JRHMUMBL3

Hey Guys,

So back at the end of September of 2016, I had smoke beginning to come out of my breather... fun stuff. So I have been saving my pennies trying and figure out what in the world happened to my engine.

I bought my car last year with 36k on the clock- experienced failures shortly after 44k in September. I dropped it off last week to finally knock this bad boy out.

I am very excited, so excited in fact, that I wanted to start a build post (my first one).

So here we go..

JRHMUMBL3

So what in the World happened to my baby? THis is not me BTW, the builder is very particular with working on clean parts. lol



Let's find out....

Crosis

JRHMUMBL3

So the builder has been sending me steady pictures of whats going on. Had this out in a day-needless to say that I was impressed..

JRHMUMBL3

The BAD stuff..... So what caused failure???<br/>First we had a cam profile that was a little too much with the 1.7 rockers in it.... Gonna get that fixed!!!



The Victim..... So the problem was found to be 1,3,5,7 pistons CRACKED due to detonation.... Let's get this fixed.

JRHMUMBL3

Good News!!!! The block checked out at 3.905! <br/>Now we wait for the head studs, misc bolts, modified LS7 lifters, Custom BTR cam, Wiseco Pistons and the Compstar's... and the Cylinder Head stuff.

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And My favorite Picture so far!!!! The GOODS!!!<br/>Thank you Innovator's West, Holley and AA Corvette for the assistance!


Cannot Forget NIKE... LOL

6speedsteve

~Josh

Nice.

The fastest Zo6s are '01s

JRHMUMBL3

HAHA, I sure hope so. My goals are to be just powerful enough for the drive line not to be rebuilt.

02BlownZ06

This looks to be a cool build thread. Keep 'em coming!!

Volk2142

JRHMUMBL3

Clutches seem to be a polarizing topic, but I chose a traditional single disc Spec Stage 3+ with the billet steel flywheel, rated at 900+ Torque. I wanted something that won't break my leg or my bank account and also have a reasonable grab/release. I currently have the larger bored Tick Master Cylinder in the vehicle as well and will obviously be adding a remote bleeder.

NVTHIS

Very nice! Should be a blast to drive when you get it all back together. My conversion all came from my previous 01 z06.

JRHMUMBL3

That's a wicked ride man. Beautiful!

4XLR8N

JRHMUMBL3

Now we're talking.... what a beautiful site. 😍

JRHMUMBL3

It's build time guys!

neutron82

what blower did you go with?... hopefully a ysi so you can turn that sucker up since the block is forged

JRHMUMBL3

I went with a V2 T trim 3.47 pulley and a 10% overdrive 8 rib.

Hopefully it kicks out enough