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540 Cube, Turbo Big Block now running with video

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540 Cube, Turbo Big Block now running with video

Post by 80lsy gq »

thought i would put a few pics up of the 540 cubed turboed monster..... :armsup:
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This almost smells of General 4x4 Discussion and Tech! :D
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Post by antt »

that turbo alone costs more than your buggy :finger:
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Post by 80lsy gq »

ok..its not really my buggy motor obviously but this is what happens when you spend a crap load of money on a $200 dollar HQ...

Motor is a 540 Cubed Dart block with Pro 1 heads...Turbo is aTurbonetics Pro Thumper. This same size turbo makes 2600hp on 5 litre engines over in the states..Thats a 6 inch pipe exiting from the turbo running into twin 5 inch exhausts all the way to the back.. These pics were taken while work was still in progress on the exhaust and the floor was cut out to make way for a custom set up moulded around the exhaust system. The complete engine fits under the bonnet and this car wil be driven on the street.

This combo is easily capable of making well over 2300rear wheel horsepower.
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Post by RUFF »

antt wrote:that turbo alone costs more than your buggy :finger:
And that motor cost more than almost all the buggies in Aus put together. I said almost because i think there may have been one that cost similar money that never got used :D
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Post by 80lsy gq »

just to give you an idea of the size of the turbo..


shane ( the guy holding it) is 6 foot 6 and 140 kg so he isnt a small boy..

and with my puny arms i can barely hold it at all...
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Post by antt »

:rofl: now who would that be, it was about as bling as this motor too

gup should soooo leave them rims on it, paint it in primer, fit a rear sunviser and drive it :twisted:
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Post by 80lsy gq »

who said that wont happen ;)



nah...it will be subtle enough i think...
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Post by Doggy »

80lsy gq wrote: This combo is easily capable of making well over 2300rear wheel horsepower.
is the even gonna be anything left of the rear wheels :?:
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Post by De-lux »

hahaha love the name of the pic... "elvis_turbo" hehehe


can i drive it Dave?
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Post by Red_Zook »

that turbo is to small :finger:
and at that many hp could it spin a wheel?
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Post by derelict_frog »

That looks big :/

Needs vids of it driving and sounding kool when its done!
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nice..

what's he got planned to stop the torque from that monster twisting the body in half?
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ToNkA wrote:This almost smells of General 4x4 Discussion and Tech! :D
....... with a hint of members section thrown in too.....



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Post by Dee »

at 2600hp i think its big enough already... ;)

that is the most insane thing i have ever seen. You do realise that that Q is going to fall apart around the engine... :lol:

going to be a race car? drags? burnout comps? summernats? :twisted:
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Post by resident e »

nice :twisted: we want more pictures
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Post by bad_religion_au »

80lsy gq wrote: This combo is easily capable of making well over 2300rear wheel horsepower.
my brain automatically regarded that figure as having one too many 0's in it... till i thought about it some more
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DEEV8 wrote:
going to be a race car? drags? burnout comps? summernats? :twisted:
prolly a dyno queen
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Post by GRIMACE »

spazbot wrote:
DEEV8 wrote:
going to be a race car? drags? burnout comps? summernats? :twisted:
prolly a dyno queen
if that, it would prob break loose on a dyno
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Post by bazooked »

how the f**k ur gonna drive that thing on the street??? :shock:
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Post by antt »

spazbot wrote:
DEEV8 wrote:
going to be a race car? drags? burnout comps? summernats? :twisted:
prolly a dyno queen
it'll get driven i reckon. the guy who owns it is the guy who runs powercruise. so i'm sure it'll get driven :D
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Post by Dee »

yeah i reckon it will definitely be a dyno bitch...

and a winner at that. Im not a fan of the dyno comps. no fun in it if you ask me. Just whoever has the most money/biggest engine wins..
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Post by Hoonz »

i predict the engine will end up upside down in the engine bay :rofl:


tuff none the less :armsup: to the guy building it
hope hes planning/doing some chassis mods to stop twist
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Post by 80lsy gq »

this thing will definiteily be street driven.. even driven to the dyno comps in our area.. will be going to Summernats this year as well (hopefully)and every car show around the country.. the idea is to win every dyno comp in the country, be on every magazine cover, drive it to the drags and straight into the staging lanes and run a low 8 maybe a 7 in street trim...

this will be the first year or so and then the car will be built more drag orientated, stronger rear end,gearbox etc, maybe fibreglass front end and will be aiming for the Pro Street number 1 title by running a 6 second pass.....

no money has been spared on this thing and the best of everything has gone into it so far and build time to date(from when we stripped the car) has been nearly 2 years.....

we will be picking the car up tomorrow afternoon to take to the fast fours and rotary jamboree ( promotional purposes) so will have some more pics up next week.....
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Post by Red_Zook »

bazooked wrote:how the f**k ur gonna drive that thing on the street??? :shock:
a motor like that is fairly easy to drive on the street.
becasue off bost it will have greatly less power (only about 400kw :twisted: ) than when it is flat to the bored on boost.
think tubo lag!
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Post by 80lsy gq »

oh just as another matter of interest.. the engine was dynoed naturally aspirated. ( no turbo etc) and made 1070 hp with only a dominator carby on it....that in itself would be a hell of a ride..let alone with that big mother spooling up... :armsup:
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Post by ISUZUROVER »

How are the manifolds connected? Does ths flow from the RHS bank go under the car to the turbo?
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Post by Jim Campbell »

Nice work about time someone strapped a big blower to a big block in earnest they have be doing it on small block holdens for a while now.
A few questions

At these sorts of power levels do you think you will experience crank flex, block warping or any other reliability problems?

What sort of fuel will it run on?

What does it rev to?

With the dart block is that chrysler based?

What are the dimensions(bore and stroke) of the engine?

What made you decide on the single turbo layout?

Great work its good to see someone pushing the limits. The again in the early 80's some F1 engines where macking 1500hp at the crank from a1.5 litre turbo charged v8 that would rev to 12000rpm. That a 1000 hp per litre therefore you should be macking 8800hp. Actually your probably macking the same specific output of the current F1 engines assuming you make 2700-2800 at the crank wich equals about 310hp/litre and their naturally aspirated.
Come on mate pick it up

Just kidding excellent work good luck with the build and dyno comps.
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Post by twinnie »

that guy is on boostcrusing.

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