Dropping my car off at TPC Racing next week..
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Ya, the run with supersnake was a blast!
Casey,
With the DVs in that location, are you at all worried about debris entering the IC? Under vacuum the DV piston is open and unfiltered.
K&N does make filters that fit the DV outlet, we've used them in similar applications.
Looks great btw!
With the DVs in that location, are you at all worried about debris entering the IC? Under vacuum the DV piston is open and unfiltered.
K&N does make filters that fit the DV outlet, we've used them in similar applications.
Looks great btw!
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Right now, the only thing I really don't like about my setup is my inter-coolers. They're simply two pairs of stock GT2 ICs welded together.
According to Todd K. at Proto, they actually flow quite well, but they are definitely outdated compared to the new designs that have recently been produced for our cars.
TPC racing just released a new design of IC called Blitzkrieg 127mm inter-coolers. Since TPC is only 4 hours away from me and because Todd K. highly recommended them, I gave them a call.
Our plan is pretty simple. They're going to baseline dyno the car, and then replace my current ICs with a set of their new Blitzkriegs. Once installed, they'll put it on the dyno and along with Todd K., will retune it.
What I'm looking for is the maximum amount of power I can make on 93 octane and 100 octane. Both of which I can get directly from the pump in my area. I also want to see how much power we can make using MS109 (105 octane) at the 1.6 to 1.7'ish BAR level.
For comparison, the car previously made 719 rwhp at 1.5 BAR on Sunoco 104 with the current setup.
Anyway, I'll give you guys updates as required. I'm also looking at hitting the drag strip on 19 March.
According to Todd K. at Proto, they actually flow quite well, but they are definitely outdated compared to the new designs that have recently been produced for our cars.
TPC racing just released a new design of IC called Blitzkrieg 127mm inter-coolers. Since TPC is only 4 hours away from me and because Todd K. highly recommended them, I gave them a call.
Our plan is pretty simple. They're going to baseline dyno the car, and then replace my current ICs with a set of their new Blitzkriegs. Once installed, they'll put it on the dyno and along with Todd K., will retune it.
What I'm looking for is the maximum amount of power I can make on 93 octane and 100 octane. Both of which I can get directly from the pump in my area. I also want to see how much power we can make using MS109 (105 octane) at the 1.6 to 1.7'ish BAR level.
For comparison, the car previously made 719 rwhp at 1.5 BAR on Sunoco 104 with the current setup.
Anyway, I'll give you guys updates as required. I'm also looking at hitting the drag strip on 19 March.
Thanks
Mike and todd thoroughly reviewed the design and saw no issue as the area in the fender is sealed.
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Not to mention the thousands of people that have been running that design for many years, at all HP levels, with nary a problem.
Not completely true on the sealed portion. Remember to fit the above the IC pipes and filters up there you have to cut a portion of the inner fender well out. I know this because I had to do the same thing and every pic of that setup I've seen has the same thing done. It is still some what sealed, but there is plenty of room for stuff to get by. That's why in my case, as well as Switzer and Nick (unvmym3) we have our BOV's up in the engine bay.
The majority of these setup owners don't drive in the rain or down dusty/rocky roads. Which I end up doing, not by choice of course. If I had done this setup I know Justin and Zohair would have suggested doing the filters though for sure. Hell they wouldn't even let me dyno the car with just screens over the intake pipes because they were so worried about getting something in there.