Half ton thread

[hondarider552]

I knew Josh had problems with the Trans but like Tom said it's behind a different animal of an engine.

It was a tough toss up but I settled on a TH400 mainly because of weight, and price to build. A TH400 is 145lbs. A 80E is 250.

 

[hondarider552]

But yes, I did talk to Jakes about a month ago when I was DE aging TH400 vs 80E. I don't need to drive the truck to work and I will race it a lot based on the track times I'm after. Jakes recommended the 400. Rosser has a 400 as well that I was looking at but lots of LS guys here use Jakes without issue.

 

[hondarider552]

Engine is done, going to pick it up end of next week :woott::woott:

Bought James' S480 T6 from the Limo, and a turbo manifold from KB Racing. Time to piece together this project!!

 

[ltr450ryder]

kb makes good stuff can't wait to see it finished!

 

[hondarider552]

Kyle is a cool guy for sure. Said a box stock 80mm will go 9s easily. That along with the injectors I will be running I'll have no excuses :spit:

 

[Harbin_22]

Kyle is a cool guy for sure. Said a box stock 80mm will go 9s easily. That along with the injectors I will be running I'll have no excuses :spit:

Thanks buddy! I knew I was alright all along.

 

[DURAMXD]

Engine is done, going to pick it up end of next week :woott::woott:

Bought James' S480 T6 from the Limo, and a turbo manifold from KB Racing. Time to piece together this project!!

What happened to the parallel twins?

 

[hondarider552]

Thanks buddy! I knew I was alright all along.

:roflmao::roflmao:

What happened to the parallel twins?

I ended up selling the S369SXE's I had because I didn't wanna try and reinvent the wheel with turbo setup's when a single can get it done.

 

[SmokeShow]

How driveable are gassers with huge single turbos? They're known to be a PITA for diesels are they as cumbersome on a gasser?

 

[chevyburnout1]

I would think they would just drive like an n/a gas engine until the charger lit, which has a LOT more driveability than an n/a diesel that is meant to run off a charger.

 

[DIESELMAFIAPER.LB7]

I'm jelly i wish mine didn't need more parts thrown at it I'd be buying a ls motor and looking for a scsb

 

[c20elephant]

For the budget minded....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgGgShB1iHQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[Robby05]

What are you going to use for tuning?

 

[motoking_1990]

For the budget minded....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgGgShB1iHQ&feature=youtu.be

I'm pretty sure I saw this Fairmont. If I remember correctly it had a lsx in it tuned and sprayed. There are quite a few videos on youtube.

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[motoking_1990]

For the budget minded....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgGgShB1iHQ&feature=youtu.be

His dad named the car LeRoy brown

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhg_AFlDMTE

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[hondarider552]

What are you going to use for tuning?

HP tuners with a well known tuner here in AZ. Found a local E-85 station 15 miles away as well, so will be going 100% on corn juice.

 

[motoking_1990]

HP tuners with a well known tuner here in AZ. Found a local E-85 station 15 miles away as well, so will be going 100% on corn juice.

Pardon my in experience with e-85, why are you going to run it? What are the benefits? Is it just higher octane or what?

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[JoshH]

Pardon my in experience with e-85, why are you going to run it? What are the benefits? Is it just higher octane or what?

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It's like poor man's race gas. It doesn't detonate as easily in boosted applications.

 

[motoking_1990]

It's like poor man's race gas. It doesn't detonate as easily in boosted applications.

Interesting I didn't know that

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[hondarider552]

With diesels, detonation doesn't really hurt it because at that kind of compression that's all it really is doing. E85 is around 98-105 octane depending on alcohol content, and is about the same price as unleaded 87. This is all new to me. Plan is to yank the engine and Trans out next weekend.