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Old 03-30-2008, 07:18 PM
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Rundown of project. 02 Trans Am
370ci iron block
Bored honed decked and line honed by Steve Morris Race Engines.
Deburred and stress relieved
Mahle L92 4.030 -4cc pistons.
Compstar 6.125 rods.
Stock crank
King Allecular rod and main bearings
Durabond cam bearings
GM LS7 head gaskets -EDIT- These did not work, LS9 gaskets now
ATI super dampener
ARP main and head studs
Comp Cam 238/242 .605-.610 115 lsa
Smith Brothers oil restricted pushrods
GM LS7 lifters
WCCH Stage 2 CNC L92 heads 75 cc combustion chamber
Manley race flo and pro flo 2.165 and 1.590 stainless valves
Patriot Extreme gold dual springs
GM single plane L92 efi intake
IntakeElbows.com 3 bolt elbow
F.A.S.T. 78mm throttle body
Aeromotive rails and A1000 boost referenced regulator
SVO 160lb. injectors
Triple Walbro 255gph in tank pumps
The fun stuff...
PTE GT4788 turbo 1.08 a.r. housing
Eboost2
TiAL 60mm wastegate
Turbosmart Race Port 52mm BOV
LoveFab custom one off equal length headers and secondaries
LoveFab H20 to air intercooler
7.6 gallon IC water tank
Mezeire IC pump
Ron Davis Cobra front IC heat exchanger
5" downpipe, dumps behind front tire
BigStuff3
Relocated coils with MSD custom wires and NGK tr6 plugs
PA Kmember
Spohn solid motor mounts
Built TH400, Griner Transbrake, UltraBell, BW high energy
PTC Custom turbo converter
Griffin radiator with notched core support and dual 10" fans
Midwest Chassis Fab 9", with Strange Ultra Case
3.0 gear and spool
Moser 35 spline gun drilled and flanged axles
Midwest Drag Anti-roll bar, LCA,PHB and TA
Afco double adjustable coil-overs up front, Afco doubles in the rear
M&H 325-40-18 drag radial
Stroud PS parachute
Full 8.50 10 point cage

As of 3.22.09 we are at over 1000 hp and 9.51 @ 150mph on 18's. at 17psi of boost, still a bit left in it too.
Street legal, running E85 fuel and shooting for the 8's.
A huge thanks goes out to everyone that has helped out so far.
Cody at LoveFab.com
Rich at West Coast Racing Cylinder Heads
Steve at Steve Morris Race Engines
John at Meaney Brothers/Big Stuff 3
All the boys at National Speed Inc.
Doran's Transmissions
All the great info available on LS1tech.com I will update as we go. Its so close I can taste it!!!

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Old 03-30-2008, 07:23 PM
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Looks great !!!!

Good luck getting it finished up, my build won't be far behind....
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I had it running with the stock bottom end and just the hot side connected with no wastegate. Pulled it out ,built the motor put it back in the car in less than a month! Just the details and plumbing left.
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host the pics on photbucket or the like so we can see them bigger hard to see them.
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DAMN! that's insane. how much were all the parts? what kind of numbers are you lookin at getting?
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Hoping for 1000 rwhp at 18 lbs. or less. As far as cost... I'd rather not... I have a box full of receipts...
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Seriously, why do you need to ask about how much it cost??? All you need to know is turbo's cost a lot of money...but they are worth it!!!
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Just a hint... the street price on those headers would be $3000. The turbo $1500. Wastegate $500. Intercooler $1000. etc....
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those headers look nice
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WOW Awesome looking setup man good luck with the rest of the build.
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I might be wrong but I don't think 2 walboro 255 will supply the motor the fuel it's going to need....your build is alot like mine and I have a big *** pump and converted to return style fuel system....just a thought.....good luck with the build it's going to make alot of power....
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I am still up in the air on the 2 pumps. When I talked with Nasty performance, they said they have had as much as 930 hp to the wheels with the double pumper, and it wasn't running out fuel. I haven't bought the pumps yet though. I wanted to use the feature built into the BS3 to activate the second pump under load via TPS. I am open to ideas though.
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Yea i dont think those pumps are gonna keep up if you run e85. Cause you know that e85 takes like 10-15% more fuel.
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Very nice build, should turn out bad *** bro!
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looks absolutely crazy....

I would hate to have to do plugs or anything valvetrain related
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let me know how it turns out, I'd like to at least compare dyno graphs with you concerning our different A/R Housings. What are you doing with the intake valve seated spring pressure? I've been in the market for a 1.08 for a while now, I just cannot justify it as the car is in all fairness just a street car.

Other than the compression ratio our builds are very similar.
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I've made 867rwhp with a GT47-88 1.08, 8:1 348ci, 25psi, a/a, and run two Bosch external fuel pumps and 96 lb injectors.
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Yeah the E85 throws a wrench in it. I think I will look into something a little different on the pump. Anyone had any luck with the Magnafuel stuff. Or dare I ask Aereomotive pumps???
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The springs are the new Extreme Patriot dual springs. Rich at WCCH set them up for me, I can't remember the numbers on the pressure. Maybe he can chime in?
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The pics can now be seen in detail at this photobucket link
http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll159/veee8/
If I can figure out how to upload video from my phone, I have some footage of it running with the stock short block/LQ9 heads.

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