Mike75356

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Well im not as well known on this site compared to corvette forum and svt as i got an unwelcome back push from a mod a while back on here. So anyway with that said i just wanted to share my new build with you guys as well that dont belong on either of those other two forums.

Well as some of you may know I had some issues when i tore down my 346 so i decided to go to bigger cubes and figured oh what the hell we will just go to a 408 and lots of boost. After some long thinking and many hours on the phone with Jeff we have come to some solid conclusions and im proud to say that Jeff and TPE is going to be building me a great motor that is going to absolutly make a brutal street car. So we ditched the whole 408-416 ls3 idea and came to a conclusion of an lsx 434.

My goals are 1000rwhp 1000+rwtq on straight pump gas give or take a few we shall see what the dyno says at the end of the tuning process

The run down:


TPE 434LSx!!!!!!!!

Motor components:
LSx Bowtie Block
Callies 4340 Forged Crank w/2.1" rod journals
Callies "New Design" H-I beam 6.125" Forged rods
ARP2000 Rod bolts
ARP2000 Main Studs, w/ARP2000 side bolts
Clevite "Coated" main & rod bearings
Clevite "Coated" cam bearings
Wiseco Forged Pistons
Total Seal Rings (Stainless Top, Napier 2nd.1.5,1.5,3.0)
Double Roller tining set
Ported/Shimmed Melling 10296 oil pump

Machining and Parts Preperation:

Cylinders Bored/Torque Plate honed
Block decked and Squared (deck prepped to a surface RA of 38)
Cam Journals Line Bored
Mains Line Bored
Rotating assembly fully balanced
Crank Bladed and lightened
Chamfered Oil holes, and micropolished bearing surfaces
ALL parts and block hand deburred
Bronze bushed lifter bores
Completely assembled, blueprinted, photographed, documented, and serial numbered

Heads/Valvetrain:
Cometic .060 MLS gaskets
TFS 245 or New GM 6 bolts heads (70cc chambers)
2.1" Inconel stainless intake valve, 1.60" Incolel stainless exhaust
Dual "Extreme" springs good to .660" (150# seat, 410# open, Ti retainers)
Chromoly pushrods
Comp "Pro Magnum" roller rockers
Upgraded ARP2000 6 bolt head studs (one step below L19's
25x/25x .61x/.61x 113+3 (Hannibal Lector Cam )


That is the jist of it for now. Much more coming including complete pictures of the build as well as all install info all the way up to the final tune on the car. The car will be breathing through a set of full 2" headers into a complete 3" x pipe all the way out with 3" straight pipes out the back(no mufflers no cats). Some of you who have noticed my other posts may have seen im not the quiet type. I told Jeff i wanted the baddest sounding and most rediculous cam possible while still having a decent driveability field as well as not losing any power by going to big.

With this said I am a younger guy and i just want to make it clear that this build will be a timely fashioned build depending on my cash flow and will most likey be completed in the next several months depending on how well things go for me.

Any questions just ask guys I am extremly pleased with everything TPE has offered me and would just like to say thanks to Jeff times a billion cause i would never have gotten this far without him and his wealth of knowledge.

Other things that are done to my car:

Kenne Bell 2.8 fully ported inlet manifold
8 rib
heavy duty tensioner assembly
etc

Car is mini tubed and fully caged
345 bfg tires on the back
full wet nitrous system
etc etc etc etc it could go on all day lol...

here is a video of the old n/a nitrous motor set up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1vgNhgkwvw

and a couple pics of the car with the old set up for refrence

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LS1RedZ

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Wow! Subscribed to this!!! Good luck hooking that thing up lol.

Mike75356

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ha ha thanks im sure going to try

sciff5

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+10000000000000

Seriously that thing is gonna create power so violently its gonna be impossible to keep it hooked on anything DOT approved.

Having a big cam with lower compression prob helps though

chuntington101

sounds like a great build and similar to what jeff was planning to build himself.....

any idea what boost presure you will be aiming to run from the 2.8??

Chris.

Mike75356

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16-18 psi pump gas

very similar to jeff's just a big cam diffrence

silverbeast

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thats a bad *** ******* vette! I would love to have that car as my street car. Damn nice build and i cant wait to see the results.

78novacaine

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sounds like its going to be a monster man, 6 speed or auto? either way its gonna be a handful

Mike75356

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Thanks man! it should be lots of fun!

6 speed

LS1RedZ

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6 speed! Wow. Even more luck to ya in getting it to hook up lol... What clutch you puttin behind it?

02anti_vnm

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that car is nasty!! will be even NASTIER with the new engine! what was the old setup? looks like spray i see a bottle in the interior pic

TrailLaser

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Subscribed as well..!

Good luck with the build..!
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98Z28CobraKiller

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So what did it run in the 1/4 or the 1/8?

Mike75356

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Spec twin disk is what i have in the car. It should be intersting to say the least

Old set up was 346 ls6 afr 205's 246/242 cam, etc, 502 rwhp on motor 767 250 shot pump gas, and theres two bottles back there

Thanks man

Never took it to the track. Im not big into the track, a lot more known for doing my thing on the street. But i will get it to the track with the new set up just to see where im at and put up some huge kenne bell numbers.

ChevyChad

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Fuggin badass man! keep us updated for sure I'll be checking back often!

Beaflag VonRathburg

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The only thing I'd be worried about is the drivetrain.

Mike75356

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Thanks man its defently going to be loud and obnoxious just how i like em

yea honeslty im not all that worried, im only going to be launching the car at the track and hooking anyway, and i only go there 2-3 times a year. And over next winter i will swap in the zr1 diff. Other than that i dont see any issues. Now im my spec twin decides to pull some bs cause i have been there and done that with them spec will be sorry lol

silverbeast

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does this car have a solid axle under it? If not i can see alot of twisted parts in your future,lol. good luck.

Mike75356

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nope no solid axle. I dont want to go that route.

playtoy

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I can't wait to see more on this build. Sometime in the next couple of months I will be starting a very similar build. I will be running a F1 Procharger but the motor will be pretty much the same.