frcefed98

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Hey all, figured i'd make a new post to show off what our backyard build looks like with the S400 Turbo mounted....these turbo's are friggen huge

Link to the first post for starting pics
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/612400-our-lt1-turbo-build.html












I coulda done a better job welding but was in a hurry to make sure nothing shifted. It it all lined up perfectly when we bolted it back up to the car I was hoping that it would go back up without any adjustments, and the turbo fit like a champ too.

IC tubing time, and we have to get the DP finished.

J

CHRISPY

That's retarded...

Tall Guy

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Looks good Jer, you guys have way more ambition than I would for a project like this. I'll bet Eric will be happy to get his ride up and going again.

frcefed98

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Mr pippy made me sad


Brian, Just takes a bit of time, but we have more time than $$ anyway Kinda sad to see it take so long though, its tough when there are two schedules to get to line up.
Eric is super busy with his work and family, so we work on it when we can. Should go by real fast now. IC pipes and DP are easy to do.

J

otherwhitemeat

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where is the down pipe going to go??????

frcefed98

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There is a huge space on the driver side, through the K member. It is hard to tell from the pics though. We already have the DP routing all figured out, just waiting on some 90 degree bends to complete it.

SScam68

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Looks freaking awesome Jer.

The car is finally coming together!

frcefed98

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Yeah it was great to see Eric smile after all this time, it was awesome when the crossover went up without a hitch after we bolted the headers back up.....Whewwww I fabbed up a set of ghetto jigs to keep things in place while I was finish welding things off the car and man they worked like a champ

Maybe now I can get Eric to help me with my car, it wants to boost like it use too

96silverram

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Great job, keep it goin....

RealQuick

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NIce work!

Jon

Eric Bazan

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Not too shabby if you ask me! Things are coming along rather nicely (Thanks lil' bro for all your help!) I just need to get the materials for the down pipe and IC. Im gonna check a local metal scrap yard here and see what I can come up with on the cheap. Hopefully, by next weekend we will have the IC mounted and plumbed and the downpipe completed. Just depends how much moola I got to spend.

Hey Chris, thanks?!? Must be between you and my bro

Realquick, thanks for the positive comments. I know you've been putting these DIY'er kits for awhile. Any help or opinions are appreciated. I do think my brother is getting rather good at building these things himself. Now, we just gotta figure out whats up with his ride.

Thanks 96silverram.

RealQuick

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Eric, there is definitely a sense of pride when you can say you did your own kit. Its always cool when it looks nice too

frcefed98

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The final touch will be taking my LS1 truck manifold kit and Erics LT1 kit to the local coating place to have em coated with their turbo specific heat retention coating

Thanks for the cool comments

NA$TY-TA

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lookin good guys..... it will be a blast for sure......

T/A KID

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frcefed98 I have some advice since I have an LT1 myself. but you can actually get rid of the lower driverside hose on the waterpump and plug it with a 3/8 fitting (I think thats the size) and you can even plug the other side if you guys do not plan to have heat. Didn't know if you new this or not already but it would give you more room around the turbo too.

frcefed98

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Thanks for the advice, there is plenty of room around the turbo for all water pump hook ups, and yes the car will have heat, no a/c. Heat is mandatory since we drive em when its cold out. Didn't know that about the 3/8npt fitting tho, be nice to lose some of these hoses in here

RealQuick

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The one on the driver's side of the pump is for the oil cooler...

LSWaaa?

subscribing.....

frcefed98

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Guess it stays put then I'll let eric figure out all the hoses, wires etc..

I got that huge turbo to fit in an LT1's compartment so i'm happy with that

T/A KID

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Real quick you shoud know as good as I do that the LT1 oil coolers are JUNK. I know numerous people who haved blocked that off on street and race cars. I believe the oil coolers came on the 93-95 models and they didn't on the 96-97.

Go look at a LT1 impala or Corvette they are blocked off from the factory.

Many people report cooler oil temps after taking the oil cooler off b/c it tends to get gooped up on the inside and actually restricts flow.

Look it up on camaroZ28.com been discussed many times. I say ditch it JMO.