Meet GheyRay: Lower, Wider, Lighter! - Page 30

**Kracka** · 07-25-2016

I think there are already more GM products owned by site members than Mitsus!

A//// Guy · 07-25-2016

I think a forum name change is needed haha.

**Halon** · 07-25-2016

Dmxstyle, whhhuuuuut.

**Goat Blower** · 07-25-2016

Just have one of each.

turbotalon1g · 07-25-2016

I'll tell munchgsx/nick to post up but on 3 years of owner ship he has had only 2 minor issues that allowed the car to still be driven. it has also made over 600/680 on a stock bottom end LS1 with over 160k miles.

I hope to make the jump soon.

turbotalon1g · 07-25-2016

Car looks awesome!!

**Kracka** · 08-15-2016

I got the 600-watt Z06 radiator fan installed this weekend. No pictures since its a just a radiator fan, and looks identical to my factory 500-watt fan (fun fact, both are made by Spal). Not something that I really needed, but I got a great price on it from RockAuto so I decided just to get it for those hot summer cruises when I'm really pushing the car hard in triple-digit temps.

A//// Guy · 08-15-2016

Nice! Curious but what do your coolant and oil temps range from in normal and hot weather?

**Kracka** · 08-15-2016

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Nice! Curious but what do your coolant and oil temps range from in normal and hot weather?

Stock the engine was generally in the 220-230F range regardless of ambient during normal driving and the oil was 210-240F. Now that I've added the Z06 grill and dumped in a bottle of Water Wetter, they both hover right around 200F plus/minus 5 degrees during normal driving/highway cruising. The Water Wetter alone was worth about a 10 degree drop. Spirited driving will bring both up some, but the new fan should help with that. I also just ordered a heatshield wrap for the primary cat that sits fairly close to the oil cooler which should drop oil temps a bit during aggressive driving (which I hope to have on before this weekend's Shreveport cruise). I used some reflective heat sheath turned inside-out on the radiator hoses to prevent some of that heat from radiating up into the intake pipe/keep it out of the engine bay. The ceramic coating on my ported manifolds also helped drop underhood temps. In hindsight, I wish I would have ceramic coated my X-pipe too.

**Kracka** · 08-22-2016

This weekend just for a small project to keep me busy in the garage I added the DEI catalytic converter heatshield to my driver side primary cat. That cat sits very close to the oil filter and oil cooler, and as you can imagine, dumps quite a bit of heat into both. DEI came out with a simple solution earlier this year so I decided to go ahead and give it a try.

(not my pic)

https://www.designengineering.com/ca...tic-converter-

The heatshield itself was quality, but the little metal ties they include were flimsy pieces of junk. I now understand why they include 4 when only 2 are needed! I think two large hose clamps would be a much better solution. Regardless, I got it installed and all seems well during my Sunday test-drive cruise.

sleepydsm · 08-23-2016

AMERICA FOR THE WIN!!!!

I will randomly chime in here, after owning 2 C5 Z06s, and a C6 Grandsport... Corvettes are amazing. I've determined people who think otherwise have either 1) Never driven one spirtedly 2) Aren't car people. Corvettes are the performance bargains of the century! I'm finally to the point where I just want to hop in a car, beat on it a bit to bring a smile to my face, then cruise around with the A/C on and not hop out of my seat with every bump. Although my corvettes were low mile examples, I never had to do anything to them except change the oil. Reliable, great gas mileage, cheap to insure, owners are old pricks so you can find a nice example easily, easy and cheap to fix. I think my next car will be a C7 Grand Sport.

In the mean time, I'll drive my LS1 equipped Nissan 350Z and wish it was a corvette

**Goat Blower** · 08-24-2016

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AMERICA FOR THE WIN!!!!

I will randomly chime in here, after owning 2 C5 Z06s, and a C6 Grandsport... Corvettes are amazing. I've determined people who think otherwise have either 1) Never driven one spirtedly 2) Aren't car people. Corvettes are the performance bargains of the century! I'm finally to the point where I just want to hop in a car, beat on it a bit to bring a smile to my face, then cruise around with the A/C on and not hop out of my seat with every bump. Although my corvettes were low mile examples, I never had to do anything to them except change the oil. Reliable, great gas mileage, cheap to insure, owners are old pricks so you can find a nice example easily, easy and cheap to fix. I think my next car will be a C7 Grand Sport.

In the mean time, I'll drive my LS1 equipped Nissan 350Z and wish it was a corvette

I agree, I've had several C5's, great performance car for reasonable monies and I love the targa top. My only beef was there are a lot of them around so it's kind of a belly button car. I really want a C7 though, I haven't heard a bad thing yet and they are so much better than the C5's.

**Kracka** · 08-24-2016

Why did you sell your C6 GS for a 350Z? Seems like a real step backwards.

With the influx of younger guys buying the C7 vs. previous generations, the C7 does cost quite a bit more than the C6 to insure.

turbotalon1g · 08-24-2016

I agree with you Kevin totally and I've driven very high mile units with 4xxwhp and I've spent a lot of time spiritly driving.

I agree with kracka about your C6 to 350z.

**goodhart** · 08-24-2016

I'm sure price is the reason for Kevin

**Kracka** · 08-25-2016

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I'm sure price is the reason for Kevin

Fuck it! With all the money he spends on sales tax and title transfers...

DSM MN · 08-25-2016

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Fuck it! With all the money he spends on sales tax and title transfers...

Gonna have to invest in one of those for the strip club.

**goodhart** · 08-26-2016

haha! Imagine what fuckers like Derek Stinton pay! New 'fun' car or two every damn year.

turbotalon1g · 08-26-2016

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haha! Imagine what fuckers like Derek Stinton pay! New 'fun' car or two every damn year.

that 666 credit rating son!

**Kracka** · 10-24-2016

So I've been poking around a bit, and it turns out that Comp makes a few cams that remain both VVT and AFM! Intersting... I suppose if I were to go this route, I could easily add in a pair of ported heads too. The problem is, by the time the bills add up, its not going to cost much less than just slapping on a Procharger

http://www.compperformancegroupstore...ode=Gen5XFIAFM

Stock cam specs for comparison: 0.551/.524-inch lift, 200/207 duration at 0.050-inch intake/exhaust, with a 116.5 lobe separation.

The mod bug has been getting me a bit lately, if for no other reason than just to do something to the car. These are the only camshafts I can find that don't delete the AFM (cylinder deactivation) system which is stupid to me; I paid for a technology and I want to benefit from it, especially considering all the long-distance roadtrips I take the car on. Some aftermarket cams completely delete the VVT (variable valve timing), but most do retain at least that, although the movement is limited from 62 to 22 degrees (I guess that's why the LT1 has a relatively mild stock cam, to get so much movement).