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Hi Zip,
I run 2 #1055(1475 cfm each) Ron's Terminators. I use the gray combination barrel valve & shutoff valve, I just had Jeremy at Ron's resize my pump up from 1/2 to a #1. The throttle response is unreal & you no longer have any cooling problems. As you know alcohol burns cooler so you can use a step hotter plug and make more power on the dyno after we got a baseline tune we pulled the AR3934 plugs out and put a set of AR3933 and it lost 11 hp on the dyno.
What some people don't understand about my reasons for the dyno is I wanted at least a 1100 hp engine and Naylor said with the Tunnelram on alcohol it would make 1140-1160 hp easy. So after paying a business to build me a 1100+hp engine not just an engine, I wanted to make sure I got what I paid for.
I've had a lot of people teach me how to run alcohol, if I can ever be of any help to you just let me know. Thanks
I've been running alcohol since the early 80's in everything from blown 540's to blown sm/blks'
I also run a rons injection on my 377" motor right now, you definately did the right thing by changing the pump to a -1, although i don't run Ron's pumps, i use DSR or Enderle pumps. I run a -1 on anything larger than 400 cu in and on the blower motors i use an Enderle 110 or 990 At this time i have 4 fuel pumps in my shop.
My first blower motor was running in 1964 a blown sm/blk on gas (the only one on gas that i've ever ran) and i've ran everything from Top Alcohol funny car on down, but no dragsters at all. I'm a big fan of stacks injection, but as i said they are all easy to tune, yes the plugs play a big factor in alcohol, mostly i run NGK, but i also use autolite plugs in the range you mentioned.
The terminators are a good choice, next and maybe better IMO is stacks
You want to buy a nice set of polished 3" Kinsler stacks for that engine already setup for alcohol.
Just kiddin they are not for sale, i've been thinking about building a 565 or 572 BB for my very heavy Malibu.
Zip.
