That's half a tank of fuel and no driver.
All the stuff I chopped off and ripped out was pretty much offset by the extra heft of the Slant Six and TF904.
The truck weighed in at 2560 the day I bought it. So, 20 lbs lighter than it started.

Duh! I didn't even think to weigh front/rear... Next time out.
I can probably also weigh it in the shop. I bought six 550# (Big Boy!) bathroom scales to serve as poor man's corner scales. I haven't tried them out yet.

And next time out may be a while. It's got a nasty rear main seal leak which I have to address very soon.

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Cool Stuff.

Enjoy the build and testing.

Ya getting into the booooost yet?

Greg

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For now the boost controller is unplugged which makes it default to the lowest wastegate setting. That still lets it see a few pounds of boost. Maybe 3-5 PSI max. My test and tune drive yesterday saw a peak of 1 PSI of boost at about 2700 rpm and 35% throttle. I want to get as much of the VE table worked out as I can before I start giving it more.

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I couldn't resist running back out to the truck scale. Weight distribution with me in it is 60/40
1640# on the front 1220# on the rear.
What that 60/40 doesn't express is that most of the weigh is between the axles. Very little mass is in front of the front axle and even less is behind the rear axle.

I haven't really tossed it hard into any corners yet but some moderate cornering it fees pretty good. Eager to turn.

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Lucky break! It turned out to be the rear section of the oil pan gasket. Easy fix since my shop made k-frame has just enough room to remove the pan without jacking up the engine.

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Awesome build, that must be a hoot to drive!

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It's like a 300 HP go cart !

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Too much boost!
Well, not enough boost control... I've been trying to configure the Megasquirt boost control but not really getting any results. I want to be able to limit boost way down to make the SS10 friendly to drive on a tight autocross course. But also be able to turn it way up for the 1/4 mile. Anyway, the boost control setting don't seem to make very much difference. So to try to figure out what's going on I wired the waste gate wide open and took it around my test loop. Still building boost too fast. With wide open throttle I can see 15 PSI at 3200 RPM and start getting into boost at 2/3 throttle and 2500 RPM. I'd really like to be able to limit down to 5 PSI or even less for wet AutoX days.

This is a Holset HX35 off a Dodge Cummins 5.9 diesel. The waste gate valve hole looks tiny to me at only 5/8" diameter.
It's also a twin scroll turbine housing so the waste gate only vents one side of the housing.

I drilled the hole to 15/16" and a 3/4" hole through the divider. Also machined off the 3/16" tall lip that shrouded the opening.


Here's what it looked like originally


I also relieved the inside of the plate so the valve can open a bit further.


And took some material off the back side of the poppet and arm also to help it open further.


Now it can open about 3/16" more than it could originally.

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You're workin' it!! I enjoy following along with your progress!

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Thanks Rob! I'm getting there.

The wastegate mods helped. With the wastegate wired wide open boost climbs about half as fast as it did before and flattens out at a little over 17 PSI. That will allow me to drive it a bit harder for further tuning of the VE table without blowing it up from overboost.

It doesn't solve my ultimate problem though - being able to dial boost way back for AutoX and also dial it way up for 1/4 mile. I now understand that the only way I will achieve that is with an external wastegate with "dome control". Fitting and plumbing the external gate will be a challenge...

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From watching everything else you've done on this and other projects,... I'm confident you'll figure it out.

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Yes. I have a plan and some parts ordered. Also plan B and plan C...

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I guess that wastegate must be sized for an engine making substantially less power/air? Seems weird to me. I am working on a new turbo system and it will, like my 68 Dart, have an external gate. Seems that is the best way to control things, although it's more expensive and complex...

Lou

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