Turbocharged 69 Camaro

[TTR]

Just thought I would post some pics of my 69 as I know I will be needing some advice in the coming months. I have had the car for about 7 yrs. now and have drag raced it and done a little SCCA racing with it. 12.3 at 111 is the best so far at Rocky Mountain Raceway. The motor is a 383 with 462 heads and my own port job. The turbo is a GT42R. I fabbed the headers myself and tack welded them together so a local welder could tig them. The headers were easy compared to plumbing the 5 inch exhaust out and underneath the car. I am transitioning to 5 inch oval and then into a 5 inch oval Spin Tech muffler that will disharge in front of the rear tire. I sure hope that it isn't to loud! I am leaning toward the Big Stuff 3 FI but have not made a decision yet. I will post more as the project comes together and would appreciate any advice.

Thanks,

Tim

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Looks awesome, Tim! Welcome aboard. What kind of numbers does it put to the ground?

[TTR]

Thanks for the kind words Ralph. The motor did 434 hp @ 4400 and 557 ft. lbs. @3800 rpm on a Mustang chassis dyno. This was with a 175 shot of nitrous that was a bit rich because I did not have a bottle heater at the time. The math tells me that the turbo should do 715 hp. @ 15 psi. I really don't think this motor can handle that much but time will tell.

[bnickel]

what's up with the valves on the master cylinder? are they some sort of abs system?

[Steve68]

line lock, I think, that's what it looks like,

Nice car, looks a little cramped in there, how's the drivability?

[Travis B]

Looks cool! Welcome to the site

[TTR]

Brake Guard is what is printed on them. They were on the car when I bought it and the brakes work surprisingly well for a disc-drum setup. I am hoping the car will be so fast once the turbo is done that a big 4-wheel disc setup will be needed. LOL. The driveability up till now has been great, albeit somewhat stiff with the Global West leafs and Guldstrand springs.


Tim

[boodlefoof]

Looks cool! Welcome to the site!

[Steve68]

I didn't look to closely at the pic this am, interesting, Steve

[4OfaKind]

Someone educate me. Isn't the wastegate supposed to be BEFORE the turbine to bleed exhaust TO the 5" pipe and not from it?

Cool car regardless.

[68BNUT]

Doesnt look like its actually been installed yet. Looks like its just sitting on the exhaust. Probably took these pics during a thinking sesion. HMMMMMM were should I mount this?

[TTR]

The wastegate will be mounted approximately where it is in the picture. There will be a 1 3/4" pipe that will come off just before the flange where the 2 1/2" pipes come together. This will feed into the wastegate. I am working on the wastegate this week so I will post some pics when it is complete.

[4OfaKind]

:rolleyes5

The wastegate will be mounted approximately where it is in the picture. There will be a 1 3/4" pipe that will come off just before the flange where the 2 1/2" pipes come together. This will feed into the wastegate.

Right after i clicked submit for my post I said, "You know he probably will install a bypass from the turbine flange to the wastegate." That is why it is your project and not mine.

Like I said cool car regargless of my scrutiny.

[protour_chevelle]

So your 1 3/4 pipe is going to be tied into both charge pipes?

Interesting set-up though. Can't say I've seen the charge pipes run that way before. (unless I have lost my mind for a few minutes)

-Matt

[WELTERRACER]

12.2 at 111 mph... WAS THIS WITH OR WITHOUT THE NITROS? with or without slicks?

Pretty cool looking setup.. and well done so far..