New combo made smoke tonight!!

Well after a whole winters worth of the turbo conversion, we have started our new motor up finally.

Most of you know the combo and no it's not a big block but at least it's a FORD baby! I will have to say that I love my FAST XFI and Aeromotive mechanical pump.

Let me tell you the story like it was my first time. After checking everything over like 50 times or something making sure everything was perfect, I reached down and hit the starter. The damn thing fired up and idled like it has been running forever. People kept telling me that mechanical pumps were hard to start but I love the setup so far. Fuel cell in the rear and everything. I will weld up the cold side this week and get some shakedown passes before my three organization's seasons start this year. We have some good data from a similar combo so we really know where we stand.

oh, I forgot to say.

Bruno, those ARE 10.5's not W's.

sweet looking ride man ....are you gonna make it to the bash ?

Thats a Suweet ride. Love the white color.

bruno wrote:sweet looking ride man ....are you gonna make it to the bash ?

waiting to see if things fall in place. Our schedule is already pretty tight but we are trying to fit everything in. Payout has to be pretty good to travel that far.

I'm not comin for the payout, just the fun and friends

bbf-falcon wrote:I'm not comin for the payout, just the fun and friends

I know. That's what we would come for. It's nice to actually race with people that love what they do and not just race to prove something. But it is ~1000 miles for me.



Funny moment tonight while my buddy was reinstalling some carpet.

This puts a whole new meaning to mounting an "intercooler."

The rear cell might give you fits, just have to try it out and see lol.


Non W's "count" per the tire guru......................

Very clean looking ride!!

Now get that little engine out of there and get a big 'un in there!!!

Bill

intercooler .. thats funny . hope he got it the first try ,, 2nd ............

billandlori wrote:Very clean looking ride!!

Now get that little engine out of there and get a big 'un in there!!!

Bill

We would love to but the main class that we run doesn't allow forced induction on big blocks and only one gun with nitrous. The one gun is no big deal but it is a PITA to get bottles filled where I live.

With the other couple of classes I can run forced induction and big blocks and we did kick the idea around this year. We talked about a BBF with a procharger on a supercharger store gear drive. It wouldn't take much, besides a crap load of money , to make the switch but we hope to do it within the next few years. We also threw around the idea of staying with the turbo setup that we have now with the big motor. I know the big turbo can make the power but in one organization we have to run an 88mm reducer to be legal.

We would have to be 468ci or less and would be restricted to the following heads. What kind of combo would you guys put together. Remember, I would want in the 4.80's at 3450lbs.

Big Block Ford
• Ford 429/460 Aftermarket Cobra Jet Cylinder Heads
• Blue Thunder 460 “OEM Cobra Jet Style” Only. THOR & Other Versions Prohibited.
• Trick Flow A-460 – PN# TFS-21002, 5441B001, and 5451B001
• Edelbrock Performer RPM 460, Performer RPM 460 CJ, Victor Jr. 460

A460 head all the way...those heads will kill the other two on a max effort deal.

What size is your current set up? The big block will get you some cubes and may not be stressed as far as the SBF is.

The 88mm restictor plate is a b*tch though.....

Bill

We are at 355ci now. 4.135 bore, and 3.3 stroke in a 9.2 deck Ford cup block.

I joined this board to research BBF combos to use. I would like the BBF for the ease of building boost and reliability. We will run some races without the restrictor though in the future. A BBF with a 106mm turbo ought to run like a motherf@#$er when lined out. That's what I like about my Fast XFI. I can have different tunes for different races and everything will work.

Northwest Outlaw has done a bunch of research on the turbo set ups. He was working on building headers etc.

That EFI set sounds really cool. Very flexable.

Bill

113 extra cubes, better design heads, options of big cams etc., Sounds like a BBF would be a runner!

Bill

The heads and clamping force on the heads with the BBF would help a bunch.

Think we can get more stuff in here. I still don't have my fire system cable mounted but that's it. Will test this weekend finally.


Nothing like sissy bars and a good wheat crop. I already have a list made if this crop turns out really good.

Better take those wheelie bars off, Nick wouldn't approve...... Keep us posted on the testing this weekend.

Hey looks good...the wheat (that is) j/k Good Luck

good luck and be safe man !!! shot some vid for us

To ease your minds, we only have the bars on to test. Last time out with a similar car with a little less power we had some underwear issues about 100-200 foot out. Our goal Friday night is to sixty foot around a 1.29 and run around a 5.20. If it's better great but if we don't get those numbers with the data that we have it will be a long night. I will try to get some video posted for you guys. We are a little behind in testing because of track closures due to weather and waiting on the cars recert (that was canceled 3 times).

A buddy of mine just got his Mustang running and could be your cars twin except for being painted Black. He's running a similar engine setup except alcohol and F3R. Since he is running alky he doesn't have to worry about and intercooler or water in the block.

PS. I'm going to post a question about EFI in a second and would like to have your opinion.

Well we made a few test hits this past Sunday. It makes some horsepower. We need to string out our boost controller to figure out the new suspension but other than that it was positive. We need to completly go through our setup and line everything out which we will do this weekend. I know this sounds funny but you can hide a lot of flaws with 1000hp but they show up with 1800hp. this wheelie crap at 600 ft is for the damn birds. I lost the video in a freak.....well let's just say the video camera got broken. Here is a couple crappy iPhone videos of the engine running.

sounds pretty solid!