No doubt the big block will be more "traditional" than the turbo was. But I think it'll still be a pretty cool car with the look that it has, running low tens, dare I say high 9's if I put the car on a little bit of a stealth diet.

Cleaned up picture of the new bullet. Will have the drysump and tunnel ram removed, replaced with ported Indy Mod-Man.

How much power did you make with the stock block/crank/rods and how many passes?

How fast did you go with the stock pistons?

I had a similar thought having seen the for sale ad.

Turbo'd since 2007 here!

Good luck with the new combo Dizuster.

That engine looks familiar

Should be alot of fun racing with your pops. Big shoes to fill there, hope to see you both at an NMCA this season.

sounds like a lot of fun DZ !
i wished you guys were closer so you could give my a$$ a KICK [start] and a helping hand getting my charger back up and going.
my dad was kind of disappointed i chose interest in cars and machinist work instead of carpentry, like he and grandpa was into.
although in later life, the old man was real happy i chose what i did, because i saved him tons of money and time fixing his ride[s].
to say he was rough on vehicles was kind of an understatement.
he did have a great sense of humor though. [the family says we all have a great sense of "A$$HOLERY" ]
till the day he died, every time he saw me no matter where that was, he would look at me and say : "HEHEHE ! I got HAIR, and you DON'T ! HEHEHE!" [referring to the baldness of my dome]
i sure miss him !

The Turbo 5.9 was good stuff!
Really enjoyed the Transmission build info too.
Thanks

👍💪

Well... I am sad to see the turbo set up go but am pumped for you to come into NSS!!

That 62 will always stand out no matter what is under the hood.

I hope this also means you will be attending more races!!

Casey FJ

I'm not a turbo fan, but I really enjoyed seeing all you did w/ that combo! Very fast for what it was!

Yupp! It was one of my favorite cars on here. Very sneaky car for the street!

All you fair weather 'turbo' guys are pushing my buttons, lol. The H with it all, now I'm set on turning UP the wick on this underachiever BB and driving past the 9.55. Now I just gotta get Diz on board $$$.

I have been 9.42....And that is addictively fast.

You think I was pushing that stock block before! Lets go get a PAIR of turbos for that thing. Kidding of course.

FWIW it still has the runner bosses for injectors AND there'd be no modifying the intake plenum/runners either! It is low compression too...hmmm.

You’ll be back. They always come back 🤣

Probably true and he might even drag me.

Best of luck with the new venture.

You and I learned many of the same lessons. It made me feel better knowing that I wasn't the only one with such growing pains.

When I started the budget TT440 build on Moparts in 2001 I caught tons of grief and ridicule. There were several encouraging folks but it was the ugly stuff that always seemed to surface.

Fast forward 20 years and everyone wants to turbo. It is so much easier now with all the electronics.

I imagine you get the same lines I do from others. So many people ask if I'm going to turbo the next project. There's no way I'm going to pay for a wood chipper big enough to handle 541 inches of exhaust flow.


I'm not around as much as I used to be but I, too, enjoyed watching your progress. Here's to the next one!