bmfvette

That's badass bro Damn Texas Longhorn !

Going to be a beast for sure!

Turbo-Geist

Thanks! Here's another view.

Turpid porpoise

Makes me want to build something similar for my next revision.

Turbo-Geist

Lol, yes once you get a feel for fabbing this stuff there's always the desire to create something new. The hot side for a setup like this is fairly easy especially if you use factory style manifolds.

SBCGENII

Good looking kit. Nice job.

SBCGENII

What intake is that? Plasma man?

Turbo-Geist

Thanks. Yes, Plazmaman LS Pro-Series. It was cut for an LS7 in C6 corvette. It appears to fit a C5 too. I'll know for sure this weekend.

algZO6

looking good

Turbo-Geist

Thanks. Do you have more events planned for this year?

Turbo-Geist

A little progress this weekend finally.

Mock up motor removed.




Holes drilled for oil drain lines.

Turbo-Geist

Getting ready to install 7.0L of freedom this week.

HardcoreABN

odd looking valley cover. why are you keeping the batwing pan instead of a C6 pan?

TTBlueZ06

Batwing pan is actually a way better design, it just gets in the way so most ditch it.

Turbo-Geist

Good eye. It's a cnc billet valley cover that comes with the plazmaman intake. As TTBlue mentioned, the batwing pan is a good design and it wasn't in my way so I kept it.

I like the pan and it has worked well for me. I didn't install the trap door kit from improved racing but from what I hear it doesn't help a whole lot. I think the best solution is to probably extend the pick up tube to the back of the pan or go with a dry sump.

I'm not looking to set any records with the car so I think this setup will suffice on the track.

bmfvette

I noticed the wing in the 1st pic, figured it wasn't inhibiting anything or you just can't make an LS stand on a dolly (fastest dolly in Texas) with a C6 pan!!

Glad to see progress being made.

I see there's another option for pistons on the market to compete with Wiesco..

http://www.enginelabs.com/news/new-p...ed-ls-engines/

HardcoreABN

never been much of a fan of Mahle pistons.

bmfvette

Just passing the read bro.

InfiniteReality

Congrats on getting some progress Ben, it was ideal weather this past weekend!

Turbo-Geist

It was nice and I was able to take advantage of it.

Engine installed on Friday! The cradle will be coming back out for cleaning and balancer installation after the front plate is mocked up and installed.

Turbo-Geist

Saturday I worked on getting the fuel rail height figured out. The intake and rails were originally set up for an LS2 height injector I think. This would put the rear fitting into the firewall and I just don't like the look of the rails sitting high.