Brad,
We are in the process of an engine buildup now. The goal is 380 - 400 HP and
maintain streetability and emissions. Heads are in process. Full porting by
Robert Landy (Dick Landy's son) and I hope I spelled his name correct.
Custom pistons to take advantage of the double quench in the heads. MPI
intake, the cam will be a custom grind out of Crane (match the flow of the
heads). Valves, exhaust 1.625 (SI supplied), intake 1.970 (MP supplied),
springs, retainers and guide plates (Crower supplied). Rockers will be 1.6
(either Crower or Crane). Injectors 310 cc (29.5 lbs/hr, Lucas supplied),
custom programming to match the injectors. Of course the TB will be one of
mine. On the TB, we only need 750 CFM to achieve the desired HP and Torque.
Planned power-band 2,000 - 5,300 RPM. The project is well under way. You
asked about head gaskets, I tend to like Fel-Pro. They have a marine gasket
for the A-engines that looks real good. Compressed thickness is .050',
gasket bore diameter is 4.140. More than likely, I will use this on my
engine. Factory gaskets have a gasket bore diameter of 4.000, the Fel-Pro
should drop the compression slightly. This will greatly help supercharged
applications. One other goal is to develop more power than my supercharged
95. Hope this helps.....
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B Gecko [SMTP:gecko517@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 12:08 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Anyone who has a supercharger?
>
> Frank,
>
> What would your alternate route be? I am still
> supercharger bound and would like all the details. Are
> there any high quality head gaskets that would make up
> for the design flaw? I hate to go into it knowing I
> will be playing gasket of the month club. BTW I am
> doing a ground up 360. Vortech, forged, roller, F&B TB
> etc. Thanks!
>
> Brad
>
> --- "Holloway,Frank T" <Frank.T.Holloway@KP.ORG>
> wrote:
> > I have an s-trim Vortech on my 95 Ram. Out of the
> > box, figure on about 4
> > lbs. boost in the 4,000 range. Installation, pretty
> > much straight forward.
> > Oil dipstick tube can be a problem. Last time I
> > checked, the kits were not
> > OBD-II approved. You need to plan on running some
> > type of boost retard,
> > whether you use an ignition from MSD or Crane
> > doesn't really matter. The
> > engines can be tuned for two dimensions, (normal
> > driving and WOT). Forget
> > about tuning for heavy throttle low RPM conditions
> > (third dimension). You
> > generally get these conditions when towing. The
> > computer just doesn't know
> > about boost conditions (never set up for it and
> > never will). The Vortech is
> > extremely noisy at and just off idle, but gets quite
> > above 1,500 Rpm's.
> > Detonation as well as head gaskets are a problem
> > (only four bolts around
> > each cylinder). Anyone who has supercharged the
> > Magnum knows this and if
> > they tell you it's not a problem, then they aren't
> > making any boost of any
> > consequence. Installation time is approx. 2 days,
> > getting the engine set up
> > to handle the boost, 9 months. I am glad that I
> > tried this, but if I had to
> > do it over again, I would not go the supercharged
> > route. My two
> > cents.........
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Densteadt, James
> > [SMTP:james.densteadt@eds.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 11:57 AM
> > > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > > Subject: DML: Anyone who has a supercharger?
> > >
> > > OK, I've seen Ken Bell, Vortech, Powerdyne, and a
> > few others. Can anyone
> > > who has actually installed a supercharger give us
> > all some feed back. How
> > > did the Ken Bell setups go that happenned a while
> > back? Seems we all
> > > heard
> > > of it coming out and never heard anything after
> > that! How is this new
> > > Powerdyne setup working? What are some major ways
> > to tweak their
> > > performance? They all from what I can tell run a
> > standard 6 #'s of boost
> > > so
> > > what have you gotten em up to since then? No
> > secrets here, this is the
> > > DML,
> > > a clan, and we're all in here to learn from one
> > another.....so let's here
> > > it:-)
> >
>
>
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