👋 INTRO Another turbo 3800 Fbody

[GHOSTLY PRESENT Z34]

Yo, another turbo 3800 fbody here. This time it is the second most common fbody made, 99 pewter 3800 5 speed, with a Amazon t70 t4 70mm hotside kit but with a China 6061 atm, 58mm for the ladies. 80s, soon to be wally 465 and e85, tuned by an asshole.
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[Mook]

Well this is a pleasant surprise. Welcome!

 

[IDAFC21]

Fantastic. Welcome!

 

[Mr_Roboto]

These Turbo 3800s are just coming out of the woodwork. I likey.

 

[daturbosix]

 

[SleeperLS]

 

[GHOSTLY PRESENT Z34]

Thanks,
If anyone is curious here is a lil wastegate, 8 psi, pull on doo doo 91, 5* of timing, and granny shifting to keep this T5's 3rd gear in 1 piece.

 

[v6buicks]

Welcome! Glad you came to the dark side.

 

[v6buicks]

Granny shifting never helped my 3rds. Both of mine blew right as I would get into peak power. Hopefully you have better luck. What clutch are you using? Do you like it?

 

[GHOSTLY PRESENT Z34]

Granny shifting never helped my 3rds. Both of mine blew right as I would get into peak power. Hopefully you have better luck. What clutch are you using? Do you like it?

Just some amazon 6 puck till I get all the stuff to go t56. It does ok but slips when I turn boost up too much now.

 

[GTPpower]

Welcome! 3800 FTMFW!!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Don't those plastic clutch hydraulic lines have a restrictor in them to draw out engagement....you're supposed to drill out the bugger

 

[v6buicks]

Don't those plastic clutch hydraulic lines have a restrictor in them to draw out engagement....you're supposed to drill out the bugger

Yeah, they suck. I did away with the whole MC though because they're undersized to begin with.

 

[Dumpsterpat]

Nice, what ecu?

 

[GHOSTLY PRESENT Z34]

Don't those plastic clutch hydraulic lines have a restrictor in them to draw out engagement....you're supposed to drill out the bugger

Not sure what you mean. Mine aren't plastic.

 

[GHOSTLY PRESENT Z34]

Nice, what ecu?

Stock

 

[v6buicks]

Not sure what you mean. Mine aren't plastic.

The hose fitting that's held in by a roll pin at the master cylinder is super restrictive. If you drill the hole bigger, you end up with more control of your clutch and less slip when you're giving it the beans.

 

[GHOSTLY PRESENT Z34]

The hose fitting that's held in by a roll pin at the master cylinder is super restrictive. If you drill the hole bigger, you end up with more control of your clutch and less slip when you're giving it the beans.

Hum interesting, I will look into that.

 

[GHOSTLY PRESENT Z34]

It ended up making 383whp on what I am calling 14 psi

 

[bs009]

I'm impressed that the T5 is still hanging in there, that's pretty close to where I broke mine in terms of boost. That seems like a pretty good power number for that amount of boost. I'm assuming you're running the stock cam right?

For the clutch hydraulic lines I ended up just switching over to an lines. Makes pulling the trans a PITA but I had a lot of issues with the quick disconnect deal that comes on these cars and gave up on it. These things replace the parts that get drilled out so I feel like it's an upgrade.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rus-640281

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Does camming up help them live at all? Drop the torque down low and give it more top end? Or is it that most cams increase torque across the board so much that it actually makes it worse?

 

[sktchy]

Bout time you joined the party and updated your thread ?

 

[bs009]

Does camming up help them live at all? Drop the torque down low and give it more top end? Or is it that most cams increase torque across the board so much that it actually makes it worse?

From what I've seen most cams will add torque compared to the stock cam so it should make it worse. Thankfully we have a few other trans options though now that we've gotten to work.

 

[sktchy]

From what I've seen most cams will add power compared to the stock cam so it should make it worse. Thankfully we have a few other trans options though now that we've gotten to work.

The problem is the decent trans options cost what the car does and a t5 is a couple hundred bucks and a saturday. Now that I say that I'm sure mine will go poof as soon as I lay into it tho.

 

[Euro]

Sweet set up!

I have to ask, what is the Z34 in reference to in your username?