Turbo LT-1

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Yup,
      I agree,,,,kinda like that twin turbo gasoline 540 I did with 1631hp at 
6250rpm on 104 octane unleaded(98 motor octane) had plenty more to go but ran 
outta injectors......man scary ride in a boat with two laptops(one on each 
leg).....
-Carl Summers
p.s. after the dyno and into the boat for some final AE stuff I waved him off 
(flailing) at 114 mph (21 foot v-hull) saying everything looks great(I want 
my mommy)(LOL)


In a message dated 10/7/99 10:32:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ECMnut at aol.com 
writes:

<< Subj:     Re: Turbo LT-1
 Date:  10/7/99 10:32:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time
 From:  ECMnut at aol.com
 Sender:    owner-gmecm at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
 Reply-to:  gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
 To:    gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
 
 Don't under estimate the potential of an LT1 for turbo apps.
 A guy that lived a street away from me in the 70's had a 68
 Camaro bracket car with a 350 that was a mid 11 second car.
 He had a basic 12 to 1 SBC 350.  He bought two off-the-shelf
 rayjays (S3s?) and made some manifolds.  He assembled a truck shortblock 
with 
 TRW blower pistons, and a hydraulic crane 
 fireball cam.  He put his good heads on it and it was ready..
 This was back in the carb days and it was 
 a non-intercooled app that was turning high nines within 
 2 months of putting it together..  It was far cruder than
 what's out there today.   I went with him the first
  day out, and saw a 10.85..  So, let's see, with EFI, intercoolers,
 much more efficient turbos, that car in 1999 would be more than
 a *little* faster.  Besides, look at the main bearing webs on 
 a Buick, then on a SBC..  The meat is there with the chev.
 Don't get me wrong, I love Turbo Buicks, but don't sell 
 other combinations short, because they were never mass 
 produced, allowing them to reach thousands of eager fanglers
 waiting to improve a good thing..   Let's face it, people have
  been de-bugging the Buicks for a number of years.  
 Take the technology that is in the Buick; EFI, intercooler, 
 turbo, etc and apply it to 50% more displacement and then tell
  me that it won't keep up..(?)   Just food for though..
 Mike V >>