Its been a busy Friday and I am just now getting to read all this..
Guess I need to chime in..
I can tell you that Joe's GT was driven harder than any GT on this planet and was run over 180+ more times than I wanted to count not to mention that this same GT was on the Ford Test Track and the Ford Test Driver didnt give it a break for over 30min and it also surpassed the fastest mph ever achieved there by 25mph...
I was there, I tuned the car, I have the datalogs taken at over 200mph that prove without a doubt that even when abused this setup has withstood more that we nor some of the Team Members that built them ever thought it would and survived.
But Joe's car was not built to impress you, me, nor anyone but Joe hmself and with that being said you need to also know that when we started this no one could tell us any known limits therefore we had to find one by one..
I can tell you the limits of the fuel system, the Mass Air System, and how to correct these things to make over 1400hp and still maintain the returnless fuel system and Mass Air.. It would have been easier to make it a return system and go to a standalone, but me, Stage 6, and later Torrie and Mase, approached the build and tuning as if it was our own car.
Jason Heffner himself has done the same things with the GT's he has built and just look at the Vipers and now the Gallardo's!!!! Damn!
I, nor Torrie is out to tear up anything, on the contrary I feel we are a bit conservative but I will continue to push the envelope and work to get by the next hurdle.
TonY G
How long will they live and how long can u hold them wide open for?
I bet they can make more than a thou on the dyno but 331 cubic inch and 30+lbs of boost is pushing it to be driving it like u mean it on the street. Dyno queen yes, Well beaten street car or standing mile car would impress me to see it not burn up or detonate.
Maybe i am wrong but i have alot of data on small cu blower/turbo stuff that tells me otherwise.
I know of a couple of people that have made 1700, 1450 and 1300 rwhp on
E85 fuel which is 105 octane. But i will Tell u the car that made 1700 was tuned by Steve Petty of Proline Race engine and we talk in great legnth about being able to try and race that down a track and he said it probally wouldn't work and neither the 1450 or 1300.