View Full Version : A few pics of my car, as requested.
Teufel Hunden
03-09-2005, 07:08 PM
Here's a motor shot, and a couple other pics of the car:
http://ourworld.cs.com/TeufelHundenM198/EngineBay+001.jpg
http://ourworld.cs.com/TeufelHundenM198/SexyCar.jpg
http://ourworld.cs.com/TeufelHundenM198/7.JPG
http://ourworld.cs.com/TeufelHundenM198/Gauges.jpg
In the next few weeks i'll have some dyno scans to post.
Skaterkid
03-09-2005, 07:18 PM
Bad ass. Are those ZR1 replica rims or are they from an SS?
Teufel Hunden
03-09-2005, 07:31 PM
Bad ass. Are those ZR1 replica rims or are they from an SS?
They're replicas
Very clean, is that an FMU I spy?
Teufel Hunden
03-09-2005, 08:37 PM
Very clean, is that an FMU I spy?
Yep ;) It's a procharger adjustable. This month after i get my MAF recalibrated, i'll ditch the FMU for some 42lb injectors and tuning.
Now you're talking. What kind of boost are you running again?
Teufel Hunden
03-09-2005, 09:14 PM
Now you're talking. What kind of boost are you running again?
10psi right now. We'll be tuning for 15psi once the MAF gets recalibrated. On the stock calibration, i max it out at around 12psi. Once everything gets sorted out with all that, I'm hoping to get into the mid-low 13s this season at Bandimere. my best last year was 14.01 @ 101mph (10103ft DA), I was pretty happy with that compared to my best N/A run, the year before that at 16.3 @ 83.4mph.
Nice, I ran a 13.8 with a 2.4 60' last year on 15 psi in my Integra. You should be pretty quick on 15. Good luck. :)
V8SpankR
03-09-2005, 10:37 PM
Nice car but I'd hate to change those plugs or on any last gen F-body. :eek:
TheJackal
03-09-2005, 11:10 PM
you turboed a v6? why?
Teufel Hunden
03-09-2005, 11:34 PM
Nice car but I'd hate to change those plugs or on any last gen F-body. :eek:
They weren't too bad until the down pipe got routed down the passenger side of the engine. :D
you turboed a v6? why?
Realistically, you could ask that very question to just about anyone on this board with an aftermarket turbo.
TheJackal
03-09-2005, 11:43 PM
They weren't too bad until the down pipe got routed down the passenger side of the engine. :D
Realistically, you could ask that very question to just about anyone on this board with an aftermarket turbo.
Not really
It they put a v8 in a galant, I would have chose it rather then turboing a 4 cylinder....
Most everybody here swaps the biggest motor then can in their car, and then turbos it, not the smallest motor then can put in it and turbo that..
TheJackal
03-09-2005, 11:54 PM
I disagree.
With who
With you. If we didn't like being underdogs, we'd all go buy Fox bodies.
JL LGT
03-10-2005, 03:00 AM
Well damn. That's nice!
It's not that I like being an underdog....it's that I've had nothing but shitty experiences with Chevy, Ford & Dodge.
The first Honda I owned....took the beating....and kept on asking for more.
Teufel Hunden
03-10-2005, 10:03 AM
Not really
It they put a v8 in a galant, I would have chose it rather then turboing a 4 cylinder....
Most everybody here swaps the biggest motor then can in their car, and then turbos it, not the smallest motor then can put in it and turbo that..
That doesn't negate my point ;) Putting the "Biggest" motor in the car is still often a 4 cyl or 6 cyl. Implying that it was a waste of time for me to turbocharge a V6 Camaro would be hypocritical unless you make the same post to everyone on this board with an engine smaller than a V8 with an aftermarket turbo.
Besides, this isn't the smallest motor GM has. It's a 3.8, which is the 2nd biggest V6 in the GM fleet. The only 6 cylinder bigger than this one, is the inline 4.2, which does not fit in the FBodies without tons of money in fabriabrication. They have 3.4 and 3.1 V6s, and they also have the 2.2, 2.4, and 2.0 Ecotec 4cyl motors. So your statement about "putting the smallest motor in" is flawed.. do your research before you question my methods.
All that aside, you don't NEED displacement when you make a turbo vehicle. Turbos already make gobs of torque, as is evidenced on my car with 379.5rwtq. A different turbo, or added boost pressure, and i'm clearing the 400rwtq mark. Turbochargers are the great equalizer (more so than Nitrous, IMO), and the statement "there's no replacement for displacement" is only true for N/A motors. The turbo imports that have broken the 7 second barrier should provide more than enough proof of that.
V8SpankR
03-10-2005, 10:08 AM
Maybe it's good he turboed the V6 since the insurance company still insures it at V6 HP and not Z28 hp. I've priced insurance on a Z28 and it's almost the same as a Vette.
Teufel Hunden
03-10-2005, 10:08 AM
Well damn. That's nice!
It's not that I like being an underdog....it's that I've had nothing but shitty experiences with Chevy, Ford & Dodge.
The first Honda I owned....took the beating....and kept on asking for more.
I used to have a VW Fox like that. I beat the crap out of that poor car every single day. It was ugly, run down, i didn't take care of it, i only changed the oil like once a year.... all that, and it started up every time i needed it too. :D This car, i take very good care of it, and it takes what i dish out. I put the turbo on at 90k miles, and it now has 110k, still running strong.
Dave_L
03-10-2005, 10:15 AM
I would agree that a 3.8L is a pretty decent sized motor. I would rather have a SS but still props to you on your car. Your putting down some nice numbers and remember people, a 3.8L is bigger than my motor and 350z motors. Yet no one questions us when we want to turbo our cars. People encourage it. So why would turboing a 3.8L be a bad idea?
V8SpankR
03-10-2005, 10:24 AM
I think the other guy is saying just buy the biggest engine available so you don't have to mod the smaller one just to make the HP the bigger one does;kinda like buying an NA DSM and turboing it. I think it can come down to the insurance issue and what people can afford and 14.1 at Bandi from the 3.8 V6 is still quicker than an SS and can run with the first few years of Vipers so it's not slow.
Teufel Hunden
03-10-2005, 10:28 AM
I would agree that a 3.8L is a pretty decent sized motor. I would rather have a SS but still props to you on your car. Your putting down some nice numbers and remember people, a 3.8L is bigger than my motor and 350z motors. Yet no one questions us when we want to turbo our cars. People encourage it. So why would turboing a 3.8L be a bad idea?
:werd:
Look at what Grand National guys do with their 3.8s. Nearly all of the really fast ones use the stock stroke... no one told them to get a bigger motor :D Only difference between a Grand National 3.8 and mine, is an extra point in compression (9.4:1), and my heads flow much, much better than theirs. Of all the V6s to turbo, this is probably the best one to go with as far as GM motors go.
Teufel Hunden
03-10-2005, 10:31 AM
I think the other guy is saying just buy the biggest engine available so you don't have to mod the smaller one just to make the HP the bigger one does;kinda like buying an NA DSM and turboing it. I think it can come down to the insurance issue and what people can afford and 14.1 at Bandi from the 3.8 V6 is still quicker than an SS and can run with the first few years of Vipers so it's not slow.
Insurance is terrible for me. To own a V8 car, would cost me an extra $120 a month. Plus, even if i add up the cost of the car, i've still got less money in this car than i would have spent buying a stock LS1 car. :) So lets see... stock V8, or turbo V6? I pick the turbo every time.
Dave_L
03-10-2005, 11:00 AM
As far as going with the biggest engine possible for the car, i could put an LS1 in my car. There are people already doing it. It would be sweet to do but for the same price i could turbo my engine and have a faster car. You will never make everyone happy with what you do to your car so do what makes you happy. I say its a nice car that has good power so who cares what motor it has.
gjcivic
03-10-2005, 05:56 PM
nice sleeper... usually i like to hunt out camaro's without t-top's... usually a safe bet ;) might have to rethink that a liitle.
TheJackal
03-10-2005, 06:34 PM
Im talking about cost effective-ness.. I SBC easily fits into an fbody..
Teufel Hunden
03-10-2005, 07:45 PM
Im talking about cost effective-ness.. I SBC easily fits into an fbody..
Read about the part where i said i have less money in this car than i would have spent if i bought a stock V8 ;) It was MORE cost effective to put a turbo on the V6, because i'm going faster for cheaper, and now i have all the potential that a turbo brings with it. :D
Boosted Wagon
03-11-2005, 03:00 PM
I agree with you and austin...austin in the sence that if money isnt that big of an issue then a v8 is a better base to turbo but being on money constraints this is the best way to go..i know where you are comming from, im the same way with the sti in that i would love to have it and its a better base to start from but the price difference that i would have to pay isnt worth the jump i can make mine compairable for that amount of money
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