bonecrrusher

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Bump - nice new times.

Where did you get your ls3 intake valves?

tiresmokinV8

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Thanks, and Scoggin Dickey

Hy82e

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I didn't see in your thread anywhere where you checked PTV clearance. Did you check it and if you did did you check with the phaser at full retard and advance?

I have also have an '08 ly6 (9500 mi) that someday I'll get to swap into a Regal someday when it transforms back from a pile of parts.

I already have a cam EPS 226/234 113+2 not installed yet. I'm hoping to be able to bump compression up a 1. by milling and/or with gaskets. If i can achieve it without flycutting.

Lately I'm considering keeping the vvt intact and the vvt-2 or even the vvt-3 are a couple cams I am considering. So I'm wondering if bumping the compression would be an option

tiresmokinV8

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I did not check but I would definitely with a vvt-3 which I also wouldnt run without a bump in compression. but ti check you would have to check with it full advance (which I think it is automatically, then again with full retard.

llorracs93s10

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Truck is coming along nicely man, been following the build on here and the s10forum. I plan to do the same front brake swap since I am upgrading my stock single piston front/drum rear on the monte to the ls1 dual piston front/single piston rear on the monte. How was the difference in braking? I assume mine will be dramatic. lol ANd as for the rotors being cut down, I still have to do it just trying to find a place that will do it.

tiresmokinV8

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My buddy cut my rotors down for me. Braking was dramatic for sure. ls1 fronts, rear 8.8 disc and hydroboost. Its way better then stock.

futureuser

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Nice run!

llorracs93s10

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I might try and figure out where to call tomorrow after working on the car or before going to the shop. I just have to get my new wheels first so I can put them on and not have them sitting in a box lol. I think I will go with some boss 338 wheels 18x8 upfront and 18x9.5 out back. I wanted to do a 17/18 combo with more sidewall on the front but unfortunately they do not have a 17 for those wheels. Summit legends look similar but are more like the coy c5's and round. Which look great on second gen s10s but the monte has sharp body lines so those will look better.

Luckily, theres a brand on summit that looks similar to the 338s in 15's so i can run a 325/50/15 DR . Need them fat tires outback! lol

Btw, who did your harness? CPW did mine and for some reason I can not seem to find out why I have no Neutral safety switch down where the vehicle speed sensors are and the large connector on the transmission side of the harness. I do have the t42 TCM connector up where the ECM is but no NSS to be found. Weird.....didn't know about yours because I saw in earlier page that you had a NSS on your 4l80e....

tiresmokinV8

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Mine has the plugs for the NSS since I told cpw my 80e was an 01 I had to change out the NSS for a new 2 plug style.

Thanks Futureuser.

llorracs93s10

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Yea I said I have a 4l80e but I have no NSS down the transmission line of the harness. And I am not sure what year my trans is out of, I heard that tag on the passenger side with the stamped numbers says what year it is, farthest numbers to the left, but mine says 01 and I am not sure if it is or not. So I am rather confused at this point.

tiresmokinV8

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Hmm On my trans side of the harness it has 2 vss plugs, a round plug and 2 square plugs for the nss. Yours has to have one or the ecu wont know what position the shifter is in

Hy82e

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Thanks for the tip. I've read "-The Bandit-'s" build thread and he shows a good how to overthere using those steps. As I'm sure you're aware.

His Ly6 PTV results won't apply to most since he had to tear apart the bottom end and ended up upgrading to flat top pistons with valve reliefs. I'm sure you knew that too.

Did I miss if you got the bugs out for a dyno tune? And is that new best 12.2 before or after?
Awesome build by the way. S10 beast

llorracs93s10

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Heres all that mine has....

tiresmokinV8

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Yep youll have to install one for whatever year the trans was wired for. It just slides over the gear selector shaft and bolted down with bolts in the two threaded holes on each side of the shaft.

llorracs93s10

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That makes sense only if the wiring had the NSS wired into the trans part of the harness. Just doesnt make sense right now.

tiresmokinV8

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Cold start up

427zm

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Sounds great. Nice work!

LongIsland63SS409

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Nice!

Mike

tiresmokinV8

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Nothing spectacular but started getting the truck ready for this years track season.
First up new belltech drop leafs to replace the old worn out ones. Only did the passenger side so far.

tiresmokinV8

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Pics of the completed suspension





Bit higher now should settle some and be back where it was before the old ones took a crap



Old leafs.



Reinstalled the zq8 rear sway bar that I never put back on when I did the axle swap in '06



Used scrap 1" square tubing to make the bars axle mount.



Used Autocad to make a radius to trace.


Welded on a 1/8" plate to give the poly bushing more area to bite to.



Welded nuts to the back side









Bolted it all together located where the axle mounts need to be and cleaned off the area





All back together after 8 years. Ready to hit some curves.