New Project-Pushing the limits of the 2 bolt! on a Severe Budget

[EvanH]

Originally Posted by John Monnin

There is a lot of changes to use 4-bolt mains, When I did my swap everyone thought the 2 bolt mains were junk, Chris proved that the 2-bolt main NA block is capable of HUGE amounts of power so I would never do this swap again.

http://www.wrenchmonkey.com/Webpages/4bolt.html

thanks for the info and link, i know what i am not doing now. but i am subscribed to see where it goes.

[AudibleSilence]

Originally Posted by 91vr4n00maxima

didnt hillbilly do this?

Yes he did, along with Matt and the other pioneers as well. back in 02.

[91vr4n00maxima]

Originally Posted by AudibleSilence

Yes he did, along with Matt and the other pioneers as well. back in 02.

thought so

[John Monnin]

You guys are pissing me off Were the were you all in 2000???
I dropped at least $8000 converting my car to 4-bolt because all the geniuses on 3SI told me 2-bolts were junk. Everyone on 3SI told me the following was God's truth:

1) Matt Money is a miracle worker who can do things nobody else can
2) XWING is a miracle worker who can do things nobody else can
3) Everyone else with 2-bolt mains was one of the following: 1. lucky, 2 Posers who never race thier more than once or twice or 3. Rich bastards that would race thier cars, blow thier engines and buy another one.

I wouldn't call Matt or Xwings cars budget cars BUT 3S part cost at least 1/2 as much as they did back then.

I tried to find the old threads and I couldn't they were either lost or on starnet insrtead of 3si

P.S. Chris I hope your current position at 3SX is working for you. I always got the impression 3SX's race program was on such a tight budget that it was in danger of being over as soon as 3SX proved themselves. Maybe if you hadn't have been so sucessfull you will still have that job

[Import Power]

Originally Posted by John Monnin

Chris I hope your current position at 3SX is working for you. I always got the impression 3SX's race program was on such a tight budget that it was in danger of being over as soon as 3SX proved themselves. Maybe if you hadn't have been so sucessfull you will still have that job

Everything is great. Running the service shop makes the day go by quickly. So busy it's time to go home before I know it. The race program was fun. And Matt and I miss it. Probably one reason I decided to build up my personal DD.

As for "done before"
Most of the "done before" were not done this cheaply or on this many used parts nor has anyone seen how far I am pushing it yet. I was able to run the 3.0 to 995AWHP and the 3.1 to 159MPH. Now I will push the 2 bolt to it's limit and see what happens. On a tight budget. I will be surprised if I have $5K out of pocket when I am done

[phule]

very interesting. Keep us posted because I and I'm sure others are buiding there cars with the stuff others are selling on the forum.

[beepbeep]

Originally Posted by Import Power

Everything is great. Running the service shop makes the day go by quickly. So busy it's time to go home before I know it. The race program was fun. And Matt and I miss it. Probably one reason I decided to build up my personal DD.

As for "done before"
Most of the "done before" were not done this cheaply or on this many used parts nor has anyone seen how far I am pushing it yet. I was able to run the 3.0 to 995AWHP and the 3.1 to 159MPH. Now I will push the 2 bolt to it's limit and see what happens. On a tight budget. I will be surprised if I have $5K out of pocket when I am done

So will I.

JK. I'm really excited to see what she'll deliver now. So long as I still get to drive her now and again, of course.

[Import Power]

Originally Posted by beepbeep

So will I.

JK. I'm really excited to see what she'll deliver now. So long as I still get to drive her now and again, of course.

It will be fun seeing you take her down the track!

[91vr4n00maxima]

Originally Posted by John Monnin

You guys are pissing me off Were the were you all in 2000???
I dropped at least $8000 converting my car to 4-bolt because all the geniuses on 3SI told me 2-bolts were junk. Everyone on 3SI told me the following was God's truth:

1) Matt Money is a miracle worker who can do things nobody else can
2) XWING is a miracle worker who can do things nobody else can
3) Everyone else with 2-bolt mains was one of the following: 1. lucky, 2 Posers who never race thier more than once or twice or 3. Rich bastards that would race thier cars, blow thier engines and buy another one.

I wouldn't call Matt or Xwings cars budget cars BUT 3S part cost at least 1/2 as much as they did back then.

I tried to find the old threads and I couldn't they were either lost or on starnet insrtead of 3si

P.S. Chris I hope your current position at 3SX is working for you. I always got the impression 3SX's race program was on such a tight budget that it was in danger of being over as soon as 3SX proved themselves. Maybe if you hadn't have been so sucessfull you will still have that job

back in 2k i was here but even if i saw the post nobody would have listened to me anyways. i have always been in the school of 2 bolt is more than strong enough for 99.9981% of ppl. just look at the V8 camp. 2 bolts are pretty damn strong (no not as strong as 4 bolts) but with our main bearing girdle design id be willing to bet a 2 bolt 350 would be damn strong compared to what they are now.

[maTT]

Someone fill me in on Hillbillies car. What did it prove? I saw it run at the track a couple times and put down some good dyno numbers but now it has crankwalk. Did we determine that high HP 2bolts get crankwalk?