Thread: FI-R - Yogi B gets a Big Bore/Stroker VQ, Standalone EMS, and other goodies..

Ok.. We're starting over here.. This post is not intended to hurt anyone's feelings, start drama, incite riots, name calling, childishness, etc. If you cannot abide by that, you will be removed from this section.



Barry's car is currently at another shop, getting suspension and brake parts installed, in preperation for a fresh powertrain install.

As you have seen from the other vendor's post, his car was picked up on a tow dolly. After 200+ track passes, and daily drive duty, the engine is in need of a rebuild. It ran strong and posted some low-mid 12 second ET's, spinning close to 8k rpm on pump gas. It is a proven FI-R built car, with lots of thought into the head design, internals, etc.. The car is not in "sad shape". It has been down for a while as Barry and I have been working together financially, and technically to make this whole project come to life. It cannot be built in a few days. This kind of thing takes months and months of preperation.










This time around, it will recieve a 4.1 liter big bore/stroker motor, with our freshly developed CNC heads. We are working with a head shop to have our own hand ported heads scanned, and a head porting program written for us. We will offer this later to you guys as a set of bolt-on, fully loaded CNC ported heads.


The heads have been tested on a larger bore fixture, at the size we'll be using, and we have some very nice numbers.




In addition Barry's car will recieve the following:

- Long tube headers
- Custom sheet metal intake manifold
- JWT C9 cams/springs
- VQ30DE(k) cooling mod
- 2.25 to 3" equal length y-pipe
- Full 3" exhaust
- Pro EFI standalone engine management
- FI-R Pro fuel system
- Direct port nitrous system (200hp capable)
- FI-R Drag-Bag suspension supplement kit (prototype)
- FI-R Removeable traction bars (prototype)
- Custom 3.5" "ram-air" inlet system
- 3.5" LSx throttle body
- Conversion to MAP sensor

I'm sure there's a few things that I'm missing.

I will post up pics when we go and get the car with our car hauler. That will happen in a few weeks.

As far as power estimates, I'm hoping for around 330-340whp all motor.. but it could possibly make more. We will use progressive controlling on the nitrous system, through the standalone. It will have it's own seperate fuel system/tank, so we can use race gas while spraying.

I will check the car over when it gets here, and hopefully everything will be compatible with what I'm planning on doing.. as I'm not quite sure what is being done to the car right now.

Travis

Is Barry set on staying away from boost? Because his car would be wicked with a turbo...

Lol, I thought I had seen this thread as a "new topic" before...

Look forward to seeing this thing run

Originally Posted by SlowCarGuy

Is Barry set on staying away from boost? Because his car would be wicked with a turbo...

I don't know if he's set on it.. but, I wouldn't recommend it. For what Barry intends to do with it, I don't think turbocharging is practical. I wouldn't recommend it. He likes to go out on the weekends and play at the drag strip, and I'm sure he's going to get more into road racing, as well. So, we have to build something that's going to survive at that level. The logistics and available space make it almost impossible.

Travis

I revoke my previous statement. Not going to be polite to a true asshole

Wish I was cool and could edit other members posts without their permission and without being a forum moderator.....way to go king douche

Originally Posted by Staceys02specV

Good luck!

Look forward to seeing great things with this car

tapatalk FTW

Thank you.

As far as the stroke increase.. We're offset grinding a stock crank, and using a smaller diameter rod journal. Here's a little chart explaining the process:



Nothing new.. this has been done for years with other engines. The good thing is that the VQ has a relatively large rod journal to begin with, so we can ge a decent bump in stroke, and still retain a 2" rod journal.

Travis

If this build can handle 200+ HP of nitrous, why not go boost? In principle nitrous does the same thing as boost correct?

I think a motor this violent should be boosted. 500 WHP would be brutal.

Originally Posted by mot19

If this build can handle 200+ HP of nitrous, why not go boost? In principle nitrous does the same thing as boost correct?

I think a motor this violent should be boosted. 500 WHP would be brutal.

Cupids already done it

SuperSpec (one of Travis's builds) Is expecting to hit 900hp this year... But thats on an SQR.

Its all up to Barry, anything is possible with enough money.

Originally Posted by mot19

If this build can handle 200+ HP of nitrous, why not go boost? In principle nitrous does the same thing as boost correct?

I think a motor this violent should be boosted. 500 WHP would be brutal.

It would be fun.. but, keep in mind that Barry doesn't intended to drive this thing around at that level every day. It's a daily driver for him.

If you look at trying to keep the car cool in the area that he lives, while road racing, and a heavy drag schedule when he gets out to the track.. turbocharging just doesn't really work for him. From previous experince on other turbo VQ vehicles.. heat plays a big factor. For folks who aren't really competing hard, and just play on the highway/drag strip every now and then, a turbo VQ is cool. But, in a competitive setting, I don't know if I could make it reliable enough.

Travis

Originally Posted by thesammythecurse

Cupids already done it

No offense.. because I know he's laid up at home right now.. but, I haven't really seen his car do much of anything that a high 300whp Spec V can't do. He ran high 11's @ 115mph. Jerry's car did that at around 375whp. Not saying his car isn't capable of making 500whp on a dyno.. but, from what I've seen, he has a long ways to go.

Travis

Originally Posted by Trav4011

It would be fun.. but, keep in mind that Barry doesn't intended to drive this thing around at that level every day. It's a daily driver for him.

If you look at trying to keep the car cool in the area that he lives, while road racing, and a heavy drag schedule when he gets out to the track.. turbocharging just doesn't really work for him. From previous experince on other turbo VQ vehicles.. heat plays a big factor. For folks who aren't really competing hard, and just play on the highway/drag strip every now and then, a turbo VQ is cool. But, in a competitive setting, I don't know if I could make it reliable enough.


Travis

Snapple Fact.

Al is still sick??

tapatalk FTW

I guess.. I haven't seen him posting on here in quite some time.

Originally Posted by mot19

If this build can handle 200+ HP of nitrous, why not go boost? In principle nitrous does the same thing as boost correct?

I think a motor this violent should be boosted. 500 WHP would be brutal.

Consider that his goal may not be to make the most amount of horsepower possible. From what I know of Barry, he wants to run track times, have a daily driver and get into AutoX.

Just because you make 500whp on a dyno doesn't its all fun and games at the track. If you want that to stick, it takes some good suspension adjustment and a knowledgeable driver. Nitrous will help him get the drag times he wants. Having a strong N/A motor will be glorious for a daily and in AutoX.

Personally I think this car is awesome. It seems to have more legitimate planning than any other B15 out there. The fact that his build is starting to come together and he will finally be putting the ProEFI to use makes me tingly.

Cant wait for more pics

cant wait for updates on his and mine...hint, hint

You said in the last thread that this motor was revving out to 8K. Will he still be able to rev to 8K? Will it continue to make power up there (did it before?)

Originally Posted by njord

You said in the last thread that this motor was revving out to 8K. Will he still be able to rev to 8K? Will it continue to make power up there (did it before?)

na now that travis had to make a new thread it will only be able to rev to 7.5k...

can't wait to get my vq swap