STS Turbo
09-22-2005, 07:20 AM
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Picked up my truck Tuesday evening and have been having a blast ever since! The baseline dyno was 418 rwhp and 438 lbs of rwtq. At 5 lbs of boost through the stock exhaust manifolds and four stock cats it pulled 548 rwhp and 592 lbs of rwtq. Next week they finish the methanol and two stage boost installation and we'll re-dyno it. With 8 lbs and methanol injection, they are guessing another 60 to 75 rwhp. I'm really excited at how flat the torque curve is. I'm getting 450 ft/lbs at only 2,200 rpms and am at 500 ft/lbs by 2,500 rpms. It stays at or above 500 all the way through 5,500 rpms. Horsepower stays around 500 hp or above from 4,500 past 5,500 rpms. Lots of usable power and believe me, it feels like it. This thing flies!
The turbo sounds awesome. It sounds like I have a Pratt and Whitney jet engine strapped on the truck somewhere. I had people actually roliing down their windows in traffic to listen to the engine sounds. Some of them yelled through the noise, "That thing got a turbo? Cool!"
At 5 lbs it's extremely well mannered on the street. Very drivable even in stop and go traffic. I'll post some video by tomorrow if not later today.
BTW, the modern hemi is a different animal and can't be compared. No one has effectively cracked that computer yet. IMO, DCX has to support the aftermarket much better than they have. They need the SEMA crowd to continue to sell cars and trucks. Hats off to Ford for figuring this out a long, long time ago.
The turbo sounds awesome. It sounds like I have a Pratt and Whitney jet engine strapped on the truck somewhere. I had people actually roliing down their windows in traffic to listen to the engine sounds. Some of them yelled through the noise, "That thing got a turbo? Cool!"
At 5 lbs it's extremely well mannered on the street. Very drivable even in stop and go traffic. I'll post some video by tomorrow if not later today.
BTW, the modern hemi is a different animal and can't be compared. No one has effectively cracked that computer yet. IMO, DCX has to support the aftermarket much better than they have. They need the SEMA crowd to continue to sell cars and trucks. Hats off to Ford for figuring this out a long, long time ago.
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09-22-2005, 07:47 PM
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Congrats Big Asp- Sounds great. That's GREAT numbers!!
Can't wait to see some video.
BTW-as for no one cracking the hemi... it's been effectively cracked. It can be manipulated any way needed.
Mine has a custom tune for the cam and is now getting the good mods and tune. I had to sign a couple nondisclosure agreements so I can't really say anything yet (I know that sux but hey, I had to sign it and I'm getting some good stuff out of it) but come end of October- things should get very interesting for us hemi owners.
Can't wait to see some video.
BTW-as for no one cracking the hemi... it's been effectively cracked. It can be manipulated any way needed.
Mine has a custom tune for the cam and is now getting the good mods and tune. I had to sign a couple nondisclosure agreements so I can't really say anything yet (I know that sux but hey, I had to sign it and I'm getting some good stuff out of it) but come end of October- things should get very interesting for us hemi owners.
09-30-2005, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Reed2000BlackLS1
What would the chances be of the STS kit working on a non-SRT v10 in a truck? Besides the obvious manifold difference.
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