Hey all, my car was formerly a V6 in which I had built a custom turbo kit and blew a piston.

Many years and an engine swap later, I'm back and working on a new single turbo kit. This kit will be DIY fabricated with the intent to keep the cost down as much as possible. Planning on moving the battery to the rear, hoping to keep the radiator and fans stock and in place AS WELL as maintain AC with a C6 stock manifold setup over turbo K-member.

I am planning on converting to E85 with the new boost, but waiting until then so I can get the timing advanced properly.

I want to run 7-8 psi or whatever I can get by relatively safe with the colder charged e85 and proper tuning on my setup.

:2002 LS1/4L60E w/ 19,000 miles
:LS6 Block
:LS6 Intake Manifold
:Thunder Racing 215/220 .600/.523/115 Camshaft
:Titanium Retainers
:Crane Double Valve Springs
:Stage III race-prepped and vacuum modulated 4L60E/3500 TCI
:Gutted Stock Cats/stock catback
:!EGR/!AIR
:Aeromotive 340 LPH pump in a 99-02 plastic fuel tank
:Racetronix Fuel pump wiring upgrade

****some prices of the turbo related build as i accumulate them:
$100 :32x12x3 CX Racing Intercooler (Paid $100 shipped from LS1tech member)
$330 On3 Turbo - Journal Bearing 76mm 1.0 AR split scroll housing
$free :C6 stock cast manifolds (free from local shop)
$50 : 2.5" vband flange and clamps for manifolds x2 ($25 ebay
$140 TiAL 50mm BOV w/ 7 psi spring (lightly used LS1tech member)
$160 TiAL 38mm MKV Wastegate w/ multiple PSI springs (lightly used from LS1tech member)
$260 (8) F.A.S.T. 60lb Injectors (from ls1tech member)
$14 T4 Exhaust Inlet Flange (ebay)
$25 Tial BOV Flange mild steel (ebay)
$160 misc order Silicone, clamps
$65 Smokinhawk alternator relocation bracket (used from Ls1tech member)
$400 mandrel bends from columbia-mandrel, merge collector, etc
$500 BMR KM0013 Turbo LS1 kmember w/ motor mounts and standard rack (bmr ls1tech groupbuy)
$35 2bar MAP sensor from SC Cobalt (ls1tech member)
$90 RF-1050 K&N filter
$120 BMR polished radiator shroud
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total so far: $2419.00

 

nice! you will like turbo v8 more then turbo v6 trust me

 

looks like fun!

MORE pics!!!

 

updated some pics w the intercooler mounted and progress made

 

added some new pics and progress update

 

I'd make sure there's no metal on the other sides of those welds that could break loose and find its way into your engine since it looks like there's some spatter. Is your cold side stainless or mild steel?

 

Good lookin car...and like previously stated you should like a turbo v8 over a turbo v6

 

updated w/ some new pics and progress. re-doing the intake charge pipe with stainless steel this time.

 

Love those firehawk hoods more boost more boost more boost!!!!
Also throw more pics up!

 

it's VFN WSQ hood =) however, mine is modded a bit to fill-in and eliminate the obnoxious center vents that normally come on it.

 

Ironically they're building the "smoothy Q" hood now the exact same way lol Nice build

 

Use a different set of springs. The crane springs are junk.

 

some slow updates

-catch can is routed
-oil lines are finished
-piping is fully fabricated and at a machine shop ensuring my welds have no issues or holes.


still need to build downpipe, provision the wastegate on the hotside, hook up vacuum/boost gauge ****, etc.

 

Driver's side wrapped and ready to go! Getting antsy.

Modified c6 vette OEM manifold chopped, extended, and vbanded.

 

Cold side pic

 

Poor 4L60e

Nice progress so far!

 

bumping this up. Any more pics of this setup showing pipe routing and such? Looks interesting

 

Had to re-do my hot side but it's nearly finished now.