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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    Quote Originally Posted by iTurbo View Post
    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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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    Excellent thread, hope it continues strongly for more months to come!!

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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    Could this be the one??

    I love the sound of that Engine !!!

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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    Quote Originally Posted by stuartshomepc View Post
    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.


    Working on clearing the decks.

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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    "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?
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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    Quote Originally Posted by jonnymopar View Post
    "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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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    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.

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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    Quote Originally Posted by mopar-tech View Post
    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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    Re: Development of the Turbo engines

    Quote Originally Posted by wowzer View Post
    was presentation recorded and available for viewing?
    Quote Originally Posted by masterjr33 View Post
    video of the presentation?
    Quote Originally Posted by djm3452004 View Post
    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.

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    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...
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