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Project: yeloGoat (picture heavy) After breaking my flexplate with a h/c/n2o setup up i wanted to go turbo...
yes i know i could of fixed it cheap and been back on the road... but i wanted to find a reason to build and there is was just a lil broken flexplate and starter.
a bit of background
i bought the car , a yellow 2004 GTO a4, in nov 08 while home on leave and drove it out to cali.. car ran a 14.1 bone stock.. not happy at all wi that.. so spring of 09 she got a TSP torquer 3 cam 3600 stall kooks long tubes and cnc ls6 heads.. she ran 12.7s like that and i still wasnt happy.
summer of 09 i picked up a zex wet kit for 300 and pull 4* of timing and headed to the track... buy the end of the year she ran 11.4x and i was happier. yes all of this was on a stock 4l60 back.. i had a set of drag bag and some bias ply ET street..
Plan
forged 347 turbo cam 4l80e and built drvetrain.
goals
stay under 4000 lbs
be faster on low boost then i was on the bottle
run low 10s on kill mode
PARTS LIST:
eagle rods
wiseco pistons
tc76 .96a/r
circle D converter
gforce1320 3.5 alum driveshaft
gforce1320 bolt together stubs
gforce1320 lvl 2 axles
twin walbros
-10 feed line stock feed as return
cnc ls6 heads
ls9 head gaskets full studded motor
VA speed turbo cam
melling oil pump HD timing chain
gforce1320 coilovers
here are some pictures
yes i know i could of fixed it cheap and been back on the road... but i wanted to find a reason to build and there is was just a lil broken flexplate and starter.
a bit of background
i bought the car , a yellow 2004 GTO a4, in nov 08 while home on leave and drove it out to cali.. car ran a 14.1 bone stock.. not happy at all wi that.. so spring of 09 she got a TSP torquer 3 cam 3600 stall kooks long tubes and cnc ls6 heads.. she ran 12.7s like that and i still wasnt happy.
summer of 09 i picked up a zex wet kit for 300 and pull 4* of timing and headed to the track... buy the end of the year she ran 11.4x and i was happier. yes all of this was on a stock 4l60 back.. i had a set of drag bag and some bias ply ET street..
Plan
forged 347 turbo cam 4l80e and built drvetrain.
goals
stay under 4000 lbs
be faster on low boost then i was on the bottle
run low 10s on kill mode
PARTS LIST:
eagle rods
wiseco pistons
tc76 .96a/r
circle D converter
gforce1320 3.5 alum driveshaft
gforce1320 bolt together stubs
gforce1320 lvl 2 axles
twin walbros
-10 feed line stock feed as return
cnc ls6 heads
ls9 head gaskets full studded motor
VA speed turbo cam
melling oil pump HD timing chain
gforce1320 coilovers
here are some pictures
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here is pics of the rear end work i just finished this last weekend all gforce stuff great parts
brakes are from RPMspeed and new ARP wheel studs...
the gforce stuff is way better looking then the stock stuff thats for sure..
the rear axles and stubs only took like 3 hours to swap and dont have to take my tires off to do it...
i am waiting on more wheel studs cuz i stripped on out while putting them in like a dummy
brakes are from RPMspeed and new ARP wheel studs...
the gforce stuff is way better looking then the stock stuff thats for sure..
the rear axles and stubs only took like 3 hours to swap and dont have to take my tires off to do it...
i am waiting on more wheel studs cuz i stripped on out while putting them in like a dummy
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here is an axle that fell apart as it cam out it was kinda broken i guess
more shots of the gforce stuff next to the stockers ..
more shots of the gforce stuff next to the stockers ..
Last edited by yelo04goat; Apr 23, 2011 at 05:24 PM.
HELLZ YEAH MAN! Looking Good, Im very jealous of the axles and stubs. I launched this morning and was worried as hell.
Keep this good work up bro! Are you assembling the motor yourself?
Keep this good work up bro! Are you assembling the motor yourself?
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Chris builds amazing parts... I don't have any worry of them failing..
I am getting the short block done by a speed shop here in cali. Its a buddy of mine. He knows his **** and is one hell of a tuner of ls stuff for being a mustang guy.
The rest I am goin to do myself.
I am getting the short block done by a speed shop here in cali. Its a buddy of mine. He knows his **** and is one hell of a tuner of ls stuff for being a mustang guy.
The rest I am goin to do myself.
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Oh and the short block,..
Builder called. 7 cyl are done... almost ready to pick up. But he filed one of the rings out to far. Ring set is on its way from wiseco and should have the short block about wed of next week
Builder called. 7 cyl are done... almost ready to pick up. But he filed one of the rings out to far. Ring set is on its way from wiseco and should have the short block about wed of next week
Looks good dude. If you haven't fabbed the turbo hotside yet, I'd ditch the TC and go bigger now. You'll want it. Trust me, I know.
The TC units are great little units, but if you want low 10s in our cars, you're going to be right at or past the limit on that turbo. I'm looking to go bigger right now.
The TC units are great little units, but if you want low 10s in our cars, you're going to be right at or past the limit on that turbo. I'm looking to go bigger right now.
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I already have the tc so I will run it for now. After I get back from my next deployment I'm goin to go to some better heads and turbo. Probably a billet wheel 76gts or something.
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Navy here... just got back from my 2nd middle east trip. Leave for ia training in oct to go hit the sand with the army most of next year. Lookin forward to that.. should give me a different look at what really goin on..
I want to get this car done so I can burn the 95. Eagle talon to the ground and all its headaches.
I want to get this car done so I can burn the 95. Eagle talon to the ground and all its headaches.