pm me or call me.

 

If you dont mind me asking. How much and where did you buy your SC?

 

Joe what I don't understand is how you only pushing 173 tq and the car comes with 153 stock?

 

[quote name='T-BONE-SR' date='Jan 7 2009, 06:56 PM'] Joe what I don't understand

 

my bad

 

skip, do you remember the specs of your s/c build at its peak? i think i'm going to go no higher than my 3.2" and a 9,000rpm redline. do you think that should be pretty reliable?

 

I think I took her to a 3" steel pulley(had to for better bite than aluminum) with a 2mm head gasket. Valvetrain was lightened, but come to find out, the head that was redone at Laskey did not have oversized valves. Can't trust anyone these days.


According to Inline, the 2mm Cometic gasket was a piece of junk. I had spoken to John at length about the piece afterwards. By that time, however, I wanted something more reliable for tracking and went with their stroker.

To answer your question about reliability, no, I do not believe there is anything reliable long-term. There are just too many variables involved. Considering that one has to break laws(unless you're only using said power on a closed circuit of your choice) in order to extract/demonstrate said gains in hp, my hindsight tells me I should have been happy with the slightly modified CTSC. Power is an addictive thing and 400whp on a CTSC just wasn't done(on a dyno other than Church's).

 

interesting. i was eventually going to do the 3mm IP HG, and set the limit to 9k again (right now it's 8500). i've heard that it may be a little slower, but if it'll make the car a little more dependable on track, i think it's worth it.

yeah, i barely ring it out on the streets (it's usually only until the top of 2nd if i do lol). i was almost more content when i had the stock ap2 pulley, because i could get on the gas and actually enjoy the acceleration longer before i broke the speed limit.

i think i'll just keep the 3.2 then, get the HG on there, my ecutout, retune and call it a day. i'm fortunate to talk to members who already walked the path, so i can avoid some headaches!

i guess you gotta go turbo for big power...and then it's even more headaches as you go bigger and bigger.

 

^ This is in stone.

Unless you don't plan to track anymore, I would strive for top hp numbers- they mean squat. Look to create a very linear and manageable torque curve. Even then, you're going to need some serious suspension/tire attention to feel like you have control exiting corners. Also, a sc'er isn't exactly light when combined with an aftercooler. The extra weight(especially in front ) will require more braking power. It's a vicious circle that never ends. Upgrade one thing... another piece becomes the weak link.

 

just lower the boost and get a teency weency final drive gear...more fun than you know what to do with