Originally Posted by John Veninger
Carl,
I'm also wondering why the HP drops out before 6K compared to the NA that Good job; another MURF928 SuperShark is on the road! :cheers: |
Lag ,
Those numbers you are estimating are closer to what I expected. Is it also possible the knock sensors are faulty and retarding the timing six degrees besides lower boost? I have some interest in this as well, since I plan on SC'ing my GT very soon. I am trying to schedule a dyno for next week to baseline the car. I have the last dyno from 2000 at 292rwhp and 289 rwtq bone stock. Hopefully those numbers will be consistent. Jim R. |
Originally Posted by Jim R.
Those numbers you are estimating are closer to what I expected. Is it also possible the knock sensors are faulty and retarding the timing six degrees besides lower boost?
I have some interest in this as well, since I plan on SC'ing my GT very soon. I am trying to schedule a dyno for next week to baseline the car. I have the last dyno from 2000 at 292rwhp and 289 rwtq bone stock. Hopefully those numbers will be consistent. |
Lag is right on the money - I just finished looking at the video from the Dyno Shop last night, and at the very end of the pull you can hear the belt squeel.
I never heard that from inside the car. I had a thrown my video camera at a kid that was gawking at the beautiful 928 and asked him to video a couple of the pulls. I can hear the belt squeel on only one of the 2 piulls he taped. I agree with Lag - it's hard to know how much to tighten a new SC belt - you want to go a little easy on the bearings in a new supercharger until they bed in a bit. Also - the rate of acceleration on a dyno that produces belt slippage will never be duplicated in the real world. From Andy: No permanent changes? There is no hole in the washer reservoir, no holes drilled in the fire wall to mount the FPR? Awsome! Stock fuel system? I thought Tim's kit removed the stock injectors and FPR and replaced them with aftermarket parts? 2) the kit does not require R&R of the intake manifold. 3) the kit does not require replacement of the knock sensors. 4) the kit does require removal of the stock 24lb injectors and replacement with 30 lb injectors that are provided. "Non-Invasive" in medicine means not entering the body. In engine mods, it means not enteriing the engine. The Murf kit and the 928M kit are non-invasive, true bolt-on kits. Remember that there is not "one right way" - there are a variety of ways to get more HP out of any motor: Boring, stroking, nitrous, turbo, roots supercharger, twin-screw SC, centrifugal SC, axial SC, fuel additives; and they ALL WORK if designed and engineered correctly. Each method has its pluses and minuses and unique characteristics. It is not neccesary to put down another's product because it is different than your own. Point out the differences and leave it at that. |
Originally Posted by Jim R.
... schedule a dyno for next week to baseline the car...
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Originally Posted by Lagavulin
I am sure it is because the belt is slipping; it is hard to initially judge how tight to make the belt. Judging by the rwhp numbers, the car was probably doing less than 7 psi; an 8 psi GT should do 435 rwhp.
Good job; another MURF928 SuperShark is on the road! :cheers: |
Back in the day, we used to run the GM roots-type S/C with a toothed belt like the 928's cam timing belt, onlu about twice as wide. Why do these 928 S/C kits not use toothed belts to get around the slippage issues, guys?
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Originally Posted by BrianG
Back in the day, we used to run the GM roots-type S/C with a toothed belt like the 928's cam timing belt, onlu about twice as wide. Why do these 928 S/C kits not use toothed belts to get around the slippage issues, guys?
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you young whipper-snappers got this all wrong......
Us fogies perefer our slippage at the asphalt-interface..... :burnout: |
Brian - some do use a toothed or cogged belt, like the Albrecht kit in Austria.
Generally, a centrifugal SC does not have near the drag as a positive-discplacement blower like a Roots, and a cogged belt is not neccesary. The downside of a cogged belt is that they produce vibration and we like to avoid that where possible. On the Albrecht system where they use a cogged belt, to change the pulley ratio to run a higher or lower boost, you must change out the CRANK pulley each time, the pulley on the head unit stays the same. Weird. I have 2 customers in Great Britain that I feed with parts to keep their Albrecht system running, so I am pretty familiar with them. To say there is a belt slippage "problem" is to overstate it. When properly tensioned, I have no belt slippage on any of my SC cars or Tims installs. In this case, I had a new belt on a new SC at the dyno, and I undershot the initial belt tension a tad. That's all. |
Originally Posted by BrianG
you young whipper-snappers got this all wrong......
Us fogies perefer our slippage at the asphalt-interface..... :burnout: That is a compliment man......I am well past a half a century old..... My Supershark has plenty of slippage at the asphalt-interface......so much so that I went to 10 x 18 Hoosiers just to "hook up".....I like the option of being able to lighten the boost for every day driving, and tweak it up for "special events".. to each his own.............. :bigbye: |
I think I may have the solution to the belt tensioner. This is a die spring with 360 lbs force at 70% deflection. The one in the picture is on the car that I am testing out the stage one kit. Sorry for the fuzzy pic, I was obviously focused on the oil spot on the floor.
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Tim, that looks like a GREAT idea. A dynamic tensioner with controlable preload !!!
Simple, yet elegant! :thumbup: |
Tim, It is an "upgrade", right??????
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Brian,
It is also true that Vortech designs accomodate both types of drives; the standard unit utilizes a ribbed belt, and their "heavy duty" unit utilizes a cogged belt. I believe the gears in the standard unit would not fare well if driven with a cogged belt. |
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