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Author:	Dart270 [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:43 am ]
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Greetings Slanters, I had a long story about this car on the old slantsix.com, which I guess is now gone for good. Lots of changes to the car in the last 3-5 years (as with the 5 yrs before that!). Latest news is the turbo install, which should be running when the snow melts in MN. The car is under the "foster care" of my good friend Neal Hines in Minneapolis, MN. See these flickr links for pics of the car and turbo setup. http://www.flickr.com/photos/16910097@N ... 700069877/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16910097@N ... 924551471/ Basics of the car: 225 engine 0.030"-over 8.8:1 comp 1.76/1.50 valve ported head (M. Jeffrey) 244 MP cam, degreed at 104 cl Megasquirt EFI (multi-point) since 2003 (orig 24 lb/hr Delphi injectors, now 38.5 lb/hr for turbo) A500 automatic with factory adapter plate and 2200 stall converter 3.55 tracloc Ford 8" axle Front 11.75" discs with Wilwood calipers 0.890" tbars Edelbrock IAS shocks all around Front Addco 1.125" sway bar with custom mounts Afco alum radiator and 14" elec fan 20:1 Mopar steering box 225/50-15 Yokohama ES100 tires on Weld rodlite 15X8" wheels Turbo setup (soon to run!) Turbonetics T60-1 turbo (need to look up specs) - same as Drake's Simca turbo Tial external wastegate with 0.4 bar (5.8 psi) spring (for now) Ebay blowoff valve Stainless exh manifolding by Rick Snell at Uweld.com and 3" stainless downpipe No intercooler AEM WB-O2 gauge/sensor Car weight before turbo was 3340 lbs with 18 gals of gas, spare tire, and Lou + helmet on board. Add about 35 lbs for turbo kit. Best time with current NA motor setup is 16.36 @ 82 MPH. Shooting for 14s with 6 psi, then who knows... Cheers, Lou

Author:	olafla [ Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:58 pm ]
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Hi Lou, when reading up on the specs above, and you tell the car has been raced for many years, I half expected a to see a somewhat weather-beaten old race car when following those links, and not a show-room-condition beauty! That is one very, very nice car! Olaf.

Author:	turboram [ Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:03 am ]
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Carful Lou boost becomes very addictive once you experience it its like drugs all you want is more and more and MORE AND MORE.............................................well as you can see it may allready be too late for me. I just counted my accumulated means of boost and I have 7 turbos,2 superchargers and 2 nitrous kits, 2 of them are mini turbos that I got for boosting my extra lawnmower and snowmobile,I even have a turbo for my wifes minivan that she won't let me install . the count doesn't include the already installed power adders, so save yourself

Author:	1974duster kev [ Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:04 am ]
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Awesome thats a cool setup for the plumbing. No intercooler for piping reasons? or design You may need a heat shield for the hotside right next to the intake could get a bit toasty in that area. The dei heat shield i got off ebay is awesome i can put my hand on the turbo after being driven it works really well. Excited to see what it does. Kev

Author:	Greg Ondayko [ Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:41 pm ]
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Lookin Great Lou! I hope to see this at a track or Show sometime this summer for some hairdrier action! Greg

Author:	Dart270 [ Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:18 am ]
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Thanks for your input, guys. Yep, I'll probably get a heat shield in there, Kevin. Nice chatting with you last night. Intercooler is left out for simplicity for now. Once I get it running and tuned up and used to the boost, I'll put in an intercooler and up the psi. I'm sure it will be tempting to turn it up, but I seem to be amazingly self controlled these days... Lou

Author:	bmimken [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:46 am ]
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Looking goooooood Lou! Our turbo builds are gonna be somewhat similar. You will have an edge with the Jeffries head and EFI though. I wonder how much of a difference an intercooler will make. I'm gonna be running one from the start. Our engine overbores and cams are the same, and our initial boost goals as well. Brian

Author:	Dart270 [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:47 pm ]
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I look forward to a heads up race!!! Lou

Author:	slantzilla [ Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:48 pm ]
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Quote: I'm sure it will be tempting to turn it up, but I seem to be amazingly self controlled these days... Lou Let me know how that works out for ya.

Author:	Dart270 [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:53 am ]
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You will probably see some flames behind my eyes at Kearney... Lou

Author:	slantzilla [ Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:53 pm ]
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Author:	turbo66valiant [ Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:45 am ]
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OOooo! We could have a heads up race at Kearney. Looking forward to it!!

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