What grade of SS are the various places using if anyone knows? How thick is the flange and tubing? Do any add any structural support to prevent tube flex that can lead to cracking?
Are you going to Mahle cast or forged pistons? I can tell you right now from speaking with a sales rep and an engineer from Mahle at PRI in December these pistons are not meant for a DD. They have a very limited cycle life. Not so much mileage, but hot-cold expansion due to not having having a steel ring groove. I was told expect a 50-75k life out of them and was advised to for a build of that nature to just go with cast pistons, get them coated, delipped and valve relief and call it a job well done. Many trucks are running over 1000RHWP no issues on those pistons. Forged pistons are more of your 1500-2000HP trucks (yes they do exist for all you people living under a rock) that are gonna get torn down every other season.
As for your injector choice... You could honestly make that 700 RWHP with much smaller injectors. You'd need to dump that old school turbo and do something better with your fuel system and heads. Ron at Hypermax and Brian at BTS have made 400 on stock superduty injectors but it was more involved than just your run of the mill boltons and generic tuning.
I wouldn't bother with the girdle honestly because those caps are still going to float, just float less compared to stock. Go big or go home and get a bedplate.
Nothing wrong with your build it should work just fine but it's not how I would do it. My 2 cents.
I think you could make 600RWHP on 180/100s. I know for a fact Brian had a truck in his shop with 160/80s and made over 500. like that 515rwhp range. With a good fuel system, not this single pump FASS system BS that barely flows. That, good turbo, good head work and a nice turbo I think 600RWHP can be done.
Given, you guys know aswell as I do a dyno is just a baseline number for tuning and without timeslips those numbers mean nothing. lol
Just my opinion, call me crazy... That's fine.
Even with headflow work. I dont think so.
Maybe 500 out of a 180/100 but it'd be a miracle setup.
My first thought is one of the setups on Garland's motor, but I haven't looked to see if you're referring to their testing or a customer for that particular reference. Since they set their engine dyno up years ago, they don't bother with renting chassis dyno time anymore- they're usually good about specifying that though.So are 300/200's a 800 hp injector then? I know swamps website says they have gotten 785 with them.
So are 300/200's a 800 hp injector then? I know swamps website says they have gotten 785 with them.