slant 6 mods
Believe me,I'm watching these threads,I haven't even taken the /6 out of the Dart yet !! Hopefully this weekend we'll get started !!I thought you had an issue with the Aussie Intake and the Turbo ?? If I go FI,I've got a Viper Truck buddy that just loves playing with the Paxtons !!But,time and $$$$ will tell !!
My daughter, Donna, had a friend, growing up... a contemporary of hers, whose name was "Chris Weisberg." I never paid any attention to him. That was back in the eighties. He was just a neighborhood kid, there in Walnut Creek...
They grew apart, and she moved to Seattle and they lost track of each other, completely. A couple of years ago, they got re-acquainted ONLINE. somehow, and are now good, long-distance, friends.
Turns out, he has become a respected technical "turbo guru" and is hired as a consultant to the engineeering departments of certain auto manufacturers, and is sought-after for his considerable expertise.
~I~, on the other hand, am a COMPLETE ignoramous when it comes to turbocharging, having never even, before this, held one in my hand, let alone, ever built a turbo motor of any kind.
But, I AM smart enough to tap the mental database of guys like Ryan Peterson, Tom Wolfe, and others with experience with this stuff.
Enter Chris Weisberg: I coaxed my daughter into giving me Chris's email address, and explained IN DETAIL, to him, what we were trying to do complete with pictures
He was good enough to analyze our "program" and offer some sugestions, the main one of which was to "get rid of that long runner intake manifold, before you ever start the engine; it will KILL you..."
He said, we will add
10 pounds of boost, and not go ANY faster, with that manifold on there.
Great manifold for a normally-aspirated car, but anathema for boost...
So, I bought a short-runner Offenhauser manifold. It won't fit our headers.:banghead:
So, I bought a Clifford intake, hoping IT will fit our headers.... it's configured slightly different. Haven't tried it, yet.
We'll see...
If IT doesn't fit, the headers will have to be modified to fit the intake manifold, not something I want to get into, because they are already ceramic-coated...
But, I have to take this guy at his word... He's the expert, and I am just an idiot, trying go go fast.
So, that's the name of that tune....