kenne bell questions

[TXsilvy]

Originally Posted by DarkCry956

Gwatney Performance Innovation in Jacksonville AR? He's a pretty reputable tuner. Im sure he knows what he was doing. You might want to double check on the timing and afr with him. I think he's a sponsor here

that's the one. the tuner is a member on another site that I'm on and he kind of dropped off the map lately. didn't mean to step on any sponsor toes, but the timing is logged at 24.5 and my wideband shows 13.6. I'd love to compare my scanned tune against what he thinks is in it just to make sure it wasn't tampered with. I doubt it was messed with though. the previous owner was super proud of who and where he got the tune done at.

[TXsilvy]

Originally Posted by jamesr

yea the guys at Gwatney pretty good

ok...I'm still afraid to go WOT with my car I'd be willing to trade notes with them to see if something changed on the setup but with the supercharger having the largest pulley, I don't see anything else to cause the high timing and lean mix. I have a log where the trims started at 20% and ended at -14.

there's just no telling what the true story is on a 2nd hand purchased project this big...

[jamesr]

TXsilvy i agree i wouldnt go wot till i have it aleased check

[cc-rider]

Originally Posted by TXsilvy

can anyone explain to me how the exchangers work together? I have a 5 gallon reserve in the back seat that is circulating antifreeze. is that to the exchanger in the grill, or inside of the charger? or both?? it is frustrating stepping in on the back side of a project and not knowing how it all works! I've always been a N/A and nitrous guy. so much easier with less plumbing.

Damn...you have a HIGHLY custom set up. It's difficult for me/us to help you because you have such a custom ride. 5 gal in the back seat is not normal. It's probably for the intercooler coolant system. But with such a custom build...who knows.

You've got a killer car there. And highly custom. Get it to someone who can crawl around it for a few hours and get some basics figured out. Or go to the dealer and engine builder and try to get some details. With a car like this....there should be lots of people who know the details. You ought to be able to get lots of info.

[TXsilvy]

Originally Posted by cc-rider

Damn...you have a HIGHLY custom set up. It's difficult for me/us to help you because you have such a custom ride. 5 gal in the back seat is not normal. It's probably for the intercooler coolant system. But with such a custom build...who knows.

You've got a killer car there. And highly custom. Get it to someone who can crawl around it for a few hours and get some basics figured out. Or go to the dealer and engine builder and try to get some details. With a car like this....there should be lots of people who know the details. You ought to be able to get lots of info.

I can do it myself. just looking for the quick ins and outs of how it should be working and then I can confirm that it's done right. the tank in the back seat is definately for the blower. I'm in the process of parting out my heads/cam/nitrous LS2 s10 to make more room in the garage for the Camaro. once that truck is out of the way, I'll roll up my sleeves and dig into the Camaro to make sure everything is in good working order and up to my standards. there is a lot more than the tune that needs attention. it has a bad vibration at WOT past 80, the coilovers out back are shot, the 4 link was never set up properly, I'm not confident that the B&M shifter linkage is adjusted correctly. just to name a few. it's spraying more meth than it needs at only 12psi boost. it has a 10 and 18 nozzle in there. it also has a 3" h pipe setup with a pair of flowmasters that needs to go in the trash. 3.5x gears with 33" tires is lame, but with this blower it actually feels good. makes me wonder how a 4.56 would feel. it doesn't have a transmission cooler with a 3,500 converter.....etc etc. all in time. getting the s10 out of my life is priority #1 right now. the car is definitely badass, and a great canvas to work with. just need to dot some I's and cross some T's. the previous owner didn't put enough miles into it to get it up and running 100%.

[TXsilvy]

I sent rhino a PM. I'm not his original customer so we'll see.

[RRTX-SS]

that is definitely the 3.6 Blower, you are also running a turnkey engine supply pulley bracket. my 416 ls3 is at 10.1 compression ratio no issues yet, runs great so far on low boost 10psi.

[TXsilvy]

Why doesnt turnkey adv this accy drive on their site?

[TXsilvy]

Originally Posted by RRTX-SS

that is definitely the 3.6 Blower, you are also running a turnkey engine supply pulley bracket. my 416 ls3 is at 10.1 compression ratio no issues yet, runs great so far on low boost 10psi.

and where can I read more about your car? what part of east texas? my inlaws live up in the Palestine/Tyler area.

[Sales @ CAI Inc]

Love that build! Subscribed!

[10aSSee D]

That is one mean looking car! Tune is off as you know but should be a blast when you get it all figured out. I would think your timing should be around 15-17* and AFR around 11.2-11.5 but I'm no tuner either lol. Looking forward to final results.

[RRTX-SS]

Originally Posted by TXsilvy

and where can I read more about your car? what part of east texas? my inlaws live up in the Palestine/Tyler area.

I don't understand why they don't advertise it either, I had to call them directly to get a new tensioner for my setup. I really didn't do a build thread on my car and rarely post about my kb setup since a lot of people hate em on here. To each their own I enjoy my car either way.......I actually live between Palestine and Athens, off highway 19.

[cc-rider]

Originally Posted by RRTX-SS

I don't understand why they don't advertise it either, I had to call them directly to get a new tensioner for my setup. I really didn't do a build thread on my car and rarely post about my kb setup since a lot of people hate em on here. To each their own I enjoy my car either way.......I actually live between Palestine and Athens, off highway 19.

I'm with you bro. I absolutely love my Kenne Bell. It's one of the most overlooked set ups around here. The sheep have blindly followed the shepherds and their bad-mouthing of the KB. Oh well...I kind of like having something unique that delivers awesome performance.

[10aSSee D]

Originally Posted by cc-rider

I'm with you bro. I absolutely love my Kenne Bell. It's one of the most overlooked set ups around here. The sheep have blindly followed the shepherds and their bad-mouthing of the KB. Oh well...I kind of like having something unique that delivers awesome performance.

They were overlooked before they changed their intercooler because of the heat they were making. I've always loved the looks of them but with the heat issues I went with Whipple. Glad they worked out the problems they are a sweet twin screw.