logistix

I am building up an 88 LX Hatchback. I would like your opinions on how much HP and Torque you think I will have at the flywheel and at the rear wheels. Below are the important mods that it has. I haven't been able to get to the Dyno yet. A couple of friends here have been saying probably 370 HP at the rear wheel.

1. Ford Racing Aluminum driveshaft
2. Ford Racing 3.73 gears
3. Tremec TKO 600 transmission with Pro 5.0 shifter/power tower
4. Flowmaster exhaust w/ H pipe
5. Pro-M 80mm MAF
6. 30# injectors (probably 38 psi)
7. 347 Stroker Block (ported and polished to 5.6 liters)
8. Stock fuel rails
9. BBK 70mm throttle body
10. stock replacement power steering/air conditioner/alternator all being used (stock pullies)
11. stock replacement radiator
12. Edelbrock high flow water pump
13. Crane HI 6 ignition (able to redline 7000+ rpm now)
14. Stock distributor
15. Holley 255lph fuel pump
16. A9L computer out of an 89 GT (stock settings)
20. Weld Draglite 15”x10” racing rims and Mickey Thompson ET Street Drag radial tires (off my white cobra)
21. Centerforce dual friction clutch
22. BBK Full length chrome headers 1 5/8”
23. Victor Jr. cylinder heads (i already ported and polished them)
24. Victor Jr. 5.0 Intake/Manifold (i already ported it)
25. Harland Sharp roller rockers
25. No EGR or Smog Pump
26. Compression is 8.3:1 and will be running 94 Sunoco gas
27. Coast High Performance Crankshaft
28. Anderson Ford Motorsports custom ground CAM around .500" lift

AdderMk2

why are you running such low compression..... do you plan on boosting it???

88BlueGT

+1 ... if your not running some kind of power adder your compressio is definetly not in your favor... If i was running your setup I would be up in the 10's

AdderMk2

with low compression like that your barely gonna break 300hp... IF you can even get that high

i would definitly look into boost.... 15psi on a procharger would do you nicely

ikeybmg

im getting around 10:1 from my victor jrs. with ross forged flats/

myshifter

I hope you knew what you were doing when you ported the heads or more than likely you will have done more harm then good

logistix

The compression is low right now because an ATI Procharger D1SC with a 3 core intercooler is going on it in a couple of months. Yes the block and heads were ported correctly, notched and air flow tested for cfm's by a professional shop that deals almost only with mustangs, 302's etc. It was also balanced and everything.

I am not 100% sure that I can afford the blower this season, so if I am only naturally aspirated, what ratio do you recommend?

AdderMk2

if your gonna put a blower on it then i say go ahead and go 8.5:1... no higher if you wanna run BIG boost... especially with a D1SC... im going P1SC because its a lil bit smaller, but still sounds badass

grabbem88

he'll be fine...that custom is a blower cam set up right?....he'll hit more than 300rwhp.

logistix

Yes the cam was ground for the blower. Won't be as nice now, but when it goes on it will be.

I read that 481hp/421tq was acheived by Edelbrock engineers with my setup. Of course that was with like 12.5:1 compression, 112 octane and probably flywheel numbers.

I think I'll be beating most people. There are a couple of 11 second 03 cobra's and Supra's around here that I'll have to worry about. Ha ha and this one guy that put a turbo Talon engine in an old Colt body. Run's 10.8 all day.