Whats my limit with meth

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boosteds10

Finally Fixed
Alright I checked around and did some searching but im just looking to get a general idea. 93 typhoon mods are in my sig.

Im thinkin about pickin up a progressive methanol kit and goin 20psi with a 50/50 mix

Are 12's possible? Even 12.99 is cool with me.

The only thing im worried about is the trans, stock converter and having the 3-4 WOT upshift problem. If it takes a crap im not gonna be too excited about over 2k for a trans.

Just lookin to see if I should just forget about it and stop throwing money at it, or is the methanol going to take the truck to the next step.

Thanks for lookin, I know this is a general question so please dont flame me too hard.
 
Tooky

Tooky

Serious about performance
Re: Whats my limit with meth

Hell yeah! Now that's the attitude ;) The methanol (or any high octane/high boost combo) WILL definitely take your truck to the next step, after some tuning (of course). I can still remember the first time I ran my Syclone engine over the stock 15 PSI. It was somewhere between 17-20 PSI but so long ago I'm not sure. Either way I can picture the exact road/hill I was going up when I laid into it. The tone of the engine sounded different for sure, the turbo sounded different, and I was put back into my seat! I was... what does "Bezerk" say........ADDICTED!! :silly: :dizzy:

You're basically moving from "Stage 1: Stock Truck" to "Stage 2: High Boost Stock Motor" on my site: http://www.powertuneplus.com/syclone/stages.shtm

My buddy Keith from Ohio "Typhoon #1133" got his stock turbo Ty to run 12.6 if I remember right (It might have even been 12.4!) on a similar setup to my old stock turbo combo with an SMC non-progressive alky kit.

Your 20 PSI target is right on the money, but I would strongly suggest a 100% methanol solution - the "50%" water is bogus in my opinion. Everyone I know who is a die hard alky sprayer, found best results with 100% methanol. (I do know some "casual" alky users with Mustangs who run the 50/50 and claim it works)

Roughly speaking, the stock trannys seem to go south a lot faster once you get to the low 12s, high 11s. The stock converter shouldnt be a problem, it was a blessing for me (more HP up top NOT slipped away like a loose converter would..)

The 3-4 WOT upshift is something I have a lot of experience with, more than most "expert" tranny shops. :roll: It can be fixed if you are dedicated, serious, and ready to get a lot of ATF dripped on you! And it MUST be fixed if you want to do any serious quarter mile runs. (Something I could never get the tranny shops to understand.)
 
crazykaese

crazykaese

91ProtoTy/IndyPaceTribute & Sawzall Master
Re: Whats my limit with meth

I have one of those SMC non-progressive alky kits that Tooky mentioned above I want to sell. Let me know if you want it - it'll be cheaper than one of the new progressive kits. It is 100% complete kit with an extra in cab controller box. I can take pics for you if needed.
 
JSM

JSM

Active member
Re: Whats my limit with meth

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It's all good.
 
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boosteds10

Finally Fixed
Re: Whats my limit with meth

Cool thanks guys. Think im going to take Crazykaese up on his offer and pick up his methanol kit. Im fine with running 100% methanol, just take a little bit more lookin to find it locally. The 3-4 upshift is going to be first on the list then the methanol kit goes in.

Just had a string of bad luck on the truck and finally got alot of stuff squared away....hearing I can make it into the 12s is a good motivator to tough it out.
 
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