Yep, that's right. Your eyes do not deceive you my friends. I have been getting things ready and researching for a while. Everyone has really responded well to Pipewhiner's conversion, and there are a few others in the works. Those I have told about this have requested me keep everyone updated so I am starting this thread as a place to ask and answer questions and show off the build as it progresses.
Ordered the parts for the conversion today and have a bunch to do. Still looking for a good motor, have found many but the goal for this build is 1300 at the wheels so I really don't want one that has multiple rebuilds on it. The crank, block, rods and head all need to be in very nice form for me to throw all this cash at it.
For those of you that know p-7100's I want to get someone to to tweak one out as far as it can go reasonably without larger plungers and barrels (I know very little about this pumo and am still learning so forgive my ignorance)
I am thinking about a Schied 13mm pump down the road for the full 1300 number (by the way, that would be on the gas, so 900 or so fuel only). I am also thinking about them for the rotaing assembly balancing and rod conditioning, piston coating. However I would rather give a sponsor the business so if any of you happen to read this and have the experience lets talk.
Bottom end work needed:
balance to 6k
18:1 compression bowl work, coat pistons top and sides
rod treatment
assemble pistons to rods
That should do it.
The head will have all the right valve train, pushrods, springs ect. and will be ported.
Turbo's will be (as of right now) a gt55 feeding a gt45r. Seems to work for Dmitri so I thought I would try them, I am hoping the ball bearing spools faster than his does though.
Lots of NOS with a progressive controller.
Have a water to air system that I am trying out as well, running as a stand alone system that can also be series with a tank full of ice water if needed. This will be driven by a Moroso belt driven unit.
I think that is all I have for right now. I will keep the updates coming as I get things done.
Ordered the parts for the conversion today and have a bunch to do. Still looking for a good motor, have found many but the goal for this build is 1300 at the wheels so I really don't want one that has multiple rebuilds on it. The crank, block, rods and head all need to be in very nice form for me to throw all this cash at it.
For those of you that know p-7100's I want to get someone to to tweak one out as far as it can go reasonably without larger plungers and barrels (I know very little about this pumo and am still learning so forgive my ignorance)
I am thinking about a Schied 13mm pump down the road for the full 1300 number (by the way, that would be on the gas, so 900 or so fuel only). I am also thinking about them for the rotaing assembly balancing and rod conditioning, piston coating. However I would rather give a sponsor the business so if any of you happen to read this and have the experience lets talk.
Bottom end work needed:
balance to 6k
18:1 compression bowl work, coat pistons top and sides
rod treatment
assemble pistons to rods
That should do it.
The head will have all the right valve train, pushrods, springs ect. and will be ported.
Turbo's will be (as of right now) a gt55 feeding a gt45r. Seems to work for Dmitri so I thought I would try them, I am hoping the ball bearing spools faster than his does though.
Lots of NOS with a progressive controller.
Have a water to air system that I am trying out as well, running as a stand alone system that can also be series with a tank full of ice water if needed. This will be driven by a Moroso belt driven unit.
I think that is all I have for right now. I will keep the updates coming as I get things done.