Wheel to Wheel is now a proud sponsor

[Kevin@W2W]

Good day fourm members.

Like the title says we are proud to take part in this website.

For those who don't know we have been in business for a little over 10 years and have started to offer our services to the public market over the past few years. We have strong roots throughout the industry and have worked on many projects from the OEM market to private builders.

Here at Wheel to Wheel Powertrain we offer many services from custom engine building, fabrication, product development and more.

From complete vehicle builds, Forced induction systems, to just about anything you can imagine we have the tools and the right people to get the job done with quality results.

Located in Michigan just outside of Detroit our 44 thousand square foot building contains everything needed to get the job done.

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Once inside you can see we quite enough room to play

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Prototype production area as well as custom pieced needed

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Engine machining area as well as entrance to engine build room #1

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The first naturally aspirated 8 second LS-1 engine

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Full service fabrication shop complete with two surface plates

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Engine dyno control room with two water brake dynos and a Eddy Current dyno capable of endurance testing.

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Mustang chassis dyno room which is 2wd, Awd, and 4wd capable

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I'll be around from time to time talking with you guys and as we can will offer up some engine specials and so on.

Thanks for checking out this thread and taking my little cyper tour of W2W.

Kevin.

[Kevin@W2W]

Here is an example of our latest turn key build featuring all work performed by W2W and is powered by a 1500 + hp LS1 turbo engine.

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[Travis B]

you guys do some nice stuff Kevin.....glad to see you guys have become a sponsor here!

kevin how big is the turbo on the yellow car and what kind of PSI is it making at full boost..I say that car at detroit it had the biggest turbo on it I have ever seen in person...

[Bob Johnson]

someone needs to show him the Viper site..They don't have any respect for the LS engine..or furthermore anything that isn't a Viper..

[Kevin@W2W]

you guys do some nice stuff Kevin.....glad to see you guys have become a sponsor here!

kevin how big is the turbo on the yellow car and what kind of PSI is it making at full boost..I say that car at detroit it had the biggest turbo on it I have ever seen in person...


Hey Travis,

Dave's car has a 94 mm on it right now and we will swap to a 101 mm once Dave can drive it considering this is his first serious race car.

On our dyno the 94 mm would only make about 28 lbs of boost with a peak number of 1565 @ 6300 rpm before it couldn't keep up with the motor and the boost fell off. With the 101 mm it should make closer too 2000:)

[Todds69]

Very nice stuff Kevin, welcome aboard.

[J2speedandcustom]

Kevin what about the turbo shoebox???? Very Interesting packaging for the hairdryer! :cool:

[Kevin@W2W]

Kevin what about the turbo shoebox???? Very Interesting packaging for the hairdryer! :cool:

That was a very cool twin turbo car that came in for some Dyno tuning. I'm not sure what numbers it made but it was BIG cubic inches and I could hear it pretty good at my desk when they were making pulls.


And,
I also posted a little special in the GP forum just so you guys know:)

[DJW32]

Kevin,
Glad to see that you guys are a sponsor. Hey, how is the nova project coming? Do you have any new pics?

The shop at W2W looks great

[Kevin@W2W]

Kevin,
Glad to see that you guys are a sponsor. Hey, how is the nova project coming? Do you have any new pics?

The shop at W2W looks great

The Nova project is going well and the guys are thrashing to get it done for the Pump gas drags as well as the top speed challenge.

I'll get some new pics up pretty soon!

[lo97sonoma]

Specs on the orange and white late model monte?

[Kevin@W2W]

Specs on the orange and white late model monte?

The Monte Carlo is a car we built for GM a few years ago and features a 572 inch twin turbo big block Chevy and started out as a new production vehicle until we got a hold of it. It now sits on a full tube chassis complete with a passenger seat for exibition runs.

At it's lowest boost setting Kurt has driven the car to an 8.5x et.:)

[Travis B]

Hey Travis,

Dave's car has a 94 mm on it right now and we will swap to a 101 mm once Dave can drive it considering this is his first serious race car.

On our dyno the 94 mm would only make about 28 lbs of boost with a peak number of 1565 @ 6300 rpm before it couldn't keep up with the motor and the boost fell off. With the 101 mm it should make closer too 2000:)


wow! that is insane horsepower....can't wait to see some more stuff from you guys!

[Steve Chryssos]

Man! What a slick shop. You guys are the posterchild for professional race/rod shops. I'm sure that many member will benefit from W2W's knowledge and experience.

[Bill Howell]

I really enjoyed looking at the camaros and engines at the Autorama a couple weeks ago. I stopped by several times, but never seemed to be there at the right time to meet you Kevin, maybe next time.
Glad to see ya'll as a sponsor here.

[Ralph LoGrasso]

We're glad to have you guys on board, Kevin. :twothumbs

[Diognes56]

I love that yellow Camaro. I saw some of the pics of the buildup on LS1Tech and the attention to detail was amazing :) . I would love to know more about, and see more pics, that red '57 :drool: .

David

[Samckitt]

Beautiful shop & lots of wonderful cars.

Any job openings?

Scot

[Reckless]

Hi guys! I will be dropping in here from time to time also. Let us know if W2W can do something special for you!

[protour_chevelle]

Wow, what a top notch shop!

-Matt

[John McIntire]

WOW!!! great to have you here!!!!! I've spoken to you guys on the phone before for some technical advice. You guys were glad to help out!!
Whats the deal with those regular cab, short bed Silverado SS looking trucks???
John

[Kevin@W2W]

WOW!!! great to have you here!!!!! I've spoken to you guys on the phone before for some technical advice. You guys were glad to help out!!
Whats the deal with those regular cab, short bed Silverado SS looking trucks???
John

The black SS is our resident test vehicle for our Rotrex supercharger line and the red truck is an extended cab turbocharged SS that Kurt has piloted to an 11.43 @ 117. Not to shabby for a heavy truck!



And,

Thanks for the warm welcome guys, feel free to check out our website for more examples of our work and we do offer job openings in the news section on our site.

[Samckitt]

Kevin / Todd,
Didn't you guys work on the Impala SS of Tim Allen's?

Scot

[Kevin@W2W]

Kevin / Todd,
Didn't you guys work on the Impala SS of Tim Allen's?

Scot

The Impala was built before my time here at the Wheel but we do have a relationship with him and have worked on a few projects for him in the past. most of the stuff I have seen since I've been here has been Cadilac related.

[96Z28SS]

I know you guys are busy but, how about some updates on the Nova.

[Kevin@W2W]

I know you guys are busy but, how about some updates on the Nova.

I'll get some pics up in the project section this week:cool:

[Reckless]

Yeah the guys are thrashing heavily on the Nova, and it is starting to look like a car again. Should be a pretty cool car (as Kurt would say).

[Nine Ball]

Keep an eye on that Reckless feller, he is a nut!

W2W rocks :)

[Reckless]

Keep an eye on that Reckless feller, he is a nut!

W2W rocks :)

Only because Tony is a bad influence :seizure:

[CAMAROBOY69]

The only news I have heard about W2W has been great news. I met a couple of you last year at Gage in grand rapids, Michigan. Teddy introduced me to you. I had the primer grey 69 Camaro with the 4th gen interior. I took quite a few pics of your truck. It was about 3 vehicles down from my car. I am sure we will meet again and I look forward to hearing any helpful information you provide on this site. :)

[John McIntire]

Nice shop vehicle!! Whats the specs on the black SS, just a base Silverado 2WD with a 5.3? How is that new Rotrex SC anyway?
John

[Mean 69]

Screw the street cars, I'll take the Crawford DP car! Shops like that do two things to little businesses like mine: make me a bit green with envy, and at the same time give a hint of "what if." Really nice outfit, Kevin and some really nice cars to boot.

Mark

[Kevin@W2W]

Again, thanks for the welcome guys.

Our black SS is powered by a stock 5.3 at this time and also has our non intercooled Rotrex system installed.

With 8 lbs of boost it makes right around 320 at the wheels while having no lag and whisper quiet operation.

All and all we have been having great luck with the Rotrex units and more kits are on the way. Now they just need some BIG units.

[CAMAROBOY69]

In Butt Head voice ***hehehe you said "BIG units" hehehe***

[Kevin@W2W]

In Butt Head voice ***hehehe you said "BIG units" hehehe***


:lol:

[Travis B]

With 8 lbs of boost it makes right around 320 at the wheels while having no lag and whisper quiet operation.

Now when you say whisper quiet????? Do you mean like undetecable quiet??

[Kevin@W2W]

Now when you say whisper quiet????? Do you mean like undetecable quiet??


Besides air movement you hear no mechanical noise and if you plum the bypass back into the intake tract it is pretty much non audible!

[Travis B]

Besides air movement you hear no mechanical noise and if you plum the bypass back into the intake tract it is pretty much non audible!

wow that is cool.....I figured they sounded like a procharger or something!

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Kevin,

Do you know what the total added weight of one of the rotrex or twin rotrex units would be on the front of an SBC or LSX?

[Kevin@W2W]

wow that is cool.....I figured they sounded like a procharger or something!


The units use a planetary drive set up opposed to a gear drive hence no noise.

They also run huge step ups and it is common to run somwhere around 90k at the impeller on v8 applications. The ability to spin it that high also nets effiecency ranges in the 65 to 80% range without intercooling.

On a pretty mild 6.0 liter gen 3 we have made 1069 with twins at 22 lbs of boost.

[Kevin@W2W]

Kevin,

Do you know what the total added weight of one of the rotrex or twin rotrex units would be on the front of an SBC or LSX?


A unit on its own with the oil system and a pulley weighs just over 20 lbs when I ship them. Depending other components and the motor it is going on I think a whole system could come out around 50 lbs.


The biggest Rotrex blower which will support 690 flywheel hp is still only around 7" dia.:)


Can't tell I was hired in for our Rotrex stuff can ya..... LOL

[Ralph LoGrasso]

LOL, nope not at all. Thanks for the info, that's pretty light for such huge power.

[Kevin@W2W]

LOL, nope not at all. Thanks for the info, that's pretty light for such huge power.

Through learning the product it makes since considering they basicly use a turbocharger impeller and belt drive it to almost turbo like impeller speeds.

And we all now the faster we can spin it the more air it will move to a point.