Sold my turbo kit to another LS1/FC guy, and started a new, slightly larger setup.

Precision 76GTS, C6 manifold based hot side, 3.5" downpipe with an electric cutout to bypass the exhaust out the fender when desired. Will have dual 38mm tials, and the 76GTS is a billet.

A little progress so far:

 

Kit is all tacked up, will get TIG'd shortly:



Fender dump. Will get trimmed once I put my bumper on.



Torn down for final welding:

 

love the craftsmanship.

 

Blake --this make me so horny!!

 

Haha, thanks guys.

Got some stuff back from my friend who works the TIG.







Should have the last couple pieces shortly. w00t!

 

thats going to be the loudest MF of a thing when the valve open's hahaha awesome

 

It lives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsWjN0QZOxg

 

Hmmm to sell the REW and go LS...hmmmmm hahah looks GREAT!

 

This is boss.

 

Let's see some action

 

i like very much!

 

Working on a couple projects in the off season.

1. 2x FC oil coolers as a big *** transmission cooler. Rear mounted, ducted with 2x electric fans.

2. Replacing factory sheet metal "frame rails" under the car with slightly thicker boxed steel, including thick outriggers for quick jacking points.

I'll snap some pics when I get the projects going.

 

Your car is quite clean. Nice work!

 

Thanks. I figured out the layout for the rear transmission coolers. One will be ducted with no fans (first one in series), second one will not be ducted, but will have 2x 7" fans sealed to it with a shroud (1" standoff to allow for good airflow). Should do the job.

I also picked up the main materials for my new "frame rails" aka subframe connectors today. Might get zealous and start on that this weekend if my buddy brings my fab tools back soon.

 

holy cow man that things bad!

 

Thanks. I'll get some pics up of the new floor support/subframe connectors shortly. Going to try to finish up the driver's side this week.

Also got my oil coolers which are now tranny coolers welded up by my TIG master. Came out really well. I'll snap some pics of those ASAP as well.

Also ordering up some more leather to redo the wrap of my custom center console. I kinda whipped the current one up quickly to see if it was comfortable and what people thought. Everybody who has seen it loves it, and I like the feel of it (still need to add a raised arm rest though) so I'm going to go ahead and make some tweaks to get it "perfect". I am finding I still don't use the cup holder for drinks, but it makes a fantastic cell phone holder, since it is deep enough to keep it from flying around under hard acceleration, corners and braking.

Finally, I think I am going to add an 8" sub to the rear hatch area, where the spare would be if I still had a spare tire well instead of a big tranny cooler hanging down there. Going to wire it up with quick disconnects and the sub/amp all in one, so that I can yank it out when I want to. Shouldn't be more than about 25 lbs in total, and the stereo could really use a bit more low end bass, not that an 8" booms particularly.

edit: Didn't realize I hadn't added pics. Here are a couple quickies:

1. Custom center console. The buttons control various aspects of the lockup on the torque converter (2-4 lockup w/ WOT release, 4 only lockup with WOT release and 2-4 lockup with no WOT release).



And my custom door panel inserts with Phoenix Gold RSD 6.5cs speakers. They are NOT optimally placed or baffled at all, but they are dramatically better than the shitty dry rotted dash speakers I had, and being nice speakers, are more than adequate for a car that doesn't get much stereo usage anyway.

 

Thank ya sir.

Driver's side frame rail in; the front outrigger grabs the door bar plate and the pinch weld, the rear just grabs the pinch weld, though I'm planning to drop an outrigger from the cage down to the the frame rail also.





And my modified oil cooler, which will now be a transmission cooler (thermostat is bypassed). I will have a pair of these, one with 2x 7" fans on it with a sealed shroud, and the second run with a large air scoop to grab air when I'm moving.



Tonight I fabricated a .063" thick aluminum tray that bolts to rivnuts in the frame rail pictured above. This protects and holds the fuel and transmission cooler lines.

 

Passenger side framerail work is almost done, just have to install the rear outrigger.

I'm currently gutting the engine bay electrical system; sold off my stock LS1 computer, wideband, injector driver, etc. and picked up a Big Stuff 3 stand alone unit. This computer should run anything I'd ever plan to do on the car in the future. Honestly, it's probably overkill, but that is kinda the "theme" of this project, so...

I'll be custom building a new harness for this system, so I'll put some pics up as I go. I'm also planning on cleaning up the FC factory wiring (the bits that remain) a little more also.

 

So what/how exactly did you do your frame rail? Just cut the stock one out and welded the new one in place?

 

Yeah, I cut out the badly smashed up stock pieces and welded a piece of 1.5" x 3" x .120" thick piece of steel in place. It overlaps the front of the stock rails by 4" and is seam welded in that overlap to tie it all together, as well as the outriggers to the pinch welds.

 

New toy came in the mail today:

 

Man that looks like it only has one speed...GO! Duh winning. Very nice swap, makes me miss the sight of an LS under the hood of my ol FC

 

Working on custom harnesses for all the new EFI control:

 

Nice Ride

 

Thanks. Just got it up and running with the new engine management. Still need to verify timing pickup is spot on.