Time to step up my hp ...few questions

slowstrokin99 · Dec 9, 2014

Gotcha. Once I get the ball rolling gonna do a little build log. Have a bunch of color matched motor parts I'm installing as well.

And I had an old account on an old email can't remember screen names or email so just opened another one. I joined probably back in 2007 originally.

SDstroker · Dec 9, 2014

I had swamps 300/200's with both Daves and Matts tunes. Both were outstanding at smoke control. Could switch it down to stockish hp. I really should have had compounds to utilize that much fuel but would have needed live tunes to dial in right.

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Blowby · Dec 10, 2014

Swamp's 400/400's driven daily. Just tune it down for 450-500 smoke free and up to whatever amount of nitrous you want to throw at it for the track and dyno (based on the supporting items to keep it together).

http://youtu.be/779VwKk5kQU?list=UUEN5FCsOAXPt6_k7TIItQEA

slowstrokin99 · Dec 10, 2014

Yea i plan on some good live tuning if I go this route. Looked into compounds but I think that's more then I wanna do for now. That's why I was thinking 400s because I buy the bigger injector once and have tuning tune them down for whatever turbo application I choose then if I decide to step up again I'll already have the fuel. Just add tunes and air. Like I said just a weekend toy not worried about mpgs or towing.

Thanks for the input blowby your truck is actually one that I've followed for this build ...can't beat the sound of that the 400/400 idle lol ..

Would a stock bottom end hold up for 550-600? It has 224k on it getting new bearings and lpop this winter. Was trying to avoid the 2500 hit for rods lol

OBS-Addiction97 · Dec 10, 2014

slowstrokin99 said:
Yea i plan on some good live tuning if I go this route. Looked into compounds but I think that's more then I wanna do for now. That's why I was thinking 400s because I buy the bigger injector once and have tuning tune them down for whatever turbo application I choose then if I decide to step up again I'll already have the fuel. Just add tunes and air. Like I said just a weekend toy not worried about mpgs or towing.

Thanks for the input blowby your truck is actually one that I've followed for this build ...can't beat the sound of that the 400/400 idle lol ..

Would a stock bottom end hold up for 550-600? It has 224k on it getting new bearings and lpop this winter. Was trying to avoid the 2500 hit for rods lol

What makes you think the bearings are bad?

slowstrokin99 · Dec 10, 2014

Nothing. Motor is going to be on a stand. Just freshen it up while it's apart ...I guess cheap insurance

bruce · Dec 10, 2014

Rebuilding or freshening up an engine to make substantial power without billet rods, girdle, bed plate, ect is retarded. But you can show off those new main bearings to your buddies through your new see through block.

lincolnlocker · Dec 10, 2014

02BigD said:
Truck looks great OP.

200% > 400% nozzles for a mainly street driven machine. Just my .02.

If you search on google something like "300/200+injector threads on powerstrokearmy.com" it shood give you lots of bathroom material. The guys who do this stuff for a living have been gracious enough to share plenty of info here to make an educated decision, and I find it easier to search the site on Google than through the site search. Either way that will be a fun truck, I run 355/200's with a billet 71 and it keeps a grin on my face.

On edit; in regards to your last post, street manners are all about tuning. Search and purchase wisely.

spot on dom

live life full throttle

slowstrokin99 · Dec 10, 2014

Have a girdle and main studs for the build already. Was asking if it was necessary for billet rods for the build. And if I window a block I walk out to the shed grab another and start over. If I need rods I'm going to wait on the build until the money is there. I don't want to pull it off the road and have to wait on parts. That when projects turn into lawn ornaments and forgotten.

bruce · Dec 10, 2014

slowstrokin99 said:
Have a girdle and main studs for the build already. Was asking if it was necessary for billet rods for the build. And if I window a block I walk out to the shed grab another and start over. If I need rods I'm going to wait on the build until the money is there. I don't want to pull it off the road and have to wait on parts. That when projects turn into lawn ornaments and forgotten.

Get some billet rods, PIS 300/200s, s468 (plus all the other stuff) and you'll have a really fun truck