NCTRX Build Complete....for now ;)

Might be worth looking into bags to help with the squatting. Won't prevent front lift overall but will definitely help so the front tires can hook.
 
What intake did you end up putting on?? I seen the vibrant coupler in the one pic attached to the throttle body but can’t see the rest.
 
Initial startup on the stroker being delivered to mmx today for tuning getting close. Has a nice subtle idle note
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Going through the back story and catching up here. Sorry I have missed this thread somehow over the past couple of months.

Great info on your build here. I'm excited for you!

I will have to agree with you on what little I do know about 93 and staying below 15lbs on the boost. I am currently running 17lbs on E85 and dyno right at 800whp with the Ripa 900 package. I have ran mine up to 150 not realizing it playing with a HC Charger a few weeks ago. Went to the drag strip this past weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway and had a crazy great day, I took 14 out of 14 runs and could not believe it! Now I'm leaning a different direction with my TRX. Was doing the off-road scene jumping and racing off-road, but it can be rough on the truck and I don't want to completely destroy it. Been running the 900RT kit for around 10k miles now with no issues. Just pulled the trigger on the RT TTRX package with some additional upgrades. I'm setting on pins and needles for another month while they build it, so maybe 6 weeks give or take for install, up and going if all goes well.

With you in Raleigh not that far away, maybe we could plan a get together with a few from the group here and meet in N Georgia for a little ride/lunch or something if you and some others are up to it.

As painful as it has been for your experience, I still congratulate you on your build, it seems pretty awesome to me!!!
 
Going through the back story and catching up here. Sorry I have missed this thread somehow over the past couple of months.

Great info on your build here. I'm excited for you!

I will have to agree with you on what little I do know about 93 and staying below 15lbs on the boost. I am currently running 17lbs on E85 and dyno right at 800whp with the Ripa 900 package. I have ran mine up to 150 not realizing it playing with a HC Charger a few weeks ago. Went to the drag strip this past weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway and had a crazy great day, I took 14 out of 14 runs and could not believe it! Now I'm leaning a different direction with my TRX. Was doing the off-road scene jumping and racing off-road, but it can be rough on the truck and I don't want to completely destroy it. Been running the 900RT kit for around 10k miles now with no issues. Just pulled the trigger on the RT TTRX package with some additional upgrades. I'm setting on pins and needles for another month while they build it, so maybe 6 weeks give or take for install, up and going if all goes well.

With you in Raleigh not that far away, maybe we could plan a get together with a few from the group here and meet in N Georgia for a little ride/lunch or something if you and some others are up to it.

As painful as it has been for your experience, I still congratulate you on your build, it seems pretty awesome to me!!!
We all gotta get together. Awesome on the TT kit man, that's going to be insane. AND if you blow the motor up with all this you'll set yourself up for dropping in the 426 and you'll have the fastest TRX in the world L O L

I think you'll see that nctrx (and me at this point) would recommend building the bottom end of your truck if you are going to blow the 900whp mark out of the water....900 is where other hellcats start to see motors go bye bye.

I'm also wondering about the driveshaft on this thing too and what it will be able to handle. I'd love to have a carbon fiber driveshaft so if it does go ka-boom it just breaks instead of shredding the entire vehicle with metal spaghetti noodles.
 
We all gotta get together. Awesome on the TT kit man, that's going to be insane. AND if you blow the motor up with all this you'll set yourself up for dropping in the 426 and you'll have the fastest TRX in the world L O L

I think you'll see that nctrx (and me at this point) would recommend building the bottom end of your truck if you are going to blow the 900whp mark out of the water....900 is where other hellcats start to see motors go bye bye.

I'm also wondering about the driveshaft on this thing too and what it will be able to handle. I'd love to have a carbon fiber driveshaft so if it does go ka-boom it just breaks instead of shredding the entire vehicle with metal spaghetti noodles.
I hope it doesn't blow, but if it does, then yes it will be time for a new build. Then as you say, drivetrain/transmission and so on. Will have to include beefing it all to handle the tq.

Would love to plan a weekend somewhere here on the east coast with a group of us with high hp/built TRX. Maybe mid summer give or take. A little fun at VIR or somewhere if we can get on an asphalt track would be fun as well, I've had enough dirt for a while. Time to start enjoying the performance side of this thing.

And the hour glass is moving to slow already for the TT build. 4-5 weeks is going to drive me crazy. I can't wait!!!!!
 
Going through the back story and catching up here. Sorry I have missed this thread somehow over the past couple of months.

Great info on your build here. I'm excited for you!

I will have to agree with you on what little I do know about 93 and staying below 15lbs on the boost. I am currently running 17lbs on E85 and dyno right at 800whp with the Ripa 900 package. I have ran mine up to 150 not realizing it playing with a HC Charger a few weeks ago. Went to the drag strip this past weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway and had a crazy great day, I took 14 out of 14 runs and could not believe it! Now I'm leaning a different direction with my TRX. Was doing the off-road scene jumping and racing off-road, but it can be rough on the truck and I don't want to completely destroy it. Been running the 900RT kit for around 10k miles now with no issues. Just pulled the trigger on the RT TTRX package with some additional upgrades. I'm setting on pins and needles for another month while they build it, so maybe 6 weeks give or take for install, up and going if all goes well.

With you in Raleigh not that far away, maybe we could plan a get together with a few from the group here and meet in N Georgia for a little ride/lunch or something if you and some others are up to it.

As painful as it has been for your experience, I still congratulate you on your build, it seems pretty awesome to me!!!
How'd the truck feel at 140+? There was a thread a while back about the theoretical stock top speed, and I'm curious what happens with the aerodynamics of this beast once you really get moving. Sounds like you have 200+whp over stock, but the suspension and handling at speed is what seems most interesting to me.
 
How'd the truck feel at 140+? There was a thread a while back about the theoretical stock top speed, and I'm curious what happens with the aerodynamics of this beast once you really get moving. Sounds like you have 200+whp over stock, but the suspension and handling at speed is what seems most interesting to me.
Honestly on stock tires its not bad at all, feels pretty solid if you are on a good surface. I now have a set of Nitto 555 R2 for the strip and safer at higher speeds. I feel more comfortable exploring higher speeds now. I have also finished the TTRX install and should be finished tuning this week for a date at the dyno tomorrow and at the strip next weekend. We will see how she performs now, I'm super excited.

I'm shooting for around 1100 whp with room to turn it up once I finish the built engine to stand behind it. Time will tell........
 
Honestly on stock tires its not bad at all, feels pretty solid if you are on a good surface. I now have a set of Nitto 555 R2 for the strip and safer at higher speeds. I feel more comfortable exploring higher speeds now. I have also finished the TTRX install and should be finished tuning this week for a date at the dyno tomorrow and at the strip next weekend. We will see how she performs now, I'm super excited.

I'm shooting for around 1100 whp with room to turn it up once I finish the built engine to stand behind it. Time will tell........
You are a brave man. I was concerned about the underbody turbos and all the water and shit that blows into it.
 
Honestly on stock tires its not bad at all, feels pretty solid if you are on a good surface. I now have a set of Nitto 555 R2 for the strip and safer at higher speeds. I feel more comfortable exploring higher speeds now. I have also finished the TTRX install and should be finished tuning this week for a date at the dyno tomorrow and at the strip next weekend. We will see how she performs now, I'm super excited.

I'm shooting for around 1100 whp with room to turn it up once I finish the built engine to stand behind it. Time will tell........
1100whp?!? Jesus Christ. Well keep us in the loop on how it goes! I've been following this thread with jealous eyes on nctrx's build and am about to pull the trigger on something close to the Ripa 800 kit, but damn, I'd love to feel what 1000+whp is like on the ol' ass dyno. I'll guess I'll have to live vicariously through you maniacs pushing huge numbers! :D
 
Honestly on stock tires its not bad at all, feels pretty solid if you are on a good surface. I now have a set of Nitto 555 R2 for the strip and safer at higher speeds. I feel more comfortable exploring higher speeds now. I have also finished the TTRX install and should be finished tuning this week for a date at the dyno tomorrow and at the strip next weekend. We will see how she performs now, I'm super excited.

I'm shooting for around 1100 whp with room to turn it up once I finish the built engine to stand behind it. Time will tell........
I'll be doing some tire testing within a few weeks. I wish I could get someone to sponsor me LOL. Would be cool to have like a A/T TIRE CHALLENGE to grant the title of "BEST GRIP" for street performance with an A/T. Can't afford to buy 3-4 sets of tires to do A/B testing. Nitto NT420V is likely the BEST street tire, but it's not a fuckin A/T, and I don't want that as my DD tire.
 
You are a brave man. I was concerned about the underbody turbos and all the water and shit that blows into it.
I am actually discussing a version of this kit with Ripa for intake plumbing routed back up in the engine bay on the inner fenders so that I can still take dives in water when it comes up. Just talk at the moment, not in design yet that I’m aware of.
 
I am actually discussing a version of this kit with Ripa for intake plumbing routed back up in the engine bay on the inner fenders so that I can still take dives in water when it comes up. Just talk at the moment, not in design yet that I’m aware of.
When the kit was 1st released a bunch of us here said the same thing that an intake was needed. Ripa replied that they had one to reroute back to under hood and it would be a option.
 
When the kit was 1st released a bunch of us here said the same thing that an intake was needed. Ripa replied that they had one to reroute back to under hood and it would be a option.
I feel like it’s something that can be put together quickly and easily since it only consist of plumbing. Not like they have to go through a lot of R&D to push out the final product
 
I feel like it’s something that can be put together quickly and easily since it only consist of plumbing. Not like they have to go through a lot of R&D to push out the final product
Nah...not if they don't plan on selling it to the general market. I think a lot of what takes these bigger companies like AFE/S&B is around the emissions standards they have to meet to sell it as an actual product.

What intake are you using now? I'm just doing the Whipple, no TTRX, but my installer is adapting the S&B to work with the Whipple as we speak.
 
Nah...not if they don't plan on selling it to the general market. I think a lot of what takes these bigger companies like AFE/S&B is around the emissions standards they have to meet to sell it as an actual product.

What intake are you using now? I'm just doing the Whipple, no TTRX, but my installer is adapting the S&B to work with the Whipple as we speak.
I never had a intake on the Whipple itself, only an elbow I had laying around the shop for an air filter. Since I went from the Whipple to the turbos In a very short period of time I was not concerned with an intake. However you can look up this company for an elbow that will fit the Whipple supercharger and whatever size plumbing to the filter you have.

Www.Siliconeintakes.com

They have a variety of sizes you can choose from including reducers. Hopefully this helps you
 
I never had a intake on the Whipple itself, only an elbow I had laying around the shop for an air filter. Since I went from the Whipple to the turbos In a very short period of time I was not concerned with an intake. However you can look up this company for an elbow that will fit the Whipple supercharger and whatever size plumbing to the filter you have.

Www.Siliconeintakes.com

They have a variety of sizes you can choose from including reducers. Hopefully this helps you
Appreciate it, I'll let my shop know. I think their original plan was to just fabricate one, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to see if this would be faster or easier to just buy something.
 
Appreciate it, I'll let my shop know. I think their original plan was to just fabricate one, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to see if this would be faster or easier to just buy something.
Just an FYI, this is just for the elbow, you would still need a pipe to bring it back across to the passenger side of the engine bay.

You will have to have something like this regardless to attach it to the snout. Mine was only $26 + shipping for the elbow.
 
Got it back today…. 800/750tq great idle note, can tell a monumental difference even though I have not gotten on it. Ahhhhhh remember folks on 93 keep the boost under 15. Just saying
I don’t know anything about boost or engines. Is 15 the max even if you get a completely better bottom end?
 
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