Oh my... SO much want! Syclone content

yamaha wrote:

MrJoshua wrote:

novaderrik wrote: i wanna know how he got that T56 hooked up to that transfer case..

money

cubic dollars..... I'm not a fan of these getting hacked up......chop up the typhoons.

+1

Or any early 90's compact GM truck product, they only made 100's of thousands of them.... Of course there probably aren't too many clean examples left.

The t56 adapted to that transfer case is the thing that makes that truck spectacular. Don't get me wrong-I love Syclones, but big hp Syclone builds are not that rare.

In reply to MrJoshua:

They aren't, thats why you'll pay 15k+ for a clean stock one(syclone that is, typhoons are somewhat worthless market wise)

StatusPerformance wrote: Awesome build, did these trucks really handle that well?(stock) I mean to be compared to a Porsche 911 takes more then 0-60 times.

I didn't see anyone else pick up on this, but in all honesty, they did handle decently well......also very quick in a line stock. Still a truck though

ReverendDexter wrote:

donalson wrote: link?... i've been thinking about a rear mount radiator setup nearly from the start on my s10... so very interesting :)

Guy I AX with has an supercharged LS-swapped El Camino with a bed-mounted radiator. It sits at about a 45 degree angle sloping down to the back over a hole cut in the bed, and he has a tanneau cover over the back with a louvered tailgate. I've always been curious what the effect on aerodynamics would be with that setup. Seems like it would lower air pressure under the bed past the radiator inlet.

I went looking/googling for an answer and really didn't find one. I personally think the way the rad is mounted is backwards to how I would have done it. I would have pulled the air from underneath the huge "cavern" of the bed floor and made it exit out over the top of the tailgate. Dumping it with no real direction is bad too, aka the dead space between the rad and hole in the tailgate. Not to mention the inlet and outlet are on the right side, but the wrong side, as seen with the huge 180^ bends in the hose.

A little bit OT: On my reading adventure, I ran across this WTF picture:

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot??!!??

Ranger50 wrote:

ReverendDexter wrote:

donalson wrote: link?... i've been thinking about a rear mount radiator setup nearly from the start on my s10... so very interesting :)

Guy I AX with has an supercharged LS-swapped El Camino with a bed-mounted radiator. It sits at about a 45 degree angle sloping down to the back over a hole cut in the bed, and he has a tanneau cover over the back with a louvered tailgate. I've always been curious what the effect on aerodynamics would be with that setup. Seems like it would lower air pressure under the bed past the radiator inlet.

I went looking/googling for an answer and really didn't find one. I personally think the way the rad is mounted is backwards to how I would have done it. I would have pulled the air from underneath the huge "cavern" of the bed floor and made it exit out over the top of the tailgate. Dumping it with no real direction is bad too, aka the dead space between the rad and hole in the tailgate. Not to mention the inlet and outlet are on the right side, but the wrong side, as seen with the huge 180^ bends in the hose. A little bit OT: On my reading adventure, I ran across this WTF picture: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot??!!??

probably a truck in some spec series that was sponsored by Dodge- like those years that the ASA used sealed crate LS engines and all the cars had the word "VORTEC" across the windshield despite being bodied as Chevy,Ford, Dodge, or Toyota, and "Vortec" being the GM marketing term for "truck engine"..