97 Camaro LS1(346) 76MM Turbo Build Thread
11-09-2014, 04:12 PM
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I see you mounted your intercooler with the in/out facing horizontally. Have you had any problem with the cooler filling all the way up with water? Reason I ask, I have the same one for my build and was told the best way to mount it is facing straight up since the In/out is on the same side. Also did you leave the 3/4 feed/drain? Any overheating issues mounted in that location?
11-09-2014, 05:00 PM
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I see you mounted your intercooler with the in/out facing horizontally. Have you had any problem with the cooler filling all the way up with water? Reason I ask, I have the same one for my build and was told the best way to mount it is facing straight up since the In/out is on the same side. Also did you leave the 3/4 feed/drain? Any overheating issues mounted in that location?
11-11-2014, 11:22 AM
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It works well like that, for my set up anyway. My car doesn't even come close to overheating. At the end of a 1/4 mile pass with a 9 gallon water tank filled with ice I saw 89 degree IAT's on a 90 degree day. I changed to a 5 gallon water tank and this past weekend I saw high 70's at the end of the 1/8.
11-19-2014, 07:05 PM
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Ok so we are thinking the cam is not exactly right for my combo. Duration is 250 250 and we want less. Last night we loosened the valve lash 10 thousandths so that should get duration down around 245 or so. We are hoping to see an improvement. If we do then I am going to have Martin at Tick spec us out a new cam this Winter. Also going to ditch the 373's and go back with 411's. Vids coming this weekend
11-23-2014, 09:06 PM
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We tested on Sat but the track wasn't good at all. We really had to turn the car down at the line to get it to leave. It didn't reach full boost until 2 seconds into the run and normally we can get it all in under 1 second. However the car still picked up mph, 134. So it seems like the gears and lash adjustment were the right thing to do. If we can get on a good track with the current set up then it should go 5.20's at 137 or so.
12-21-2014, 03:31 PM
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Winter upgrade time. The plan is to change over to Holley for tuning, Afco DA front and rear built by Menser Motorsports, and TRZ anti roll. I also went ahead and pulled the motor to have it freshened up and a new cam from Martin at Tick.
12-22-2014, 12:50 PM
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High 1.2x. It finally got to the point I was over powering the BMR extreme anti roll bar I was running. It would do low 1.3 and high 1.2's but if we hit it any harder the car would drive to the right on the rear tires. That's what it did in the vid
