Crispy's Project Overkill: Turbo 5.3
03-07-2016, 08:05 PM
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03-07-2016, 10:00 PM
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03-28-2016, 10:18 PM
#31
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Looks Great! I am the guy with the Turbo LS1 NC. I am in the middle of putting another one together after having a slight mishap with a guardrail. Yours should make plenty of power for sure!
03-28-2016, 10:20 PM
#32
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BTW... I can probably beat most any prices on the Holley EFI stuff. I have a dominator on mine with all kinds of options and LOVE it! If you want me to hook you up on any of that, let me know!
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03-29-2016, 11:37 AM
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Hbwiggins,
Thanks for chiming in. I am a huge fan of your car. Sorry to hear about the wreck! I will be looking forward to your next build for sure.
I would like to pick your brain about the Holley and a couple of other topics. I'll PM you.
Thanks for chiming in. I am a huge fan of your car. Sorry to hear about the wreck! I will be looking forward to your next build for sure.
I would like to pick your brain about the Holley and a couple of other topics. I'll PM you.
04-04-2016, 12:36 PM
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Small update:
Control arms arrived. Awesome quality! Not sure how I feel about the color. They appear black on Shandelle's website. Maybe I will have them re-coated down the road.
-The front and rear subframes, along with some other misc parts are going in for blasting and powder coating soon.
-The engine is going to a local speed shop for an engine dyno break-in.
-I am currently in the process of modifying my hard dog sport roll bar with some diagonals and a harness bar. I was going to cage the car, but this will likely wait until next spring when I can drive the car over to my buddies race shop.
Control arms arrived. Awesome quality! Not sure how I feel about the color. They appear black on Shandelle's website. Maybe I will have them re-coated down the road.
-The front and rear subframes, along with some other misc parts are going in for blasting and powder coating soon.
-The engine is going to a local speed shop for an engine dyno break-in.
-I am currently in the process of modifying my hard dog sport roll bar with some diagonals and a harness bar. I was going to cage the car, but this will likely wait until next spring when I can drive the car over to my buddies race shop.
04-08-2016, 10:11 PM
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Yes sir! That were at my house when I got home from work today. Thank you.
V8R frame rails and trans cross member courtesy of Ryan. Is it just me or are these a lot beefier than FM's?
V8R frame rails and trans cross member courtesy of Ryan. Is it just me or are these a lot beefier than FM's?
Last edited by crispy; 04-11-2016 at 11:46 AM.
04-11-2016, 12:05 PM
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My car underwent a little surgery over the weekend. I still have to cut around the tunnel and widen it. That HF spot weld bit is awesome!
I removed the pinch welds on the front frame rails for added clearance. I am
going to stitch these, and then fab up some right angle rails to weld over the factory flimsy sheetmetal. The bulkhead still needs some grinding and shaping. I am toying with the idea of removing the gussets under the frame rails at the bulkhead, and then fabbing up tubular diagonals to take the place of them. I was really surprised to see how flimsy this fame material is from the factory.
I removed the pinch welds on the front frame rails for added clearance. I am
going to stitch these, and then fab up some right angle rails to weld over the factory flimsy sheetmetal. The bulkhead still needs some grinding and shaping. I am toying with the idea of removing the gussets under the frame rails at the bulkhead, and then fabbing up tubular diagonals to take the place of them. I was really surprised to see how flimsy this fame material is from the factory.
04-11-2016, 12:11 PM
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***Cheap tool plug warning***
I took a chance on the Harbor Freight tubing notcher and bi-metal hole saws. I was actually very pleased. After several cuts through 1 1/2" 1/8" wall DOM, no broken teeth. I ran my drill at about 200 rpm and used plenty of oil. Check it out.
I took a chance on the Harbor Freight tubing notcher and bi-metal hole saws. I was actually very pleased. After several cuts through 1 1/2" 1/8" wall DOM, no broken teeth. I ran my drill at about 200 rpm and used plenty of oil. Check it out.
04-13-2016, 10:12 AM
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04-14-2016, 02:25 AM
#42
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They come in red or that funny grey. They don't offer them black for some reason Shandelle explained to me a while back, something about imitators I think. I ordered mine raw so I could paint them myself (VHT Black)
04-18-2016, 04:39 PM
#45
V8 Miata Protégé
Same pan, 302-2. I ended up using a washer underneath where the pickup bolted to the windage tray and then a little persuasion with the pry bar to achieve about 3/8".
04-19-2016, 07:58 AM
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Steve, did you use studs for the mains? The ARP nuts under the windage tray are rather tall. I wonder if the difference is due to this.
05-31-2016, 11:39 AM
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The engine went to the dyno for a proper break-in. It made 423hp, 379 torque. It should be respectably stout when boosted and tuned.
05-31-2016, 11:52 AM
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06-01-2016, 01:10 PM
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Got my dyno sheet yesterday. 90psi oil pressure at 225deg!!!!!!! Wow. I guess the stock relief spring will be installed in the oil pump.
