Not sure if this will get locked or not but Here is a link to Smittys video I uploaded. I know alot of people were looking for the video.

I e-mailed dirk about putting it up in the MOVIES section but maybe he didnt get the e-mail?

anyways Here it is..

Prestons Video

 

Please Don't Lock This!!! OMG Hell Yeahs thats what I'm talking about. Everyone who wants to turbocharge their Camaro needs to watch this!!!! Thanks for the vid!!!

:hail:

 

No Problem... to go with the video here are some pictures someone linked me to today.

 

Actually this will be faster for me. damm dial up.

The pic's are on guidos site also.








I had the video and thought Id share. This is the 1st Time ive seen the Pictures of the motor out of the car. Ive only seen the ones with the Vortech and the Turbo with the motor in the car.

 

Very impressive! Even more impressive is the fact that he's still using the TPI.

 

Damn I'm getting so excited looking at these pictures!!! Do you have any more info on the engine? Do you know how much boost he was pushing?? *drooling*

:hail:

 

That video was with his old setup using a Vortech SC.

Guido and others know more about his setup. or if you do a search you should find more info.

 

I knew which video it was as soon as I hit play...

For those of you that "pay attention", didnt you notice the Vortech blower shot after the burnout? Didnt look like a turbo, did it?

Waste of bandwidth (j/k).

For a moment there, I was starting to think the car was back in the nines, unless it is...

Now... where is the current video???

 

Yes that vid is old while he still had the vortech. Guess I should have stated that in the 1st post. I havent seen any new vids with the turbo.

 

Wow! That car got out of the hole in a hurry!

TPI383, where in Ohio are you?

 

:hail: Hold on here... 9 seconds with a "stock type" TPI set up and a vortec sc? :hail: Holy friggin **** that car is G0D! :hail: Does any one have some more specs on that engine?

 

I've seen him race alot up my way at new england dragway, pretty impressive when he had the vortech on it, and the car is perfect in and out, awesome to see it run in person, the photo's and vid's do the car no justice. I talked to him alot last summer about the turbo setup, nice guy...but he only ran a few times...low tens says he's working the bugs out of it...oh unsure if anyone knows this but this motor is a 305 with forged rotating assembly with alot of arizona speed and marine tuned port stuff on it and it was a 305 when it ran 9's with the vortech so it'll be interesting to see what he does with the turbo this summer, definately a monster in disguise!

 

Dammit! I just spent 22 minutes D/L'ing the video......and all I get is sound
What playback program will this work with?
Thanks....

Pete

 

quicktime

 

Its a 305??? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Guess those guys all talkin trash about the 305's will be quiet now!

 

I met and talked to Preston this summer at englishtown. He was running street tires and 16psi of boost and ran 11.02 @ 124 in bracket racing.

I didnt get a chance to hang out very much because I was chasing gremlins with my own car. I wish I would have spent more time chatting with him but it was nice to meet him.

I dont know much else about his car so I cannot offer much.

 

When, if ever, do you guys plan on goin to e-town again? Itd rock to meet up with ya guys and check out ur setups!

 

Originally posted by 88 WS6 TransAm GTA:
ask and ye shall receive:

When going 10s he was using this:
Vortech R trim supercharger 16 PSI boost.
Custom liquid to air intercooler.
A S & M 52mm throttle body with airfoil, Stock ported plenum, A S & M long tube runners, extrude honed stock manifold base.
30 lb/hr injectors.
Stock in-tank fuel pump, Bosch in-line booster pump.
Stock ECM with Accel Power Processor.
MSD 6AL with boost retard, stock indexed distributor, heliwound plug wires.
Lingenfelter 272 hydraulic roller cam.
AFR stage one heads, ceramic coated valves, stainless roller rockers.
1990 305 block with splayed four bolt mains.
Ceramic coated JE hypereutectic pistons, .030" over.
Mechart stainless boxed rods.
Forged crank.
Headman 1 5/8" headers, dual 2.5" pipes, Sonic Turbo mufflers.
Modified th700r4 with B&M guts, Art Carr 10" non lockup converter (2500 RPM stall).
Dana 44 rear, 3.54:1 gears.
Boxed rear control arms and torque arm, tubular panhard rod.
Koni adjustable shocks & struts, aftermarket springs, 1.5" spring spacers in rear springs.
Polyurethane bushings.
Global West subframe connectors.
Removed front swaybar at the track.
Dot legal drag tires.
Weight with driver 3745 pounds.
********************
On his way to running 9s he changed to the following:
Vortech T trim, eight rib belt, custom tensioner, 24 PSI boost.
Forged Crower 6" rods.
Wiseco forged pistons.
8.8:1 compresion
Comp Cams hydraulic roller cam, 0.530" lift, 215°/222° duration @ 0.050".
Extrude honed Trick Flow Twisted Wedge heads.
A S & M 58mm throttlebody.
52 lb/hr injectors.
Stock in-tank fuel pump with SX booster pump, SX fuel pressure regulator.
Electromotive Tec II computer.
Hooker 1 3/4" long tube headers, Dr Gas X pipe, Flowmaster crossflow muffler.
Art Carr guts in an 88 700r4.
Dennys Carbon Fiber Drive shaft.
9" rear end, 3.50:1 gears, Moser axles.
10" X 28" ET Drags.
Weight with driver 3648 pounds.
Plus lots of little custom tricks, mods and fabrication not mentioned above.

 

omg its a 305 too .. i think im gonna doodoo my pants

:hail:

 

Guido, what turbo is he running, for the life of me i can't remember, something makes me wanna say T70 or like a PT-63 or something like that

 

yeah 305 hehehe pretty sick eh?....and as you see him driving his 11 second PLUS car back to Mass. from the dragway in NH the license plate will make ya grin "TPI305" hehe....I have tons of video of this guy racing w/the vortech, watched it last nite after I read this...was'nt that fast tho'...just a few low 10 sec. passes before he toasted a head gasket...and the funny thing..full exhaust, real smooth and quiet...the car shocked the hell outta me the first time I saw it!

-Brian

 

Anyone have any idea what headers those are?

 

custom made stainless steel coated

 

Oh is that all? Are you nuts???

 

Compared to what it did with the vortech and compared to what it could do w/the turbo, christ he could easily get into low 9's high 8's so yeah 10 sec. passes w/that car is kinda slow.

-Brian

 

I honestly believe 8's are possible on a turbo iroc pushing high boost if you can get traction ..... if you can get traction ....

 

lol....some of you need to do a little more research

YES

that car *could* go 8s but it is going to require a MUCH bigger turbo and about 25-26psi and much lower weight

I've heard of a coulple T-76 stangs going 8.80s

BUT


they weighed like 2800lbs WITH driver and were big inch motors

 

Well ... thats basically what my plan is. I gonna use a 98-99 LS1 rebuilt with foarged components to 8.5:1 compression and a single T76 turbo. I plan to run a max of 22 psi of boost for short ammounts of time. As far as getting the weight down, the main weight reduction will come from the K1 Evo full body fiberglass replacement kit (brings car down to 2800 pounds ... love or hate the look it makes the car light), the LS1 swap (all aluminum) not sure how much lighter than an iron block but I think like 150 pounds lighter, and tubular a-arms will also help make the car lighter. I could be possible get the weight down to 2800 pounds with driver. If LS1 Motorsports can get a 3800 pound camaro to run high 9's @ 135 with 701 rwhp (@ 16 psi i've heard) ... 8's are possible if you can get traction.

 

you might want to give rob raymer a call because he has

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

into keeping the head gaskets on that car

they figured that part out, now the problem is that every two runs the aluminum heads WARP

that can become pricey

i'd give him a call on that if you wanted to do it with an LS1

it would actually be cheaper to use:

-dart block
-15* or 18* heads
-same turbo

^ is a proven combo and many can help with your problems

just my .02

 

22 psi on an LS1? You must have magic head bolts or magic head gaskets!

No one has kept the heads on that thing at those boost levels...

Also... Doesnt Preston Smith have 1.5 inch primaries and a 2 1/4 inch crossover? Also, isnt he running a 2.5 inch downpipe? I could be wrong about the sizes but I know Im close. Isnt that gonna choke the engine? I can imagine what the Turbine Inlet Pressures look like...

 

I dont know what size turbo or what size pipes he uses. big isnt always best on pipes with a turbo. you want some restriction to keep velocity there. I went with a 3" crossover pipe and I think it may be too big but I run a lot of cubes so we will see how it does.

Im going to lock this because there is a lot of specualtion and bad info being thrown around and any tech info was exhausted long ago.