99 Camaro SS BW S480/87 347 C.I
02-10-2013, 02:10 PM
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99 Camaro SS BW S480/87 347 C.I Ok guys I am going to go ahead and make a build thread. I didn't want to but I figured what the hell. Ya'll have helped me out so much I might as well too.
Anyways I have owned the car for 10 years and it has gone from stock bolt on to a cam/heads car and after loosing a bottom end bearing I am now in building a turbo car.
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ENGINE
*LS6 block
*forged internals eagle rods w/ARP 2k bolts, Diamond -8.6cc dished pistons and stock polished crank
*Patriot 5.3ltr 2.5 stage heads(might change this later)
* ls6 intake
*stock p+p TB by me
*LMK head studs
*LS9 head gaskets(of course!)
TURBO KIT
*Borg Warner T4 S480/87 mm turbo(bought it from a guy for 500 buck with one pass on it!!!) Wheels measure, Compressor: 80.29mm x 114mm. Turbine: 80.29 x 87mm
*All piping done by me and setup etc..
*twin gss340 intank fuel pumps
*80lb injectors
DRIVELINE
* T56( going th400 soon, very soon)
*Moser 9inch 33spline light spool and Moser axles
* ALOT of suspension..UMI all the way
*prostar wheels and nitto DR
If I think of anything else i will post. Now I fully understand I won't get much reaction on this build because there are tons just like it BUT I would like any input yall have to offer or see anything that might help to make it better.
BTW this car has been under construction for a while so the car itself is VERY dirty I understand that. I will be dropping the engine trans etc to sand and re-do the inside of the bay.
Thanks for looking! I will post more pics next...
Anyways I have owned the car for 10 years and it has gone from stock bolt on to a cam/heads car and after loosing a bottom end bearing I am now in building a turbo car.
rundown:
ENGINE
*LS6 block
*forged internals eagle rods w/ARP 2k bolts, Diamond -8.6cc dished pistons and stock polished crank
*Patriot 5.3ltr 2.5 stage heads(might change this later)
* ls6 intake
*stock p+p TB by me
*LMK head studs
*LS9 head gaskets(of course!)
TURBO KIT
*Borg Warner T4 S480/87 mm turbo(bought it from a guy for 500 buck with one pass on it!!!) Wheels measure, Compressor: 80.29mm x 114mm. Turbine: 80.29 x 87mm
*All piping done by me and setup etc..
*twin gss340 intank fuel pumps
*80lb injectors
DRIVELINE
* T56( going th400 soon, very soon)
*Moser 9inch 33spline light spool and Moser axles
* ALOT of suspension..UMI all the way
*prostar wheels and nitto DR
If I think of anything else i will post. Now I fully understand I won't get much reaction on this build because there are tons just like it BUT I would like any input yall have to offer or see anything that might help to make it better.
BTW this car has been under construction for a while so the car itself is VERY dirty I understand that. I will be dropping the engine trans etc to sand and re-do the inside of the bay.
Thanks for looking! I will post more pics next...
02-10-2013, 02:28 PM
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Guys how do I upload pics directly to the page? Instead of attachments. Most of my pics in my file on the desktop are too large for the attachment manager
02-10-2013, 02:31 PM
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Thank you bro! Yeah I did alot of searching. Finally found this one for sale on a duramax diesel forum and I still cant figure why he sold it so cheap. A 87mm BW turbo with a t4 new you will be paying somewhere close to 1400 dollars. Anyways I have already mic'd it and inspected/cleaned it and it looks brand new!
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02-10-2013, 07:41 PM
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Yeah sure man...I had a tc78 on it before but got the s400 last week. I will just throw it up there for some pics tomorrow. I can tell you by just eyeballing it the compressor housing comes within a 1/2inch from my water pump pulley. The tc78 was like 2inches so that will tell you i didnt plan on the s400 during mockup lol
02-10-2013, 10:51 PM
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Very cool man! I was going to do the T6 but didn't want to change my setup. Plus the t6 version weighs a ton more! But good luck on your build. We will see it soon im guessing
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Yeah honestly I think the reason why i havent done it up till now is because I know it has been a long road and i didn't want it to be one of those threads that never get done and pushed back to the 13th page etc lol. I wanted to wait toward the end of the build
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only thing wrong it a bad brake light switch so I might just do that this weekend. Now on to the pics!!
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I also have to re-do the wastgate downpipe...it hangs wayyy too low for my taste. I will cut it up about 2inches. I have a cheap welder I did all this with so pardon the welds but they did penetrate and blend well, just alot of slag and trash. I will clean them up some and it will be wrapped so no biggie!!