LSX Tall Deck 900hp motor build
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There's a book I read by Reher-Morrison that basically has a whole chapter on crankcase vacuum and it's drawbacks, because there are a few of them. My goal is to get 20 inches of vacuum in there at WOT. I can't do it any other way, well I can but nothing that is cheaper or cleaner.
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I will have an update tomorrow night as I'm meeting with someone tomorrow who's gonna help me solidify my plans...hopefully.
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I will have an update tomorrow night as I'm meeting with someone tomorrow who's gonna help me solidify my plans...hopefully.
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Well... ![hmm](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/hmm.gif)
I'm at an impasse! I spent about 3 hours today with one of the premier engine builders in the world (Kenny Duttweiler) and I'm more screwed up now that I have ever been.![Embarassed](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_emb.gif)
Alot of my previous assumptions about FI and motors in general have been shot to ****, and learned a **** load about what does and doesn't work in the world of reality!!
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Most of this just confirms what some of you who have been lurking on here but not posting already knew but...N/A motor is out.
900hp N/A on pump gas is gonna be difficult without spinning it, which is something I'm very reluctant to do. For three reasons...
1) Longevity and reliability of the motor
2) The valve-train for a spinner is very $$
3) The powerband on that kind of engine wouldn't be much fun unless it's purely for a drag set-up. And that's not what I want.
So my original plan is out.
What's left is FI, which I'm actually
about! I'm gonna throw Brian a bone here cuz despite being an *** 24/7 he's actually a pretty decent guy. (I know, I know...it pains me to say it too!
) If sensibility was an overpowering quality of mine I would without a doubt slap a TVS2300 on this motor. It's the most reliable, economical, and practical way of making power on most any street driven vehicle. It won't make the MOST power, or rock the world with 9 second passes, but for what my particular purposes require it would in fact be ideal.
But... I'm a turbo guy, always have been and always will be. Getting a TVS would be like throwing Ricky Martin a female, he wouldn't know what to do with it at first, it would intrigue him for a short while, might make him laugh and cry but he'll just as soon run back to the dick. I would enjoy it for a while but after a that I'd start ogling those spinning hair dryer things again.
SO...I'm back to building a FI motor, which is where it gets really complicated as of right now. Duttweiler wasn't too keen on my big cubes idea and as a matter of fact suggested I keep it under 440ci, and that was him being generous. For instance he had a 295ci motor on his engine dyno that was making something like 1600 hp @ 9500 rpm's!!![The Jester](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_jest.gif)
I forgot some of the specs and other specs I'll just keep to myself because it's not my motor or build to talk about but it did go 437.x mph at the salt flats recently!!
I stared at the hot parts on that motor and having read a few turbo books I can tell you his work is not joke, the angle of wastegate runners to the primaries...check! Primary length calibrated for set pulse length rpm's...check! etc... ![Icondrool](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies2/icondrool.gif)
Anyways, back on track...This block might be overkill for what I'm looking to do...go figure!
So I might be downsizing! ![Embarassed](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_emb.gif)
Anyways, it's a good thing I got a while to think about this, so there's more of this
to follow.
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I'm at an impasse! I spent about 3 hours today with one of the premier engine builders in the world (Kenny Duttweiler) and I'm more screwed up now that I have ever been.
![Embarassed](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_emb.gif)
Alot of my previous assumptions about FI and motors in general have been shot to ****, and learned a **** load about what does and doesn't work in the world of reality!!
![The Jester](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_jest.gif)
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Most of this just confirms what some of you who have been lurking on here but not posting already knew but...N/A motor is out.
900hp N/A on pump gas is gonna be difficult without spinning it, which is something I'm very reluctant to do. For three reasons...
1) Longevity and reliability of the motor
2) The valve-train for a spinner is very $$
3) The powerband on that kind of engine wouldn't be much fun unless it's purely for a drag set-up. And that's not what I want.
So my original plan is out.
What's left is FI, which I'm actually
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But... I'm a turbo guy, always have been and always will be. Getting a TVS would be like throwing Ricky Martin a female, he wouldn't know what to do with it at first, it would intrigue him for a short while, might make him laugh and cry but he'll just as soon run back to the dick. I would enjoy it for a while but after a that I'd start ogling those spinning hair dryer things again.
SO...I'm back to building a FI motor, which is where it gets really complicated as of right now. Duttweiler wasn't too keen on my big cubes idea and as a matter of fact suggested I keep it under 440ci, and that was him being generous. For instance he had a 295ci motor on his engine dyno that was making something like 1600 hp @ 9500 rpm's!!
![The Jester](https://www.performancetrucks.net/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_jest.gif)
I forgot some of the specs and other specs I'll just keep to myself because it's not my motor or build to talk about but it did go 437.x mph at the salt flats recently!!
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Anyways, back on track...This block might be overkill for what I'm looking to do...go figure!
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Anyways, it's a good thing I got a while to think about this, so there's more of this
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Well, the proof is really in the pudding. (whatever that saying means!
) There's Jarrett and his 9.65 second 370, there's Flaco's 'lil sis' and it's 370ci motor and there is Casey's 402ci motor, all three of them are in the 9's. If I was building a conversation starter I would slap a pair of hair dryer's on a 482ci motor, but it would in the end cost 4x as much if not more, and not really give me all that much more to play with HP wise.
I've read a couple books, regarding turbo's and each one of them explain that turbo's love stoke, if not for the mechanical advantage aspect of it, the progression of the flame front in a boosted motor creates max pressure at X, etc... But from what Kenny said it's the the other way around, which is kinda why he wasn't too thrilled about the big cubes idea partly because of the bore to stroke ratio accompanied with it.
Corey I might just refresh my 370 or make it into a 402 or what not, up the compression and go from there. I already have two leads on hot parts, from two outstanding guys on here
But I have to wait to see what else happens in the next few weeks.
Another thing to consider is because of the nature and dimensions of this block, custom intake and headers are needed.
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I've read a couple books, regarding turbo's and each one of them explain that turbo's love stoke, if not for the mechanical advantage aspect of it, the progression of the flame front in a boosted motor creates max pressure at X, etc... But from what Kenny said it's the the other way around, which is kinda why he wasn't too thrilled about the big cubes idea partly because of the bore to stroke ratio accompanied with it.
Corey I might just refresh my 370 or make it into a 402 or what not, up the compression and go from there. I already have two leads on hot parts, from two outstanding guys on here
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Another thing to consider is because of the nature and dimensions of this block, custom intake and headers are needed.
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