NufNuffZ28

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I've had a few requests to have my build over here on LS1tech, so hear it is. I love all comments, good and bad!
This wasn't an expected buy, but at the time I felt I was getting such a good deal that I sold off parts from my yellow 86 build and concentrated on this car. Some of the pictures are really bad as they are BB pictures in the dark, BUT I wanted to take you along with me on a ride through the car so far. It's come a long way in a short amount of time and I'm doing everything I can to keep up the pace even though we are buying a house next month. Plans are for it to be on the road by the end of next month.

Although this thread is mainly about the engine/computer, paint, etc it has TONS of great parts on it. The brakes and suspension are awesome. The cage and chute really ad to the look and function. It also has a full fire suppression system in case things get ugly... Well, enough of that here is it's history...

July 17th.... The ad was posted. Here is the description and picture from it. Love at first sight!



WHEEL AND TIRES-

19x8 Auto Art 3 piece VY design front
19x10 Auto Art 3 piece VY design rear
275/35ZR19 Bridgestone Pontenza RE050
295/35ZR19 Bridgestone Pontenza RE050

SUSPENSION-

BMR Tubular K-Member
BMR Tubular Lower Control Arms
Eibach Sportline spring kit
KYB Adjustable front Struts and rear shocks
Energy Suspension urethane bushing kit – full car
Hotchkis front strut brace
Hotchkis front and rear sway bars
Hotchkis tie rod connectors
Hotchkis sub frame connectors
Hotchkis adjustable pan rod bar
Hotchkis trailing arms
Spohn Performance caster/camber plates
Edlebrock adjustable torque arm
Competition Engineering 12-point roll cage
Manual S-10 gearbox swap

BRAKES-

Baer Track Plus front and rear
Holley line lock

DRIVETRAIN-

Center Force DX Clutch System
Center Force SFI flywheel
Borg-Warner T-5 World Class Transmission (AXED)
B&M short throw shifter
Inland Empire Driveline aluminum driveshaft
CT Tuners custom 10 bolt-
Moser Street/Strip axles
Richmond 2.73 gears
Richmond Power Trax locker system
Moroso pro wheel stud kit
Custom Summit aluminum diff cover w/ fabricated supports
SPC fabricated tube supports

INTERIOR MODS-

Sparco Torino seats
Sparco Steering wheel
Sparco aluminum pedals
Sparco shift ****
G-Force 5-point cam lock harnesses
G-Force Window net kit
G-Force arm restraints
Ignited carbon fiber switch panel
White gauge kit
Autometer double pillar gauge pod
Autometer Phantom air/fuel ratio meter
Autometer Phantom 30psi boost gauge
Autometer Phantom NOS/Cryo gauge
Autometer shift light
MSD digital 6 ignition control
MSD knock sensor meter
APC blue fire bottle

SOUND (ICE)-

Sony flush mount CD changer
JBL Audio 3x5 w/ titanium tweeter
JBL Audio 6x9 w/ titanium tweeter

EXTERIOR MODS-

Custom paint by Rich Antoneck
Carbon Creations universal side splitters
Carbon Creations fabricated rear under car diffuser
Clear parking lights
Clear turn signals
Fiberglass IROC cowl induction hood
Custom Vinyl by Right On Signs

ENGINE MANAGEMENT-

O.E. General Motors
My own creation of a FIC with 150 lbs Accel fuel injectors (2 bar map)

ENGINE-

Vortech V7-Ysi supercharger
Vortech Polished intake elbow
Vortech Super FMU
Vortech altered blower bracket
ASP fabricated custom carbon fiber poly cogg system
TIAL 50.5mm blow off valve
Spearco 6 core sheet metal after cooler
AEM custom blower intake
Lingenfelter matched fuel injectors
Altered GM fuel rails with fabricated adapters
MARCH polished aluminum pulley and bracket set
TCI Rattler harmonic balancer
Moroso blower return oil pan
Moroso polished aluminum valve covers
MSD billet distributor
MSD Blaster coil
MSD Boost Timing Master
Crane Cam roller camshaft
Comp Cam non-pump up roller lifters
Taylor 10.4mm Pro ignition wires w/ keepers
K&N chrome breather
Optima Spiralcell Red top battery
Be Cool catch can
Hooker Header ceramic big-tube headers w/ O2 sensor mod
Mandrel 3-inch dual exhaust w/ “H” pipe
Flow Master 40 series dual mufflers
Holley 58mm dual port throttle body
Aeromotive fuel pump A1001
Aeromotive fuel pump controller
SLP altered and ported polished runners
Custom altered and ported top and base plenum
Carbon Creations engine compartment accents
Moroso solid engine mounts
Moroso oil cooler
Moroso high flow water pump
Polished alternator
Accel Phantom fuel pressure gauge w/ chrome cup

PRIMARY NUMBERS-

848 ft-lbs torque 3.33 pulley / 945 ft lbs torque 2.85 pulley on 305cid Tuned Port
Injection w/ race internals.

PRIMARY ENGINE-

SRP flat top forged piston set
Swain Technology Inc. Gold Coat ceramic armor and PC-9 solid lube sides
Eagle forged H-Beam rods with ARP bolts
Eagle forged and balanced crank shaft
ARP head and main stud kits
Moroso high flow oil pump
Edlebrock Performer centerbolt aluminum cylinder head (worked for blower)
SCE ICS Titan head gaskets
Comp Cams timing belt drive system
Lunati forged roller rockers w/ Lunati push rods

Dusty and I ended up there that night to look the car over. The car was in a small garage, but we looked it over pretty well and were blown away by the attention to detail on some of the things on this car! We struck a deal and the next day Adam P and I trailered down the BHP trailer and loaded it up. Here are a couple crappy BB shots of that night....





Loaded up in the trailer to it's new home...



It had a little coolant smell, but no big deal we figured... He stated he thought it had a slight issue on the passenger side head gasket. Darren threw together an impromptu photo shoot the next day and a local school.

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Quick video from the day after I got it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6d5i...layer_embedded

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Well, on 9/20/10 the yellow Iroc left for it's new home on the OTHER side of the Colorado rocky's. It was bittersweet to say the least, but I knew it was time



First thing I started on was pulling all of the stickers off of the car. It was a little too stickercharged for my taste. I got almost all of them off and on the ver last one on the passenger side the "Grand Sport" stripe pulled off some paint on the passenger side. I was upset, but before the end of the week had something worked out with Robbie at Absolute Body to get it touched up along with a few spots here and there soon. With that being said I loaded it up on the trailer and brought it over to bananaman's house(Also my uncle) to tear into the motor and replace some blown head gaskets.

It matches my trailer well




After I got it there I first used an old 4th gen seat to make the Sparco's slide(were mounted solid) and then uninstalled the narrow band O2 sensor and got the wideband AEm wired in and loosely mounted. Moving up to the engine I had one thing on my mind and that was getting those heads off. it was meant to be a simple head gasket(or maybe throw on my AFRs if everything worked) and be done for now. Plans were to upgrade the computer system after the Spring...

Before I got started...



The power adder!!! Vortec YSi with a polycog setup. Have pulley's for up to 25 lbs of boost and with the cogged setup slipping should not be an issue...



Other side... Tial Blowwoff(surge protector), oil catch can, and you can also see the beautiful Moroso valvecovers. Closer to the throttle body you will see the aquamist extra injector setup that after seeing the damage below i decided to ditch along with teh stock computer(INCLUDING STOCK CHIP!) for a MS II setup that is using some of the stock wiring, but a complete Megasquirt ECM and 4 bar map...

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Well, got the heads off and was immediately dissapointed for a few reasons

-4.15 head gaskets on a 3.95 bore 305
-both head gaskets blow very badly
-slight cylinder wall damage due to coolant sitting in it for extended periods
-#1 piston had damage to it from a severe lean/detonation condition

Here are some pictures stripping down the block, and pulling the ECM wiring to bring it to a friend in Charlotte to convert it over to megasquirt for me...

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Well, after seeing all the things that needed attention in the motor we decided to go ahead and yank it and install a fresh 355 we had waiting to go in the turbo car. A quick cam change and buttoning it up and it would be ready. Pictures on specs on the motor to follow. Now back to the removal of the old 305!

Here bananaman(my uncle), his son, and Mark(roadkill) get the motor out of the car while I stand around and take pictures




ITS FREE!!!



After it was all the way out we could really take an invetory of the parts on the motor and also check all of the damage

Closeup of the piston with a bad mark on it. Also not the etching in the cylinder wall, most likely from coolant sitting in there for extended periods.



Drained the oil(What was left of it)



Really like the external timing belt, but I already have a nice two-piece billet one on the 355. Also note the rattler balancer!




The 305 had some VERY nice splayed for bolt mains on it...



Nice H-pipe setup on the car with "fake cats'", flowmasters and the only bolts you have to remove to get it off are the collecter bolts. The rest is hung from the car with high quality rubber exhaust mounts. Very tight system!



Not shown are the dual aftermarket fans, huge Be Cool radiator, and Spearco intercooler that can only be removed if the front bumper is also removed!

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After the engine was out we figured a few other things should be taken care of as well...

New plans included

-355 with AFR heads
-Stock ECM gone and replaced with a MS II system with 4 bar map
-aquamist FIC system thrown in the trash(well for sale)
-Vortech super FMU and 36 lb injectors gone and replaced with 8 80 lb ones run by the MS setup
-Boost retard box removed
-Aeromotive Fuel pressure regulator added with CF gauge
-Update the fuel lines and fix a few parts on the custom fuel rails to allow for much more flow

(Updates and pictures on those other things soon!)

Motor specs are a simply SBC build that should handle boost(25 lbs at sometimes!)
-355
-splayed 4 bolt mains
-6" Carillo rods
-AFR 195 cc heads
-CP pistons
-8.5/1 compression
-Custom comp cam
-all TPI parts are gasket matched, but retaining the stock looking TPI(SLP runners, 58mm TB, siamesed runners)



Dusty adjusting the rocker arms while I again stand and take pictures...




Cleaned, painted, and polished WP waiting to go on...


I also removed the harness as stated above so that I could get it to Sam in Charlotte so he could convert it all for me... After that was out along with the motor I got the wheels swapped just because they are worth about $8k before bringing it over to Robbie at Absolute body

19's



chrome ZR1's on and ready to go in for paint!

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Next we loaded up the car and brought it over to Robbie(friend that owns a body shop). He was going to touch up a few spots and just get it presentable for me!

Well, after looking at it a couple minutes we noticed there were some primer still showing in some spots and some parts where the paint was so thin you could see primer under it. Luckily the car was in the right place to get it all repaired and taken care of. We decided to do a full strip down of the car and repaint! We are also getting rid of the four slider hood pins and replacing them with 2 aerocatch hood latches like below. We are going to paint them black to add some contrast to teh hood!





After they started to tear into the car we found out it has 3 coats of paint(including the factory paint job), 5 on the nose, rust under the T-top, ill-fitting hood, bad driver's side door hinges, and bondo on a few places.

It's current state



Check out the fire suppression runing over the passenger side tower! It has two nozzles under the hood!








There was a real rat's nest under the rear bumper!

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5 coats on the bumper and some cracks



The spoiler has never been off! It had a large ridge on it when it was removed. 3 coats on it!

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New door pin for the drivers door from topdownsolutions(TDS) so that the door won't have over an inch of slop in it anymore...


Also, the Aerocatch hood pins came in. We are going to paint them gloss black to match the headlight buckets and grille...

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Got some good progress done so far this weekend and am hoping to get some more done tomorrow!

Bought a new GM front bumper as stated above because the one that was on the car had 5 coats of paint on it along with cracks, stress, and not much support around the nose emblem.

Also stopped by Absolute body and saw the car stripped down to METAL! It is strange seeing your car like that. Found damage on the back hatch(very small), right rear quarter, rear bumper, normal door dings, and a couple dents in the roof... ALL are being repaired 100% correctly and I am getting anxious to see how it will look all done. ALso I took the rear splitter off for minor repair and Robbie is going to tie in the painting on that with the rest of the car.

Rear splitter removed:



Car stripped down to the METAL! Really strange looking to me, but I know the car is in good hands. No half-*** job this time!





Previous work that is going to be pulled and repaired without the use of so much bondo.



Both doors

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W GM bumper!





Today I went over to BHP and worked in the motor some as well. Put on the valve covers(unfortunately the AFR head rails were too thick for the Moroso valve covers I had, so we ran a 1/4" cork/metal reinforced gasket that allowed us to use that to seal the cover on the heads better), oil filter adapter, oil filter, checked oil pressure with a drill, double checked the rocker arms, spark plugs, etc. We are cranking the engine on the stand with a carb for break-in and rocker arm adjustments before taking the intake/carb off and putting the TPI on before we install it in the car.

Well, all was going well until we tried to put the bolts in the intake and forgot I have center bolt heads, but no newer style carbed intakes. I will try to find one tomorrow so that we can crank it soon!

Updated pics of the engine!

Ignore the hads down the pants in the background




Ignore the "spacers" on the one side. A few are longer because of the spark plug wire holders that I am using...



55 psi on the drill!

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Pretty big update today! Last night we got all the "dyno" parts on it(WP, intake, distributor, etc) and put it on the stand to crank. It cranked up immediately and got it running quite well in less than 1 minute. The video following is the actual FIRST startup!








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAmqz...layer_embedded

Cooling down after it's first heat cycle




Sorry for the BB pics. Will get some better pics and video today!

Going to crank it up again today, reset the valves and pull it down to put on the TPI and Vortech!

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Few small updates that I wanted to share. Wanted to make sure everyone is well informed!

Using new gaskets, but the same old style intake assured us everything is working well in the new 357... Here it is right before we pulled it off of the stand.



Now that the motor is done, I'm getting everything else ready to bolt back to it.

The car had a metal air dam under the car that housed two holes for feeding the air ducts to the front Baer brakes. I wanted to keep them, but gain some ground clearance, so we straightened it, cut the bottom as high as we could and angled the sides slightly. We gained well obver an inch, so we will see how that works out for us. I think I will be street driving the car much more than the previous owner did, so an inch is a big deal.





Just a couple shots of the alternator and catch can that I polished up and are now ready to go back on. Still have to figure out about routing another line to the can or maybe bring two to one, then to the can. Just want to make sure there are no restrictions and added pressure on the rings. They will being seeing enough of that as it is.

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Above you can see part of the Supercharger piping and the welds on it. After getting a hold of the piping and seeing a few changes were to be made(removing the MAF, relocating the IAT, etc) we decided to clean up the welds, weld a square over the MAF opening on the bottom side, and re-powdercoat everything.


Bananaman taking a turn on the welding duties on a plate we made to cover the old MAF housing hole


Piping after a little welding touch-up, grinding, and sandblasting. They are not yet done, but getting there. The devil is in the details! After they are finished being "cleaned up" I am planning on coating them bright silver.





Looking at the fuel rails, the previous owner had a good design with the stock rails that he did by removing the FPR from it and relocating it to the firewall in the form of an FMU. We improved on that by upping line size, removing all of the restrictive 90* bends he had and installed straight ones that we drilled out as large as possible. We also removed the cold start injector and welded up that hole in the rear of the rail. Lastly removing the "test port" that was previous used for a gauge mounted under the hood rounded out the changes on the rail. Disregard the lines on it now(besides the ones directly connected to the rail) as we have it hooked up as a "closed" system so we can test it for leaks once the intake is back from porting through the schrader valve.




I should be getting my intake back within the next couple days. Once that's in i want to get it on the motor, test for leaks, and get the TPI back on it and ready to go in! as most know the TPI system is not known for flowing well, or supporting a High RPM engine. With over 20 lbs of boost being thrown into this one every little bit helps!

Here is a teaser of the intake base...

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Got the intake base finished 100%. Its opened up a LOT and gasket matched on the intake and head side(1205 felpros on the head side). should really help when it has over 20 lbs of boost being shoved through it. Just got to clean it up and throw on some paint! These are just a few I snapped with my BB, but will get some better ones soon.

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thank you for helping me pass some time at work..haha nice whip!

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by the way, you in CO?

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I'm in NC...

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Got the car back from Robbie at Absolute(for now). Body is in primer and the engine compartment is painted. I am installing the engine this way to hopefully avoid any paint damage. Enough talk. On to the pictures.

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