Raptor and Henderson Performance

[Kevin]

kidney's go for about $24,000 on the black market. just sayin

[RHanselman]

Originally Posted by rkreigh

TTT any updates??? Ron, also ask corey what he thinks of using the Stg II cams retimed for less overlap (should work pretty well)

I see AES has the "big closed deck" liners which might really help combined with studs from Ron Woods for HG sealing.

No real updates on the ECM. Stock Z is still on the dyno. They had some work stoppage issues. They didn't know about the noise the duel-mass could make when the engine is not hitting correctly. They are now edumacaateddd... As far as Ron's car goes, Corey is assembling the short block this week.

I do like the AES setup. I have Ron Woods studs in my TT now. Not sure if they would be needed with the AES setup but I'd think it would be good insurance... Yep, a low compression AES 427 would be nice...

[rkreigh]

AES advertises the mod for 8500 which I think might just be the liners installed in the block.

I need to get in touch with them. thinking also about their 390 LSx engine which works well for boost on the C5 platform.

any new developments? like to investigate the raptor megasquirt option for tuning on the LSV and maybe running e85 or at least doing an "emissions tune" will the megsquirt control and automatic tranny like to 480LE?

thanks!

[RHanselman]

Originally Posted by rkreigh

AES advertises the mod for 8500 which I think might just be the liners installed in the block.

I need to get in touch with them. thinking also about their 390 LSx engine which works well for boost on the C5 platform.

any new developments? like to investigate the raptor megasquirt option for tuning on the LSV and maybe running e85 or at least doing an "emissions tune" will the megsquirt control and automatic tranny like to 480LE?

thanks!

Ron,

I believe Pete said an AES 401 was about $10k for the shortblock. $8500 sounds right for just the block work and liners.

Base tune at Megasquirt is still in progress. They had some questions because my ZF was making some rattle-can noises but that's now cleared up and they've continued their tuning efforts.

E85 is an option for our new ECM. We just need to crack the incompatibility with our fuel system nut...

Megasquirt offers an "add on" trans controller but it's not built-in to this ECM.

Cheers,
RH

[rkreigh]

I checked the AES site, the 8500 price is the machined block with the liners installed and choice of pistons.

10k really isn't too bad all things considered. I could like reuse the TI rods and billet crank as they are pretty strong parts.

is anyone "recoating" their main bearings??? mine are probably in pretty good shape and might be able to be reused, but I'd hate to get it apart and be stuck without the bearings

thanks for the update, good luck. that's good news about a tranny add in on the megasquirt. very cool.

[Jagdpanzer]

Ron,
I have a set of coated main bearings in the 402 I'm building. Used Calico Coating out of Denver, NC. They do excellent work. I have a spare set of coated mains on the shelf if you need them.

[RHanselman]

My 374 has coated main bearings as well. They were done local when I lived in Las Vegas...

[rkreigh]

good to know folks are having luck with recoated bearings

any updates on the growl from the raptor

how about a mega-raptor?? sounds like a good japanese monster and looking forward to a ZR-1 cracking that 800 rwhp barrier with something within my meager financial reach!

[RHanselman]

Originally Posted by rkreigh

good to know folks are having luck with recoated bearings

any updates on the growl from the raptor

how about a mega-raptor?? sounds like a good japanese monster and looking forward to a ZR-1 cracking that 800 rwhp barrier with something within my meager financial reach!

Couple of updates...

Corey is waiting on pistons in order to complete Ron's motor.

Megasquirt will bring their Dyno to BG this year and demo the ECM and tuning. They will be giving a presentation in the auditorium as well... I'll also have some time allotted to talk about the Raptor Turbo System.

Things are coming together...

[GTOger]

FYI, last time we had our ZR-1 at Corey's, he was dishing a bit about this project. It really does sound fascinating, and it's certainly far from a "hey, let's toss some stuff on the motor" proposition. This is an honest-to-goodness engineered project. Pretty cool stuff when you consider the age of the cars and the interest that still surrounds them.