Good day all, im a newer member . From Edmonton AB, Canada. I had a built 88 GTA Ws6 with First TPI 355sbc T56 3.90s coil overs full spohn goodied car blah blah waaaay too much to list, before that 1980 trans am 400 pontiac swap(301 originally) my love for Trans Ams runs deep.

My first Ls1 car (02 ws6 m6) is my current ride.

Currently going in ; ANY GUESTIMATIONS ON RWHP IT WILL PUT DOWN , MUSTANG DYNO

Mamofied 102 intake
36 lb fast injectors
MMS 223 sportsmans with hollow valve upgrade , severe duty HR valve spring ,PAC .630 lift spring,milled to 59cc mamofied
227 / 234 114+2 LSA
manton custom rods
high volume mamofied melling
ls2 water pump, ati 10% under drive
0.58 limited travel lifters , yella terra 1.8s
Cloyes single roller HD
ssra , TSP 100mm MAF , FTP 104mm, NW 102
SE 1 7/8 SS LT w catless ORY to magnaflow
hawks billet short throw , tick master, ACT clutch.

Coming ~ stranos & koni sports , MWC subframes , Adjustable panhard ,LCA ,SS brake lines and strano master cylinder brace & hollow sways .

A little history , i logged in here months before my Ws6 purchase and followed build threads builds , read tons of posts . Thats how i ended up calling Tony Mamo and boy im glad i did.
So thanks to LS1Tech forums for the plethora of knowledge and guiding me to my conclusion.

My apologies for stupid questions ..... im sure there will be more!

Car is currently at at speed shop getting exhaust done and going for dyno tune (hp tuners) next week. I cant wait for results and to drive this spring / summer .
Cheers all!!

 

 

Hes super easy to talk to , no matter your knowledge level he doesnt make you feel small at all takes time to explain things . I'm glad I went this route . I've dealt with so many condescending shop owners on my last build I wanted to be sure this one . But typical shop BS here my quote was 28hrs labor for install 6 hrs for tune plus hp tuners credit x2. Shop rate 140/hr , tuner rate 150/hr . Brought extras like motor mounts , charged me 5 hrs extra , 2.25 hrs for headers and y pipe install . Frustration is mounting fast .

 

Dan,

Whats happening man....good to see things coming together for you finally (and the customs nightmare is behind us....LOL)

Really discouraging to hear about the shop taking advantage of the situation. In particular the motor mount charge is obscene.....they have the engine down to a shortblock and are trying to claim it took them 5 hours to swap motor mounts??

I've never wrenched on a 4th gen and Im not intimately familiar with the cradle / engine mount scenario (Im sure others can chime in here) but it would seem silly they couldn't just lift the shortblock a bit with a cherry picker and swap the mounts in under one hour taking their time.

If others could confirm its that easy I would really give them hell over that charge which I assume is $140 X 5 hours.....that's crazy.

Anyway.....Im looking forward to your results.....keep me posted and feel free to reach out if you need anything



Cheers,
Tony

 

 

A few updated photos. they want a 30 deg coupler for maf 119$ . I also noticed the iat sensor isnt tapped into 104 lid...... i do want the Hurst hard drive pistol grip now though

 

I appreciate the two responses. Tony as always is spot on and che70velle thanks as well.