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Good luck with the suspension setup! Since you are going with a 275/60 tire the only thing I would have done different is go with more backspace. 5” or 5.5”. Should still give you enough room to the frame and worse case you could use a 1/4” spacer if the 5.5” was too much. The benefit...

M&H makes a 275/55/16 drag radial. This is a taller tire and would probably hook better than the 275/45/16 tire. Not many options for 16” drag radials, as you have found.

Seems like a legit reply to a parts wanted post to me. ”Looking for Champion Head” -“hey, I got new Champion Heads available” only 1 person hijacking this thread… well, now 2 people. :LOL:

The rear tires are actually custom wide whitewall drag radials. Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S 275/60/15

Just some updated pics of how the truck looks now.

I remember those posts and the info on t6p.com for weight loss. Referred to a lot of that info while taking weight off my car. I added to another thread that could be useful: https://www.turbobuick.com/threads/weight-reduction-list.105295/ I should try to weigh my car in its current street...

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I added some lines where I think the map would fall based on my own data.. I was at about 22psi to get 400hp or 40lbs/min. More boost than that it started getting very inefficient.

I still have the same Deka ETX30L. Car recently sat for almost 3 months without being on a trickle charger after I moved and started up no problem. Keeping it on a trickle charge over the winter and not letting it drain is probably why I’ve had good success. Its the longest I’ve had a...

I would definitely look at upgrading the converter first or at the same time as doing the turbo. I currently have a PTC 9.5" NL with a TA49 on my white T and also a 9.5' NL with a 6262 on my truck. Also ran the 9.5" NL with a stock turbo on stock engine. its a great converter and I would...

Should say injectors that won’t outflow the pump at the end of my post. But injectors that will outflow the turbo/power level. Turbo/power level > injectors that will outflow that turbo/power at 80% duty cycle > fuel pump that will outflow injectors at 100% duty cycle That way you won’t...

My 2 cents.... I went from two in tank pumps to one large external after one of them failed to turn and then I figured out it was hard to test it as I could run low 10s on one pump and only needed the second pump when going faster. For piece of mind and simplicity I went to a large external...

This the same motor you went 11.8s on with the stock turbo? Good numbers.

The fueling on the TT 98 chip may not be all that different from what you will need. Since you will turn up the boost you will need more fuel, but that fuel will provided by the alky. And the TT chip WOT fuel can be adjusted to match what you need. Then you could tell Eric how much you...

When we converted my car to rack and pinion from a stock setup I documented a 45lb weight savings. This was also going to A/C delete and Pwr Steering delete Champion bracket setup. I had also gone to a Strange front brake setup which saved 22lbs. I have TRZ tubular upper and lower control...

I would avoid running extra stuff for a long time as the battery definitely has a smaller reserve than the typical battery. I use a Battery Tender Plus and have used another brand with no issues. I have had great luck with this battery, always had it on a tender though. Oh damn, I better...

I'm lighter up front than you, but the Savitske Classic lowering SPC Performance Springs work great for me. I went through a lot of springs, including a couple of linear rates through Santhuff trying different things (I would stay away from the tall linear rate ones).

I bet if you started off with a solid mid/high 11 sec car it would be more like $10,000 for every half second and then maybe $10,000 for every quarter sec at a certain point. 11.50+: start 10.99: $10,000 10.49: $10,000 more 9.99: $10,000 more 9.49: $10,000 more 9.24: $10,000 more 8.99...

As a follow up from me... I am still using my same Deka ETX 30L battery that I have had since Feb 2015. Small 22lb battery that I keep on a battery tender regularly. Still a good cheap option to Lithium batteries for a little over $100.

To answer your initial question.... stock internals can handle more power than a stock turbo can make. Stock turbo is pretty much out of power at 21-22lbs boost. 20lbs boost is a good number to shoot for. Get alky, a TurboTweak 5.7 chip and a MAF translator setup. Besides that you don't...