Murf SuperShark - Supercharged US-Spec 1981 completed - fun way to spend a weekend.
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Originally Posted by Hacker-Pschorr
Considering how different these engines are (cams, head, blower etc..) the curves are very similar.
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Hacker - how difficult was it to swap the exhaust manifolds for the 85/86 units?
Thinking with the manifold change, a little timing bump and a slightly more open exhaust, it should be a nice wake-up call... until I find the $$ for boost !!
Thinking with the manifold change, a little timing bump and a slightly more open exhaust, it should be a nice wake-up call... until I find the $$ for boost !!
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A lister earlier said he had 10.4.1 compression. I believe my s4 is 10.1 or close to that. I just installed a 3.4 pulley on my Murf kit, turned up the fuel a bit and am running 8-9 psig right now. I have a wideband keeping me in check and it seems happy all the way to redline. I have NO intercooler as of yet. In fact I am showing a bit rich up top. I know of reliable mustangs running up to 11-12 psig with no intercooler so I said why not? If I get the fuel right I can add a couple lbs. Well its' been a week with some pretty hard rompin', and she is behaving well. I ran a 4.2 0-60 easing off the clutch to avoid spin with a 5800 rpm 1-2 shift! Not bad. I intend to add an IC soon and maybe go 10-11 psig with 30lb. injectors then I will stop. If she blows, I got a spare engine!
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Originally Posted by anonymousagain
Hacker - how difficult was it to swap the exhaust manifolds for the 85/86 units?
I wouldn't plan on 85/86 manifolds unless I was also willing to replace the entire exhaust. The pencil pipes going into the CAT must be robbing horrible amounts of power.
I did have to make a few of the bolt holes larger on the manifolds for them to just slip on. Other than that, it wasn't a bad install at all.
Kevin,
Please get an intercooler on there. Right now we are driving in cool conditions. Come july your car may feel fine, but hotter intake temps = bad things man.
You will never heat soak an air / water IC on a street car. I would take a very long time of WOT driving to heat soak 3 gallons of water in the Murf IC setup.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Michael
A lister earlier said he had 10.4.1 compression. I believe my s4 is 10.1 or close to that. I just installed a 3.4 pulley on my Murf kit, turned up the fuel a bit and am running 8-9 psig right now. I have a wideband keeping me in check and it seems happy all the way to redline. I have NO intercooler as of yet. In fact I am showing a bit rich up top. I know of reliable mustangs running up to 11-12 psig with no intercooler so I said why not? If I get the fuel right I can add a couple lbs. Well its' been a week with some pretty hard rompin', and she is behaving well. I ran a 4.2 0-60 easing off the clutch to avoid spin with a 5800 rpm 1-2 shift! Not bad. I intend to add an IC soon and maybe go 10-11 psig with 30lb. injectors then I will stop. If she blows, I got a spare engine!
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Sharktuner?
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Originally Posted by V2Rocket_aka944
HOW THE F$%& DO YOU MAKE 1200?!?!??
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Ok, read about it. Does it work IRL?
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Kevin,
What plugs are you using?
What plugs are you using?
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don't think you can just keep adding boost as long as you add fuel. boosted cars come with forged pistons for a reason. don't think for a second you can run the same boost numbers as a supra or any other factory turboed car. the stock 944 turbo only runs around 12-13 lbs and comes with forged pistons. if you run much higher than your 8-9, i suspect something bad will eventually happen to the stock bottom end. but, those are some great numbers and that car must be very fun to drive.
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In my experience, boosted cars usually have piston failures. Too much knock from too high in cylinder temps and either the rings lands get broken out, or the top outside edge of the piston melts. Bottom end failures are usually from a missed shift or oil starvation during extended high lateral cornering.
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If a boosted car, say a 928s4, is in the 10 range/intercooled, has proper fuel flow, timing, air-fuel mix (JDS SharkTuned), uses 96 octane and is well maintained...how many miles do think it will be before engine failure begins ?
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