Turbo TA build thread

[Rowdy S13]

As you may or may not know we got the back from the chassis shop last week. It was gone for a LONG time, and while it was gone the work that was planned just piled up. Well now that it is back in our hands the work can once again begin! I decided to just start an actual build thread to keep it all organized, so this is the thread for updates this season.

Two years ago Chris (owner) and I built a truck manifold turbo kit. Turbo kit uses a Precision GT42-76, Tial 44 waste gate, and Tial 50mm BOV.

The car used a walbro 255 pump, 60lb injectors, a LS6 intake, and MAF tune (didn't work out so great) 460ish WHP @ 6psi...
Current build is getting
Brand new LQ9 block(370)
Stock Crank
Callies Rods
Wiesco Piston
ARP Main studs
ARP Head Studs
Patriot Stage 3 317 heads, Patriot Gold springs
Fabbed valve covers with -10 bungs for a catch can
Custom Spec'd Turbo Cam
LS7 Lifters
Brand new GM rockers, with comp cams Trunnion Upgrade
LS6 Intake
Stock Ported TB
Speed Inc. Fuel rails
Fuelab regulator
Fuelab filter
-8 feed
-6 return
2 Walbro 255 pumps in tank, With racetronix hot wire kit
The same Truck Manifold Turbo kit is going back on (for now)
Suspension is All Midwest Chassis Everywhere.
Rear Lower control arms, and panhard bar
Front Upper, and lower control arm, Spindle, Manual rack, K-Member
Rear stock spring, with Comp Engineering strut
Front Stage Drag coil over

Brakes:
Midwest chassis Manual Master
Re plumb the entire Car with stainless brake lines, and Strange 4 piston drag brakes @ all 4 corners

Trans:
DRC Th400 with trans brake
B&M ratchet Carbon Fiber shifter
TCI Trans cooler
PTC Spec'd Turbo Converter

Rear End:
Midwest Chassis Fab 9
spool, 35 spline axles, etc

Motor should be in this week, and the rest of the parts we pretty much have. Just need time to get them all on the car, and get everything else done at the same time. Weight of this car should come in right around 3000 lbs, without a driver (I think). We hope to have the car running in 6-8 weeks, and begin the tunning again. this time it will be a 2 bar SD tune.

Future plans consist of Upgrade to a 99+ ecu, so we can run 3 bar SD, with bigger injectors, and Get a bigger turbo, and Redo the turbo kit!

We started this weekend by mostly pulling out some weight, and generally got the car ready to carpet. I don't really have any pictures of specific work on this, but basically I chopped out un-needed brackets, pulled excess wiring, and anything not needed. Chris got to work pulling the crash bars from the doors, changing the rear brakes, swapping out the rear control arms, and panhard bar to Midwest Chassis pieces. On with the pics.

This is somewhat before work started

Front view (had already pulled the e-brake and center brackets in this pic) You can also see the stock wheel is gone, and the quick release installed.

 

[Rowdy S13]

From the other side

Here is a shot of the stock brakes

A comparison shot between the stock rotor and the strange rotor

And the strange brakes done

Started on the shifter mount/filling the 6-speed shifter hole

Tacked in

didn't get it finished, but its closeish here

whipped up a panel to cover the access hole in the back, you can also see we installed the HVAC delete panel

Here is the pile of **** we pulled from the car

And here is the weight of the pile

Well thats all for this week, it doesn't look like much but it was a lot of tedious work done. Thanks for looking!

Sean

 

[haraldo]

All I can say is WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

 

[MidnightSensi]

You have a goal quarter mile? Or just want to roast some tires?

Get out your grinder and hole saw and start dropping some lbs that way too. Then take your doors off, and use them as a plug for some carbon-fiber doors!

Looks like a huge money pit! Keep up the good work!!!!

 

[Rowdy S13]

You have a goal quarter mile? Or just want to roast some tires?

Get out your grinder and hole saw and start dropping some lbs that way too. Then take your doors off, and use them as a plug for some carbon-fiber doors!

Looks like a huge money pit! Keep up the good work!!!!

Goals for this year are to get into the 9's, but tire roasting will happen. I like to do big burnouts.

Both of those tools have been utilzed in this build already, but not to crazy. No carbon doors, the factory fiberglass (minus the 8lb crash bar) is good enough.

Its a money "pit" but not a huge one. Its like any other hobby though, if your not into it you just dont get it.

Sean

 

[haraldo]

Well, you should time "a quarter mile"

How fast can you be, time it..... and I will see if I can beat you with my BMW Coupe

No actually it's my Girlfriends 2007 model BMW Coupe (I'm not gonna tell you which engine is in here but it runs like a scalded dog)
My girlfriend make me look good and she will allow me to beat you on a 1/4 mile.....

This picture is with winter tyres, with summer tyres it's drop dead gorgeus, same rims as Maserati uses as "standard"
Do you like a challenge?

 

[j_garcia]

And this car is bleeding faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaast?

I am not sure you know what fast is, if you think that thing is fast.

 

[haraldo]

I am not sure you know what fast is, if you think that thing is fast.

To be honest..... that car is much much faster than our car...
I just like to speak loud

 

[Davemcc]

How fast can you be, time it..... and I will see if I can beat you with my BMW Coupe

That car would eat your BMW for lunch.

 

[haraldo]

That car would eat your BMW for lunch.

he he he, I know

 

[haraldo]

Would this car be faster than an M3?
0 - 60 mph in 4.5 secs

Well, the strengt of the M3 is that it's incredibly fast around a race track, where it may beat even a Ferrari F455.....

On a straight line the M3 will lose perhaps but around a race track

but sorry if I'm going away from thread topics.... YOUR CAR IS INCREDIBLE !!!!!!

 

[Davemcc]

Would this car be faster than an M3?
0 - 60 mph in 4.5 secs

Well, the strengt of the M3 is that it's incredibly fast around a race track, where it may beat even a Ferrari F455.....

On a straight line the M3 will lose perhaps but around a race track

Without doing the math, I'd suggest more like 0-120 in 4.5 secs, maybe 0-180 in 9 secs. If the suspension were set up for a road course, it would rape an M3. It all depends on what it's built for. A built turbo LS-X motor is good for 800-1000+ horsepower.

 

[haraldo]

Without doing the math, I'd suggest more like 0-120 in 4.5 secs, maybe 0-180 in 9 secs. If the suspension were set up for a road course, it would rape an M3. It all depends on what it's built for. A built turbo LS-X motor is good for 800-1000+ horsepower.

do you mean 0 - 120 mph in 4.5 secs?
It's quite fast.....

But 1000 horsepower doesn't necessarily make a car fastest car in the world, the M3 is quicker than many cars much more powerful
It's quicker than Ferrari's with much more power and ....those Ferraris are cars that are made for racing.........

once remember a Fiat 2000 Racing, quite simple cheap car, but it had a feeling of a racing car (Ferrari) Italians are serious about cars


Not trying to take away glory from the work of this wonderful! car.... just trying to figure facts

 

[Rowdy S13]

Well we are starting around 700-750WHP with this set up, plans to top out (this motor) at around 1300WHP. This year we plan on high 9's in the quarter mile at around 140MPH. So you can say 0-140 in about 9.7 seconds or so. When we get it to the track I will have times and videos for you all.

Sean

 

[haraldo]

Well we are starting around 700-750WHP with this set up, plans to top out (this motor) at around 1300WHP. This year we plan on high 9's in the quarter mile at around 140MPH. So you can say 0-140 in about 9.7 seconds or so. When we get it to the track I will have times and videos for you all.

Sean

So what's the 0 - 60 mph in seconds approx?
Are we talking about Lamborghini Gallardo performance? or will it have the Lambo for lunch?

There's Kønigsegg CCR, which must be faster.....

 

[Davemcc]

So what's the 0 - 60 mph in seconds approx?
Are we talking about Lamborghini Gallardo performance? or will it have the Lambo for lunch?

0-60 in like 2 seconds maybe. This will rape a Gallardo.

 

[haraldo]

0-60 in like 2 seconds maybe. This will rape a Gallardo.

You must be joking me......
Even a formula 1 car doesn't do 0 - 60 in 2 secs.....
There's just enough pressure on tyres to accellerate that fast........

 

[Rowdy S13]

Well a Top Fuel car does 0-100 in UNDER 1 second, so you tell me.

Sean

 

[haraldo]

Well a Top Fuel car does 0-100 in UNDER 1 second, so you tell me.

Sean

I heard that a formula 1 car is much much quicker from 100 to 200 than from 0 - to 100 just because you need air pressure on wings......

I have noe idea.... how the hell is it possible to get a car from 0 - 100 in less than 1 sec
only way is to get rid of weight and have looooooooooots of power

 

[Rowdy S13]

This lil warm up video should give you some idea how much power is on hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR7aF4hY9rU
Pay attention when they give the throttle a little tap at the end.

Sean