can not wait to see this car done

 

I guess it depends on how high he's going to rev it..

 

Dave,

Are the turbo tuff rods being used for all your standard 2.3ltr builds now and if not, is there any additional charge? These rods are kick ***, imo. Just as Gary Gardella what he thinks of them. He used box stock rods in his car and ran 2 seasons without a freshing up and look at the power that car was making.......incredible....

 

Naw! Go either fifth wheel or gooseneck then, but sans the wing. You should have sufficient torque at any rate.

 

he can tow a car to the track with this new 2.3 liter car, then run both of them

 

I dont think he will get the same MPH. Im guessing this set up will rev a few thousand rpm shy of the 2.0L

 

Awesome build Dave, once again you will build a street beast!!

 

No, we are not going to use these rods standard in the 2.3's. There is a lot of grinding required at the base of the cylinder to get them to clear. I want to see how it all works out and plan to use the Crowers as they go in without any problem with extra clearancing on the bottom of the cylinder.

Yes, I've run the 4.11 before, it was in my RS at one time for the Super Four Challenge with Car and Driver Magazine. Back then I switched back to the stock gear for drag racing and didn't notice any difference in ET/MPH. It's not a drastic change.

 

The 10.5:1 C.R. will run strictly on Ethanol right? I figure that for a dual-mapped setup(E85/91 octane pump), 10.0:1 might be about optimal.
At 10.5:1, and on 91 octane the effective C.R. would be way high at any boost level much above 16 PSI. Yes or no? I realize that in Ohio you are blessed with 93 octane gasoline, so the knock threshold is a bit higher. However, your white project car will not be dual-mapped anyway, but rather, will be run strictly on E85, so you wouldn't need to plan for 91(or 93) octane.p:

 

The fuel here is 93-94 octane just about everywhere. I will also run the car on that fuel, it won't be any problem at all.

I do not agree that at 10.5:1 anything over 16 psi would be too much boost to run on Cali 91 octane. I'm pretty confident 25 psi wouldn't be a problem even on that **** they call fuel.

 

More pictArs!!!!

 

Sorry, nothing new yet. Ted is finishing up the cylinder head now and when it's done we will post pics of that.

 

What a tease! I wanna see more. I'm shipping my head to you sometime this week. I cant wait for my 2.3!!!!

 

still waiting for new progress pics! : )

 

Wow! I want one just like the one that you are building, 10.5:1 and all.