir.
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I really like the way you have it set up this time Steve. It looks like it belongs there, good job mister
But will it hit 140 mph? Lol
This set up look wayyyy cleaner than the one 90sickfox was speaking of.
I concur with the above, it looks like its suppose to be there. Well done!
I have an new, unused head bolt with the stud on top in my box of junk, er, parts. I bet I can even find the nut that belongs there.Well if it was a kit...... then it would no longer be unique..... then I would hate it.
I am now worried I may have gone to far..... stock rebuilt bottom end, nothing is forged. Blower capable of xx psi and my never enough complex....
I may need to buy an underdrive pulley for the blower.... or put a check valve in the bypass line so it stays open.
In other news today I flipped the valve covers so the vents are at the front of the engine. And realized the bracket @karthief so kindly dropped off to me today for the fuel lines...... will need to be modified, I used arp bolts there is no stud for it to attach to.
I also checked the fuel lines for leaks, I didn't have the injector harness hooked up s I had no way to purge the air, car has been sitting for a while and I drained the lines when I took the rail off. A lot of time went by before the system built up pressure not worried about it yet.
I think next up will be the coil bracket that will dictate where other stuff goes.
Also what aree your thoughts on my throttle body situation... I had a crazy thought of making a manifold to bolt up on my elbow that will accept 2 explorer 65mm TB.... then 2 pipes and 2 filters..... hmmm now that I typed it out it sounds dumber than it looks in my head.
Well if it was a kit...... then it would no longer be unique..... then I would hate it.
I am now worried I may have gone to far..... stock rebuilt bottom end, nothing is forged. Blower capable of xx psi and my never enough complex....
I may need to buy an underdrive pulley for the blower.... or put a check valve in the bypass line so it stays open.
I dont think you are going to have to worry about that. You have effectivly closed off half of the available entry to the supercharger inlet with your design. I doubt it will make the kind of boost you think it will. It will run strong, but you are leaving a LOT of hp on the table, and with a stock bottom end that may be a good thing.
Elaborate please. Besides the TB the crosssectional area of the inlet us much larger than that of the blower. In fact when I took the factory inlet off it was only provisioned for a 75mm TB.
Just trying to understand what it is you mean exactly so if I need to I can fixorate it.