XR8
Engine has gone through several stages,
starting from a sportsman SVO block running 500rwhp using a T Trim Vortech and
going through a step by step process as owner required more and more horse
power. Along the way every system that had been built for the original 500kw
combo was upgraded, inc intake, blower, fuel, engine , exhaust, ignition,
management, ending up with a Torque plate honed full machined
and prepped DART block, 347 Summit crank, Eagle rods, JE pistons and rings,
Copper head gaskets, Edelbrock ported and polished heads, Trickflow intake
manifold, 80mm Holley throttle body, Girdle mounted Jessle roller rockers, Custom
Comp Cam roller cam and Crower lifters, ARP stud kit, High Energy sump and Felpro
gasket, Mellings oil pump with ARP drive, Romac balancer and Rollmaster Chain
set. The Super charger system consists of a MWS Custom Vortech
bracket, V7 SYI Compressor, Air assist, Custom Gilmore drive, Vortech crank
brace, custom velocity stack, Mondo unloader valve, Custom twin intercooler core,
custom SS 3.5" plumbing. This is all finished off with a twin 3.5" mandrill SS
exhaust system, the system starts with a pair of custom 1 7/8" Headers that plumb to twin
4" high flow Cats, for volume control there is a pair of custom large
mufflers and to finish we have twin 3.5" tail pipes. Management is done with
Wolf 5D. also as can be seen by the pic's there where several stages of the
ignition system to try to get to the 1000rwhp figure that this car has know
attained. Below are some pic's we got along the way.
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START OF INTER PLUMBING |
FUEL SYSTEM |
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COOLER SETUP |
BASE MODS TO NOSE |
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EXTREME CLUTCH |
MORE TO COME |
