Whats the best size blower for a 434? 2.8 or 3.6 KB?

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Mar 27, 2011 | 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Atomic

How do you plan to navigate that sharp turn needed behind the alternator? I am/was thinking about running this same blower, hence all the questions

Your not the only one thinking about running a KB 3.6LC...

Mar 27, 2011 | 04:56 PM

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did you get your blower through TPE?
i'm looking at getting one for my C5 vette

ps - and don't trust interweb specs for your weight. friggin Uhaul thinks my 4x4 RCSB NBS is only 4200lb

Mar 28, 2011 | 02:53 AM

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UHaul specs and factory specs are a little bit different, LOL. My truck specs out at 54xx pounds from the factory, I would say no more than 5550 as it sits now.

Mar 28, 2011 | 12:33 PM

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yeah, as it sits + me, i'm just under 4800lb

Mar 28, 2011 | 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by OnyxSilveradoSS

mammoth with that TB looks funny

I would guess more gain from it...those blowers are sick when you start to open up the inlet side. And you have the best elbow, just need to match the TB. cool

Ya the inlet is huge compared to my current 90mm TB. The new one should be here the end of this week so hopefully next week I'll have some more updates.

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Originally Posted by Lucille

Truck looks great! That's the setup I wanted to go with but chickened out when I cooldn't get anyone at KB to even talk to me about using it on a truck. The only thing I see missing is the oversized composite intercooler tank from Trick. Which HX are you using and how did it mount up?

Thanks. If your ever interested in upgrading to the 3.6L let me know. I'll have to pick up one of those tanks this summer when the temps around here pickup. The one that came with the kit is a fraction of the size of Tricks.

Hutter Performance mounted the intercooler in the lower grill of my bumper where I had my old A2A intercooler.

The car wash already messed up the fins of the cooler but I found a radiator comb from JEGS that should straighten everything out.

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Originally Posted by BigKID

Nice work on the intake. With the Mammoth inlet, smaller TB with offset adapter, you actually have more clearance to the alternator than I have with the 2.8 inlet and 95mm TB.

Thanks, Hutter did a great job putting it together. We'll see how much room is left after the 102mm TB but it should clear everything.

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if you can get one of the hd tensioners on there that will help a ton. joe with the tbss can probably set you up with one , it may take some minor mods to make it work but it will make a world of a difference .

Im not familar with his setup. What type of tensioner is he running? Any pics? I am having a little bit of belt slip so far. I'm hoping that changing over to a Gates belt will solve the issue but if not I might need something else.

Mar 28, 2011 | 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Sierra1320

Your not the only one thinking about running a KB 3.6LC...

If your interested I can help you put everything together to bolt the 3.6L on. Pm me for more info.

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Originally Posted by zebra86

did you get your blower through TPE?
i'm looking at getting one for my C5 vette

ps - and don't trust interweb specs for your weight. friggin Uhaul thinks my 4x4 RCSB NBS is only 4200lb

I got everything from Hutter Performance. I'd give them a call corvettes are their specialty and I'm sure they could help put something nasty together for your C5.

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I love that setup! Yeah my Silverado, stone stock, would have been at 54xx pounds; with the tires I'd call it 5550 or so. With the beefier iron block you added about 200lbs plus a blower, so you have to be jumping around the 6k mark. It isn't going to make too much of a difference anyway with that ~650-horse monster under the hood

Yeah I was thinking about the extra drivetrain loss and the lower bost, but the I figured the extra 58ci would make up for that. I completely forgot about how conservative your camshaft might be. Sounds like it will be a very nice combo for you

Thanks, I think it really came out great as well.

Ya the block definitely added some weight up front. Your probably right about my truck weighing 6k plus. It sure doesn't feel like theres that much weight when I hit the pedal though. I'll get it weighed this summer to find out for sure.

The drivetrain loss from my 4l85 really eats up some HP. Hutter Performance had a stock ZR1 on their dyno last month that put down 516whp. So if you figure the vette's engine were in front of my transmission it would only put down somewhere around 465whp due to my transmissions extra 10% drivetrain loss. Its hard to compare the two but I think the extra CI on my setup is helping a little bit. My heads are pretty much stock L92's with some valve work and a mild cam.

Heres the ZR1 on the dyno.

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Mar 28, 2011 | 10:28 PM

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...I got everything from Hutter Performance. I'd give them a call corvettes are their specialty and I'm sure they could help put something nasty together for your C5...

i'll have to look them up. the reason i've been talking to TPE is because when i called Kenne Bell, they told me they turned all their GM stuff over to him. he's a couple weeks from having his DIY kit ready. i'm really looking forward to it!

Mar 29, 2011 | 01:44 PM

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My heads are pretty much stock L92's with some valve work and a mild set of cams.

I've noticed this in your posts and it's been driving me nuts: are you used to Fords or imports or something? Only one cam in a Chevy V8

Mar 29, 2011 | 02:20 PM

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I've noticed this in your posts and it's been driving me nuts: are you used to Fords or imports or something? Only one cam in a Chevy V8

Lol sorry about that, but ya I'm more familiar with BMW engines. Hutter Performance is also building my M3's motor for a turbo setup and sometimes I mix things up since that engine runs dual overhead cams.