Well she runs! Runs like poop that is :laugh:

I think I messed up the cam timing which is no surprise since I've never done a timing belt for a DOHC setup before this. Driving a car with limited slip is interesting...can't wait to try it out once the car runs right and I can turn the boost back up.

It's really not too bad, but yeah it is much larger than the SOHC setup. I had almost decided to install this engine in my Omni....now that would have been a tight fit. Decided not to because I would have had to revamp all the intercooler plumbing, and notch a frame rail to clear the serpenting belt. Woulda been hella fun on the street though!

Almost done.

Very true; spinning the wheels is fun but can be annoying when it's 'go' time. My Omni made 270 ft/lbs with 14 psi of boost at 3200 RPM. Only 198 wheel horsepower though (4600 RPM)...lots of low RPM torque but the SOHC head runs out of steam up top without major port work. I took my Omni to the dragstrip after it was dynoed and could only manage 2.5 second 60ft times spinning the tires well into 3rd gear.

Actually, the Omni GLH weight 2550 lbs stock; don't know what Reeves Omni weighs now though. I believe he does have well over 400 HP at the wheels but it's been a long time since I've read up on his setup.

Here is a link to some dyno charts. You'll have to scroll down to see James Reeves' Omni GLH.

http://www.relentlessracing.com/main.htm

Getting there...



Just needs belts and accessories now.

It's a longblock again. The head is mammoth compared to the regular old SOHC head. It dwarfes the block and is actually quite top heavy. This is yet another parking lot swap!

Nope, all Gus's cars were SOHC and Gary Donovan's Relentless was SOHC too.

There is a good article on the Spirit R/T in the June issue of Sport Compact Car.

The Maserati TC head is quite a lot different. Both the Lotus (Turbo III) and Masi heads are 16v DOHC, and designed to be used with the Chysler 2.2/2.5L block,  but they are entirely different designs and much different in the valvetrain department. I have some pics of the Masi setup; I'll have Josh post some up so you can see the differences if you like.

And then there is the super bad ass Hans Hermann DOHC that Shelby installed onto GLHS #001 (his own personal GLHS). Chrysler had Shelby look into a number of different DOHC setups for production use. Shelby wanted to use the Hermann head because of it's superior performance but Chrysler execs decided to use the Lotus head because they thought it would be more reliable.