Awesome car porn!
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Originally Posted by Josh B.
(Post 1597571616)
My wife is expecting our 3rd child very soon so I'll have a newborn in one hand and a torque wrench in the other.
UNREAL; Should get you a solid 540rwhp, at 3500 RPM. |
bro! this shit makes my pants tight.
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Originally Posted by jammeejamm
(Post 1597576078)
bro! this shit makes my pants tight.
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Originally Posted by MarkC
(Post 1597574282)
I think you have made some great choices in your new build. Josh, you have indicated your car will be mostly street driven so I assume you will be using 91 octane fuel or is the plan to use E85? |
Josh have you seen those trailer hitches for an extra set of wheels and tires? I'm thinking maybe something like that but with gas cans for myself. I'm assuming you wouldn't be taking a drag pack since iirc you said you want to get a set of R888Rs on 18/19 (great minds think alike :)). I bet you could fit about 5-7 of those tall skinny gas cans on a rack like that, or even just weld up a super simple fuel cell with cart tires and a hitch and a small portable pump. But that's probably a lot more work than just taking some Torco to add to the 91.
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Originally Posted by MikeOC
(Post 1597576816)
Josh have you seen those trailer hitches for an extra set of wheels and tires? I'm thinking maybe something like that but with gas cans for myself. I'm assuming you wouldn't be taking a drag pack since iirc you said you want to get a set of R888Rs on 18/19 (great minds think alike :)). I bet you could fit about 5-7 of those tall skinny gas cans on a rack like that, or even just weld up a super simple fuel cell with cart tires and a hitch and a small portable pump. But that's probably a lot more work than just taking some Torco to add to the 91.
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Originally Posted by MTPZ06
(Post 1597576942)
I keep hearing mixed information on Torco, but if it truly does leaves the same rust colored residue on engine internals as every other octane booster I've seen, I wouldn't want to rely on it.
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Originally Posted by MikeOC
(Post 1597576816)
Josh have you seen those trailer hitches for an extra set of wheels and tires? I'm thinking maybe something like that but with gas cans for myself. I'm assuming you wouldn't be taking a drag pack since iirc you said you want to get a set of R888Rs on 18/19 (great minds think alike :)). I bet you could fit about 5-7 of those tall skinny gas cans on a rack like that, or even just weld up a super simple fuel cell with cart tires and a hitch and a small portable pump. But that's probably a lot more work than just taking some Torco to add to the 91.
Let's see if I can hit 175mph with the new goodies.... |
Best way to solve that is get out of the USSR.
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This is the style I'm thinking about, should store a lot easier than a full trailer. The last few pics in the first post. I don't see why you couldn't do the same thing with some gas cans or a little custom fuel cell.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ack-specs.html |
Originally Posted by Unreal
(Post 1597577152)
Best way to solve that is get out of the USSR.
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Originally Posted by MikeOC
(Post 1597577040)
No experience with octane boosters personally (other than ethanol :D), but I wonder if since ethanol is know to clean carbon deposits off engines, if it would clean those deposits off as well? Anyone know?
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Originally Posted by MTPZ06
(Post 1597576942)
I keep hearing mixed information on Torco, but if it truly does leaves the same rust colored residue on engine internals as every other octane booster I've seen, I wouldn't want to rely on it.
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Originally Posted by jayyyw
(Post 1597577400)
Doesn't clean them that well.
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Originally Posted by MikeOC
(Post 1597577414)
Interesting. Just to be clear, you mean under combustion and not surface application when disassembled right?
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My experience with E85 has been that they aren't nearly as good at cleaning as "internet wisdom" says they are. In a big downside, Ethanol leaves a very hard to remove gum residue on the intake runners that hot tanks won't even remove. I confirmed this at WCCH. They were very happy that I cleaned all the runners in my Hi Ram before dropping it off, stating that their cleaning machines won't remove that stuff. It's an evil cross between tar, tree sap, and glue.
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Oh I see jay, I was musing about whether the ethanol would clean Torco deposits and I see now you were talking about carbon.
I did notice that on my car as well but I had assumed it was because my compression was too low for ethanol to get good clean burns that would clear carbon since I was flexfuel at the time. Higher compression does get a more complete burn of ethanol and lowers exhaust particulate, but perhaps the conventional wisdom of ethanol cleaning carbon is a misnomer, and that it's just that it doesn't leave any carbon of it's own. |
In unrelated news, I thought that eating Tide pods would give me a really good cleanse....they didn't. Just a trip to the ER.
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Originally Posted by Josh B.
(Post 1597576438)
Thanks. It's tuned for flex fuel and I'll run E85 about 99% of the time. It will still highway cruise on 91 octane if E85 isn't available, like when I race at Coalinga and no E85 is available and I need to make it back the 300 miles to Murrieta.
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