The Project is My 87 GN street car. I plan to race this car in TSM in 2009. The engine in progress for the car is a Stock 109 block 218" CID with TA heads (Bigger is not always better) . RPM range of the little power plant on paper is 8000+. If the GT70 turbo will supply the air I believe this little engine will make about 930HP. The engine management for the project is distributorless Electromotive GT. This will be a much different combination than anyone has seen in TSM. Will be very interesting to see how the small 218" will compete with the Stroker 249s" that dominate the TSM class. No Distributor, No Missle Power plant, Junk Intake, Old Hooker Headers no one wants, Engine management no one knows anything about, No Torque converter, 12 Injectors. I am not sure how this thing will even start. I am going to run the engine on a engine dyno. Check back for more updates. Lets see if we can hit that 900HP mark. 100 Mile test drive before a race NO PROBLEM. Check Back for more updates as the project goes together.
87 Grand National 3560lb w/driver
The Basics
218" CID 109 Shortblock Old School Big Ugly M&A Intake TA Aluminum Heads Milidon Gear Drive HooKer Headers (the ones you cant give away) 12 Bolt W/4.56 and posi Extreme LT Weight 2.10 Clutch Turbo 400 Mcleod Soft Loc Slipper Clutch Mcleod Aluminum Flywheel Lakewood Scatter Shield Wilwood Hydraulic Clutch Wilwood Disk Brakes all 4 corners Bell 2" drop spindles 2.5" Lower in the rear Frame Notch HR Parts Suspension Full Cage Metco Fuel Cell Weldon 2025HP Holeshot Hole Star Wheels 15x10 - 15x4 3.5" Single shot Exhaust Stock Interior PCS Digital Dash Logger Electromotive GT engine management (6) 55 lb/hr Injectors (6) 83 lb/hr Injectors Innovative boost controller Chromolly Tubular Uppers and Lowers Moog Steering Components W/Alum Adj. CAS Aluminum Radiator W/Dual fans Koni Shocks V-1 Intercooler A/C
218" CID
218" W/Aluminum Girdle 7075 Alum Main Caps
Frame Notch
Little extra room for tires
Adjustable uppers
3.880 Venolia Slug
Electromotive TEC GT Engine Management
No Distributor Just Pure Fire Power
60-2 Trigger Wheel for Dead Nuts 8000+ Timing
M&A Runners
NOS Nozzle placement inside view
NOS Nozzle placement
M&A Intake
Old School Junk
7075 Alum spragless drum
Billet 2.10 gearset
Clutch Turbo Spragless VB Safe Neutral
Just plain Sexy
OH NO!!!! A Clutch in TSM
TA SE Heads
Cut Away of Mcleod Slidder Clutch
Malibu clutch pedals
The clutch Pedals are from a Malibu. I am using manual brake not the Hydra boost pictured so I need to change the ratio on the brake pedal as I have found that there were no G-Bodys ever produced with manual brakes. You can see the slave cylinder for the hydraulic clutch. I am using the stock neutral safety setup. So I dont need any of the other 4 speed stuff. The idea is to two step the car to build boost and then drop the clutch at about 6000 rpm with the clutch starting the slip at about 5200-5500 and full lock-up by 6000.
