Hey all! I'm new to the board and just posting up some pics of my beloved third gen!! She is Garage built (as you can probably see lol) and what all my time and money is invested in! (on a tight budget mind you) So let me know what you think of her!

84 Hardtop Z28
355ci, 4 bolt, one piece, Eagle Forged Crank, Scat I beam forged rods, Speed Pro extreme duty dished forged pistons.(8.5:1)
Comp Cams Hyd. Roller .510 .520, .232 .242 @.050 Matching Springs.
Ported and Polished GM Iron Vortec Heads 64cc, stock valves.
JE 1.5 self-aligning Roller Rockers
Edelbrock vortec Performer RPM Intake (gasket matched)
Holley 750cfm DP with Proform Baseplate and blow through floats
Pertronix Flamethrower HEI with Rev Limiter
SSAutochrome universal SBC Twin Turbo Kit(yes the one of Ebay)
twin t3/t4 .63 A/R Turbine housing Turbo's
Internal wastegates, custom downpipes(open) and intercooler piping
dual in dual out air-air FMIC
two cheap *** BOV's lol
Spectre Carb Hat
Manual boost controller
MagnaFuel Quickstart 300 Fuel Pump
10gal Fuel cell
Race Pumps boost referenced FPR.
Stock and about to give, NWC T-5 with hurst shifter
BMR SFC and Mid mount Torque Arm
Stock and already gave out a few times 10 bolt rear with Richmond 3.73's
Summit Mini Spool.
Well I think that about sums it all up, wow that got pretty lengthy! sorry! so its basically a homemade race car that I drive on the street and never at the track for fear of breaking something else. lol
It made 579WHP at 5500rpm and 602ft/lbs at 4200rpm on 13lbs and pump gas.
Sorry about the Pic quality but its all I have!

Scanned my dyno sheet!!



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Wow, I think this is the first ebay kit that I have ever seen dynoed. Those are great #s.

DEFINETLY keep us posted about the longevity of those turbos and the whole setup. Sounds like a fun car!

 

Really? Well glad to be the gueinea pig for you guys! lol I hope it lasts longer than my stock gears did! lol but I'll definetly keep u posted, gonna try to get the numbers up with some 101octane and more boost, so we will see what happens.

 

I think some ppl on here might get surprised by SSAutochrome making that kinda power and still holding up. I really hope that those headers hold together well for you. Nice looking setup and good work.

 

Ya Ive heard some stories about the headers cracking or breaking too, but I'm lucky so far. Been driving it on and off for about 4 months now and I have gone through one set of gears, one mini spool, one torque arm and 2 U joints, but no problems with the mill whatsoever. besides the once in awhile popping off silicone connector lol.

 

nice car and great work, that much power under a unibody car could do some chassis damage hope you have sub frame connectors

 

I would love to buy one of those kits, but everyone seems to say they are crap. So I don't. I have since learned where there are some other cheap HD turbos that are supposed to hold up to anything. But then again my motor is 10:1, so I would need a whole new mill.

Maybe by the time you have logged a good amount of miles on her, I will be ready to rib my current mill appart (Nitrous motor)

 

Care to provide a link to this eBay kit, or at least, the seller? Maybe he has more kits?

 

why the hole in the hood? Planning on a scoop of some sort?

 

Yea I know man, I already started to crack my freaking roof!! I have installed BMR SFC's since then lol.

 

Here is the Link to the actual website http://www.ssautochrome.com/level.itml/icOid/1844

And here is the Ebay listing

http://search.ebay.com/search/search...+Sbc&category0=
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No actually the carb hat wont fit under the stock hood. It sucks because I kinda wanted to keep the stock hood on the car. You can't really tell in the pictures but it does stick out a little bit.

 

thats f'n nutz man sleeperish

 

looks crazy.. post some videos of the car in action.

 

oh man what the hell!

pensacola, turbo, blowthrough, thridgen.

thought i was the only one. get in touch with me when its running.
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Ah thats a sweet project you got man! I like the way you did your front mount! have trouble with the mounting position?? lol I'm actually not in Pensacola anymore, I was just stationed there for a bit I'm actually in Japan right now lol.

 

did you have to mod the drivers side header to clear the steering shaft...

 

No it actually has about 1 1/2 inch of clearance.

 

Were they good to deal with and did the kit fit pretty much as described? Also you said that you have driven the car for four months, how much driving is that like once every couple of weeks, and how is it possible to keep your foot out of it?

 

They were great! Very quick shipping!! Definetly recommend them!! The kit is cheap I knew it wasnt the highest quality but I couldnt beat that price!! Thats driving around 30mi a week. It does good in stop and go traffic once I upgraded the cooling system, with the stock rad and waterpump it would get pretty hot quick. And The only way to keep that right foot from going through the floor was to set the rev limiter to 4000 and turn the boost down. lol With it set up like that I get about 170mi to a tank. A ten gal fuel cell.

 

That is a winner, have you had a chance to try the 110 and turn up the boost yet? I have been thinking about buying one of those ebay kits for a while now, I think you have almost convinced me.

 

pleasse keep up very updated.

People always say that the intercoolers are too small, or that the turbos will spin to pieces.

On top of that, they usually say that the headers are too weak and thin.

Please fill us in on just about everything you can, since for the average guy you wants to go boosted, researching for months and hunting down parts just doesn't seem worth it all the time.

 

Theres a guy over on theturboforums making 1000+ HP on a set of those headers. NOT the turbos but the same headers with modifield adapters for the turbos.

Doing some research latley since I have a few sets of the ebay stuff around. The quality on the headers is decent. They are prone to crank if vibrated alot because they dont purge the inside when welding the SS. and its all Roll formed 301 Stainless not 304 as advertised.

Take a magnet to the straight parts. It wont stick. Now take and run it over the radi of the bends. It will. Its a High carbon content Stainless. Either way as said A guy over on theturboforums.com is pushing upwards of 1000+ HP on a set of them with great results.

 

Your twin turbo setup is my dream come true. I have one concern about the routing of the intercooler piping. I'd love to see how you got around all the stuff that's in there.

 

SSAC stuff is fairly common with import guys (I happen to be one) and usually the only complaint is the welds on their manifolds. Most import guys either upgrade manifolds or just have them re-welded before they go on the car. I had an SSAC intercooler kit on my '95 Eclipse and never had any problems, and for $300 I was more than happy. The kits are cheap mainly due to the turbos, which are cheaply made Chinese units, instead of Japanese models. A friend of mine had their entire kit on his Mirage (same turbo motor as the Eclipse/Talon) and he had to have the manifold re-welded several times, and eventually got a new one from them and had it welded before use. I have read that support brackets have helped, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes.

I was wondering how these kits were doing...