Erod ls3
Racer
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In fairness, I probably shouldn't have passed along that original ETA, we were all pretty fired up. It's a busy shop & a project like this has to be scheduled around other customer needs. The electrical and fuel system work they've been doing is important, but doesn't yield a lot of photo's for me to pass along. My feedback is "take the time you need" & I mean it. We're in contact once or twice a week & I'm happy as long as things are progressing.
Racer
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When you get your car back, be very careful at first with the new location of your gas pedal. When my "drive by wire" pedal was installed it ended up almost flush with the brake pedal and very close. You have to be careful that you are not applying the brake when you are on the gas. Just a heads up!
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Melting Slicks
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You have to be careful that you are not applying the brake when you are on the gas.
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Melting Slicks
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I miss my vette as much as the next guy, but this would probably take years if I was doing it, so I'm cool.
The thing that get's me is the weather. This was supposed to be happening while the winter weather kept the vette in the driveway & instead we have a drought. My luck, it'll pour when the vette comes home.
The thing that get's me is the weather. This was supposed to be happening while the winter weather kept the vette in the driveway & instead we have a drought. My luck, it'll pour when the vette comes home.
6th Gear
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nice setup . hey if you dont mind could you give me the part number for the pcm , i ve been looking all over and cant find it. i want to run it with my setub, lsx376. i got all the part numbers needed exept the ecm . thanks
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Melting Slicks
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Here's what it says in the CA executive order (D-126-30):
I got a call Friday saying great progress had been made mounting the ECM, fuse box, TCU and cruise control module & will pass along pics as they arrive. I passed along the ECM part number question too.
I got a call Friday saying great progress had been made mounting the ECM, fuse box, TCU and cruise control module & will pass along pics as they arrive. I passed along the ECM part number question too.
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Racer
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Just a heads up to you guys putting in the Erods. The kit that I bought to go with my LS376/480 Hot Cam included a E67 computer (the same computer that is used on the CTSVs). When it came time to have it tuned, one shop kept trying to tune it with the EFI Live program. After trying it time and time again, they gave up. It was finally tuned using the HP Tuner program. Not sure if that is the same computer that you will be using with the Erods, but if it is, you should give this heads up to your tuners.
Racer
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I'm certainly no expert, but I do not believe this has anything to do with tuning the computer. With my E67 I had a few drivability issues. My tuner told me that most new computers are tuned for 93 octane gas. In AZ all we can get is 91 so the first thing he did was make the adjustments for the type of fuel I can get. He actually backed some of the timing out. This actually made the engine run better. He then used his loaded dyno and tuned the car at various speeds right on the dyno. As a result he improved the drivability issues and increased the hp and tq at the same time. My final tune showed rwhp of 429 and rwtq of 442 on his loaded dyno which usually gives lower numbers than a dynojet. I doubt that anything you get from GM will have to do with tuning the car since they send it to you pre-tuned to their specifications. Of course I could be entirely wrong but this is what I was told.
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Melting Slicks
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This week's update:
ECM, fuse box, TCU and cruise control module have all been mounted.
Next step, powder coat the motor mounts & install the engine!!!!
It's starting to rain here so this project must be just about done.
ECM, fuse box, TCU and cruise control module have all been mounted.
Next step, powder coat the motor mounts & install the engine!!!!
It's starting to rain here so this project must be just about done.
Last edited by 3D87C4; Mar 13, 2012 at 12:46 PM. Reason: punctuation
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Melting Slicks
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Got some more pics today:
New Fuse Box mounted above the battery (bigger than I expected):
ECM mounted on the passenger side:
New fuel pump installed this afternoon:
And here's something that surprised me---the EROD came with two sets of exhaust manifolds. The engine comes with the Vette manifolds mounted, but the CA Executive Order was for an engine with 2011 Camaro manifolds, so that's what the instructions say to use. I'm not sure how picky the BAR referee is going to be about which manifold is used. The installation instructions do provide some wiggle room:
Here's the manifold on the engine:
Here's the manifold GM wants us to use:
We'll use the recommended manifold if it fits---the collector is a bit further back than the Vette manifold.
New Fuse Box mounted above the battery (bigger than I expected):
ECM mounted on the passenger side:
New fuel pump installed this afternoon:
And here's something that surprised me---the EROD came with two sets of exhaust manifolds. The engine comes with the Vette manifolds mounted, but the CA Executive Order was for an engine with 2011 Camaro manifolds, so that's what the instructions say to use. I'm not sure how picky the BAR referee is going to be about which manifold is used. The installation instructions do provide some wiggle room:
"Exhaust Manifolds It is recommended that you use the provided
exhaust manifolds or similar LS Engine style Exhaust Manifolds."
exhaust manifolds or similar LS Engine style Exhaust Manifolds."
Here's the manifold GM wants us to use:
We'll use the recommended manifold if it fits---the collector is a bit further back than the Vette manifold.
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Melting Slicks
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Don't know. Looks like the Camaro manifolds will make it even tighter, too. I think a sumpless system can be retrofitted into any of the LS engines, but that's not in the swap plan so far.