Marble
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So I have had some good news and some bad in the last week. Good news, cancer is still gone. Been 3 years and all is well. Very optimistic reports from all the Docs.
But as for the car...my low oil pressure warning ended up being at least a spun rod bearing and or main bearing. Oil is full of metal. The car still starts up just fine and idles with a slight knock. Not bad but not good enough lol. I do not think I can complain very much. I got 30,000 miles out of the built short block living around 600 hp. That's over 10 years. They were very hard miles...and a lot of passes at the track.
So I am in search of options.
The car is an 06' with a 4r70w from Freddy Brown. Everything has been built except for the stock axles. Currently it has KB 2.6 on it making max boost. I will be taking it off and selling the complete system to some lucky buyer.
Plans are to put on a big single turbo on. I am not going to reinvent the wheel. I am going to go with a proven engine and single turbo system similar to Sactowns. But since Sactown is a panzy bitch, my car will be faster.
So plans are:
Aluminum block
Unknown internals. It's possible mine only needs bearings and some polishing of some of the internals. Currently they are Diamond CP pistons, Kellogg crank, Manley H beam.
Stock heads
Turbo cams
FRPP intake
Unknown throttle body, probably a big FRPP.
Hopefully...the cam journals are not damaged.
Single turbo kit, most likely using the PTE 7675 CEA and or a slightly larger turbo.
Goal is to make somewhere between 900-1000 hp to wheels and get into the low 9s.
Should be done by next month right?? I'll probably think about it for a bit before I decide on what I want to do. I've got the 65 I can race this season.
But as for the car...my low oil pressure warning ended up being at least a spun rod bearing and or main bearing. Oil is full of metal. The car still starts up just fine and idles with a slight knock. Not bad but not good enough lol. I do not think I can complain very much. I got 30,000 miles out of the built short block living around 600 hp. That's over 10 years. They were very hard miles...and a lot of passes at the track.
So I am in search of options.
The car is an 06' with a 4r70w from Freddy Brown. Everything has been built except for the stock axles. Currently it has KB 2.6 on it making max boost. I will be taking it off and selling the complete system to some lucky buyer.
Plans are to put on a big single turbo on. I am not going to reinvent the wheel. I am going to go with a proven engine and single turbo system similar to Sactowns. But since Sactown is a panzy bitch, my car will be faster.
So plans are:
Aluminum block
Unknown internals. It's possible mine only needs bearings and some polishing of some of the internals. Currently they are Diamond CP pistons, Kellogg crank, Manley H beam.
Stock heads
Turbo cams
FRPP intake
Unknown throttle body, probably a big FRPP.
Hopefully...the cam journals are not damaged.
Single turbo kit, most likely using the PTE 7675 CEA and or a slightly larger turbo.
Goal is to make somewhere between 900-1000 hp to wheels and get into the low 9s.
Should be done by next month right?? I'll probably think about it for a bit before I decide on what I want to do. I've got the 65 I can race this season.
