Sorry, I blew up on ya =/. Really you hit the nail on the head without trying to. My source of the frustration is the guy in Florida, this setup should have been done a long time ago and several members including myself (from the SVX network) have been working privately with him to try and change a few flaws we saw with the system and although he has fixed them...it has taken ages to do so. I unjustly took my fustration out on you and as you can tell I am super super defensive about this project, mainly because of the personal time and money I have invested in it.
The reason I have faith in the guys I am working with in Reno is pretty simple actually. Over the years I have known them they have repeatedly done the "impossible". They took all motor hondas too unthought of levels in the 80's, they were one of the first to drop a small block into a 944 porsche with amazing results, and at the moment they are most well known for building the most amazing cobras and GT40's in the nation. They also are the only north American dealers of Noble Kit cars along with the real deal(Some guy sells Nobles on the east coast now but his liscenc3e is up next year). One man in particular there, steven, consistantly blows my mind on every project I see him work on. I consider him a genious on getting things to work that by the laws of logic defy.
In no way do I want to come off as saying my car is going to be running 600 crank by next year. I will probably be well on my way to 30 before this project is done. What I am trying to find out now, is if I can afford to do the tranny only once, and not have to touch it for 5 years then it would be ideal. But if I end up only to have enough money to take it to a lvl where it can handle my current build then so be it. Scott, you may be interested to know that an incredibly affordable big brake kit is now available for the svx, its under 700 bucks and has amazing stopping power. It can be used with any wheel 17 and above, to my knowledge width is not a factor nor is the offset (any wheel that fits normally would fit the kit under it). It is going to be my temporary solution until I get to big power, but for a stock or nearly stock SVX the kit is more than overkill and should be PERFECT for you.
I am still trying to track down 18 inch Watanabe cyclone wheels. If ANY of you have some crazy ass JDM hook up guy, now is the time to tell me. If the wheels can be had for udner 3k, it will be where I go with wheels, otherwise its going to be some tired out played out wheel that everyone has which I will use
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Cody, the h6 in the tribeca IMO is a junk motor. By junk I mean average. I have followed every H6 project whether it be tribecas block or the EG33 and I can tell you that the EG33 is capabble of making more power, all be it a costly route. There are now several confirmed EG33 blocks making, sometimes, even more power than I am aiming to make on fairly reasonable budgets (read 50 grand). To my knowledge the EG33 is the ONLY approved engine for kit planes and it is amazingly bullet proof. When we started this project we thought 7 pounds of boost was all that was going to be possible on stock internals, low and behold it could take about 15 but the tranny could only tolerate 12 =). The problem with the tribeca engine is that it is a high interference engine and was a HUGE roadblock for perrin, and the few others who have taken it upon themselves to mess with it. Although the EG33 is not closed decked just like the Tribeca...it can, so far, withstand some pretty amazing shit that we have put it through.
Things for the SVX have never looked better, we finally have figured out ideal cams to be made for teh car which is a start and we obviously have much more to go if we want my dream to happen. Luckily, I have a large group of incredibly passionate people behind me when it comes to the project and thank God I am not working alone.
Major re aranging underneath my hood needs to occur before my next build. I am trying to source out a set of ragular, non ABS brakes to replace my curent ones to open up an important part underneath my hood. Battery is also at another crucial spot, out my washer tank will also go. Steven is really going to be a crucial part in getting everything to fit in the car but I have faith in him.