Yes I am curious as well I am assuming it is a simliar build to the engine that was in Houman's car but with a smaller cam....

 

Houmans motor was rebuilt 3 times because it broke down 3 times, I know trust me, I had a long conversation on the car with a sertain owner not Houman. Motor kept burning blue 3 times & the first time it was burning so much oil Dave had to go through oil like $hit through a goose.

 

dave DID tell me as well, that the motor had to be rebuilt a FEW times due to burning too much oil .. but at the end, it all worked out i guess ....

sandeep .. sorry bud .. didnt mean to bust ur bubbles .. but when u told me that night that u still had ur stock crank in there .. i KNEW u couldnt have a 383 .. oh well .. lets just say that the pistons u got in there .. should be able to handle more N2O than my pistons

and for the cam ... go with a XE 230 / 236 (possibly with custom lift, after i see ur head flow sheet)

 

Sorry once again dude? enlighten my dumb ***.

I had no idea SBains motor was not a stroker, I assumed it from his sig all this time.

As far as tuning for a blower motor, I have yet to see it done right, and yes I am sure it has to do with fuel. I am still surprised my motor has stayed alive as log as it has. A STOCK LT1 down to the heads, cam and computer tuning, with an 8 psi blower.

I would still like to see a blown stroker get tuned right. Hell, I would like to know if a blown 355 can be tuned right.

 

ryan .. shauns car was massively underfueled .. even a GM engineer could not tune that car at that time .. this year he should have enough fuel so tuning will be "possible" especially with the FAST ..

and as far as a 355 Vs 383 go .. there is no difference in tuning really .. just bigger cubes .. there is no REAL challange to tune a 383 Vs a 355 or 350 ...

your motor on the other hand .. it IS tuned .. by ur FMU .. and u dont need nearly as much fuel as shaun, due to lower boost / stock heads / cam stock CID .. so ur inline fuel pump siffices ..

there are 2 ways of tuning a blower ..

1) running an FMU (like you are)
2) NOT running an FMU .. and tuning by the cars sensors thru the PCM (which can not be 100% accomplished cuz the cars sensors max out on a FI application)

so u either stick with FMU (not the best way by a long shot) or get an aftermarket PCM that has a 2 or 3 bar MAP sensor

FWIW: ur car IS tuned right... im sure there is a lot of fine tuning that can be done thru the PCM if u ever come on the dyno i will squeez a few more ponies out for ya (after ur heads / cam swap .. u'll need some injectors too probably, and most definately more fuel) trust me its NOT healthy to work the stock injectors under such high fuel pressure for a long time .. they WILL lock up one of these days.. so put some 30 or 36# SVOs and a 255 walbro on ur shopping list

 

LOL. I had no idea this little post would stir so much $hit up

It looks like I'll be shooting Richmond an email to see what they can do for me. Thanks for pointing them out.

 

Eeep!

I just talked to richmond and they quoted me approximatly $7200, carb to pan for a 400-425hp 383. Mind you, that is with all the good stuff - aluminum heads, forged pistons, etc., and capable of handling a wee bit 'o spray. But... it'll probalby take 3 months to save up the rest of the cash. I wanna drive now, damnit!

Hmm Hmm Hmm.

 

Thats not a bad price if that includes EVERYTHING like you mentioned

 

wow thats CHEAP

does that include a core ? (he builds YOU'RE motor ? or he builds u A motor !?)

i wonder what he'll charge to rebuild my LT1 into a forged 383 or 396.. i dont even need heads or an intake i should give him a call

 

Is he going to get those heads ported for you, or just throw on a set of CNC's (or something like that)?

 

He's probably going to put some out of the box Canfield's that I noticed on sale, on his site=> They flow crazy numbers.

 

I'd prolly give them a block & all the parts & tell them to do all the balancing & assembling, that way there is a warranty. I'm thinking of doing that after this season

 

Just stock edlebrock aluminum heads. They built several of them recently, so it's prooven combo of 'off the shelf' parts. It sounds like a better motor than GM's ZZ430

I didn't question them in detail about the engine because I don't have the cash for it right now.

Maybe I'll have to pay a visit to my bank. I should be able to get a loan for 3k....

 

For those that were wondering, check the sig.

 

You and I would be a good race I think