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Technical Information and Test Studies |
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effort and money doing R&D here at TEP to find out what does and
doesn't work. These are some of our past test results for your
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Eaton M90 Supercharger Teardown!
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We figured there just may still be
some of you out there
who haven't been crazy enough to
totally rip your blower apart in a
desperate search for power gains, so we
thought we'd do it for you!
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L67 3800 SC Engine Teardown!
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For some of you, this is nothing new and you've seen or done it all
before, but we thought this might be interesting for a few folks out there
who haven't had the opportunity to disassemble one of these engines
so we took some photos while we tore this one down to build
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High
Stall Torque Converters!
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We've been experimenting with high
stall torque converters since 1997, and we're in the final
stages of having a marketable product! While others may claim
to have high stall converters available with great streetability,
do you actually know firsthand of anyone successfully using
one? We demand our products be effective, tested and
proven with no streetability issues or we won't offer them -
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Differentials & the 4T65e Final Drive Assembly
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Differentials - you've heard a lot
about them, you've heard about limited slip differentials and
how we've got to have one no matter the cost, you've heard about
the failures. We've been experimented with (and broken) limited slip
differentials since 1998 - here's what
we've learned and what might be a possible solution to address
the failures.
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Exhaust
Backpressure Study
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We performed a simple backpressure
study back in 1997 before any aftermarket cat-back exhaust
systems were available on the market for these cars to find out
how much power could be gained, or if a more aggressive exhaust
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Electronic
Transmission Pressure Modifier
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In 1998 we investigated an
electronic device which would modify the current from the force
motor driver (of the engine/trans computer) to alter the force
motor duty cycle, attempting to increase shift pressure. Our
conclusion - forget this - it just doesn't work. Click here
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L67 (our 3800
supercharged engine) and LS1 (97+ Vette) rocker comparison
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Thinking about changing to
different ratio rockers? One of our customers was
confident the LS1 rocker could be easily adapted to our
application. Sorry, it won't. These photos tell the
story. |
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12" Brake Rotor and Carbon Fibre Pad Test Data
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TEP did the initial research into
adapting larger 12" rotors to the GT/GTP/GS using available GM
parts from other applications back in 1997. Check out our
extensive test results with these 12" rotors and carbon fibre
pads.
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Your
Engine Design Questions Answered! Advanced Engine Design
Q&A
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Everything you ever wanted to know
about engine design and more! One of our engineers
recently completed a graduate course in advanced engine design
in a university's automotive mechanical engineering program and
a selection of test questions and answers are presented
here. Frankly, this is pretty boring stuff but he felt
he'd worked too hard answering these test questions not to have
us offer it here as a sleep aid! Peruse at your own risk -
or if you need help sleeping. |
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86-87 Buick Intercooled Turbo Regal - Regal T-Type, Grand National
89 Pontiac 20th Anniversary Indy Car Trans Am |
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Oh yeah, these cars were absolutely the King of Muscle Cars
and without a doubt the quickest mass-produced production car in
history until the late 90's. The RULED the street & strip in
the 80's & 90's, and THRASHER chips absolutely revolutionized the
entire industry. Unfortunately
THRASHER no longer supports or produces these chips - we're
keeping this link for information only! However,
contact us if have an interest, if there is sufficient interest
maybe we can make it happen. |
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