Drag Project - LS1 Altered
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Staging Lane
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: Australia
Race car has been at a friends house for awhile now while we were building the engine and getting the engine and trans into the chassis, so it has now finally come back home.
Looking at this photo though the engine gets lost, I think it needs a set of twin turbo's
Looking at this photo though the engine gets lost, I think it needs a set of twin turbo's
First off, GREAT build!!
Wow. Sounds like you dodged a bullet -err, grenade! 
Got a question for ya though - If you make a 7.99-second run with that once it's done, what does that translate to in American ET??? 
Project has still been ticking over.
Powerglide went off to the guru's and looks like that the previous owner has had a converter failure and this has sent shrapnel through the box. The gear set was pretty badly chewed up, but somehow the carrier, pump and everything else was still in as new condition.
Powerglide went off to the guru's and looks like that the previous owner has had a converter failure and this has sent shrapnel through the box. The gear set was pretty badly chewed up, but somehow the carrier, pump and everything else was still in as new condition.
Got a question for ya though - If you make a 7.99-second run with that once it's done, what does that translate to in American ET???
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Staging Lane
Joined: Nov 2011
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From: Australia
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Staging Lane
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From: Australia
Been tinkering a fair bit in the garage knocking out all the little jobs.
Taking the ECU to the tuner on Friday for a base tune so I can get it fired up and check for leaks etc prior to heading to the dyno.
So maybe a fireup on Monday/Tuesday!
Taking the ECU to the tuner on Friday for a base tune so I can get it fired up and check for leaks etc prior to heading to the dyno.
So maybe a fireup on Monday/Tuesday!
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Staging Lane
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More tinkering. Base tune is in, soooo close to fire up! Off to work for 2 overtime shifts, then hopefully fire up Tuesday 
Throttle body mounted, throttle cable bracket and fittings 95% complete. Will have to fabricate a small extension off the ball joint to reach the throttle body.
Starter motor shimmed up to within tolerences, and right hand side pipes installed. Starter wiring hooked up.
And lastly a test fit of the floor to check it still fits with the new engine plate, and different starter motor and wiring locations
Throttle body mounted, throttle cable bracket and fittings 95% complete. Will have to fabricate a small extension off the ball joint to reach the throttle body.
Starter motor shimmed up to within tolerences, and right hand side pipes installed. Starter wiring hooked up.
And lastly a test fit of the floor to check it still fits with the new engine plate, and different starter motor and wiring locations
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Staging Lane
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All fluids are now in.
Fixed afew leaks here and there as expected.
However I cannot get the fuel rails to correctly seal against the injectors with 60psi flowing to them!
So have had to order the Edelbrock fuel rails to suit the manifold (was trying to run with a set of generic ones)
Fixed afew leaks here and there as expected.
However I cannot get the fuel rails to correctly seal against the injectors with 60psi flowing to them!
So have had to order the Edelbrock fuel rails to suit the manifold (was trying to run with a set of generic ones)
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Staging Lane
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The tailshaft is enclosed in a 5mm think alloy tube, and uses couplers rather then uni's. The gearbox is all SFI rated casing etc.
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Staging Lane
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So another delay. Looks like my converter was built incorrectly, I have 14mm of converter pull out which is not ideal at all.
In layman's terms, the transmission is not being connected correctly to the motor and I have no gears.
So out comes the transmission and the converter, to be sent away.
I swear there are things put in this world to test our patience
In layman's terms, the transmission is not being connected correctly to the motor and I have no gears.
So out comes the transmission and the converter, to be sent away.
I swear there are things put in this world to test our patience
