Forged LS3 Twin PT66 Trans Am Build
06-06-2011, 12:53 AM
#1
Forged LS3 Twin Turbo Trans Am Build Guess it's about time to post a build thread on here. People keep asking me when the car will be done, lol. So here it is...
Before I started the build it was a stock bottom end ls1 with heads/cam/intake, made 468/418 on motor.
468 got boring after a while, so I decided to do something a little more radical. I always wanted to do a huge build on my car, but I either never had the money, or a place to work on my car while it was down.
Goal is 1000whp.
The new build:
Motor:
LS3 block (bored .010 over)
Wiseco 4.07 boost pistons/rings
Eagle rods
stock 6.0 crank
ARP head studs
ARP main studs
Doweled mains
Precision Oil Pumps 10296 Melling oil pump
Single rollmaster HD timing chain
LS9 head gaskets
Ported LSA heads
Stock LSA valves
Patriot Extreme .660 lift springs
Custom spec'd cam
Vic Jr intake
DB rods elbow
Turbo:
Twin Precision 66mm turbos .81 AR exhaust housings
Tial 38mm wastegates
Tial 50mm BOV
Bell core intercooler
DBRods turbo headers
eBoost2 controller
Suspension:
BMR turbo k-member
BMR upper/lower a-arms
BMR adjustable rear control arms
AFCO double adjustable coilovers all around
Drivetrain:
Moser M9 Fabricated 9"
Converted TR6060
Mcleod Twin RXT (rated to 1100whp in a '10 Camaro)
PST driveshaft
Fuel:
Custom fabbed DBRODS 20 gallon fuel cell
-10 AN feed
-8 AN return
ID2000 injectors
Aeromotive 13110 Regulator
Magnafuel 4303
e85
Miscellaneous:
Kirkey race seats
17x9.5/17x11 Fikse Aros
M&H 325/40/17 DRs
No AC/heat
Tearing it down to start the build:
The new block:
LSA heads, sent them off to get ported:
BMR Turbo K-member, upper/lower A-arms, LCAs, and AFCOs:
The new Moser FAB 9:
Painted it gloss black:
17x9.5/17x11 Fikse Aros. Picked these up from a member on here.
The new TR6060, converting it by replacing the tailhousing with a T56 tailhousing and swapping mainshafts with a 31 spline T56 magnum mainshaft. Only difference is it sits 3/4s of an inch further back than a T56, no biggie.
Getting everything off the bumper to start prepping and painting the engine bay:
Deleted AC:
Cleaned and prepped:
Passenger side:
Engine bay painted:
And this is how it sits as of right now, made the AC delete panel, bolted the PCM back up, and did the wire mod. Waiting on cam and lifters and the heads to get back from porting to finish the motor, after that I can bolt the motor in with the front suspension.
So basically what's left:
- finish building motor
- mount radiator/fans
- order center section/axles/torque arm for rear end
- brakes
- driveshaft
- clutch
- fuel system
- turbo kit
Before I started the build it was a stock bottom end ls1 with heads/cam/intake, made 468/418 on motor.
468 got boring after a while, so I decided to do something a little more radical. I always wanted to do a huge build on my car, but I either never had the money, or a place to work on my car while it was down.
Goal is 1000whp.
The new build:
Motor:
LS3 block (bored .010 over)
Wiseco 4.07 boost pistons/rings
Eagle rods
stock 6.0 crank
ARP head studs
ARP main studs
Doweled mains
Precision Oil Pumps 10296 Melling oil pump
Single rollmaster HD timing chain
LS9 head gaskets
Ported LSA heads
Stock LSA valves
Patriot Extreme .660 lift springs
Custom spec'd cam
Vic Jr intake
DB rods elbow
Turbo:
Twin Precision 66mm turbos .81 AR exhaust housings
Tial 38mm wastegates
Tial 50mm BOV
Bell core intercooler
DBRods turbo headers
eBoost2 controller
Suspension:
BMR turbo k-member
BMR upper/lower a-arms
BMR adjustable rear control arms
AFCO double adjustable coilovers all around
Drivetrain:
Moser M9 Fabricated 9"
Converted TR6060
Mcleod Twin RXT (rated to 1100whp in a '10 Camaro)
PST driveshaft
Fuel:
Custom fabbed DBRODS 20 gallon fuel cell
-10 AN feed
-8 AN return
ID2000 injectors
Aeromotive 13110 Regulator
Magnafuel 4303
e85
Miscellaneous:
Kirkey race seats
17x9.5/17x11 Fikse Aros
M&H 325/40/17 DRs
No AC/heat
Tearing it down to start the build:
The new block:
LSA heads, sent them off to get ported:
BMR Turbo K-member, upper/lower A-arms, LCAs, and AFCOs:
The new Moser FAB 9:
Painted it gloss black:
17x9.5/17x11 Fikse Aros. Picked these up from a member on here.
The new TR6060, converting it by replacing the tailhousing with a T56 tailhousing and swapping mainshafts with a 31 spline T56 magnum mainshaft. Only difference is it sits 3/4s of an inch further back than a T56, no biggie.
Getting everything off the bumper to start prepping and painting the engine bay:
Deleted AC:
Cleaned and prepped:
Passenger side:
Engine bay painted:
And this is how it sits as of right now, made the AC delete panel, bolted the PCM back up, and did the wire mod. Waiting on cam and lifters and the heads to get back from porting to finish the motor, after that I can bolt the motor in with the front suspension.
So basically what's left:
- finish building motor
- mount radiator/fans
- order center section/axles/torque arm for rear end
- brakes
- driveshaft
- clutch
- fuel system
- turbo kit
Last edited by westtexasbuff; 10-10-2012 at 02:58 PM.
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06-06-2011, 08:15 AM
#8
hahahahahaha, yeah it is... I get bored sometimes.
Jon @ db rods is building the motor.
Last edited by westtexasbuff; 06-06-2011 at 02:03 PM.
06-06-2011, 11:25 AM
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Good to see you are doing the build right. Most people would have just put the built motor in and waited for parts to break before they replace them.
Can't wait to see it done!
Can't wait to see it done!
06-06-2011, 03:57 PM
#16
Very true, I might end up stepping up to 2000s if I have the funds at that point... but Kurt with the TT TBSS runs 80s right now on 12lbs with e85, so I figured I'd be ok with my goals with the 1000s. $2K is a good chunk of change for injector, lol. Especially for a poor messican like me...
