After contemplating this for a long time and having some debates about how to make the most power on a stock turbo, I've taken the leap and put together a stock engine to use with a stock turbo to see how fast I can go.
My car should be more than capable since it has all the supporting driveline, suspension, electronics, weight reduction, etc. Its more an exercise of how much power its possible to make and put down with better engine management, torque converters, tires, suspension, etc. My current motor with aluminum heads, big cam, etc wasn't the best match and is nothing near stock so I decided to go with a stockish engine instead.
I found a 109 engine local with stock pistons, rods, and uncut stock crank. At this point I figured might as well keep it as stock as possible and got my hands on some stock heads (with replacement valve springs) and also a stock cam setup. A stock intake was put on and a stock plenum and tb are ready to go on. While this is obviously not an unopened engine I did try to keep it as stock as possible. The only things not stock on the engine are a power plate and Felpro 9441 stock replacement head gaskets with ARP bolts. I have a stock turbo in excellent condition ready.
I will be using the exhaust and intercooler that were on my car, TA race headers with 3.5" external gate DP and a Cottons FMIC. I don't think the heads help any at this power level but I already have the external wastegate plumbed off the headers and want to use an external gate to control boost with CO2, plus I have various sensors all set up for logging. I want to keep the large IC to get rid of any restriction or pressure loss off of a stock IC to get the most out of the stock turbo. So this will be stock heads/cam/intake/turbo but not stock IC.
So the engine is primed and timed and should be going in pretty soon. Here is the list of the rest of my combo I will be using with this setup:
- XFI engine management with lots of data logging
- TA race headers, external wastegate, 3.5" DP, thru 3" dual exhaust
- Cottons FMIC setup
- TR6 ignition
- TH400 with PTC converter, tbrake, 3.23 gears
- full race suspension... TRZ front control arms, Baseline Susp w/ solid rear control arms, TRZ anti roll bar
The goal is to see how fast I can go on this setup with the stock turbo. If I can get the 60fts down and can get in the neighborhood of 400rwhp then the stock turbo record of 11.37 could be within reach.....
Any comments will be appreciated as this will be a work in progress throughout the year. Pics to follow.
My car should be more than capable since it has all the supporting driveline, suspension, electronics, weight reduction, etc. Its more an exercise of how much power its possible to make and put down with better engine management, torque converters, tires, suspension, etc. My current motor with aluminum heads, big cam, etc wasn't the best match and is nothing near stock so I decided to go with a stockish engine instead.
I found a 109 engine local with stock pistons, rods, and uncut stock crank. At this point I figured might as well keep it as stock as possible and got my hands on some stock heads (with replacement valve springs) and also a stock cam setup. A stock intake was put on and a stock plenum and tb are ready to go on. While this is obviously not an unopened engine I did try to keep it as stock as possible. The only things not stock on the engine are a power plate and Felpro 9441 stock replacement head gaskets with ARP bolts. I have a stock turbo in excellent condition ready.
I will be using the exhaust and intercooler that were on my car, TA race headers with 3.5" external gate DP and a Cottons FMIC. I don't think the heads help any at this power level but I already have the external wastegate plumbed off the headers and want to use an external gate to control boost with CO2, plus I have various sensors all set up for logging. I want to keep the large IC to get rid of any restriction or pressure loss off of a stock IC to get the most out of the stock turbo. So this will be stock heads/cam/intake/turbo but not stock IC.
So the engine is primed and timed and should be going in pretty soon. Here is the list of the rest of my combo I will be using with this setup:
- XFI engine management with lots of data logging
- TA race headers, external wastegate, 3.5" DP, thru 3" dual exhaust
- Cottons FMIC setup
- TR6 ignition
- TH400 with PTC converter, tbrake, 3.23 gears
- full race suspension... TRZ front control arms, Baseline Susp w/ solid rear control arms, TRZ anti roll bar
The goal is to see how fast I can go on this setup with the stock turbo. If I can get the 60fts down and can get in the neighborhood of 400rwhp then the stock turbo record of 11.37 could be within reach.....
Any comments will be appreciated as this will be a work in progress throughout the year. Pics to follow.
