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Funny story with that wheel . I paid 450.00 for it on Ebay and it was my friend that saw me looking at it and he kept saying just buy it just buy it. And I was like I really don't need it so when I walked away from my computer at work he put a max bid in of 450.00 and won it and I never knew. He then proceeded to tell me I needed 450 dollars because he/I just bought a steering wheel !!
A little Nitrous work. After talking with someone that know far more than I do about nitrous I decided to swap the nozzles out for the NOS Fogger 2 over my older nozzles. You can see the drastic change they made on the outlet side.They will provide much better atomization and distribution to each cylinder which is a good thing for sure. will make new lines as well because the inlets are backwards the the Fogger 2 so that’s fun since it is all hidden and very tucked away behind the plenums.
Hopefully tuning will be right where it was before because it’s very hard to do it on the street now.
Yep 10 rib. I was so tired of the belt slip and black rubber dust everywhere...and I mean everywhere that I felt I had to do something outside the box even more so so I had ASP Specialties make a set for me and felt this was the most logical step since I had done everything else. There was no way to get around the boost backing up in the intercooler unless top mounts where done and I was not going down that road so this should do the trick.
I went from a 77mm upper to an 80mm and a 168mm lower to a 172mm which puts me around the same boost but 2 ribs extra grip and a bigger upper pulley for more wrap. Of course I am having the upper Griptech treated just to make sure. Hopefully I will not need the extra belt tensioner that I had with the 8 rib but we will see I guess.The amount of money I spent on belts probably covered the cost of the new pulleys LOL.
I tell you....It is rare that I see a M113K crank pulley NOT have a slight wobble to it while running. Even this new one does it and Auto Specialties says that 8 to 10 thousands run out is normal !! Anyone else see this on theres ?
Miss my ATI dampers on my Mustangs,always ran true.
After some road tests and some Nitrous tuning I STILL have some slip,dust showing, but no where like it was. Im also not running the extra spring tension kit I made on it right now and just wanted to get a baseline with out it. It's amazing how much the stock intercooler backs up boost that's for sure.
So I will be having Bell Intercoolers fabricate an intercooler using my end tanks and In/Out connections for more flow. They told me that they have done at least ten of them with good feed back but was hopeing someone here did it or knows of someone doing it for some real feedback. I know it's a long shot.
Wow! Corky Bell's company. I'm proud to say Corky designed and built multiple custom turbo systems for me when I was in the Miata world. A true prince of a man; intelligent, curious, always seeking new ways of doing things and an absolute gentleman. He was the one who told me, "Anyone can make big horsepower, the trick is making it drivable". Had some good times test driving different vehicles with him. His Cobra knockoff was amazing.
He would describe, when in college, sleeping on the outside balconies of the dorms at Texas A&M in the heat of late summer. (1950's)
And when he worked at Bell Helicopter (mechanical engineer who was involved in the UH-1 Huey rotor head design) and asked one of the test pilots why they made so much money. Corky said the test pilot took him up in a Cobra attack chopper and showed him why; Corky said the pilot scared the hell out of him by cutting the meadow grass with the rotor blades' tips on takeoff....
Not to mention he was one hell of a great racing driver.
FWIW, I was always satisfied with the quality of the the products coming out of his shop. I don't know the new folks but I would expect they have further improved on his legacy.
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So anyone in the know about Nitrous is aware that as fantastic as it is, it could be a real problem if you need to shut the tank off as fast as possible especially with a fire of some sort. Most company’s offer a Quick Shut Off Valve for that reason so l decided to put one in just in case of that “oh sheet moment” because you never know. In a panic situation turning that tank valve off will take a little to long when something is cooking and swinging a valve handle is quick and easy.
So after a few more phone conversations with Bell,they had no real world feedback to give me saying that there intercooler would perform better and they recommended not taking the chance of spending the money.
So that project is scapped and it was cool of them to even suggest that and not just take my money. On to other projects that are lined up !!
Hey man,yea I have an extra if you want,it's a 100mm pulley and makes a huge difference on how much more wrap you will have, $65.00 shipped. PM your phone number and I will send a picture of it.
Hey man,yea I have an extra if you want,it's a 100mm pulley and makes a huge difference on how much more wrap you will have, $65.00 shipped. PM your phone number and I will send a picture of it.
Also if anyone needs one I have a new ,200 mile of use, fuel rail damper for 50.00 if needed. I am switching over to a custom Holley set up so no longer needed.
Changed out the fuel damper to a Holley unit that is much larger than stock. Definitely a pain in the *** to set it all up but hopefully will even out the AFR from bank to bank. Don’t try this at home kids !!
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