My Turbo Install Thread

[Hugger Z]

For your exhaust, call Keith's muffler in westland. He does a ton of autorama car's and is a biker/car junkie like all of us here. Does great work and does a lot of custom stuff

Thanks man. Called him and need to show some pics of some dual systems I have seen. He didn't seem as opposed to the idea. Most shops are scared of the tight space on these cars. Guess I will run into this most everywhere. Time to print off some pics and have them with me when I go talk to these guys.

 

[SSunset]

Thanks man. Called him and need to show some pics of some dual systems I have seen. He didn't seem as opposed to the idea. Most shops are scared of the tight space on these cars. Guess I will run into this most everywhere. Time to print off some pics and have them with me when I go talk to these guys.

Sent you a PM.

 

[CLC85TA]

Looking good and good luck this weekend! You're giving me a bug to plan the next motor already.

 

[99lsWON]

lookin good man.


it would have been so easy to throw some arp rod bolts in that thing, shoulda done it and turned up the boost a lil bit.

its alright though, i have a friend with a twin turbo ls1 trans am and he made some REALLY good numbers at only 6 lbs through an auto. he plans to throw a lil more boost at it soon. should be awesome. you guys could line up at the track and i bet it would be a really good race. you may even know who he is, hes from port huron.

like i said lookin good man!

 

[Hugger Z]

lookin good man.


it would have been so easy to throw some arp rod bolts in that thing, shoulda done it and turned up the boost a lil bit.

its alright though, i have a friend with a twin turbo ls1 trans am and he made some REALLY good numbers at only 6 lbs through an auto. he plans to throw a lil more boost at it soon. should be awesome. you guys could line up at the track and i bet it would be a really good race. you may even know who he is, hes from port huron.

like i said lookin good man!

Thanks. I am guessing you are referring to Jonny? Eventually I will probably rebuild and forge the engine. But for now just wanted to get this kit on the car. And somewhat on a budget at the moment. All of this little stuff is adding up quick! I still have to find guages....... :lol:

 

[white out]

Looking good.

Nick

 

[ricefed]

For your exhaust try Dougs Muffler in Mt. Clemens. Very good work.

 

[1BADAIR]

n20junkie? I think he has been to my house

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Friday 31Aug07

Today the UPS man was VERY good to me!!!! The wheels are here!!!! Unfortunately one of the rear wheels has a gouge in it so they are drop shipping me another one. But 3 out of the 4 looks SWEET!!!! This is gonna be badass!!! And there is a preview of the brakes that will end up on the car later on. They will of course be painted Orange! But I think I still need spacers to clear these monsters. That is a mock-up F-body knuckle I have those mounted on for now to check clearances.

Also started routing the Racetronix hotwire kit tonight. It doesn't have any directions so just looking for the safest, most logical routing. Think I have it. Will get more pics tomorrow.

 

[benk]

Wow! Looks great!

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Saturday 01Sep07

Got the tires mounted to the 3 good wheels this morning. And I gotta say they look AWESOME!!! I am so excited to get the car back on the ground with these on it. The replacement wheel should be in Tues or Wed and I will get the 4th tire put on then. Many thanks to Ryan (Ryelou) for the tires/mounting/balancing. It was a better deal than getting them from the wheel/tire source I got the wheels from.

Next item of the day was finishing the routing of the Racetronix hotwire kit for my fuel pump. I think I found a pretty good routing and well hidden behind the factory heat shielding. Not bad if I do say so myself. Almost looks like it was meant to be there.

Ran the line for the turbo coolant from the engine block on the pass side.

Finished trimming the crossmember for the intercooler installation. Added the rubber stripping and installed the intercooler. Bolting those IC brackets on was a pain in the rear!

Also snapped some shots of my hoodlatch cable that is routed under the fender so it will not be in the engine bay anymore. It will be between the fender and plastic fenderliner.

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Saturday 01Sep07

More Pics from Saturday.

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Saturday 01Sep07

And still more....

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Saturday 01Sep07

And some more...

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Saturday 01Sep07

And yet more!

 

[1BADAIR]

are you gonna move the pass wiring harness into the fender too? I am gonna do that one of these days

 

[Hugger Z]

Pictures from Sunday 02Sep07

Today was another busy day!! Alex dropped off my trimmed bumper. Painted the cut metal sections and set it aside.

Reinstalled the oilpan.

Installed the LH side coolant line. Needed a 17mm allen key to get that plug out of the block! It's huge! :lol:

Installed the battery tray, and coolant reservoir in the car. Subassembled the air deflector and washer bottle. This washer bottle looks pimp!

Valve spring & pushrod swap was next. Installed LS6 valve springs and stock length TSP pushrods.

And the final task for tonight was to hang the turbos on the car!!!!! Yeah baby!! It's looking good!!!!!!

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Sunday 02Sep07

More Pics.

 

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Sunday 02Sep07

Yet more from today!

 

[Detroit Style Dragger]

That thing is going to be wicked!