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Black exhaust pipe mild steel?
Joe

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Very nice!

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High temp coated stainless.
They are also getting wrapped before install.

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John said he's going to punch in the throat next time he see's you. ;).
What, you think we'd just make it on a stand? Of course it fits.
Thanks for all the comments all. All of my 5 minute lunch is done, back to work.

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Jet-Hot? Are you going to dyno your car before & after the heat wrapping by chance?

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The words "before install" tell me no. Why would he bother?

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I have seen 16hp Briggs engines show horsepower drops on a dyno after adding heat wrap/heat. It'd be interesting to see what happens on a much larger scale.

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I"d rather keep my engine bay from catching fire. I don't possibly see how not wrapping turbo manifolds will help the situation. They are spray painted with a DEI high temp paint, we did not have time to send them out for jet hot. The entire engine bay is treated with DEI, yes there are pretty parts, but function over form on this car.

However, I'd love to get a link to that study, as it would be an interesting read.

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It was testing we did at school 2 years ago on the engine for our 1/4 scale tractor so there's no paper. I don't even know where the graphs are anymore, but those horsepower drops were the reason Flowmaster increased the piping size on the exhaust systems Kevin McClelland has fabricated for us. If I run across them I'll let you know.

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dayum that engine looks ballin, good jerb swanny

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swannys 3S for the win!

-Colin

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That looks fricking awesome!! Nice job with everything! Cant wait to see it in person ;)

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So, is it in yet? You're three hours late. :-)

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Yeah, any update? That thing is insane!

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It's in. Don't bother the boy, he is really crunching!

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Stop by last night to check it out, was looking sweet and it wasn't far from getting dropped in at that point. Can't wait to see it all done!

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Its in, we are just hooking up stuff now.

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Any idea when you are gonna turn the key?

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Hopefully friday.

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It finally starts and idles. I am going through it tommorrow afternoon/night to get my tach's to work and get my wideband to sync to the AEM, then its break in time on the dyno (the thing is practically broken in idling, -10 vac already) and then some tuning....


This thing sounds MEAN! Think exotic, not muscle car.

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Sweet!! I think Im going to have to stop buy this afternoon.

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I too would like to stop by. Are you fellas going to be around later than normal on friday?

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It's alive and kicking right now. 140hp on 1lbs of boost(4k rpm on 20% throttle doing vac pulls), motor is broke in, they are getting ready to see what the car will do now. All in Pump Gas. Nice work guys! You've earned it!!!

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Glad to hear its going!

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badass, i want updates and vid clips

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Congrats guys! I might just have to go to RF this weekend to see it run!

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My god does it sound good.
We still have a bit to go (make sure non of the experimental parts go, make sure it builds boost properly, fuel works, timing, etc....) but a few of the hurdles have been cleared.

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I must hear it run!! Did you take it on the road?

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Congrats. Sounds like good news, the first few minutes on a new engine are always the scariest.

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scary!

-Colin

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Most definitely. i'm with cory lets hear/see this thing, i know you got some guys just standing around tell them to grab a camcorder!

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It sounds so fucking sweet it's insane! When I left they where getting ready to get into it more and I hope to wake up to some good news.

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I know you guys have a video camera, computers and an internet connection... PUT THEM TO USE!

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When they're making boost (well more than 1 and less than 5 even) it sounds like a fucking hurricane. You seriously can't hear the engine anymore. The car is gonna rock.

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Almost dialing in A/F under load, then its timing time :).

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Well the car was running pretty good.
We've come up with a few issues.
1) It appears I have a bit of spark blow-out above 6500rpm, I guess that .037" gap with the 1 stage colder plugs was a bit greddy.
2) The wastegates appear to be cracking open and finally sealing around 6000rpm as the boost isn't very rock solid, it just slowly creaps up.

I'll have to do a boost leak test later this week, regap the plugs and turn it up from the blistering 14.9psi peak its making.


But I did manage to get this out of it:
http://www.lse-performance.com/galle...k_in.sized.jpg

Yeah, it pulls good, now to break in the clutch.

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Good luck! Hopefully you guys get some sleep soon!! Thanks for letting us hang around last night. It was definitely awesome to hear it running!! :D

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Gratz on getting it running Swanny!

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Man, that thing spools quick.

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Sweet, looks good man! Think you'll be able to do 500whp on pump gas?