CLOSED. Kelford Cams for 1GR GB.

Rear mount only turbo kit, built by APR, for Balboa's close friend. Two problems arose. Torque was lower than the HP. HP was around 420-440. TQ was in the mid to upper 300's.

Second problem was the stock engine blew. I believe the ring lands snap, crackle, popped, but cannot remember exactly. Too much boost, timing, and RPM for stock internals.

 

Do you need to sleeve? Stock crank is good to 600 or so, right?

 

Rocky?

 

@JustDSM must have deleted his question.

Do you think you remember who he is?

 

I wonder what power could be achieved with BC stroker kit, Darton MID bored to 98mm. 4.66 has a nice ring to it.

 

Shhh you always do this

 

I did. That’s personal info, I figured I’d keep it off the board.

The reason I asked was I had seen a post on HPTuners Facebook a about a guy in Houston saying if HPT was available back in the day, he might have been able to sell his “kits”. I’m assuming some turbo setup. Wondered if it was this Balboa dude.

 

I always start making these lists. The cost of parts alone gets to 5 figures in a hurry.

 

Too much on the over bore. If I combined both engines, they still wouldn't add up to 4.66L. I don't know how BC came up with that value, but I know Cometic was reluctant to make head gaskets for me with what I had machined the bore to. The machinist was even complaining about the boring to what I had chosen.

 

Probably another guy. As arrogant and "first" as he was, he was unfortunately still partly the puppet of a puppeteer. He didn't make anything to sell. He used his influence to get things to market. His influence stemmed from his excitement to try new things. That is where he was taken advantage of. Never sold any parts or kits though. One of his best accomplishments was helping bring the T56 swap to market.

HPTuners back then would still have had issues. The same encountered recently. MAF scaling limits, as well as load table limits.

 

What for a 10%+ off all BC parts sale, from some vendor. That's what I did for my crank.

 

Darton says 900-400 OD is 4.29” / 108mm what is the biggest you could go?

https://dartonsleeves.com/mid_07.html

 

So then it comes back to the limitations of the head gaskets available. Which then takes you to a custom copper head gasket. Which can be made fairly easily.

 

I really appreciate the history lesson there. The "old school" stuff the X-Runners were up too intrigues me. Just like learning about how things got to where they are now.

 

So you’re running BC crank with your original Pauter rods? What pistons?

 

We did stuff years ahead of what is taking place here now. Took a lot of long rentless years of effort to get those minds changed here.

 

Had Pauter Rods. Now CP Carrillo Rods. With CP pistons as well. The Pauter or BC Rods clear the oil squirters without issue. The CP Carrillo rods require a lot of massaging of the squirters. Very time consuming and tedious. The are the strongest on the market though. With a matching price. ~$2200.

Most affordable rods are the Molnar and Brian Crower rods.

 

Is there anyone trusted in Houston that can install Darton MID sleeves?

 

Possible where my engines were built. H Squared Racing Engines.

 

Wow that’s quick