(Burnout vid )69 Camaro SS Turbo 5.3l/lil john stage 3 cam/th400/s476r DYNO RESULTS
03-16-2015, 09:43 PM
#41
on a good note tho. got a steal from a ls1tech member on a ms3 gold box with plug and play harness. $725 shipped BOYAHH!
also a1000 and regulator for $200 shipped
accesories for most part squared away and measuring for belt.oh wait its a complete corvette setup now so a stock vette belt will work.lol
also a1000 and regulator for $200 shipped
accesories for most part squared away and measuring for belt.oh wait its a complete corvette setup now so a stock vette belt will work.lol
03-25-2015, 08:00 PM
#42
update: good progress i got the stock corvette belt on.
passenger manifold and v band welded up
drivers side manifold
this was just gonna be a mock up for the turbo flange merge but after i was done making it i said screw it and decided to use it. everything is getting heat wrapped anyway.
hot side coming together
passenger manifold and v band welded up
drivers side manifold
this was just gonna be a mock up for the turbo flange merge but after i was done making it i said screw it and decided to use it. everything is getting heat wrapped anyway.
hot side coming together
03-25-2015, 08:27 PM
#43
little mishap! can you imagine how bad this thing rattled when i let loose. good news is i still have all my limbs.lol
adding in passenger side (merge)
not pretty but i think it will work. thank god for heat wrap
adding in wastegate flange
adding in passenger side (merge)
not pretty but i think it will work. thank god for heat wrap
adding in wastegate flange
03-25-2015, 09:13 PM
#44
Nice build love 69 Camaro's. Good thing I read your write up about the flex plate if I understand it I need to order a flex plate for my 5.3 to adapt my turbo 350 and just buy the spacer from jegs
06-06-2015, 09:44 PM
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Big time slacking on updates. It's running. Got running and doing tuning and it either spun a bearing or the cam bearings went. Either way both are destroyed and I had to use a sledge hammer and pipe to remove cam from block. Still a cam bearing fused to cam. So a 400 cam lasted 20min and the motor is junk. Picked up another 5.3 left it all stock put it in ran it and all was good. So next day I ordered a stage 3 lil john/btr turbo cam. Threw it in 2 days later and it's an animal now. Here is an idle clip of it. http://youtu.be/dXbep9CL6K0
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06-07-2015, 08:50 AM
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Got running and doing tuning and it either spun a bearing or the cam bearings went. Either way both are destroyed and I had to use a sledge hammer and pipe to remove cam from block. Still a cam bearing fused to cam. So a 400 cam lasted 20min and the motor is junk. Picked up another 5.3 left it all stock put it in ran it and all was good. So next day I ordered a stage 3 lil john/btr turbo cam. Threw it in 2 days later and it's an animal now. Here is an idle clip of it. http://youtu.be/dXbep9CL6K0
06-07-2015, 09:07 PM
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I spun two cam bearings in my first 5.3 also. Mine made it through about 15 dyno pulls and maybe 45min on the street!lol!! I got lucky though and my cam was still good!!. Picked up another complete 5.3 off of cl for $600, swapped over my good cam, pan and some new arp head studs and head gaskets. Got it back up and running yesterday, just as strong as it was before!!! Hopefully we both get a little more time out of our second bullets!!!!
06-17-2015, 08:51 PM
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Since I skipped a bunch of steps at the end of my build I figured I would show a few pics of it complete now. Hitting the Dyno next Tuesday with Matt (denmah) everyone pray to Ls gods it holds together. Don't wanna kill it but wanna lay down some numbers. And fine tune a little more.
06-17-2015, 10:04 PM
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Since I skipped a bunch of steps at the end of my build I figured I would show a few pics of it complete now. Hitting the Dyno next Tuesday with Matt (denmah) everyone pray to Ls gods it holds together. Don't wanna kill it but wanna lay down some numbers. And fine tune a little more.
06-24-2015, 09:31 PM
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dyno results well good news is my tune was right on the money. bad news is converter wont hold more than 8 psi!!!!!lol made 553hp at 13psi at 16* and 11.0afr blowing threw converter horribly. matt helped me out with a few settings on gold box and truly is an awesome dude.
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06-24-2015, 09:45 PM
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no it was 553 at 13 psi but converter would not hold it. think it did almost 400hp at 5 psi at 114 mph (converter held) but at 13psi it only went 98mph i believe. have 4.10 gears which would have helped with slippage but still wouldnt hold. its just a b&m 3800 converter. guess ill be getting a ptc!
06-24-2015, 11:41 PM
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no it was 553 at 13 psi but converter would not hold it. think it did almost 400hp at 5 psi at 114 mph (converter held) but at 13psi it only went 98mph i believe. have 4.10 gears which would have helped with slippage but still wouldnt hold. its just a b&m 3800 converter. guess ill be getting a ptc!