old head from phila.

[old head from phila.]

Hi I am 67 years old,and a chevy man. I have owned 14 supercharged chevys,the first in 1959. In the past i have said i will never buy achrysler or a car with blackwall tires and it must be a v8. Well i bought a 03 pt gt and is it fun. I have not driven my 871 supercharged monte carlo.(High 9.s in 1/4 mile since buying the pt. I took it to the 1/4 mile in Atco NJ. I ran 15.50 at 89.58 mph. I put a .025 hole in a tee fiting an put it in the orange waste gate line the pressure went from a max. of 10 to a max. of 12 but still droping to 7 before shifting but running 15.33 at 92.50.I put Borla dual tip exhaust the week before i ran it helped very little about .o5 in et and about .25 in mph. Does any body know where i can get a single gauge pod,also my boost drops off bad.

[GTPT]

Hi, great to hear of another old gear head getting away from the old stuff and running awhile with these young bucks. Never thought I would see the day I'd be toolin' around in a 4 banger! Iron Duke maybe. SunPro makes a single pod for A pillars. J.C. Whitney carries them.
Phil

[OurPTGT]

WELCOME! Just read up on the previous post's in this forum and you will find a ton of valuable info. From boost gauges to BOV. We've got some folks doing some heavy duty R&D in here. Also, check out the SRT-4 forums. Same power plant as us, just configuered a little(better) differentlyNJOY![8)]

[old head from phila.]

I know about the JC. pod and its a you make it fit pod.I would rather buy one that fits right,But thanks.I just tryed a Hallman boost control an the boost still drops like the the controls that i made myself.I would like to here that times the young bloods are turning in a 1/4.mine is an autostick with traction control on.

[flashbk2]

Old head you sure you don't have a vacuum leak ? I've been running the hallman for a while and when I floor it it goes to 11-13 drops back to 10 a stays as long as I don't lift throttle . As a matter of fact the way I'm set up now I start boosting @ about 1/4 throttle . By the way I'm not a young-blood ,either ! I know Chipmunk (Matt) has the hallman and external BOV with autostick ,hopefully he'll lend some insight also !

[GTcamster]

try moss performance at http://www.cruiserbits.com/ im sure ive seen a single pod for the pt on there site or catalog [^]

[PeTe]

I wanna play with the "old folks" too - as I am one. Sometime I think - gimme a small block and a four barrel carb any day.

Actually I too am intrigued by what can be done with turobed 4 bangers. And leaning toward being a computer geek the tuning aspect of these cars is fascinating. Too bad there's a bit more downside than frying a mother board if you goof though.

The LS1/LS6 has LSedit. The blue oval boys are close with stang tuning, and the p1188 thread here is way interesting as is this thread on the SRT forumm: http://www.srtforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3016

PeTe

[Exhaust Depot]

Old head,

Go check out my mod page, i have a fix there for you that will help you hold boost. Also, you have to install the T fitting correctly. Our engine is smart. If it sees the wrong amount of boost, i twill retard ignition if the boost controller is not installed correctly. You will make more TQ, but less HP.

http://www.exhaustdepot.net/srandgtmoti.html

[old head from phila.]

I want to thank you guys,I am not good with computers and worse typing but here goes......To Flashbk2: A vac. leak will cause more boost,my problem is boost droping off such as 14-8 or 11-6.how is yours hook up................................................ ....To Ex.depot:I don't know how to get to your page.but i did get to the page with adding the carb. spring...I did not use any tee when using the Hallman control I thankyou again Oldhead

[flashbk2]

Here's a pic how my hallman is installed : This pic shows an stock setup: The best post to read through is Final Boost Installation.