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I havent seen or herd of what the full potential of the 60* V6 can make. Alot of bench racing goes on all the time about basic bolt-ons and so on and so forth but I'm wondering if there is a site or even anyone here that has actually put one of these engines on a engine dyno and pushed till parts started breaking. Kinda like what GM Racing did with the ecotec racing program?? It'd be interesting to see what combo works and what doesnt, and where the weak link is and what to do to fix it. No thoughts or ideas, just solid facts.....
With that said, if this hasnt been done before, it might by years end. I've got one spare engine hanging around that I dont know what to do with. Me and a good friend want to put this engine on the bottle and see where it will go. I think it'd be safe to swap to some Speed Pro pistons, the least anyone should do before really going all out with these engines. If and when anything breaks, it will be replaced with either the most available parts or most affordable parts. Whichever comes first. Basically, a bugget'd full on motor guide. Dyno time will probably outweigh cost of building this engine, but this will be done. I think the Nitrous idea is the easiest to start with, then afterwards will be a turbo set-up. All this will be run on a factory ECM with a MSD Dis-4 to help with the ignition. Cam ideas are going to be welcomed and will end off with a full port-polished set of heads with larger valves. Advancing and retarding the cam will show the benifits.
I plan on starting on the block in a month or so. I've got a set of pistons in a .030 over that will hold the 9.5:1 compression. This block will not be O'ring'd or have any coated bearings or piston tops. Just the way they come. If for some reason there is significant damage to the block during any of the test, and is not repairable, the test will end. If anyone would like to donate their time or any spare money, you can send me a PM and we can further talk about what help is needed. If you have any ideas as to what some or most people have done or are doing, besides turbo/supercharger that you think should be included in any of these test, let me know. I can tell you this, cam ideas are going to come in, I can see it now. If you have any spare cam's, roller cams only, these can be donated also. The ECM and block are from my 95 GAGT. If a cam from a 2000 model has just a different cam sensor, will they work?
I will have more details in a month or so when we get started on the bottom end. First will be an all motor/base line run to get some numbers, then a direct port N2O set-up, then a turbo set-up. No supercharger...
Any comments are welcome along with ideas.....
Bryan
With that said, if this hasnt been done before, it might by years end. I've got one spare engine hanging around that I dont know what to do with. Me and a good friend want to put this engine on the bottle and see where it will go. I think it'd be safe to swap to some Speed Pro pistons, the least anyone should do before really going all out with these engines. If and when anything breaks, it will be replaced with either the most available parts or most affordable parts. Whichever comes first. Basically, a bugget'd full on motor guide. Dyno time will probably outweigh cost of building this engine, but this will be done. I think the Nitrous idea is the easiest to start with, then afterwards will be a turbo set-up. All this will be run on a factory ECM with a MSD Dis-4 to help with the ignition. Cam ideas are going to be welcomed and will end off with a full port-polished set of heads with larger valves. Advancing and retarding the cam will show the benifits.
I plan on starting on the block in a month or so. I've got a set of pistons in a .030 over that will hold the 9.5:1 compression. This block will not be O'ring'd or have any coated bearings or piston tops. Just the way they come. If for some reason there is significant damage to the block during any of the test, and is not repairable, the test will end. If anyone would like to donate their time or any spare money, you can send me a PM and we can further talk about what help is needed. If you have any ideas as to what some or most people have done or are doing, besides turbo/supercharger that you think should be included in any of these test, let me know. I can tell you this, cam ideas are going to come in, I can see it now. If you have any spare cam's, roller cams only, these can be donated also. The ECM and block are from my 95 GAGT. If a cam from a 2000 model has just a different cam sensor, will they work?
I will have more details in a month or so when we get started on the bottom end. First will be an all motor/base line run to get some numbers, then a direct port N2O set-up, then a turbo set-up. No supercharger...
Any comments are welcome along with ideas.....
Bryan
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