kenne bell opinion

Stang302h.o said:

hef,what if i wanna get 2.1 kb,so any opinion or what should i install before???

thanks

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Well 've had my 2.1L KB for a couple of years. First ran it with the FMU but this past year changed over to a AEM-EMS and installed 42 lb injectors and a 255 lph fuel pump. Had a compression issue on #8 cylinder so I ended up having a custom built roller cammed engine. I'm still working on the tune so I don't know where the numbers are. But I must say it's a fun car.

I have done extensive research
on blowers ... Centri and KB's

I've seen many say this about KB's

If you already got h/c/i ........

The small KB will run outta breath
or
It just don't got the beans to feed such a combo on the big end

Grady

I had a 1.5L and a 2.2L KB blower when I had my '95. Edelbrock heads and a custom cam, that's it - and a good tune. Naturally, I had to add a different MAF and 42# injectors. It was a total blast on the street - and on the strip, the 3700# convertible had a best time of 11.1/123. Your results may vary.

I ran 14# of boost with a Flowzilla inlet and a homemade water injection setup before they became popular. I only blew HGs when I was pushing it to the limit trying to do better, but I knew the risks. I think I tried 22* of spark with an 12.4 A/F when I blew one of them one time - something I'd NEVER do with a customer's car and looking back on it, pretty stupid.

I would NOT be afraid to run one in the summer in Vegas with 10# or less of boost and water/meth injection - in fact my old 1500 KB CAME use from Vegas where a guy used it on a '95 Cobra doing those high speed runs. You just have to be sensible about it, like no back to back track runs and on the highway, cruising, don't nail it right away. Get into mild boost so the water/meth cools things for a bit then get on it. And be sure the tune is setup properly for one. Very few tuners know how to set these up correctly, but you can use the ACT sensor's output as a really good 'safety valve' to keep the motor together.

FWIW, there is a guy on Corral (Tinman) in the Cinci area with the world's fastest KB 5.0 car. He beat Joe's car's time (from Kennedy's) a while back. And his is not an exotic modified KB with an IC like Joe's car was.

Don

so there is still hope?

I can't be for certain if they are still there
but
If you wanna go look for them

Like 3 years back or maybe even 4 years

Tons and tons of old posts on the Corral were done by Don 95Vert,
and several other knowledgeable KB folks.

Don has done so much with those blowers so using his name
would give you a big leg up on making your research less of
an effort.

We have had several peeps run KB's here as well and
I wanna say the name Matt pops up when I think of
those who would be worthy of research on the subject

Just wanted to share a way to see some info from those .........

Who done it

I will not get involved in the debate of Centri vrs KB

I will say each is great ... AND AS ALWAYS ............
Application and User Ability will make or break a successful combo :Word:

The KB is different from a Centri
thus
One must think and do things differently if they wanna run one
well
That is ... if they wanna be in the group of successful KB folk

Grady