Originally Posted by DumpdEJ6

Calidad, look up Engine Masters on youtube, they've got lots of cool videos with dyno testing all sorts of parts with big and small blocks. That side-draft air intake filter is one of the worst for power.

Originally Posted by gringotegra

You still hanging around CaliDad?!!?

Originally Posted by CaliforniaDad

Are you referring to the intake on the SBC in my 50 chevy truck?

Originally Posted by DumpdEJ6

Yes, that's what I was referring to. Gorgeous truck BTW!

Originally Posted by Txdragon

After reading this novel of a build thread, I commend you on your efforts and perseverance! Through all of it, you paid so much attention to detail it killed you. Each grenade event was caused by the simplest of mistakes:
Build 1 - sleeves should have been installed 1st and foremost on anything you were looking to achieve over 200whp. I am surprised you didn't sleeve the block.
Build 2 - Equipment fail-safe and lack of judgement. Although the lack of judgement didn't really pan out entirely, you were on your way to not only grenading your engine, but the turbo as well. What fella would even contemplate a minimum commute of 160 miles in the desert without water cooling his snail? This was also after giving the go ahead to add when discussing whether or not to add the feature possibility with the builder? And no turbo timer? Tsk Tsk.
Build 3 - Why would you not have thought AUTOMATICALLY the cams were the issue? Those were the only possibility at that point after you tested over and again your vtec. Then the chaos that ensued surrounding bad tune(r), mechanical time, etc. You degreed them multiple times, they did not want to work for ya but so many others with similar setups they would work perfectly. I have seen many times where one upgrade that person 1 has did not work for person 2. It is what it is. IMHO the tuner did play a large part there as well as he should not only be able to tune these monsters, he should also understand GREATLY the science behind the upgrades and should have an basic understanding of what could be going on when a run goes **** up. If they understand how to tune, they should also understand WHAT AND WHY.
Final successful dyno tune: Why would somebody that pays such attention to detail want to build for beast mode but not upgrade axles? (I was nearly in tears when each break occurred, but I seriously LOL'd at the axles)

K.I.S.S. was repeated so many times and with each tear down, you went ***** deep in so many aspects it was almost comical! I'm almost positive I don't want to know how much was spent on this since its conception (I AM positive you wouldn't want CaliforniaMom to know for sure or you'd probably find yourself sleeping on CaliforniaCouch for an extended bit.) What many would debate is that you could have easily reached your first couple set goals for a fraction of what you spent. I've seen 500whp setups for

Originally Posted by Pepe14

I just re read most of this thread starting from the gsc cam drama and had to repost this.. Good times haha

Originally Posted by Pepe14

I just re read most of this thread starting from the gsc cam drama and had to repost this.. Good times haha

Originally Posted by highschooler

I didn’t read the old parts of the thread, but that guy is right with his 1,2,3 breakdown of a long build thread.
That’s why I’m doing sleeves this time (1), I’ll let it idle like a turbo timer for a minute or two, and won’t be in boost longer than about 20 seconds at any time(2), and will stay stock cam and cam gear at least at first (3).