Re: Development of the Turbo engines
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iTurbo
I have a crazy 2.0L balls to the wall setup from a guy in Boise that was building a land speed racer. He said he got it all from a guy connected to Mopar Performance R&D a long time ago. It's all new and in pieces but I still don't feel like I'm even at the level of skill to take on assembling it!
That would be one of the IMSA GTU motors that Dick Winkles (engineer) and Bob Zemus (dyno operator/engineer) made. It was once loaned out to a guy that ran it a Bonneville Salt flats (I believe in a lebaron). It make a LOT of top end power. Few were made. Obviously we did not keep track of where some of the old hardware went.
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Excellent thread, hope it continues strongly for more months to come!!
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Could this be the one??
I love the sound of that Engine !!!
Thanks
Randy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyRrv96351s
Re: Development of the Turbo engines
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stuartshomepc
That would be one of the IMSA GTU motors that Dick Winkles (engineer) and Bob Zemus (dyno operator/engineer) made. It was once loaned out to a guy that ran it a Bonneville Salt flats (I believe in a lebaron). It make a LOT of top end power. Few were made. Obviously we did not keep track of where some of the old hardware went.
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I need to update the page on my site, the story I was told was the guy with Lebaron... pestered... IMSA guys for motor when they were done with it and they loaned it out just to make him go away.
More or less.
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"The transmission, brakes, ignition, and fuel control systems are stock production pieces."
I'm guessing whatever manual was in that car must have been a 3.50 final drive to see speeds that high. There were no production final drive ratios lower than that, right?
Re: Development of the Turbo engines
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jonnymopar
"The transmission, brakes, ignition, and fuel control systems are stock production pieces."
I'm guessing whatever manual was in that car must have been a 3.50 final drive to see speeds that high. There were no production final drive ratios lower than that, right?
None except the carbed 525's. They came with a 3.05 FD.
But being a speed racing setup, they could have done something special. "Stock" can be interpreted many ways...
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There is the 3.05 setup, i have one. I think James Reeves tried one in his omni at one point and broke it? I don't remember the specifics. It uses the old 8bolt ring gear pattern and has to be modified to swap into a later 520/555.
Re: Development of the Turbo engines
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mopar-tech
I need to update the page on my site, the story I was told was the guy with Lebaron... pestered... IMSA guys for motor when they were done with it and they loaned it out just to make him go away.
More or less.
Basically that is the story. Chrysler had no real interest in this, and the guy was a pest. There were no future plans for the engine so if it blew, no big deal.
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wowzer
was presentation recorded and available for viewing?
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masterjr33
video of the presentation?
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djm3452004
I have audio only of the presentation, but it's on (2) phones and I have to compile it into one audio file. Maybe someone's got video but I don't remember seeing anyone recording. I'll try to post something for the audio over the long weekend if no one can produce a video before that.
Thanks!
David
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86Shelby
Thank you for speaking on Tuesday night. It was great hearing this stuff directly from one of the people involved! You and your team definitely made a difference pushing for better performance out of these engines, which does not go unappreciated!
Did anybody at all get a video of this??? If not, those audio files would be of interest to me and others I'm sure...