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I can't help but notice that the word "Top" is clearly written on the bottom of one your exhaust pipes. Looks like you're gonna hafta start over.
Seriously though, nice work!
I missed this comment back then. Funny lol.
Geez how time flies. So I have struggled with getting much done to old blue. I took the motor off the shelf and sent it to MVP to upgrade the rods from Ultra Billet with 625 bolts to Ultra Billet Enforcer rods with MP3.5 bolts. Then I discovered they're now making rod bolts from Aermet, which is one of the most incredible materials that money can buy, aside from Ferium M54 (not sure on the spelling).
I also am updating from ARP main studs to 625 and going with a DLC coated .250" wall wrist pin from Trend.
I became a dealer with AEM and decided that since their CD7 Carbon dash is compatible with my Haltech that I should add that to the mix. It's full color and allows you to make your own layouts. I am also adding the Haltech Race Expansion Module so that I can run 16 injectors. One day, I might end up running a different fuel in the passenger side tank and have 2 completely independent fuel systems. But for now, I'll just be able to keep my duty cycle way down and be able to use a smaller injector for possibly cleaner low RPM operation.
I also spoke with Jon from Huron Speed and decided
to take one of his kits off the shelf and max out the potential of it as best as I can.
I developed a nice lower control arm but running any kind of volume would require some help so I bought a CNC plasma table. I haven't gotten it together yet and once I do, I'll need to learn how to use it.
I keep trying to get to a place where I can get things done with Blue but it's too hard to put myself in front of others. Once I get into a groove I'll start dedicating specific days to getting it done.
One last thing that I know I'm adding is a Snow direct port meth system. I might run a high percentage of water through it since I'll be on E85.
I'll have to work on coming back and updating this more often. I apologize
It's been difficult to work on Blue. I knew that making big power would create a situation where I wouldn't feel comfortable racing in the 1/4 mi with the boost turned all the way up and driving it like I want to. I've been searching for years for a solution because I didn't really want to go auto. I damn sure didn't want to go with a glide. I simply couldn't stand the idea of my car driving like a 59 Buick sedan. I know a few people that converted from manual to glide and it changed the car so much that they never took it out for pleasure cruising anymore, only to the track. I wanted a sequential. I looked at the PPG sequential conversion but I've no real expectations for that to hold much more than the stock transmission. I built a spray bar for my ZR1 6060 to help it hold more power. I know it would hold 1800+whp pretty well with that mod because I've already done that once before, but I want to drive it HARD without the worries.
So one day about 15 months back, I met a guy building a transmission. He claimed it would hold 1800ft lbs of torque. When I pressed him for more information, he said that he believed it would actually hold much more. I began having conversations with him and we came up with a plan to come up with a complete kit that would allow me to install not only the billet sequential but also a wicked differential that will hold anything that I care to throw at it. Deciding to make this dream a reality forced me to continue building other cars for a while. With the new transmission in the queue, I didn't feel comfortable with trying to finish my exhaust and rear suspension so I decided to put the entire thing on the back burner.
After many months of anxiously waiting, I got news that my transmission and differential got completed but then he asked me for a favor. There's some professional racer that needed this transmission for his C6 and so I agreed to let this first model go and wait a few weeks to get the next one. The differential that I'm running is a modded Winters Quick-Change with a 10" ring gear. It's a very efficient differential. Ratios can be changed in minutes so this weekend you can top out 6th gear in the 1/8mi and next weekend you can set it to top out 6th gear in the 1/4mi. This sequential is like no other ever made. It is built with the best of the best of parts and materials with hundreds of gear options. Although it's a 6 speed, it's built with a 7th gear set that allows you to multiply the entire transmission's ratios by a number of factors. This transmission was also installed in a Promod that made 2541whp before spinning the tires on the dyno. It's handled much more on the track.
I will be offering these billet sequential transmission/differential combos to the rest of the Corvette community as well. 1997-2013, C5's and C6's. As of now, it's only available with the differential. Once I get this in the car, I'll be able to finish the suspension and exhaust. Then I'll start working on the cage.
This billet transmission has an integrated spray nozzle system to spray each gear set. They designed and created these brackets for some special mounting scheme for the particular C6 that this is going into.
Last edited by BLOWNBLUEZ06@RKT Performance; 02-17-2020 at 03:19 PM.
jebus bazinga that is one rad trans that will take all the ponies you can throw at it. I see boost by speed and traction control tuning in your future
huron kit does look really nice and that tranny is too sexy to put under the car.
That's a hell of an update. I'm guessing the C6 is Morris'?
that's actually my black Z06. I sent it up there to let them mock it up. I didnt want to send blue.
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I'm gonna start a gofundme page so that I can get one of these lol.
If I hit my donation goal I'll empty my wife's savings account into a secret account, tell her that I spent all our money on the transmission and then record the results for you fellas.
06-23-2018, 03:14 PM
