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No but I see lingenfelter makes a custom one they include with their eforce 2650 build package for the V3.
Do they offer a special hood?



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Rumor is that one was installed in a V2 which will be running in Battle Creek Speedfest this weekend. We will see how fast he is and what his hood setup is like


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Any info on how this car ran at this event?
 
Any info on how this car ran at this event?
I saw the V up close. They cut a hole in the stock hood to make it fit. There is another post here on the forum with a pic. They couldn’t fit the blower under the brace and are running without one. He posted a dyno pull of 1001hp but the torque numbers were much lower.


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I saw the V up close. They cut a hole in the stock hood to make it fit. There is another post here on the forum with a pic. They couldn’t fit the blower under the brace and are running without one. He posted a dyno pull of 1001hp but the torque numbers were much lower.


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How did the car trap the 1/2?
 
Great points Rubber Duck and I'm 100% with you. I wish the whipple had been reliable for me but after 4 different failures requiring the blower to come off, I wasn't about to put it back on my car. To clarify my earlier comment, the 2650 is performing better for ME on MY car, and not just in terms of reliability. We were close to maxing out the whipple on my car (warranty rpm). Looking at a bunch of old logs, it was holding 21-21.5 psi with spikes to 22. With the eforce 2650, my logs are showing it doesn't drop below 21.1 with a peak of 22.x and riding closer to 22psi at the top of each gear. At the same boost levels on my car, the eforce made 15 more peak hp and 60 ft lbs more peak torque. As you mentioned, the 2650 is making a lot more torque in the lower rpm range. At EVERY point in the graph, the eforce is making the same or more hp and torque.

The car has a chiller system on it so I've never had heat issues with either blower and can do back to back pulls without any IAT retard. The dual pass intercooler design of the eforce is interesting to me and I'm hoping someone does real world comparisons against the whipple. I assume the whipple would run cooler but who knows. I tried sifting through a number of logs but I'm having trouble finding 2 that closely match in ambient air temps and starting IATs/MAT values.

The whipple has been out a while and I don't think I've seen even one 1000whp build on the LT4. The 2650 hasn't been out long for the LT4 and I've seen several breaking 1000whp like it is nothing.
Your set up sounds excellent, I’m hesitant to install a Whipple, I’ve seen 1/2 dozen almost new ones for sale on the Hellcat/Mopar forum, no explanation? It would be great if you could post more info on the chiller system, maybe manufacturer, approximate cost and reliability? Need all the info I can gather, Definitely don’t have the time to have issues with an unreliable set up. Good luck


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I'm going M2650. Just had another whipple come back to my local shop that had ground itself up. Whipple does nothing other then replace/repair the blower. What about all the shavings in the engine? Also, their warranty is 1 year vs 3 years. I'd rather take a little less boost with a little more insurance IMO.
 
Your set up sounds excellent, I’m hesitant to install a Whipple, I’ve seen 1/2 dozen almost new ones for sale on the Hellcat/Mopar forum, no explanation? It would be great if you could post more info on the chiller system, maybe manufacturer, approximate cost and reliability? Need all the info I can gather, Definitely don’t have the time to have issues with an unreliable set up. Good luck


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Don't want to get too off track with this thread but I'm using the weaponx chiller system that they installed. It works as advertised and impresses the crap out of me considering the crazy high MAT values I would see before the chiller. These cars take FOREVER to recover from high MAT values without something like a chiller. I guess trunk tanks filled with ice would work for a while as well but I've never been a fan of that. Weaponx has a good thread somewhere on this forum about their chiller setup with a lot of data in it.
 
Don't want to get too off track with this thread but I'm using the weaponx chiller system that they installed. It works as advertised and impresses the crap out of me considering the crazy high MAT values I would see before the chiller. These cars take FOREVER to recover from high MAT values without something like a chiller. I guess trunk tanks filled with ice would work for a while as well but I've never been a fan of that. Weaponx has a good thread somewhere on this forum about their chiller setup with a lot of data in it.
Appreciate the feedback , a good chiller set much needed with a solid blower, I agree, trunk ice boxes are garbage , thank you...


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Appreciate the feedback , a good chiller set much needed with a solid blower, I agree, trunk ice boxes are garbage , thank you...


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You got lucky on the chiller, your experience is less common, most end up with headaches.

Disagree on the trunk tank, love mine and with the right set up they do great and are much simpler to install and less evasive. Certainly not for everyone but at the track they do very, very well, which is why they are the choice for most that track their cars.
 
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