Detroit series 60 rebuild

@benjamin260_6

 

Question,
So you had a 12.7 bored and now using 14L crank rods and pistons?
So what cam and injectors are you currently using?
At what rpms does it start building boost?
I am just curious what your current setup is?
I find 2 variables that most don't talk about when talking about low range tourque.
1. when does it start building boost? (Engine rpms)?
2. What is the speed of the turbo when it starts building boost? (Turbo rpms?)
When you let off the clutch, you need both fuel and enough air right then to make low end tourque.
I think a lot of times bigger injectors, bigger cam, and a monster turbo will get you more Hp. That is great form something that runs all day at upper Hp.
But we don't factor in how do we get from idle to crusing speed over and over again.

What speed are you running?
Flat, hills, or mountians?
Do you have lots of start/stop miles or mostly cruising.
Sorry for my long winded response. I just wanted to stress bigger injectors , cam and turbo may not help pulling heavy and wanting to get rolling fast.

 

What injectors are you running now as a12.7?

 

The 309 cam is pretty good for highway driving. I really like the 7014 injectors. You can get great fuel economy with them, make a ton of power and they're not usually difficult to find.

 

With stock pulsewidth (about 30 degrees) and 7473 injectors, my original compound setup would do over 60# boost but the gauge only went to 60 so I never found out for sure what it was doing on the track or pulling sleds. I've since tripled the size of the injectors and increased the turbo by 30%. I've seen over 110# a couple times but I'm still only giving it 50 degrees of pulsewidth at most.

Compounds are great for racing or when you're making huge power on the weekends but still want good fuel mileage and drivability at work. However, I wouldn't really recommend compounds to the average person. An 80mm turbo can be pushed to well over 1000hp and still be set to spool up pretty good. Compounds are more complicated and much more expensive than a single so it can be hard to justify them.

I'd consider trying that bullseye turbo. I never have but my LP turbo is a bullseye and I'm really happy with it so far

 

I have a 12.7 detroit. 600 flywheel hp with a billet wheel 1702 turbo and stock (5575?) injectors. considering mfg a compound turbo setup. Any ideas on turbos sizes or good injector #s to go with it? would i need to bulletproof the engine to handle the hp if i did tht?? Would tht excessively harm engine longevity or mpg?? Is second turbo necessary or would bigger injectors get me to where i want to be? (700-800 wheel hp)