Jesus man, you should have just bought a porsche or supra. I'm seeing like 30 grand in parts alone. Just to make 450? Awesome build though, its gonna be a bulletproof setup at that power level. I would take that blower and chunk it though, with all that big man driveline, that car is begging for a turbo. Again, very nice.

 

i agree turbo this bitch and shoot for 600+

 

600+ is really useless unless you strictly drag race the car. I'd much rather have a 450whp sc car that is an awesome daily driver, track car, can drag it twisters etc. 600+ is cool for bragging rights though but is useless 99% of the time imo.

 

I initially ordered a 4.6" pulley because I was going to see what gains could be had from just changing blowers, since the N1200 is more efficient than the N1000. This was long before the thought even crossed my mind about the Ford 8.8 and the V160. Now that I've come this far, I'm gonna give it all she's got. I'm going to start out with 16-20 PSI on the N1200 and go from there. Just like Joey (ILoveMYHonda1984) I'm going to get a 6" crank pulley made, 1) for the reasons he stated about not having to run a small pulley on the blower to prevent belt slippage and the ability to overspin the blower with the high speed bearings and seals 2) I wanted to run the ATI Super Damper for the fact that I believe it's a crucial component to the engine and it finally came available, we run them on our 565 and 555 CI big block Chevy's turning 7600 RPM. With the design of the super damper, it's nearly impossible to mount a 5.45" crank pulley on the damper keeping the same offset as the crank pulley because of the laser etched timing marks, it's thicker. So if I go up to a 6" I'll be able to counterbore the pulley to maintain the offset. We mount all sorts of pulleys on the front of our super dampers for a vacuum pump and fuel pump, so I'm not too worried about the pulley throwing off the balance as it will be CNC machined. I'd like to give the N1200 a whirl before I step it up to the N1500, which I will eventually.

The nice thing about making power at this altitude, everywhere you go, you're faster and make more power. So if I can put up somewhat big numbers up here, it will be fun to go closer to sea level. :burnrubber:

Definitely a lot better ways I could have spent the money, but meh, I make money everyday, no wife, no kids. Who knows, this could be my only chance ever to do something like this, Life's too short and you can't take anything with you. My ultimate goal for this car will be able to do any and everything with it, daily driving, drag strip, track driving, auto-x, who knows, maybe even try out the One Lap Of America. It will be a more track oriented car than a dragstrip monster, already have one of those

Who knows maybe one day, I'll pull of the supercharger and put a turbo on it. Haven't even got on the supercharger yet.

I know many may not agree that dumping this kind of money in to this car to make 450-500 is worth it. But it should be able to withstand all the abuse I plan on giving it and it's exactly what I wanted to do.

 

I ran a 3.2" pulley on my 1200 with no slip issues. That made 15.5psi @ 9k rpm in Atlanta, which is about 1,000 feet above sea level. Ran great on pump 93.

Just be careful, because if you drive to a much lower altitude and make lots more boost, your tune might not account for it. It's worth discussing with your tuner. Good luck! And keep buying cool stuff so we can see it.

 

I haven't decided on a pulley yet. When I get closer I was gonna figure that all out. Since the blower has the regular bearings and seals, I'm not sure if I want to try and overspin the blower yet. Going up on the crank pulley will also allow me to stay within the range of pulleys that SOS sells as well. I can't remember the exact numbers but I think with the 6" crank pulley and a 3.6 or 3.7" pulley, that would put me where a 3.0-3.2" pulley would be with the 5.45" crank pulley. I just mostly want to make sure everything is good to go before I get the N1500 and turn up the boost.

Definitely aware of tuning changes at lower altitudes. We've traveled many places with the race car and usually have to pull a couple degrees of timing and give it some more fuel. On average during the summer, density altitude here in Colorado is anywhere from 6500' to 8200'. When we usually go to Vegas or Topeka it's around 1500' to 2500'

I'll keep adding stuff, it's just somewhat in the parts everywhere stage and needs to come together. As soon as it's all together, I'll definitely have the dyno chart, videos, time slips, etc.

 

Nice build. It looks like I am almost in the same boat as you, but without all the goodies. I just installed a Novi 1200 blower and ID2000s to get ready for an E85 tune in the next few weeks. I am running dual Fb340 pumps though (2nd pump will be activated at x psi). I almost went with the 1500, but changed my mind. If you want a 6" crank pulley from ASP, then the turn around time is 3-4 weeks (I spoke with them a couple weeks ago).

 

I was thinking about running dual pumps, but I'm going to run the FBM surge tank and don't think the 2 will work well together if I run a dual pump hangar. My work has a CNC lathe, so they will be able to make the pulley for me. Already have the aluminum, just need the beer and time now.

I'm glad to see people pushing the limits on a supercharger. I'm definitely interested to see your results.

 

I may have overlooked the answer, but what are your 1/4 mile goals?

 

If I can get an 11 second pass at this altitude maybe even a high 10, I'd be pretty damn happy. Like I've said before, this is going to be a track oriented street car that will see the drag strip from time to time. Overkill most definitely, but I like the thought of not having to worry about grenading the drivetrain.