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Thanks. I think 1000rwhp should be reachable as well. My limiting factors will likely be the clutch/transmission. I would like to upgrade to an RPS triple but that just wasn't in my budget right now. The car will likely live 98% of its life in the 700-800hp range for street driving. I would only turn it up for 1/2 mile events. I say that now until I get used to 700-800rwhp.
Thanks. I think 1000rwhp should be reachable as well. My limiting factors will likely be the clutch/transmission. I would like to upgrade to an RPS triple but that just wasn't in my budget right now. The car will likely live 98% of its life in the 700-800hp range for street driving. I would only turn it up for 1/2 mile events. I say that now until I get used to 700-800rwhp.
You'll get used to it quick. Trust me on that one, lol.
Thanks. I think 1000rwhp should be reachable as well. My limiting factors will likely be the clutch/transmission. I would like to upgrade to an RPS triple but that just wasn't in my budget right now. The car will likely live 98% of its life in the 700-800hp range for street driving. I would only turn it up for 1/2 mile events. I say that now until I get used to 700-800rwhp.
1000RWHP is easily reachable with this kit.... just need to make sure your lower end can support it
I just had a customer pick up a kit for his LS7 447CI which is already making 850+ with a YSI.. he's looking at 1000+rwhp
Alright, I was able to make some progress this weekend. The new up/down pipes came in last week from UPP. I test fit the driver side on Friday night and it fit great! I was able to work on the car some Saturday and some Sunday. By the end of the weekend, the entire hot and cold side piping was complete. There are a few things left on my to-do list: connect the oil feed lines (1 appears too short right now), mount the external fuel pump/connect the lines/run the wiring, mount the oil scavenge pump/connect the lines/run the wiring, relocate the battery to the trunk, run the vacuum lines and then fill it with fluids! I'm sure there are a few other things I am missing but those are the major items. Once it is running and has a base tune, Ill add the methanol kit and boost controller.
Here are some pictures:
Driver Side
Passenger Side
Driver Side Clearance
Driver Side Cold Piping
Driver Side Cold Piping
Driver Side Cold Piping
Passenger Side Cold Piping
Passenger Side
Driver Side
Passenger Side
I used the zip-ties to hold the piping in place while mocking everything up, but I ended up keeping them since it did keep the piping in place quite nicely. I'm happy at this point with the install. I think if I had to do it all over again, I could make it cleaner but this works just fine.
I am going to leave the fenders, bumper and hood off the car until it is broken in and tuned. If I need to adjust or check anything I want it to be as easy to access as possible.
I took my driver side apart last night and got the fender pipe fitted with the tab on top. I honestly don't see how that works. The part of the pipe that goes forward (under the headlight) goes through just barely. It looks to be a complete PITA to get the coupler on, much less tighten the coupler. I have tried it with the headlight raised and lowered. Also the 90 degree pipe that comes off the turbo to the fender pipe...no way it works with that fender pipe up top. I will have to cut the pipe if that truly is the way the fender pipe is supposed to go.
Blackmachdown, I can see your pipe off the turbo is far shorter on the end where it meets with the fender pipe.
I am going to mess with it more this weekend. I may even put it back the way I had it originally, put the wheels and tires on and drop it on the ground and see if it rubs.
What about clocking the turbo a little more (cold side) to where it's farther down which might bring the piping back. Yours looks higher up than blackmando
It has been quite a while since I updated this. CK sent me a new set of cold side pipes, they fit ok but I made them work. I still has issues with the tab not being able to get above the fender liner. No biggie, its zip tied with plenty of clearance.
I finished installing the fuel system, wiring, oil lines, etc. I have had more hiccups along the way with this build than I would have liked but in the end, I got it all done. A friend was able to do a start up tune for me and we fired her up with open down pipes last Thursday evening.
We had to deal with some fuel leaks but that's all. The car is now at a shop getting the final tune plus a list of other items I wanted addressed. I am also debating on a TR6060 swap but we will see how it works out.
Either way, I hope to have some numbers and be driving the car in the next month or two. Honestly, if I could do it all again, I could either buy a car already done or drop it off with the shop I took it to and have them do a custom twin turbo kit. I will definitely be able to tell you guys just how well the 6182R UPP turbos do since we are going to turn it up as high as it will go!
Thanks. I think 1000rwhp should be reachable as well. My limiting factors will likely be the clutch/transmission. I would like to upgrade to an RPS triple but that just wasn't in my budget right now. The car will likely live 98% of its life in the 700-800hp range for street driving. I would only turn it up for 1/2 mile events. I say that now until I get used to 700-800rwhp.
We'll see how itchy your boost controller button finger gets after we make a few pulls with you on wastegate.
I'm ready to see this thing on the road and I think it's in very capable hands now.
The car is still at the shop. They are re-doing the hot side piping because neither of us could get it to match up close enough to connect to the exhaust without stressing the flex couplers so that's taking some time. I also ended up picking up a ZR1 6060 trans and diff so they will be swapping out my built mn12/rpm diff for the 6060 setup.
I'm hoping it will be done in a couple weeks!
The car is still at the shop. They are re-doing the hot side piping because neither of us could get it to match up close enough to connect to the exhaust without stressing the flex couplers so that's taking some time. I also ended up picking up a ZR1 6060 trans and diff so they will be swapping out my built mn12/rpm diff for the 6060 setup.
I'm hoping it will be done in a couple weeks!
Lol. Minus the 6060 your old yellow Vette has the same setup. Want me to ship it to you?
The new up/down pipes came in last week from UPP. I test fit the driver side on Friday night and it fit great!
Originally Posted by Black8Banger
The car is still at the shop. They are re-doing the hot side piping because neither of us could get it to match up close enough to connect to the exhaust without stressing the flex couplers so that's taking some time.
What happened? I thought you had it all mounted up on there already?
CK, I thought it was close enough that it would work but it ended up being easier to just modify the piping. I think there was also too much stress on the flex coupler. It could be the point where the up pipe bolts to the frame that is throwing everything off slightly...hard to say. I simply got tired of messing with everything and since it was going to need to go to a shop for tuning, I decided to let them take it over. They are also going making a plate to go between the passenger side turbo and the computer to give some separation as well as solid mounting locations for the computer/wiring. I also had to have them make a cover over the intercooler/intake piping since I could not get the one in the kit to work. Hopefully it will all be done soon and finally on the road. We are adding CO2 on the waste gates as well so I'm very curious what kind of power it will make!
10-25-2016, 11:26 AM
You'll get used to it quick. Trust me on that one, lol. 
