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I'm pretty sure we're the first to get to 4 digits on an 18.
Finally getting things lined out with the car, we tried real hard to make NMRA this weekend, but just couldn't build a 1000 hp monster in 5 days, appears it takes 6.5 days to build a car....
Took delivery of our 2018 last october and rushed to get her ready in 4 days for the mod nationals.
Started with a nitrous outlet nozzle system along with some weld wheels and steeda stop the hop kit, drag springs, and some viking shocks along with dss halfshafts, and driveshaft. With no dyno time we were able to be the first to knock down the 10 second barrier.
As most know, we are vortech and paxton' largest dealer so naturally we wanted to wait for their kit. With plans to push the car into the 4 digit / 8 second zone, we knew we'd need an engine right away.
I talked to mark@mmr and he just happened to have a sleeved 18 block sitting on the shelf, so he topped it off with their ported heads and shipped it our way. Been sitting on the stand here for about 6 weeks, as we wanted to do everything at once.
About a week and a half ago, vortech got us one of their 2018 brackets that lower the head unit down compared to the 11-17. this is to allow for more hood clearance. The 15-17 were already tight, and the new design necessitated the need for a little more clearance.
This gave our partners at Finish Line a chance to start bolting the head unit on and do some testing on the engine stand with our custom 10 rib setup. we have been working with the guys at ARS to develop a 10 rib system for the hardcore guys for a few months now. We should have these ready soon for the guys btw.
Vortech got us the rest of the kit last friday, and we got to work getting the old engine out, and the new engine in and installing the kit.
In addition, Justin over at Fore Innovations sent us one of their new stage 2 setups for the 2018. (we'll have these available soon too). The stage 1 will use stock rails, this stage 2 uses rails and a dual regulator setups.
While we installed the engine we dropped in one of the new k members were selling from Double AA, along with a set of viking crusader coil overs, steeda control arms, steeda bump steer kit, and j&m caster camber plates.
Steve over at UPR also hooked us up with one of their breather catch can setups as well to keep the oil out of the intake!
after getting everything installed, we loaded up the lund base tune and she fired right up and idled great, we did a couple of idle / rev logs, and off to the dyno she went.
after 6 revisions, on a completely new platform, with a s/c they hadn't tuned on an 18, with a fuel system completely different than the previous fore's, Jr had us making 4 digit numbers on the dyno! this was done in 6th gear, not 7th, the unfortunate thing is, the trans doesn't appear to be super happy in 7th gear. she is pushing through the trans (not the converter) in 7th, 6th gear is holding like a champ so far. but you have another shaft kicking in on 7th gear and just over 800 wheel she starts to slip.
we finished in 6th gear at 1014 rwhp and 774 ft/lbs. we figured thats a good starting spot to get the car on the track and see what she can do. really trying to get to that 8 second zone. then time to work on trans upgrades!
Here is the graph and a little video to enjoy (@steve, sorry i missed the upr banner)
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Finally getting things lined out with the car, we tried real hard to make NMRA this weekend, but just couldn't build a 1000 hp monster in 5 days, appears it takes 6.5 days to build a car....
Took delivery of our 2018 last october and rushed to get her ready in 4 days for the mod nationals.
Started with a nitrous outlet nozzle system along with some weld wheels and steeda stop the hop kit, drag springs, and some viking shocks along with dss halfshafts, and driveshaft. With no dyno time we were able to be the first to knock down the 10 second barrier.
As most know, we are vortech and paxton' largest dealer so naturally we wanted to wait for their kit. With plans to push the car into the 4 digit / 8 second zone, we knew we'd need an engine right away.
I talked to mark@mmr and he just happened to have a sleeved 18 block sitting on the shelf, so he topped it off with their ported heads and shipped it our way. Been sitting on the stand here for about 6 weeks, as we wanted to do everything at once.
About a week and a half ago, vortech got us one of their 2018 brackets that lower the head unit down compared to the 11-17. this is to allow for more hood clearance. The 15-17 were already tight, and the new design necessitated the need for a little more clearance.
This gave our partners at Finish Line a chance to start bolting the head unit on and do some testing on the engine stand with our custom 10 rib setup. we have been working with the guys at ARS to develop a 10 rib system for the hardcore guys for a few months now. We should have these ready soon for the guys btw.
Vortech got us the rest of the kit last friday, and we got to work getting the old engine out, and the new engine in and installing the kit.
In addition, Justin over at Fore Innovations sent us one of their new stage 2 setups for the 2018. (we'll have these available soon too). The stage 1 will use stock rails, this stage 2 uses rails and a dual regulator setups.
While we installed the engine we dropped in one of the new k members were selling from Double AA, along with a set of viking crusader coil overs, steeda control arms, steeda bump steer kit, and j&m caster camber plates.
Steve over at UPR also hooked us up with one of their breather catch can setups as well to keep the oil out of the intake!
after getting everything installed, we loaded up the lund base tune and she fired right up and idled great, we did a couple of idle / rev logs, and off to the dyno she went.
after 6 revisions, on a completely new platform, with a s/c they hadn't tuned on an 18, with a fuel system completely different than the previous fore's, Jr had us making 4 digit numbers on the dyno! this was done in 6th gear, not 7th, the unfortunate thing is, the trans doesn't appear to be super happy in 7th gear. she is pushing through the trans (not the converter) in 7th, 6th gear is holding like a champ so far. but you have another shaft kicking in on 7th gear and just over 800 wheel she starts to slip.
we finished in 6th gear at 1014 rwhp and 774 ft/lbs. we figured thats a good starting spot to get the car on the track and see what she can do. really trying to get to that 8 second zone. then time to work on trans upgrades!
Here is the graph and a little video to enjoy (@steve, sorry i missed the upr banner)
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