To flow with the lines of the hood.

 

If your right then it was a dumb question but considering the pipes will be sticking through the Hood at least 1/4 inch I'd assume they would have smooth "slash cuts". Those notches I'm referring too wont flow with the Hood lines at all.

 

what are the details on the long block??? what size heads and pistons? are you having parts of the motor ceramic coated like killerls1 did

 

Phew, we're starting to make some real progress now. Spent last week up at Vengeance Racing working on the roll cage and let me tell you; Jey Clegg is the man. Check out these welds!



I can't really give out anymore information at this time (check an upcoming issue) but I will say that SALT is looking better than ever. Next stop is the engine dyno!

 

Can't wait!! This is one of my favorite builds

 

370 cubic-inch iron block (LQ9)
Custom 4.030-inch Diamond pistons, Moly coated tops, ~10.5:1 compression
Lunati Pro-Series 6.125-inch rods
Lunati Pro-Series 3.622-inch crank
Total Engine Airflow / Trick Flow 235cc heads, solid roller
Proline / Steve Petty solid roller camshaft - .750/.750 lift

 

What are you guys doing for head gaskets using the tfs 235's? Cometic?

 

ZR1 head gaskets from Scoggin Dickey Parts Center...



Bottoms Up - The bottom end build.

Top Down - The top end build.

 

How are you guys able to use zr1 gaskets??? I thought that trickflow recommends at least a 4.125 gasket with the tfs 235's on a lq9??? I'm not trying to bash your thread at all...just trying to make sure I can use the zr1 gaskets on my build...lol! DUDE, if i'm able to use those gaskets (zr1's), these cometics are going right back to Summit! Lol!

 

Both Vengeance Racing and Pro Line Racing are comfortable with the ZR1 gasket on a 4.030 bore and TEA/TFS 235cc head, so it is what we're going to run. Not sure on the 4.125-inch recommendation from Trick Flow (can't find that on the site) but I don't see any reason why a ZR1 head gasket wouldn't work on your application...

 

Cool, thanks man! Cometics are getting returned ASAP! Nice build btw!

 

You may want to call up Trick Flow (or Vengeance) before sending them back... they know much more about the heads than I do and I would hate for you to have an issue!

 

I called Vengeance and Hinson Motorsports and they said the ls9 gasket could be ran with tfs 235's. I emailed Mike @ TEA and asked again, just to be sure...he's the one that told me i needed a 4.125 gasket If running the heads on my stock cube lq9 (364ci) a few months ago.

 

Hopefully you guys can come out to the mojave mile out here in CA!

 

those are some bad *** welds..

 

Updates?

 

Haven't been up to Vengeance in a little bit (since we did the cage) but we've got a lot of stuff in the pipeline. The transmission has arrived and we're working on getting the engine (back) together for the engine dyno.

I will let everyone know when the next story hits the newsstands and be sure to get some teasers of the other parts along the way!

 

Vengeance Racing sure does know how to build a tight cage!











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Are those the seats you will be using? If not, you might have a hard time fitting a large bolstered race seat in there, I had to change my door bar to be very low to the ground as it passes the thigh bolster to get a Cobra Suzuka Pro to fit in there.

 

No, we will be using a set of race seats when it hits the mile. Luckily, we had a spare there for fabrication so the door bars should clear. Good looking out though, that would have sucked to re-fabricate!