LT1TA
06-17-2012, 12:58 AM
So, long story short, i dove into this twin turbo project with high hopes and aspirations. I am in the Army and some how lucked up with a house with a garage. I was expecting to be here until the end of 2013 but suddenly came up on orders to deploy in september. My family has to leave now too so i have to move them all out now. The car has given me some problems, i wont lie. But for the most part, I was never too concerned as i knew i would get it right with a weekend of work. I finally got the car down to baton rouge (drove the whole way 200+ miles one way with no issues besides me having to pass on every sports car on I-10). The car needs a new tranny after the stage 2 t-56 broke on me after a test run. My wife has hit the end of her patience with me and this car and i just don't need to spend more time or money on it when i get back to the states. But I guess I'm trying to see if it would be worth me selling this car off or just keeping it and finishing the build. Car sits with the following
Built forged 408 iron block compstar rods callies crank wiseco -20~9.3:1 CR
block has been set up for 6 bolt per cylinder heads but has gm 317 heads
twin master power T70 t4 68 mm exh
custom futral grind cam
treadstone FMIC twin 2.5" in 3" out
twin tial 44 gates
50mm jgs bov
twin walbro 255 w/ hotwire kit
fic 96lb injectors
lunati .660" valvespring kit
yella terra shaft dual mounted rockers
victor jr intake w/ rails and aarons elbow
devils own meth kit
fast 92 tb
e boost street
bmr 1" lower springs
slp shocks
bmr torque arm
welded sub frames connectors
set up has just around 1k miles on it, car has unknown miles I have only put in 16k since mid 2009 when i bought it. Has never been to the track since i had it. previous set-up was a stout n/a set-up with ls1 making 465rwhp, but this turbo set up made 642 rwhp with a few issues on the dyno that will be discussed below.
These are the issues i currently have to deal with and this car to make it a nice, dd 800+ hp car:
*transmission just died on me and needs a stg 3 build
*rear end has no problems but needs to be a 9"
*i stupidly ran feed from my intake to an open breather pcv catch can, so i know that greatly contributed to my low dyno numbers and can easily be fixed with a "tee" and a few minutes
*hotside needs to be redone, backyard welding has it's consequences. truck manifolds are leaking on the p/s and is another contributor to the lack of power output
I must say, I was not setting out to build a show car so it doesn't look nearly as clean as some of the more tedious guys. I simply wanted a fast ass sexy looking trans am. The one pull i got on the highway resulted in a nice speeding ticket, but when she hit boost i felt every piece of hp. Obviously the car has some work that's needed to be done, but i'm not going to be dumb and sell it for too cheap where a built tranny and rear and a couple of weekends can have this car making close to 1000hp reliably. definitely if i had 6 bolt per cylinder heads. So i need to make up my mind soon, I only have a month and a half before i have to move. What do you guys think? maybe i should post it up to gauge interest as well
Built forged 408 iron block compstar rods callies crank wiseco -20~9.3:1 CR
block has been set up for 6 bolt per cylinder heads but has gm 317 heads
twin master power T70 t4 68 mm exh
custom futral grind cam
treadstone FMIC twin 2.5" in 3" out
twin tial 44 gates
50mm jgs bov
twin walbro 255 w/ hotwire kit
fic 96lb injectors
lunati .660" valvespring kit
yella terra shaft dual mounted rockers
victor jr intake w/ rails and aarons elbow
devils own meth kit
fast 92 tb
e boost street
bmr 1" lower springs
slp shocks
bmr torque arm
welded sub frames connectors
set up has just around 1k miles on it, car has unknown miles I have only put in 16k since mid 2009 when i bought it. Has never been to the track since i had it. previous set-up was a stout n/a set-up with ls1 making 465rwhp, but this turbo set up made 642 rwhp with a few issues on the dyno that will be discussed below.
These are the issues i currently have to deal with and this car to make it a nice, dd 800+ hp car:
*transmission just died on me and needs a stg 3 build
*rear end has no problems but needs to be a 9"
*i stupidly ran feed from my intake to an open breather pcv catch can, so i know that greatly contributed to my low dyno numbers and can easily be fixed with a "tee" and a few minutes
*hotside needs to be redone, backyard welding has it's consequences. truck manifolds are leaking on the p/s and is another contributor to the lack of power output
I must say, I was not setting out to build a show car so it doesn't look nearly as clean as some of the more tedious guys. I simply wanted a fast ass sexy looking trans am. The one pull i got on the highway resulted in a nice speeding ticket, but when she hit boost i felt every piece of hp. Obviously the car has some work that's needed to be done, but i'm not going to be dumb and sell it for too cheap where a built tranny and rear and a couple of weekends can have this car making close to 1000hp reliably. definitely if i had 6 bolt per cylinder heads. So i need to make up my mind soon, I only have a month and a half before i have to move. What do you guys think? maybe i should post it up to gauge interest as well