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Originally Posted by Whiteside Customs
Sorry for the delay in getting back on the boards. It has been completely hectic since we returned.
For everyone wanting specs, here is what I can tell you. We have not dynoed the car as of yet. We haven't even begun to tune it as of yet. We are waiting on a High pressure fuel pump from bosch so that we can pump up the boost and make this car live up to the hype.
I can tell you that we built this motor to handle up to 550 rwhp. We lowered the compression to handle the higher boost as well. We did destructive testing and found the weakest link to be the crankshaft. We are ALREADY kicking around the idea of going with a forged crank and really turning up the boost but we want to see what we have in the current configuration first.
SEMA was a big win for us and all involved. We received nothing but praises from everyone who saw the vehicle first hand INCLUDING GM. However, as much as I hate to say this simply because I am the most impatient person I know, we have to get back to work on all the customer builds first so project Syn R G is taking a back burner for a few weeks. Our goal is to have the car ready for the road course by the first of the year. This means a lot more sleepless nights as we juggle customer cars and continue to innovate with new additions and products for Project Syn R G.
I want to personally thank every single one of the posters in our threads. For the ones who see the potential in this project and give us kind words thank from the bottom of our hearts, your encouragement means a lot to us. Also to the ones who tell us, "it can't be done", thank you as well for pushing us to be better in every aspect, to push the limits of what is considered "normal".
Stay tuned, we aren't done yet!
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Originally Posted by SC2150
The new Borg Warner EFR turbos are cutting edge making any prior designs outdated. Unreal technology eliminating most lag and having integrated wastegates, etc.
These were just released in the past year and are highly constrained and the Whiteside build is the first in the world with these (as well as Gretchens next phase).
What you will also see is the first ever RX Super Chiller application on a turbo. We used twin water to air intercoolers chilled to 30-40*F so this is a first as well.
As I understand, the sytem would have qualified for the GM "New Product Design Award" but we did not know to register in advance for it. They still want to see the production version in their next unveiling so thats a huge regonition.
Lots of firsts with this build never before done....so it is a totally unique system.  |
I really want to THANK YOU!! for the TIME, ENERGY, SWEAT, BLOOD, TEARS, and MONEY that you have invested in this car. I know im not the only one hear who feels this way. Thank you for seeing the potential of our LLT and for making the Dreams I/we had when we bought our V6 come true!
