Yeah, the heads for the Minirammed 385 are HERE! In addition, so is the digital camera. Expect a MAJOR web site revamp at ws6transam.org, where I expect to have a whole page dedicated to the purchase, testing, and competition porting of these heads. I've already completed two levels of flow testing and I'm about to make the first modification to the exhaust and intake port in order to find more flow. The goal is to pick up 25 cfm on the intake and 30 cfm on the exhaust.

Currently they are flowing 254 cfm at .500 inch lift on the intake, and 182 cfm on the exhaust.

I'm excited! :lala:

 

And then, I drooled...

 

Santa gave you head? Just one?

 

Ummm... what is your Santa's email address?

 

Yeah, could you get me that one too. My santa has been pretty stingy.

Ben

 

Guess what else is under the Christmas tree?

I know for a fact that there are some wrapped speed parts under there, in addition to the stuff too big to wrap. Dad has been good this year.

 

I AM jealous

 

haha! that header under the tree pic is going on my desktop, hopefully my parents will get the hint lol

 

hmmmm .... received head ..... for XMas .... from Santa?

Well, I guess getting head from any source is better than no head at all!!

 

Looks great ! What are your plans for the drivetrain ?

 

Damn you! My X-mas hasn't even come yet, anyone elses? j/k Hopefully i will get a Borla Cat-back for X-mas and my B-day. They are so close together i just asked my parents if they could "help a brotha out". lol Looks like some nice additions to your project. Good luck with it-later

 

Well, I did get hooker long tubes(my gift to me) and I am getting some potenza re730s for christmas so I am not to disappointed, but I still need to get to know your santa.

Ben

 

Dang, someone is gonna be runnin some good track times.

 

I got some more eye candy for ya:
A TPIS Miniram.

It's sitting right here in a box, ready to top off those AFR195's....and yes, this is an actual picture of it. It's loaded with a 58mm throttle body and 30 pound fuel injectors. There are also some nitrous spraybars mounted directly behind the throttle plates.

The stroker 385 shortblock is assembled and on the engine stand: An internally balanced, all forged bottom end with ceramic coated Lunati lightweight racing pistons. It sports a custom Comp Cams hydraulic roller with AFR Hydrarev kit and Comp Cams pro magnum rockers.

I'm working on the revised website right now. I have a new technical article that I am working on that details my battery of flow tests on the AFR cylinder heads. The initial tests show that my flow numbers are always within five percent of AFR advertised flow numbers from .100 to .600" of lift.

I'm hoping to build it all into a highly bullet resistant, eleven-second, 121MPH motor.

Cheers,
--Daniel Burk

 

uh, dude, seriously where is this santa of yours. Do you have him at gunpoint? Are these from family members or are you buying youself your own christmas?

Ben

 

Well I hope you're happy now

You've turned us all green with envy :hail: :hail: :hail:

 

What did you use to polish the miniram, b/c mine sure don't look like that! lol Also, what fuel injectors are you running and did you get all new sensors for that thing b/c they look new too! later

 

ws6transam - i hate you

 

hey, they wish they had our santa huh??????

be sure the first thing ya do when starting the build is to slap the cam in so if it hits the rods you'll be able to see it good...........

besides that, well done! it will scream...

heres a pic of my 383 in the long block stage, it has the 190's with stealth and 30lb ford injectors.

 

Well Ben, I must confess. My "Santa" is my wife who allowed me to set a $200 a month budget back in spring of 1998. I've been slowly saving and buying stuff since then. The Miniram was purchased in the summer of 2000 and has been sitting ever since. It's used, but not by much. An internet guy I know named Curt Martin owned it, and he did the polishing. I will be detailing it in a custom powdercoat, but I am not sure the color scheme I'll be using yet. Don't worry, the polish will still be a big part of the look.

The shortblock took me 18 months to build. The heads arrived just a few weeks ago, and so did the headers.

Santa DID send me something in the mail last week though: A mysterious engineer from Walbro sent me an in-tank electric turbine fuel pump free of charge. It's sourced from the upcoming 2004 Corvette Z06 program and can deliver a true 190 lph at 60 psi. It's an engineering sample for my "evaluation".

In case you are wondering, I have owned my Trans Am since 1990, and I've had a modest speed parts savings program for it since 1991. It wasn't until 1998 that I actually started spending money on things that made it go faster.

Dans82bird: Dont hate - - - just save your money and keep scanning the online classified ads! Every part that I have purchased has been bought off the internet, and most of them are from the thirdgen.org or CamaroZ28.com classified ads. The headers were a special internet Group purchase by Jet Hot, the heads were from Thunder Racing (a thirdgen.org sponsor), the Miniram from a fellow list member. The cam was a thirdgen.org classified ad special. Same thing with the new Pro Magnum roller rockers, which I bought from the same guy I bought the cam from. The shortblock came from an internet friend, and the reciprocating assembly came from Dallas Export Sales, another internet specialist. All in all, I've probably saved 30 percent or more. It's probably going to ring in at a total of around $6500 for the running engine.

'Course, that doesnt include the suspension and brake work that I've already done in preparation for the motor. I still need to buy and install the roll cage. I'll probably put in a Kenny Brown performance piece.

 

No wonder you wouldnt hook anyone up with your santa

Ben

 

hey man i'm tryin im only 19 and make slave wage (6.50) so here and there i get stuff when i can afford it... plus i'll be going to college soon so then im skrewed

 

Hey man, I've been there. I once worked up to $6.89 / hr. as a computer service tech back in 1986. I joined the Air Force and after that, never made more than $5.50 / hr. until college graduation in 1995.

Back when I was earning $4.50 an hour, and just making enough money to buy a burger, big gulp, car payment, and gas, I had a big pickle jar into which I threw my spare change. I saved for about a year.

One day I emptied the pickle jar, bought a $15 junkyard Quadrajet intake, three cans of paint, a J.C. Whitney engine dressup kit, a rebuilt Quadrajet, a $50 General Kinetics cam, and a B&M shift kit. I then proceeded to re-do the 305 in my '77 Camaro, and black out the grille. That's how we all start! Have fun with it---

 

I wish we all started in a similar way but now a days i see kids driving around in 30 and 40k dollar cars, and they are just 17! Makes me wonder what the future will hold for all of these spoiled people. I hear ya guys, earn it or don't have it, thats the way i see it. Later

 

If it makes ya feel any better, I had a Mitsubishi Mirage when I started college. Only 100% import car my family ever owned. Got me and my dad into 7 accidents. We have clean records otherwise. LOL After that, It was all about the 86 'Bird and the 83 TA (that was the beater that the previous owner got in a fender bender with).

 

I probably should mention that I've started revising my website, complete with plenty of new photographs of the above parts.

Traffic is running at around 10,000 visitors a month right now.

http://www.ws6transam.org/fcar.html

See what you guys think. The AFR link is pretty cool, I just added it this morning.

***edit: Sorry about the link, I forgot to add the "html" to the end. It should work now.

 

I would be interested to see what kinds of improvement you get out of porting those heads. How long do you think it will be before you get them done?

Ben

 

Sorry, i can not acess that link! Maybe its just me, i really don't know. 10,000 a month, thats pretty good.

 

No, I couldnt access it either but if you get rid of the /fcar you can get to it.

Ben

 

dan, those heads are very nice.

i can't wait to see that car. might have to see about taking a weekend trip to check that out