Hey pakisho,.... I understand where your coming from.

The point is,...this is in the name of making the most efficent, useable horsepower. That is all this is about. I am not trying to push any envelopes, or break any records for dyno numbers. This is mearely trying to have the best possible setup. I gotta ask you, when is the last time that you HAVEN'T driven a SUPERCHARGED corvette with mods?

Reason why I ask.

I think back, when I was on heads and cam only, making, 450rwhp. then a wt shot of spray with it. It felt great but, I couldn't always use the spray, and for my type of driving, I like the power there as often as possible. In other words, have the option of more useable power(spray is full throttle only)...like 80% throttle,...etc etc.

the heads and cam setup felt awesome. I'd go around a slow corner in 2nd gear and roll into the throttle,...and it would be like I was in the water ,...with GOOD F1 supercars. It was crazy. I was sure I could drift around anything if I ever needed to. throttle control wasn't ****.

Then I put the blower on the car. I gotta tell you...........the car felt slow as **** at first. Granted, I ran a nitrous cam....so,..it wasn't designed for boost BUT, ....it's gonna work. So,..anything like normal driving,...or MILD load driving(maybe mildly spirited) the car didin't SEEM quite as quick. But, mid range and top end was WICKED. Really charged(no pun intended,really).

Then,...I did this turbo swap. I only drove the car ONCE. Maybe less then a mile round trip. It was it's first shakedown run with that setup,...and it pretty much failed a few tests,..which is normal for a project along the lines of this.

...that said,...I can honestly tell you dude,...my car is WAY quicker then it was at part throttle style driving. WAy quicker. It feels very much like my heads and cam setup. Why,.......no more blower to spin, and internal gears to spin and lubricate anymore. I figure that procharger, as much POWER that it made, as much as I loved it, was probably robbing my powerplant of some 60 horsepower. give or take 10,... It felt really good, even though I stayed under 1 psi,...closer to 0 vaccum.

I'm telling you, either BIG CUBES and SPRAY,....or a TURBO application is the ultimate way to go. Nothing against blowers, i know people have some serious number cars,...and they run quick.....but, this is the ticket.

drive one,...and you'll see.

Numbers are not important to me,...only it's street capability and ability to MPH.

That is all.

 

Yeah things are terrible and keeping me from getting this Iroc back together right now. Trying to get a stock LQ9/l92 into my project iroc since I threw a rod in the gen 1 motor. My mother passed eirlier this year, I lost my house and job trying to spend every minute with her, and on top of it I have my little boy to take care of. I can't dedicate money to cars like I used to, because I do not have the money I used to, and I got other stuff that takes priority. Family first. SOME DAY, SOME WAY I will own a supercharged c5 or c6. I think I want a c5 frc to be honest. I'll hang in there, finish he iroc within the next few years, save up, see if I can build my credit back up, if not sell the iroc, and get my self a c5. Having both would be perfect but may be unrealistic.



Yeah the crash was nuts. It's amazing how fast stuff happens. We had one of them Uhaul car trailers and it had quite a few thousand pounds of scrap metal from a baggage system at st state college PA airport. Right from the get go I did not like the trailer. It had some spring activated hydraulic brakes. Like when the trailer pushes towards the vehicle the load pushes the brakes. I think it is all in that design. I felt it jerk a few times like it liked to do then heard "bang"! I watch my rear view mirror with sparks and thought "oh ****!". So I light went on to the brakes since the chains were still keeping it on the truck. The trailer swung around and hit the side of the truck. Felt like a big rig hit us. It spun me right around and I tried to steer with it, but no chance. We went 60 or so MPH right into the enbankment after the brakedown lane. That sent us into a tumble and we landed on the passengers side, bottom of the truck facing traffic. I undid my seat belt and crashed down to the passengers side of the truck and popped up. I stuck my head out the window and seen big rigs galore and started to panick. Yelling at the guys, trying to get them on their feet and out. We all got out fine, and no big rigs hit us, and machinery from the trailer didn't decapitate us, so we are all lucky.


So whats up with that aluminum intake direct port bad *** blue vette you posted pics of? Got any more pics or video of that thing?

 

Interesting views and opinions on the superchargers. It's quite obvious the turbo is a much more efficient route. It's like hiking with a backpack. You have to use your body power to lug it around. Turbo is like wearing just boots!


My concern with a turbo on a v8 in a car like a vette is how controlled the boost comes on. I know when I someday get mine autocross and canyon carving are going to be quite common for it. In my audi S4 I was running 22lbs of boost and sometimes comming out of turns with boost spikes made it quite hairy. With a V8's tq, and the vettes RWD I can picture my self getting into some trouble in the turns with a turbo.


I love nitrous for drag racing, but I feel with a vette the power always needs to be there. I guess you felt the same and thats why you went to a blower in the first place. I also do not want to build a stroker with some huge cam that kills driveability as I feel that would take away from my personal goals with the car. In my head the set up I came up with is simple... C5 Zo6 A&A T trim blower kit and a small mid 220ish blower cam. Throw on some kooks long tubes (had some great luck with their products) high flow cats, and a good sounding not terribly loud catback and call it a day for power mods. Well, call it a day if it break 550rwhp From there get a set of drag rims and tires, new clutch, hardened shafts, some suspension mods like yours, and road rims. Them would probably be CCW's with nitto drags on all 4 corners.


So now that I went all off topic and into my fantasies, how do you think the turbo set up is going to treat you comming out of turns?

 

Ha! The last heads/cam z06 I drove felt like it was..............broken!

I dunno, Jaime, I think you may have wasted a whole lot of time and energy on this.

Ive never been accused of being diplomatic!

I hope you keep the boost turned down till you have the funds to build a motor for it. Ive never seen a turbo C5/C6/Z06 that was worth giving a **** about unless it had the forged stuff to back it up.

And my car feels like a STRONG heads/cam car down low, till the boost really hits at 3.5k and it peels your face back. This is not my impression, but the impression of many tuners/tt owners/sc'd owners/400+ci owners that have driven the car over the course of the years.

If youre ever in LA, I'll be the first one to call you a postwhoring jackass.....and the first one to buy you a beer.

Oz

 

Thats a crazy story man. Glad your alright, long story short.

The blue vette, is my cousins, and it's a pretty wicked car. I'll try and find some more video of it but, most of it's footage would be very old. It used to rule the streets back in the day...then went on mild retirement, since we had multiple projects going on, and the car just kept snapping diffs,...built diffs. Finally another diff went int the car,...then another new clutch, and the clutch, already is slipping. So we've gotta swap out, another freaking clutch,....and go from there. It'll be running again soon with the new intake, when we have time,....we'll swap out another clutch,...cause right now the car slips a lil.

Keep you posted on that project as well.

 

the combo you mentioned would be capable of 10's all day at that level given proper traction/driving. Very nice driver. Don't be discouraged with large camshafts,..as I have never seen driveability issues with cars we've driven with giant bumpsiticks,...which we owe to our tuner. Johan@diablosport is the man.

I hear you on trying to corner with a turbo car. I'm ready for it. Good tires, and full suspension well help me out as well.

 

Well I hear you. My only problem is, lack of funds,...as was brought out. I can have anything built, or build it ourselves. I have acces to a great friend that works at a well known machine shop,..so certain things shouldn't be a major cost issue. Just gotta get the material(rotating assembly/rods/etc). I have the block, which is not my first choice but, I do have an extra block, just waiting for something. But, my main goal, was to get the kit. Once I have the package, I figure that the block issues, could be solved pretty easily,....as compairing it to trying to buy/build a turbo setup...don't cha think?

Again, the car's always run hard,...and I am honestly NOT trying to make more power, just reliably, thats all. I am expecting more,....but,...not really trying to melt a piston,...ya know.



Thanks for not being a total pinga head,...maybe i'll take you up on the beer one day. Hell, make it a CROWN(royal).

 

REPORT

Soo,..I have been busy lately, on other peoples stuff. Haven't had TONS of motivation to stay late in the south florida heat'd shop. This past weekend though, I found some time on friday at lunch, to take off my alternator, and try and make this thing work, one last time.

I re-shimed the bracket, and altered my new homemade third leg to the bracket. I first started the car with only the two supports to the bracket, and not my new homemade piece(bracket). With the cam in the car, the alternator moved and danced around with ever single lope,...it sucks, and what was left of my already torn belt, came apart.

So I then added my homemade half inch steel bracket, and tighetened it to the head, and the pro turbo kit bracket. I added a new belt,...and I gotta say,..I am very proud of myself, it's ROCK SOLID. So, it seems I have , at the moment, fixed my belt/alignment issues. Sweet.

my cooling system, will still not purge the air out. I presurized it, but the system won't hold pressure(no more then 10-14psi)(I wanna see 22-25psi with the shop air annd tool I am using). Soo, I think my coolant tank I am using, might have a small crack in it somewhere,....because non of the hoese appear to be leaking, everything is dry.

Hope to figure that out more tomorrow.

The hood, which I had NACA ducts cut in,...is done. Looks dope,...and more importantly, the things, are SUPER functional. When the hood is closed, you see nothing but airfilters. I'll take some pic's, asap, and post up. Pretty dope. I am also gonna cut some extractor openings up more towards the cowl, to relieve some underhood heat. I think I know where I want them but, not 100% sure just yet.

My optima battery,...shitted on me and is now dead. So, I have to buy another one. Bastards. Whatever, lasted me two cars and a couple of years.

Whatelse, oh, my nexus gages keep popping 2 amp fuses. I'll do some probing, and find the source with that this week. I hope to be complete, by saturday. Going to see linkin park on friday soo,....I hope I don't have too much fun to wherre I can't work on saturday.

Anyways, there is the update. I'm close, it feels good and responsive in the parking lot,...we'll see if she likes the streets.

-J

 

Great update man. Glad to hear you were able to get the belt/alt issue corrected. Bummer on the radiator. Is it your stocker ?? You might consider a new one when you have funds. You know what I would suggest. LG's supercool with built in oil cooler. That radiator will be worth its weight in gold if you pick it up. Your oil temps are going to be high with the new setup. Good luck. Give Anthony a call at LGM and talk to him about pricing. Who knows, they might have something laying around the shop they could let go at a good price. Its worth the call. Just tell Bobby or Anthony I sent ya.

 

I split my time between this and another LS1 board and I always make a point to check out the kills section here on tech to see what kind of antics you got into over the weekend whether it be cars, parts, or *****. What can I say, I live vicariously through you, Jamie! I simply do not have access to that kind of lifestyle.

So for the longest time I haven't seen anything you authored in the kills section and I knew something was up. I started looking around and found this thread. Between yesterday and today I have read every post and decided to leave one of my own.

Doug, what a cool cat you are. I think your "a buck here, a buck there" concept is an excellent one. If members did this for eachother and we each begin building a reputation for helping others out, good karma would surely return to origin in the form of cash, donated parts, discounted parts, etc. What goes around, comes around my friend.

Not only is the concept of donating to a fellow enthusiast on a worthwhile project going to make you feel good anyway, when Jamie gets his "Chaos-Trooper" back on the road in the form of epic pwnage vids and novel length kill posts, etc. Everyone who donated can enjoy them even more knowing they helped make that happen.

I gotta say, I am very impressed with this setup you are working on, Jamie. In good time you will be sprinkling Porsche' pepper onto some Viper veal and wash it down with some Lambo lemonade. I'd like to see a kill/strip video featuring "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" sometime, yes that would do nicely. In the meantime, congrats on getting that alt. bracket fabbed up, that was a small victory leading to a much larger one. Do something nice for your girl, these last few months have probably been tough on her. A girl that sticks with you through the **** is a keeper.

You will have another $5 in the mail by tomorrow

And to show my Chaos-Trooper support... My sig =

Later beaaatches!

 

Thanks for the mention. I posted the donation thing half as a joke, and half as what if this thing works ?? I agree with the being part of the project, and good karma thing bro. Jamie will have it done. Good things come to those who wait, and great things come to those who have suffered. Jamie and I are both suffering. He's short on time and funds, so he can't drive the car, and I don't have the cash either (due to lack of OT at work) to ship my car to LGM for the 402 to go in, car is currently sitting. I think my starter took a dump. Anyways as far as my end goes I see light at the end of the tunnel. Car should go out soon. Good luck J Dawg and don't quit brother. At least you will still be able to have plenty of fun with your car. I have to put mine in storage around Oct/Nov depending on the weather. Gotta love Florida, and hate Michigan.

 

I can see that too, how practical is that really? Who is going to be generous enough to actually follow through? Very few I'd wager, but I'd love to be proven wrong. But I'm doing it for the reasons I posted earlier. Granted I would not send money to just anybody. I've been following J's shenanigans for awhile now and he's good people as well as one crazy *** mutherfawker.

That sucks you having to store your car over the winter. Living in southern Indiana I can drive my Z28 all year around and I don't take it for granted. I have summer and winter wheels & tires and I got a rustproof treatment done from Ziebart shortly after I bought the car. I hate the winters but at least the weather is fair enough for me to drive her. Would love to live in FL though. Maybe one day...

 

Great progress Jamie. I look forward to seeing the pics. Can't wait.

 

Hey bro, thanks for the read.

My radiator, is still my stock one. I'd like to get something bigger and better but, you already know that story. Someday, sure, i'll jump on one. I like the idea of a built in oil cooler, to help save on space but, I may construct up a couple of coolers and put them right infront of the front fenders, where my old procharger intercoolers went, and drill some holes into the wheel well, and throw in some mesh. Coolers, I believe can be found for not that much cash. Either way,...i'm not in the market for anymore parts right now bro,...just trying to get caught up with,..life.

When I have some cash to buy and not window shop,..i'll probably give those boys a call.

Thanks again Doug.

 

Hey thanks Hoss,...for following along and reading all of my BS. As you know, i always try and paint a picture to my street racing stories since I don't always have a passenger and a camera handy. Hopefully, at this new spot that i'll be going too, these guys set up alot of film equipment soo, hopefully we'll both get our wish and get some good audio and good footage of this thing in action. lol at "lifestyle". Funny, I find myself to be a pretty normal guy. probably a tad more cockier then the average guy but, normal to say the least. The stories with the women,...and why I mention them, I feel are a major part of the stories,...and helps put a better feeling into the air, and more importantly, hopefully takes the reader there(in the story). Atleast, thats how I feel when I am typing this mumbojumbo,...like i am right back in the car,..and doing whatever it is that the story is saying.

Again, thanks for reading all of the posts. I hope to have more kills, very soon. I do have a couple of kills to mention in the caddy, as of recent(that ****** is actually very fast). Anways, maybe i'll post those later. Sucks, cause when my ca IS down,..I don't even go to the kill section all that often. Kinda weird. I go, but, I don't get as involved, for whatever reason. But, when my car is running, kill or no kill i've got my .2cents to add to every post.

Doug is a cool dude,...and I do appreciate his idea,..joke or no joke. It was a kind idea but, I just at one point said everyone who was thinking of sending something, to not. I do appreciate it but,..in all honestly,(I don't know how to tye this without coming off wrong but,...if it does sound bad, I didn't mean it too)......but in all honestly,..5, 10, or 15 bucks,...won't do a whole lot pimpin. Again,..I don't mean that badly but, I asked everyone not to bother sending, and nobody did. So, your's would be the 5 bucks I recieved, and, i'd probably use that on a happy meal or something.(lol). The thought , to me, is more then enough, and very cool. Hoss, I do appreciate it but, it's ok man, keep your money pimpin. I say that cause in the worlds modern times, everyone is struggling, including myself,..and even the guy who suggested to help me out(Doug). Soo, in good conscious,...I can't take it man. I'd love to but, I can't do it.

I hope that makes sense, and you understand.

Now, if you wanna send a thousand bucks(lmao),..hell, i'll gladly accept that!!! lol.

....whew.

And for my girl/woman....womens....I am greatful. Been dating the same girl for a year now. We've had some rough times here and there. When that happened,...i'd go to the **** star(when I say that, I don't mean a **** STAR, I mean she has sex like one,...looks like one, sounds like one...etc) chic,... Both girls, are sweethearts. Both are crazy. And both require alot of time. My girl,...says she's not going to ride in the corvette anymore. She thinks it's going to be too crazy,....and she thinks I am going to die. In soo many words. I think she thinks the engine is going to build soo much power(shes a girl)...that i'm going to blow a hole out of the side of the earth or something. lol. Soo,...I dunno about her...and how many stories that she'll be involved in when it comes to, racing. Although some of my funnest races, have been with her(ford gt,550whp evo's,viper(s),porsche's,mustangs,vettes,bikes..et c)...she's been there for alot of them. Lets see what she says when the car is running again.


Anyways,..holy hell, didn't mean to type all this but,..just wanted to say thanks for reading, thank you for your offer, I do greatly appreciate it. And thanks for the motivation.

-jamie+


ps. Thanks for the sig add. I'll never forget that day. It was a blue viper GTS coupe,...dark tint. ****** was trying me on the highway,..over and over again. My girl was tweaking. "don't race him...blah blah...." so I didn't. When I was in front of him,...he got on my ***,....I said...(your sig).....blipped the throttle,..viper gets closer,...I step on it,..as does he....and bye bye snake. Thanks for the memory. Good times no doubt.

 

Thanks G

I'll bring a real camera to work this weekend. I'll see if it can do a little recording. Whatever I do get, pic wise, i'm sure it wo't be as good as driver mods vids/pics. Soo, him and I will be taking the car out to miami for some footage when it's all said and done.

Peace out Alex

 

Sounds good bro. I look forward to the pics as well as the car in action.

Take care J.

 

LOL, if anyone thinks J is kidding about the kills in his Caddy, guess again!!!

 

lmao.

That was funny. Who'd a thought this thing's got MPH? I actually had to pedal it JUST a hair from a dig. I keep wanting to put on a set uf drag radials on the front and go and call out some unsuspecting sports cars.

I just wish there was tuning software for this old thing. Everything is standalone,..1500-2500 bucks. Crazy. Also wouldn't mind throwing on one of my turbo's that I have laying in my tool box. lol. stupid me.

 

Jamie,

First off, you owe me a bottle of Visine. I just read all 11 pages of your tribulations, and my freaking eyes are about to start bleeding.

Secondly, your FRC is going to be a sick bitch. If I see that thing in my rear-view mirror on I95, don't bother racing me, I'm just going to pull over into the breakdown lane and suck my thumb in the fetal position.

Finally, you've just nominated yourself as being my go-to guy when I'm down in Dade. What other installation do you do? I might have a few side jobs if you don't mind swinging by PSL on your way to your folks house in Vero.

Let me know,
Vince