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gotmud2178 Jun 5, 2012 07:23 AM

Starting a new project. 4.8 turbo for sled pulling
 
Looking for ideas.

I'm thinking 4.8
1 or maybe 2 turbos
All engine parts are up in the air. I do want to keep the stock bottom end.

The engine will have a carb on it.

The truck is 4wd Dana 60 front 14ff rear 4.56 gears lockers front and rear t400 trans probable bout a 4000 stall. I'm gathering parts for my build so looking for opinions. It's being built to go 300 ft at a time not street legal so that leaves everything up for change.

03LQ9 Jun 5, 2012 08:12 AM

Good luck with your build, sounds like a great idea. Just curious, what class are you going to run in ? Around here gas engines have to be N/A.

gotmud2178 Jun 5, 2012 09:17 AM

We have an 8050 unlimited class.

JoeyGC5 Jun 5, 2012 09:34 AM


Originally Posted by 03LQ9 (Post 4933626)
Good luck with your build, sounds like a great idea. Just curious, what class are you going to run in ? Around here gas engines have to be N/A.

You can usually hop into the 2.8 or 3.0" turbo inlet size classes with a gas motor, really depends on the sanctioning body.

what fuel are you interested in running? How high do you want to spin the motor?

gotmud2178 Jun 5, 2012 07:11 PM

We run 116 in the other truck we put together and it spins over 8000 na.

slow67 Jun 6, 2012 02:15 PM

Stock Bottom End:

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...-going-485734/

JoeyGC5 Jun 6, 2012 03:28 PM


Originally Posted by gotmud2178 (Post 4933974)
We run 116 in the other truck we put together and it spins over 8000 na.

If your gonna spin in the 6k+ range I'd think a S475 or a S480 with race cover would be $ cheap enough but flow enough air to get some consistent #'s. All imo of course. Of course if they're gonna measure your inlet size and keep you in a 2.8 or 3" class then start looking at a s472 or maybe twin 55 or 62/66's

gotmud2178 Jun 8, 2012 02:38 PM

I was really thinking twins in the 60 to 70 range and try and keep the engine under 7000 rpms. And yes the other motor is spinning 8200 with a stock bottom end and it works great.

gotmud2178 Jun 8, 2012 02:41 PM

Ill be running a mod gas class so they dont measure the turbo. They diesel guys around here wont let the big block, NOS, supercharged or turboed trucks run there class. I guess there afraid to lose to a gas truck.

JoeyGC5 Jun 8, 2012 03:28 PM

The diesel guys use to bitch all the time about my turbo ccsb 6.0 truck. They spend all the money on new turbos, cp3's, and still get walked by a stock gas truck. Of course I had to say F'ck no to any 20k load they were always trying to pull across 4 states


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