My other little project

[evotuner]

Shut the front door! Tities i like this car

[scheides]

Thanks! It actually was a runner/driver last summer, just with a 400RWHP LS1 and a T56 6-speed :)


Ahh cool! That def counts, just stepping it up for this summer that's all :P

What else did you have done to the engine? 400whp out of a $550 motor sounds pretty nice. Did you get this from a junk yard? Pull it apart and do the rings as you're mentioning? Just curious what all you've done with this thing.

[DavidPHumes]

Ahh cool! That def counts, just stepping it up for this summer that's all :P

What else did you have done to the engine? 400whp out of a $550 motor sounds pretty nice. Did you get this from a junk yard? Pull it apart and do the rings as you're mentioning? Just curious what all you've done with this thing.
It was a 347ci (5.7L) LS1 from a Camaro in it last summer. It had a big cam (236/236), intake, 1 7/8 long tubes, and that was it! It doesn't take much, lol.

BTW I was wrong on the heads, I have 799 casting heads. The 862s are semi-comparable but not very similar to Z06 (243) heads.

[asshanson]

243 are the C5Z (LS6) heads, right? not the new LS7 heads? 236 is a huge intake duration on a 5.7, why did you go to smaller displacement? I imagine that hesistated/jerked on the street at low throttle unless you had a really high LSA?

[DavidPHumes]

243 are the C5Z (LS6) heads, right? not the new LS7 heads? 236 is a huge intake duration on a 5.7, why did you go to smaller displacement? I imagine that hesistated/jerked on the street at low throttle unless you had a really high LSA?
Yup, 243s are LS6 heads. I don't know what casing the LS7 heads are.

I'm running an LS6 cam in this car (204/118). The 236 was a poor choice even for a 347 lol

[asshanson]

The 236 was a poor choice even for a 347 lol

Yea I run a 239 intake duration and it's almost unstreetable in a 427, I can't imagine in a 5.7 or less. Good luck on the build, should be a monster!

[DavidPHumes]

Yea I run a 239 intake duration and it's almost unstreetable in a 427, I can't imagine in a 5.7 or less. Good luck on the build, should be a monster!
Thanks! It's super close to completion...

Today I finished securing the fuel and vacuum lines from the regulator to the bay:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/David343/IMG_7081.jpg?t=1336338461

Catch can mounted to the firewall:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/David343/IMG_7071.jpg?t=1336338508

And it will drain to the ground when needed:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/David343/IMG_7076.jpg?t=1336338481

[Goat Blower]

Really? :beer:

Mostly the head, the shortblock will be cheap.

[DavidPHumes]

So I decided that dumping my exhaust by the tranny would be rather loud and make the cabin hot... so I came up with this :)

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/David343/IMG_7084.jpg?t=1336528056

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/David343/IMG_7086.jpg?t=1336528068

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/David343/IMG_7090.jpg?t=1336528078

My friend Nate and I are going to build the downpipe out of 16ga aluminum tubing. Another advantage to this is the ability to hide the 02 sensor within the fender and run the electrical under the car.

I'm going to get a trim ring like so:

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/David343/ExhaustTrimcopy.jpg

[JET]

Aluminum downpipe is not such a good idea. Ever seen the exhaust gas temps on a turbo car?