My goal here was to have a car with ultimate power that still retained good street manners, reliability, handling, and, as always, staying within a reasonable budget.

As many will note, I ended up buying Patrick G's car off of here about 2 years ago but couldn't afford to get the turbo installed with it at the time. I have been running it with a 150 shot of spray since then to help curb my appetite for speed while I saved up for an FI kit. I finally have the necessary funds to make this happen so now its time to finish making the car what it was really built for. I ended up getting a D-1SC kit from my buddy for a great price and so the adventure begins...

I opted to max out the D-1SC at 16 psi and I'm shooting for as close to 800rwhp as possible as low 10's, possibly high 9's. This meant stepping up the fuel sytem to accomidate the extra power, but with the help and advice of some members on here, I was able to build my own system using dual Walbro 255's in the tank and using the stock feed line and evap line as a return. I added a set of 60 lb. injectors and some fast fuel rails on top to easily support my needs.

Here is what I had to work with for this this project:

Motor
-HKE forged 347 short-block w/Ross power-adder pistons
(15.8cc dish, 3.905” bore), Ackerly & Childs nitrous/turbo rings, King rod
bearings, Scat I-beam rods, & ARP head & main studs.
*Built to handle over 1000 rwhp (2k miles)
-Cloyes double roller timing set w/Torrington bearings
-Rollmaster timing chain
-Manton pushrods (7.505” long, 0.120” wall, 5/16 restriction)
-Comp R lifters
-Yella Terra Ultra Light 6645 1.7 shaft-mounted rockers
-AFR 225 heads w/8019 spring upgrade milled to 59cc (ported
by Tony Mamo)
-FAST 90mm intake (porting by Tony Mamo) *replaced with ported LS6
-Nick Williams 90mm throttle body (ported by Tony Mamo) *replaced with ported LS6
-Comp Cams 224/230 .609/.604 113LSA +2 turbo cam
-Ported LS6 oil pump
-LS6 PCV valley pan conversion
-2002 Z06 85mm MAF *now running 2 bar MAP speed density
-ASP under-drive pulleys *went back to stock
-Kooks 1 3⁄4” long tube stainless headers *replaced by turbo manifolds
-Custom 3” off road y-pipe with Burns high velocity merge-y-collector stepped to a 4” QTP stainless cutout w/DMH electric valve *now running straight open downpipes
-Racetonix plug & play fuel system *replaced with home built fuel system using dual in tank Walbros
-Accel 42lb. Injectors *replaced with flow matched 60 lb. Mototrons
-Nitrous Express dry kit (150 shot) *removed but may consider reinstalling

Drivetrain
-Six Speeds Inc. Stage II T-56 (2k miles) *replaced with a 4L65E conversion
-Textralia Exo-Skel twin-disc clutch *now Precision 4k stall
-Tick Performance adjustable master cylinder
-Fully built GM 10-bolt w/3.73 gears *still running this, lol

Suspension
-Strano 1.2” lowering springs
-Koni 4/4 single adjustable shocks, front/rear
-Strano 35mm front sway bar
-Strano 22mm rear sway bar
-UMI double-adjustable poly-rod PHB
-BMR adjustable lower control arms
-BMR chromolly torque arm w/crossmember mount
*added a BMR tubular k member w/adjustable a-arms for turbo clearance

Here is the motor before:



This setup made 449 rwhp and 414 rwtq on 87 OCTANE and 602 rwhp and 626 rwtq on a 150 dry shot. the 9.2 compression along with the impressive flow numbers of this motor should make it come alive on boost.

I considered keeping the spray, but decided that dual power adders was more of a hassle than it was worth and so I pulled out all the nitrous stuff.

Now, on to the project...

Before I went into this blower install, I had become tired of reoccurring clutch issues and other things associated with the 6 speed. After some thinking, I came to the conclusion that an auto would be the right choice for me for its consistency and reliability, stop and go driving, and the fact that it would be much easier to manage at this level of power. I ended up getting the T-56 swapped for a built 4L65E with a lock-up Precision 4k stall.







Here is the blower kit in mock-up before going into my car.



First thing, the big front mount intercooler had to be installed.



Next, we welded the big ATI race bypass valve to the piping.



Next the underdrive pulleys were removed and the ATI Super Damper harmonic balancer was installed and the blower was mounted to fit the piping.



Next, the Snow Performance meth kit was wired up with the pump behind the intercooler bracket. Also, he washer fluid tank was also tapped and used as the meth reservoir in favor of the small reservoir that came with the kit.



Next, the tank was dropped and the new dual Walbro pumps were fitted inside the bucket.



Next, the fuel rails and injectors were installed and the -6 braided lines were mated to the stock line.





Next, the Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator was mounted and installed

 

"Ultimate" and "budget" don't belong in the same thread unless it is an "ultimate budget build" lol. Looks like quite the build sheet for a budget build.

 

looks like it will be a good combo and a nice looking car.

 

Is that PatG's old car?

 

I wish I had your job, if your gonna throw a D1 kit on your car and push 800rwhp none of that will EVER be "cheap".

 

Looks like a fun build and will be a great streetable combo!

 

I would eliminate half of those couplers with welds if at all possible. Maybe spend a little coin on some tbolt clamps and get rid of the worm clamps.

 

Very nice build. Amazing starting platform having Pat G's old car. Very nice parts and should move out! I'll enjoy watching this one come together!

 

Man, you read my mind. I ordered a set of 4 ply couplers with t-bolts from siliconeintakes.com

 

Nice start to a good looking bulid, but if your buddy has any more of those D1SC kits for that price let me know.

 

Thanks Jerry. Actually Michael (1999ssls1) is the one helping me with this and he has your old Incon turbo kit on his T/A, which was the original plan for this project. However, he decided to keep it on his car and then I came across the deal on this blower.

My original plans were to have Vengeance tune the car, but they are now saying that they are totally backed up and can't get to it until sometime after January. We were actually thinking of contacting you to see if you would be interested in tunig it. There is another shop that I'm talking to about it, but it's still not set in stone who will actually do the tuning.

 

looks like it will be a load of fun when complete. good luck

 

Wow, this blows! I just got word that our local quarter mile track, Memphis Motor Sports Park, is officily closing down for good. This Saturday will be it's last day open then they are closing the gates. Thus really suck because I wasn't able to take my car to the LSX Shootout this year, which was held here, because of this ongoing project. Now, when I do get it finished, I'm not even gonna have a place to run it to see what it can really do. There are a couple 1/8th miles tracks within an hour or two of here, but I don't have a clue where another full quarter track is.

 

they're closing for good? You would think the revenue from big events like the nmra/lsx thing would have been enough to keep them alive.

 

Well, the word is that Dale Jr. was gonna buy the facility and keep it alive and expand even further by building an even bigger oval track on the premises, but apparently he backed out at the last minute so now they are having to shut it down. They are going to keep it the same for a few years though in hopes that someone else will come along and buy it and keep it going, but if no one does, it will be torn down and the land will be sold, most likely for more factories to be built there.

 

I know of a perfect test strip. I go there all the time.

 

That car looks familiar...Almost like the one in my garage.

 

How far is it from Memphis?

 

Update
I ended up getting cablebandit's old Stage III Incon kit off of Mike before he sold his TA. It seemed like a pain to mess with installing a turbo kit this far into the supercharger project, but I mean seriously, who could resist. Now onto the turbo install, plus extras.

 

I decided that since I would be running a turbo now, I would just sell the FAST 90/90 intake and put an LS6 with stock tb back on there. I wanted to add a little style to the plain Jane, flat black LS6 manifold, so I brought it to my buddy who does all my paint and body work at B&B Customs here in Memphis. I decided to just paint it Pewter to match the car, but I think it turned out really well. If I decide to hook my nitrous back on in the future, I'm gonna get him to paint my bottle as well.