Doug G

The good...
made it to the track....met Dave Mizzel and he notice the Camaro, we had a quick talk and he left since his wife was with him.

Went 11.17 @ 119.84 off the trailer short shifting @ ?????
Spun, went 11.5 @ 118 shifting at 7000
Cool down and went up for another pass 11.3X @ 118

Now the bad.....threw the belt again, over heated on return road, so I came home

NOW, looking into an electric water pump....whos got what and works for street/strip....maybe 500 to 1000 miles a year

LQ4BU

I have had the Meziere WP119S pump on my engine for about 3 years now with zero issues. It has worked great. Stays under 200° even in muggy, hot, stop and go traffic. I even drove it 240 miles(round trip) to Norwalk Motorsports Park for the True Street event the past 2 years.

My pump has a standard motor rated at 35gpm, but I see they also offer a heavy-duty motor(WP119SHD) rated at 42gpm.

fast89stang

iTrader: (2)

That's what I have ^^^^ been going on 4 years now. works awesome

Doug G

OK, school me....T-stat or restrictor needed ?

speedtigger

iTrader: (16)

What valve springs, rockers and how much lift do you have on this Doug?

Doug G

.650 springs
stock LS3 rockers...I do need/want to add the trunions.
.624 I/E

Funny thing was been 7500+ on the street a bunch of times, two passes and was fine....6500 shifts and it throws it

speedtigger

iTrader: (16)

Which .650 springs?

Doug G

I'd have to look at SDPC papers....think it was PAC ?

Heads were assembled.

LQ4BU

I do not run a thermostat. When I initially installed the LS engine, I just hooked up the radiator hoses, along with a hose coupler from Jagsthatrun.com (Thanks to Speedtigger for that idea) in the top radiator hose so I could tie in my crossover tubes to the cooling system.

I had every intention incorporating a Tstat later on, but this setup was just to get the car running, and start making some trips around the block. Well, as my test trips got further from home, I realized my temp was holding steady. I started driving the car on longer test trips, watching the temp closely and never had an issue since.

The coupler has a smaller ID than the radiator hoses do. One hose is bigger than the other as you can see in the pic below. The only thing I can come up with is that this may create enough of a restriction that allows the cooling system to work properly.

Doug G

Doug G

OK, Mr.Bu whats the set-up, belt, Alt bracket, ETC.....I need to start getting $$$ saved and parts ordered

LQ4BU

My alt bracket is a work in progress. Its a home made fab job. I used the moroso bracket #63842 and welded some pieces to it. Its not 100% perfect, but its pretty close. I havent thrown any belts, and its been on the car 2 years without any real issues.



I made the mistake of putting the engine in the car first, and then tried fabbing up the bracket with it in the car I need to come up with a better design some time down the road with the engine on the engine stand.

Alternator is the old SBC style that I used from from my previous 406. The belt is a Duralast serpentine 340K6.






Not perfect, but it works. I am planning on redoing it after this season is over.



From under the car



I removed one of the timing cover bolts and put this stud in its place to mount the bracket

.



.

Doug G

cool, thanks. I don't mind a little DIY stuff.

Made some CalTrac copies a few years back....work great

LQ4BU

Yea, its not hard, just takes some time to figure it out. I've done a lot of searching, and I just dont see anyone making low-mount pass side alt kits. I really like having the alt tucked away down there out of the way. I think I may have seen 1 or 2 brackets that "might" work the way I needed with some alterations, but I'm not paying $100 or more when I can fab something up myself for much much less.

fast89stang

iTrader: (2)

Doug, make sure you don't have a crank moving, as in excessive thrust bearing clearance.

Doug G

Something I'll have to look at. Thanks