383 SBC-WHAT WORKS? NITROUS, SUPERCHARGER, E85 

🤣🤣🤣@bald dyno Jesus

Lol straight up

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Richard does a really good job of engaging with the comments too. He's in Califonia, it's 2am there and he's already in the comments.

thnx-I look forward to the comments

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That was corney

fiendwithout - there is a kernel of truth to that

Been waiting for a while for this after he told me he was gonna put out a video of one. I'm building a nitrous 383. I'll tell ya the specs if u want to compare.

@@chasewebber4316 yea that would be cool. I actually haven't started the actual build yet. Getting it all down on paper before i start, and finishing off the chassis. Shoot me an email evarts22@gmail.com

@@chasewebber4316 I know this is 2 years old but the off chance you see this, I would like your specs!

Yes sir I would love to see that myself. I can tell you firsthand Nitrous on top of a blower even running Race Gas will give a lot more gain then it’s supposed to because it will make the blower super efficient

@@squeeksbigtwinssbtexhaust7339 we used to run a 69 Camaro 32 years ago. Stock chassis 28x10 slicks, 509 with a dyers 8-71 and a big shot under each carb. Was an absolute monster in its day.

Which Holly EFI system did you go with? How did you enjoy the tuning experience?

@@otm646 HP EFI. I enjoyed paying somebody to build/tune it. ;-)

I have lots of those

I built a forged 383 turbocharged heads cam intake ls1 ecu w/ efi and coil over plug for 6500 . Ever single part nut bolt gasket all new . You cant do that with a ls1 www.theturboforums.com/threads/a-machinist-a-turbo-and-his-l31-gmc.381269/

@@markrich3271 are you trying to brag or what cause this is like the 3 time I've seen this comment

@@chasewebber4316 no, maybe some one built similar, and says setup works

@@markrich3271 looks good!! I am also looking for reliable with air conditioning, and once in a while have some drag fun.

You've seen his lobe separation angle video right?

If you have e85 reliably in your area you can still run boost on it. E85 usually measures out at 102-106 octane but the charge cooling makes it work better under boost.

Back in the old days, had a stock 396 (1966). WANTED more POWER, replaced with built 427, would run slicks on Friday & Saturday. Would ride like a Cadillac.

13:1? Yes you will be putting good gel in the poncho! I also like to be different and am running a bb olds but at 11:1 I would if went higher but don’t know about the corn permit? Message me on social media I’d like to know more. Thank you! And thank you Richard Holdener for all the hard work and hours you put in to provide the data so that we may build projects that are proven and don’t waste so much $. What’s more for people you don’t even know!!! That’s huge hats off to you sir!!!

@@mikestufano4961 you only need the permit if you plan to produce ethanol, you can run E85, E90 or E98 in your vehicle without any permits or anything. All you need to run ethanol is a dedicated carb or EFI system tuned for it, and enough supply capacity to feed your engine. Its not as dire as most claim it is, in my street driven cars its all stock sized hard lines and stock tanks. You need to make sure its all clean though, because gasoline leaves varnish and residue that ethanol cleans out. Making ethanol is moonshining if you don't have the BATF permit for a micro producer. All you need to do is look up the ethanol fuel production permit, its free under 5000 gallons per year. Making enough fuel to run your car takes up quite a bit of space. Its not really something you can do in the suburbs, and no way to do it in an apartment unless you plan to only run small engines on it. Small engines have no problem with ethanol, but a big problem with additives they put in it when mixed with gasoline. That is what is causing problems, not ethanol. You need a source of sugar, water, and a place to go with what comes out of the still, like a herd of cattle, chickens, hogs, or earth worms or something else that will eat it and produce something useful. There might be a lot of it depending on the source of sugar. Its all edible, the water is reusable, and there is nothing toxic about it unless you're microbial life. It also works great as a hand sanitizer and degreaser. Using bakers yeast you get one gallon of ethanol from ten gallons of water, because the yeast can only tolerate 10% of their waste (ethanol) in the water they live in. There are hardier strains of yeast that can withstand 20% so you get 2 gallons per ten, and like I said before, you can use most of it again if you capture it and filter out any solids. Using 55 gallon drums for fermentation will yield you 5 gallons per barrel. So you need four barrels to fill the 20 gallon tank on your car. It takes about a week for the whole process using the batch method I use. It takes work and planning, most of the work involved is collecting the starch/sugar, and cleaning, the yeast do the really heavy lifting turning the sugar into ethanol and CO2. Making an engine run on ethanol is easy, but depending on which carb you have to convert, it can be involved to varied degrees. Qjets are involved because they have a wide tuning range, Holleys are metering block mods and a booster swap. Its easier to run E85, I do that too. But I have to drive 2 hours to fill barrels, then drive back. Nobody sells it closer to where I live. Usually a carb swap is all you need, unless the car has spent the better part of a decade on race gas or ethanol free gasoline, in which case it will have varnish and sludge that will plug the pump, filter, and carb/injectors when ethanol cleans it out. Its a different thought process tuning for ethanol, using the same methods you use for gasoline will make power, but you can make so much more running rich and hot.

1 point compression adds 3-4% power

no twin turbos on this 383

@@richardholdener1727 how much boost do you think it can handle?

@@partainbanner Boost is a number. I'd assume since it's marketed as a power adder shortblock, its likely rated to 900+ flywheel horsepower.

@@partainbanner It's not how much boost, but how much power can it handle.

@@richardholdener1727 could you please settle an online debate. What head piston combo is better for a 9.5 sbc daily driver. 75cc chamber with flat tops or 64cc chamber with D dish pistons.

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No FiTech...thats for sure. I have it on my BBC now. Not enough tuning parameters. They Holley Sniper is a much better choice.

That would be nice to see with the lights off in the dyno room. The nitrous runs have just a touch of flame out the pipe, with 15 pounds and a 200 shot there would be a pretty good show.

Generally he gives the specs for everything, so you have to look it up. Creators generally don't post prices because they vary between retailers and are always subject to change.

Engine BP38316CT1 is $6,200 the blower $3,800 for the polished or $3,400 for non polished. The carburetor be about another $1,000 maybe a little more. With plugs wires fuel lines and pump be around $12,000 . I know bc I looked into doing this set up for my hot rod decided it was to much for me. So just got a 383ci dressed from blueprint. For under 5k

​@@erickvorst5776 I built a forged 383 turbocharged heads cam single plane 4150 tb w/ efi intake ls1 ecu w/ efi and coil over plug for 6500$ . Ever single part nut bolt gasket all new . www.theturboforums.com/threads/a-machinist-a-turbo-and-his-l31-gmc.381269/

@Struinzu Vaffencullo that's the truth!

@Robert Ambrose yeah, too bad they're ugly

I want to see that ALSO.

who makes cams for them

comp cams

they also supposedly uses 350 pistons and same stroke stroke.

i have those vids up too

Well hello captain obvious. That difference would be the power adder......

You can use fuel injection above the blower, but if you run these blowers dry, with no fuel in them, they get hot. Like 400°f hot and the aluminum changes shape enough to cause the impellers to rub and gall. Having the fuel go through the blower keeps it cool as the fuel evaporates. Westech probably has 50 carburators on the shelf and Richard has done enough dyno work he could change jets faster than some people can hit a lightswitch.

Turbo = big power Blower = badass

2.5l turbocharged Chrysler minivans were blowing the doors off most cars on the road 25 years ago.

I remember those going into the 10s

yes-with enough octane

zex or sniper works well

@@richardholdener1727 I see kits for under $100 then I see kits for 600 what do I need exactly to buy to get n to install..

@@richardholdener1727 amen I wanted to ask you one more question I got no response... When you get time witch kit like I said I see them $400 to $600 what's needed.Done.

it's like you already know what we did

Hood?

Just mount the hood higher up, like on stilts or something.

@@fascistpedant758 hood spacers

JETTING IS THE SAME

@@richardholdener1727 thank you for quick reply

rcairforceone that’s what I was wondering he used that small of kit why not put it on the blower

Well to be fair, the 5.3 was running more boost. Waay more.

@@fonzieramirez296 they ran a 5.3 in one of those tests and stepped the boost up to the same level and it made more power than this.

I don't think much gain adding it to E85

Those blower assemblies are heavy...

Agreed, bad ass

nitrous adds the same amount of power to this combination

Head to head, a motor built with an 11:1 compression on 93 octane with a 111 LSA would out preform this "power adder" motor at a mild 9:1 with a 113 LSA with the same super conservative Nitrous tune up that you have in it. Great for forced induction yes, decent for nitrous. Also I believe you where too conservative on not only the tune up but the shot size as well. This motor should be able to swallow a 175-200 shot without worry. The kit being fat is ok, in my observation ZEX has the better tune up of all of them. However only hitting it at the top end and 2deg pulled on a 75-100 shot? C'mon. That's a bit overkill, most racers will hit it off the line at 3,000 rpm. Other than that, the tests seem great. But then again everyone has their opinions and experience. Lot of good stuff on this channel Richard, thank you for taking time to share it with us.

Might be part of it.

its not compression-its charge cooling

@@richardholdener1727 So the extra fuel for E85 is not enough to effect the compression. Got it maestro

@@richardholdener1727 This concept of using fuel to cool down parts to make more power is used on rockets also (Regenerative cooling)

@@richardholdener1727 He has a valid point, Richard. It's logical that the extra liquid could raise the dynamic ratio, and contribute some of the power increase.

thnx for fixing it

use your 305 carb intake or any dual plane

yes

@@richardholdener1727 how much would be safe to not hurt the engine

BPE supplied the motor and asked us to run power adders

Did you do any test on a small block 400 with stock rods?