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This project has been going on and off for the better part of, well, since he bought the truck new. He supercharged it pretty much the day he bought it, and it's been down hill since
It was kind of a show and go truck; ridiculous sound system, carpeted bed with hard cover, strobe lights, mildly customized interior, and the vortech supercharger. It ran mid 13s and was a fun ride.
I honestly can't remember when exactly he tore it apart. I think it was sometime when I was living in california, which means 2000-2001. I was telling him about an article I had just read: Kevin Meany had a twin turbo early 90s vette that was insane. There was a pic of him smoking the tires halfway down the track, he ran a low 11 something @ 151mph! So Kris bought the mag and decided his truck need twin turbos.
He had a local place build his 408, and a local turbo "guru" put together his piping. The turbo setup ended up costing him way more than was originally agreed to, and took waaaaaaay longer. It wasn't my deal, so I'm not gonna get into the details, but it was to the point where I wanted to go bust the guy up. Kris is too nice. The dude was finally getting it done, so at that point he decided to get the 408 in and dial it in with the Accell DFI. It ran like crap, a compression test showed he had none in a couple of the cylinders. It had been two years since he took delivery of the engine, so he just wrote the shop off and sent everything to this dude: http://www.thefastman.com/
The block ended up being junk, so he bought a new mopar r3 block. I don't remember all the details, but the guy reworked the heads, set up the block to run a one off valvetrain, and built the engine. At 8.2 to 1 compression this is what he got(click for size):
about 460ft/lbs and 450hp.
He's pretty stoked to get this thing put together, and I'm still not exactly sure what he's gonna do with it Traction will be an issue.
I think he's planning on taking the motor with the turbos to Wheel2wheel to do the tune when that time comes.
Here are some pics he just sent me:
gt30s
Older pics of the truck:
mock up on old engine:
I'll try to get some more details from him on the cam and heads and I'll get more pics as he gets it together.
It was kind of a show and go truck; ridiculous sound system, carpeted bed with hard cover, strobe lights, mildly customized interior, and the vortech supercharger. It ran mid 13s and was a fun ride.
I honestly can't remember when exactly he tore it apart. I think it was sometime when I was living in california, which means 2000-2001. I was telling him about an article I had just read: Kevin Meany had a twin turbo early 90s vette that was insane. There was a pic of him smoking the tires halfway down the track, he ran a low 11 something @ 151mph! So Kris bought the mag and decided his truck need twin turbos.
He had a local place build his 408, and a local turbo "guru" put together his piping. The turbo setup ended up costing him way more than was originally agreed to, and took waaaaaaay longer. It wasn't my deal, so I'm not gonna get into the details, but it was to the point where I wanted to go bust the guy up. Kris is too nice. The dude was finally getting it done, so at that point he decided to get the 408 in and dial it in with the Accell DFI. It ran like crap, a compression test showed he had none in a couple of the cylinders. It had been two years since he took delivery of the engine, so he just wrote the shop off and sent everything to this dude: http://www.thefastman.com/
The block ended up being junk, so he bought a new mopar r3 block. I don't remember all the details, but the guy reworked the heads, set up the block to run a one off valvetrain, and built the engine. At 8.2 to 1 compression this is what he got(click for size):
about 460ft/lbs and 450hp.
He's pretty stoked to get this thing put together, and I'm still not exactly sure what he's gonna do with it
Traction will be an issue.I think he's planning on taking the motor with the turbos to Wheel2wheel to do the tune when that time comes.
Here are some pics he just sent me:
gt30s
Older pics of the truck:
mock up on old engine:
I'll try to get some more details from him on the cam and heads and I'll get more pics as he gets it together.
