Never hung out here..
05-18-2009, 08:13 AM
#21
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
63 split
so far no cutting fiberglass and its all a bolt in with the measurements i have 
wont really kno untill its installed in my car. there may be a way to make the LS a bolt in for the 6spd guys. the reason it looks foward is the pulley setup. its only 3/4 inch futher foward than the org location of the BH
the motor does look to be sitting forward somewhat, did you end up going that route?
I know in your previous posts you mentioned that the QT bell housing puts the engine a few inches forward.... how far forward are we talking here? I would think that it "might" be a better idea to just place the engine a few inches forward rather than dealing with the glass work on the firewall and tranny tunnel?
It looks really cool inside the engine bay, keep us posted. Possibly some more picture?!
I know in your previous posts you mentioned that the QT bell housing puts the engine a few inches forward.... how far forward are we talking here? I would think that it "might" be a better idea to just place the engine a few inches forward rather than dealing with the glass work on the firewall and tranny tunnel?
It looks really cool inside the engine bay, keep us posted. Possibly some more picture?!
wont really kno untill its installed in my car. there may be a way to make the LS a bolt in for the 6spd guys. the reason it looks foward is the pulley setup. its only 3/4 inch futher foward than the org location of the BH
06-02-2009, 05:00 PM
#25
Melting Slicks
That looks really nice.
One question....why the "Y" pipe directly under the engine? It makes the pipes equal length, but I thought you would keep more exhaust velocity if you just put a big U-bend on the driver side and had the passenger side merge into that.
Your Y pipe is at a very steep angle(90*) and I would think that it would not keep the velocity as one that might be at 45* or so. If you shoot air through one of the legs of the y pipe how much air do you get out the other side vs the side that you want it to exit out of. The more air wanting to flow the wrong way the more backpressure and lag you are going to have.
Just thinking out loud.
One question....why the "Y" pipe directly under the engine? It makes the pipes equal length, but I thought you would keep more exhaust velocity if you just put a big U-bend on the driver side and had the passenger side merge into that.
Your Y pipe is at a very steep angle(90*) and I would think that it would not keep the velocity as one that might be at 45* or so. If you shoot air through one of the legs of the y pipe how much air do you get out the other side vs the side that you want it to exit out of. The more air wanting to flow the wrong way the more backpressure and lag you are going to have.
Just thinking out loud.
06-02-2009, 06:05 PM
#26
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
That looks really nice.
One question....why the "Y" pipe directly under the engine? It makes the pipes equal length, but I thought you would keep more exhaust velocity if you just put a big U-bend on the driver side and had the passenger side merge into that.
Your Y pipe is at a very steep angle(90*) and I would think that it would not keep the velocity as one that might be at 45* or so. If you shoot air through one of the legs of the y pipe how much air do you get out the other side vs the side that you want it to exit out of. The more air wanting to flow the wrong way the more backpressure and lag you are going to have.
Just thinking out loud.
One question....why the "Y" pipe directly under the engine? It makes the pipes equal length, but I thought you would keep more exhaust velocity if you just put a big U-bend on the driver side and had the passenger side merge into that.
Your Y pipe is at a very steep angle(90*) and I would think that it would not keep the velocity as one that might be at 45* or so. If you shoot air through one of the legs of the y pipe how much air do you get out the other side vs the side that you want it to exit out of. The more air wanting to flow the wrong way the more backpressure and lag you are going to have.
Just thinking out loud.
06-02-2009, 07:59 PM
#27
Melting Slicks
looks very nice! a suggestion to you which may save some headache down the road... get your v-band couplers in your piping now while it is still only tacked together. trying to go back later and cut a section out and weld them in will be a little harder and you will not be able to account for weld shrinkage. it will end up putting your y-pipe in a bind and cause cracks after a few heat cycles.
the design looks good! I agree for an all out drag car you should maximize velocity and exhaust gas direction but for a street car, that design will still create more power then any tires you will want to drive around on regularly
just look at my little old log style setup.. even I never would have guessed it would belt out the power it did on a 355ci motor
I look forward to following your progress. I currently have an iron block LS based motor at the machine shop and will be building a new full drag turbo setup in the very near future and will be sure to post up progress pictures.
I am curious about the ZF tranny to the LS motor. I had considered initially using the stock bellhousing if it would work and have a flywheel made which wouldn't be that bad but I noticed that the crank shaft did not have provision for the transmission input shaft or for the bearing. how are you planning on addressing this issue? I considered having the end of the crank machined but was unsure of the oil passages in the crank shaft on the gen 3/4 cranks and have not yet researched it.
Chris
the design looks good! I agree for an all out drag car you should maximize velocity and exhaust gas direction but for a street car, that design will still create more power then any tires you will want to drive around on regularly
just look at my little old log style setup.. even I never would have guessed it would belt out the power it did on a 355ci motor I look forward to following your progress. I currently have an iron block LS based motor at the machine shop and will be building a new full drag turbo setup in the very near future and will be sure to post up progress pictures.
I am curious about the ZF tranny to the LS motor. I had considered initially using the stock bellhousing if it would work and have a flywheel made which wouldn't be that bad but I noticed that the crank shaft did not have provision for the transmission input shaft or for the bearing. how are you planning on addressing this issue? I considered having the end of the crank machined but was unsure of the oil passages in the crank shaft on the gen 3/4 cranks and have not yet researched it.
Chris
06-02-2009, 10:08 PM
#28
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
looks very nice! a suggestion to you which may save some headache down the road... get your v-band couplers in your piping now while it is still only tacked together. trying to go back later and cut a section out and weld them in will be a little harder and you will not be able to account for weld shrinkage. it will end up putting your y-pipe in a bind and cause cracks after a few heat cycles.
the design looks good! I agree for an all out drag car you should maximize velocity and exhaust gas direction but for a street car, that design will still create more power then any tires you will want to drive around on regularly just look at my little old log style setup.. even I never would have guessed it would belt out the power it did on a 355ci motor
I look forward to following your progress. I currently have an iron block LS based motor at the machine shop and will be building a new full drag turbo setup in the very near future and will be sure to post up progress pictures.
I am curious about the ZF tranny to the LS motor. I had considered initially using the stock bellhousing if it would work and have a flywheel made which wouldn't be that bad but I noticed that the crank shaft did not have provision for the transmission input shaft or for the bearing. how are you planning on addressing this issue? I considered having the end of the crank machined but was unsure of the oil passages in the crank shaft on the gen 3/4 cranks and have not yet researched it.
Chris
the design looks good! I agree for an all out drag car you should maximize velocity and exhaust gas direction but for a street car, that design will still create more power then any tires you will want to drive around on regularly
just look at my little old log style setup.. even I never would have guessed it would belt out the power it did on a 355ci motor I look forward to following your progress. I currently have an iron block LS based motor at the machine shop and will be building a new full drag turbo setup in the very near future and will be sure to post up progress pictures.
I am curious about the ZF tranny to the LS motor. I had considered initially using the stock bellhousing if it would work and have a flywheel made which wouldn't be that bad but I noticed that the crank shaft did not have provision for the transmission input shaft or for the bearing. how are you planning on addressing this issue? I considered having the end of the crank machined but was unsure of the oil passages in the crank shaft on the gen 3/4 cranks and have not yet researched it.
Chris
Last edited by COPO; 06-03-2009 at 12:02 AM. Reason: spelling
06-12-2009, 05:05 PM
#32
Safety Car
06-12-2009, 06:40 PM
#33
Burning Brakes
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its just being used for mock up as I am still driving my car ever day.
06-13-2009, 01:10 PM
#35
Burning Brakes
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08-10-2009, 07:51 PM
#37
Burning Brakes
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The only thing I have got done in 2 months is the oil return and mounted the wastegate. Just been to busy at work to get any work done on it. Did spend Sat fitting the engine on the stand with the k member mounted so I can start running oil and water lines and try to hide them as much as possible. Pix should come later on this week as I have done a lil this week.
