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beautiful setup! the supercharger emblem on the sc'er looks like a trd supercharger emblem.....just wondering! great work though!!!!

It was. Good eye! I liked the way it looked with the carbon fiber look in it, but have replaced it with my SCT emblem in its spot now. Today I spent a great deal of the day running all the wires and crap for my Sirius radio. The part I'm most pleased with is my power source for it. Instead of using the cig lighter and always having it opened (which I can't stand for some reason) I made another power point behind the dash under the console area. Bolted up and hooked it up flawlessly with no extra clutter. I have to live with the wires I guess coming from up above my radio/dash bezel. I should be able to get that video posted when I make it this week. Everything is a GO for the video, just that damn p/s bearing making noise when it's cold. One day that'll be fixed too.
 

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How much boost is the M90 generating against that V8 and do you kwow the drive ratio? Any intake air temperature readings?

Vernon

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I suspect boost to be near 8 pounds. My drive ratio is 3.99 now and the tranny has been built to the fullest extent you can build an AX4N. Doug and I both know the IAT temps were going to be high, just because I have no intercooler on there. I did install methanol injection to help aid the cooling, but it was in the upwards of 180 before I did the meth injection. The IAT sensor is also right in the plenum, so it's getting pretty darn good temp readings. It has gobs of torque, as my 18" tires are finding out the hard way, but the horses are being robbed thanks to the heat. I'm probably not going to fool too much more with it honestly, as I have considered selling it. If the right money comes along, it'll be going to a new home. I've been toying with that idea for some time now, and it MAY be that time. :frown:
 

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Yeah, I looked at similar intercoolers like that, and it would work but the piping would be the hard part. Not really that hard though, just time consuming and costly. Like I posted before, I would like to sell the car as opposed to dumping any more money in it. I'll get it dyno tuned of course, but that's it. Other things have became priority and I was hoping things would have changed when I brought it back home, but they haven't. Until then, I'll enjoy it though.....And I need to get a damn video of this thing too. But I hate cold weather!
 

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There is enough room behind the bumper to mount an air to air one.
 

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Get a vid of it out in the snow. :biggrin:

Yeah, my lazy butt can't even get a pic of it on the dry street running. :nut: Let alone in the snow. I can only imagine it sitting still spinning on or in the ice since I can make it sit there and spin 'em on dry pavement. Once it gets cleared up maybe we should meet up sometime. I'll let you try the lil' Eaton out.

There is enough room behind the bumper to mount an air to air one.

Room isn't the issue Paul. There is ample room for it, but the piping is the part I don't feel like doing. Basically, putting anymore money and time into it other than dyno-ing it now is not in the budget. Mostly due to the time I was away from it I lost interest in it. Yeah, it was great when I got it back home and it's a real head turner and makes a lot of noise, but it's time to move on. My 2010 SHO and the Lightning has became priority. If the right money comes along, someone else will have the second roots style supercharged Gen 3 in the world.:munch:
 

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I dont think you could HINT that anymore... :rofl:

Right money for something like that is more than ANYONE here will spend...

Just my .02.

- James
 

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I dont think you could HINT that anymore... :rofl:

Right money for something like that is more than ANYONE here will spend...

Just my .02.

- James

Yeah, I know James. Someone can wish though right?:nut: But, at the same time, there is an ass for every seat. Just gotta find the right person. ;)
 

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Yeah, my lazy butt can't even get a pic of it on the dry street running. :nut: Let alone in the snow. I can only imagine it sitting still spinning on or in the ice since I can make it sit there and spin 'em on dry pavement. Once it gets cleared up maybe we should meet up sometime. I'll let you try the lil' Eaton out.

Even though I'm originally from much further north, I've adapted to the local climate and don't like getting outside until the temps spike. Did I see you were out toward Pungo in an old post?
 

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Even though I'm originally from much further north, I've adapted to the local climate and don't like getting outside until the temps spike. Did I see you were out toward Pungo in an old post?


I work out in Pungo, but I live in the Pembroke area. And I'm with you on the temps. Once they get back to the warmer side, hit me up.
 

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On the turbo for the V8, I haven’t got my V8 yet. But couldn’t you go for a smaller twin set up than one large one. Like a mitsubishi turbo TD04 or TD04HL based set up from a stealth? It would also limit spool time.
 

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On the turbo for the V8, I haven’t got my V8 yet. But couldn’t you go for a smaller twin set up than one large one. Like a mitsubishi turbo TD04 or TD04HL based set up from a stealth? It would also limit spool time.

get your V8 first, then let me know where you plan to run the piping for that setup.
 

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On the turbo for the V8, I haven’t got my V8 yet. But couldn’t you go for a smaller twin set up than one large one. Like a mitsubishi turbo TD04 or TD04HL based set up from a stealth? It would also limit spool time.

No one in the past 14 years (as long as the V-8 SHOs have been around) has successfully crafted a turbo V-8 SHO. Some are in the works from what I hear, but no one has came out and shown pics so it is what it is. Until we see it, its a no go. Doug and I both agreed at the end of this fiasco we should have gone with a turbo or turbos, and called it a day. The turbo V-6 SHO he was finishing when I picked up mine looked amazing, :omgsho: and is not like any other turbo V-6 I've seen. Completely stock under the hood, even down to the airbox. :dribble: He stealthly ran the piping thru the stock air box and you could only notice it if you were looking for it. I wish I woulda gone turbo now, but at this day and time, money would have been an issue. I know what the V-6 one cost, and I'm not putting that much "green" into any of my vehicles for performance wise. I have a right good chump of change into my Lightning, but nowhere close to that turbo SHO.
 

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Well, when I get the V8 and get it installed I'll have a look. I have a pair of TD04HL-19Ts for another project I'm working on I'll see if they will fit and report back…
 

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near as I can tell after poking and prodding around the V8 Engine bay, there's no real concievable way of mounting the turbo underhood...it's gonna have to be remote mounted somewhere else.
 

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