Mr. Black

Well new to this particular regional forum. Been living here for 32 years.

5 days or so playing with the car here and there but the camshaft install is done and the car runs.

Doing the valve springs kinda sucks without the best tool. Replacing the Timing Chain was not fun. People say the pickup tube bolt is difficult? that was easy. Getting the pan to drop down even with all the bolts out even a 1/4 inch sucked. The Pick up bolt was super easy. I am used to working with finger tips in blind places though.

Getting the balancer back on sucked but with enough heat I was able to get it back on there. My Snap On balancer installer is not compatible with LS motors so that was an unneeded suprise.
Had to get it on there half way and use the old bolt to draw it up the rest of the way.

I am very suprised at how quiet the valvetrain is. I expected much worse.

Car has the idle stalls when coming to a stop unless you catch it.

Should be in for a tune here pretty soon when Wong"s Performance schedule allows and I am super excited to see what they can do with it and what kind of gains are there.

Might see some of you guys out there on the street someday.


[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSTnTqVGUQ8[/YOUTUBE]

ls1whip

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where are you at? i have seen a silver Goat runnin around the beaverton are a few times is that you?

zlicious94

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Sounds good man and welcome! I have always been a fan of the 05-06 gto's!! Hope your close to PIR

Mr. Black

I am up north of you guys.

Live east of Tacoma in Puyallup.

Have had this car for about 2.5 years now.

Thanks guys.

LS12Fast4U

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Sounds really good man... Have you driven here yet or are you waiting to get it tuned?

Mikey 97Z M6

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Welcome and nice car. If I ever get back to work again, an 05-06 GTO is on the list.

Mike

Mr. Black

Thanks guys.

Yeah I have driven it about a 100 miles just to burn the 89 octane out of it.

It is not fun to drive anywhere other then the highway right now. The thing refuses to idle when coming to a stop.

Elliott's94Z

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Very nice! Tom does good work. Post up your results.

ls1whip

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i freaking love how open the engine bay is on gtos we have one at school i had my car in and i was just looking back and forth and man its like night and day..

cncmasterofor

Glad you got that cam in. The swap is pretty easy on these cars.
What cam did you end up going with?

Mr. Black

232 234 595 598 112

LS1PUNK

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Where u at Applebee's this past weekend? There's a bunch of us that meet up at Krispy Kreme every Fri and Sat. Now that its getting colder and the weather is getting worse we arent out as much but next time u get the chance u should swing by.

Mr. Black

The tune is done. Couldn't be happier with TJs work so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrtC2oIAMv0

Mr. Black

You know, for as many years as all the different car guys have been going there now, I still haven't been. Maybe one of these years I will get off my *** and head down there.

Mr. Black

cncmasterofor

Very nice! Just a tad over what I'm getting. Toms a good guy. I'm glad the trip down was worth it.

iansane

Nice numbers. What intake setup is that?

Mr. Black

Thanks,

That is 100% hand custum built intake by a guy in Michigan. Not from a company.

Mikey 97Z M6

iTrader: (37)

Is that with the stock heads then? If so, that's damn impressive. I bet it's fun as hell to drive in this cold weather, too bad most of the streets are wet though.

Mike

Mr. Black

Yup, stock 243 heads. No porting of anything.