myfunz

You have been a busy boy.

ncvette_1FUNRIDE

Your car is looking great Craig.

449er

Your lift & garage look great, nice job there

nsogiba

Keep it coming Craig!

bonecrrusher

449er - thats my old shop - heres a finished pic of the shop that we built - this is just the main bay.

bonecrrusher

Thanks Norb - still lots to update this thread with!

The blower install will be next.

bonecrrusher

Like I was saying - the Fuel system project turned into a nightmare - I snapped the plastic tubes inside the crossover tube - and broke one of the lines on the inside of the drivers side of the tank.

Since the C6 fuel system has the worst design on the planet - I decided to drop the torque tube and transaxle - and swap in an LS7 clutch since we where in there.







Here are my LS7 clutch overview videos:

marathon

Awesome thread Craig, even though I know how the story ends.

BlownC6Cpe

Great work here! Question. Are these considered the ebony seats with the ebony suede centers? Im looking at doing this conversion in mine.

bonecrrusher

Blown - those are ebony/black seats - with Alcantara inserts, and titanium stitching.

BlownC6Cpe

Thanks for the info. I wasn’t sure as the centers kind of look like a charcoal color. I like them and believe those are the ones I’m choosing!

bonecrrusher

The next phase of the build was upgrading the valve springs - I swapped in a set of Comp Cam 918 springs to replace the truck springs that where on the heads - yes I did say truck springs.

Turns out my GMPP heads had L76/L92 springs in them - and not LS3 springs.

So I went aftermarket with the Comp setup.




I then started tearing down the car for something that weights like 90 lbs - and makes some whining noises.

So I pinned the crank, and upgraded to an ARP crank bolt.




Here is the first fire up with the valve springs - and crank pulley mods.

bonecrrusher

So I started stripping the engine for the power adder...




Also stripped the car down as well:

bonecrrusher

Finally tearing the car down enough - it was time to start adding some parts from the kit.




Then it was time to install the big ol lump of metal..




The install pretty much finished up:

bonecrrusher

Since I can't leave anything alone - I had to do some upgrades.

1) I installed the upgraded Tensioner kit from Edelbrock - they had released the kit as an upgrade to the earlier blowers.
2) Since I had CNC heads, headers, LS9 cam, bigger injectors - the provided tune wasn't going to work on my car - so I decided to add more boost.

I went with a 3.25" pulley - the stock pulley was 3.875".



I also decided to change out the valve covers - these covers suck something aweful - more on that later.



I had the car towed up to PCM of NC for my chassis dyno tune - and they had the car for a few days - and had no major problems.




The car ended up making 580 rwhp / 523 rear torque.

The previous best with the heads/cam/intake + injectors was 450 rwhp/ 409 rear torque.

bonecrrusher

I got the car back from the dyno - and installed the Holley Valve covers.

I had NOTHING but issues with them - while they looked good - they performed terribly.



1) They leaked terribly - out the center bolt holes - as well as around the main valve cover gasket.
2) The rough textured finish looked like crap when oil got on them.
3) They are vented / restricted properly - and totally messed up the PCV system on the car.

Since the E-Force system eliminates the valley cover port - the blower ended up sucking a quart of oil through the drivers side cover - right into the blower.

I was at a car show and the oil level warning light came on during the drive home.

To resolve all of the above issues - I decided to go with a set of LS9 covers.




I also added a PCV check valve coming out of the drivers side vent port - and I also added an Elite Engineering catch can.



My video covering my PCV/oiling issues:

bonecrrusher

Since I can't leave anything alone - I decided that I hated staring at the E-Force intake.

I had seen a few Corvette owners modify the Halltech Beehive intake shroud.

With a few modifications - I was able to get the Halltech under the stock intake - and everything installed.




I also threw together a review/overview of my E-Force install and my experience with the kit.

Mind you this is one of my older Youtube videos - and I was using my older camera still.

bonecrrusher

I also made a video on the video for the Halltech install - showing what I had to modify to make the shroud fit:

bonecrrusher

People like seeing track numbers - I took the Vette out a while after the tune was complete.

I got 3 runs in - and managed not to break the car.

My times where:
13.1 @ 111
13.7 @ 115
13.5 @ 121

I didn't launch the car hard off the line - I barely have 1k miles on the clutch. I rolled into the throttle and screwed up the 1-2 shift twice.

My times are terrible - I know!

I only go drag racing a few times a year - I def need driver mod.

My video of the runs:

bonecrrusher

I also decided to clean up the Elite Engineering Catch Can. The catch can came with some nickel finished fittings that I never liked. I ordered some black 1/4" NPT to 3/8" Hose barbs from Fragola - and Vibrant performance. I installed the new fittings with no major issue - I really think it cleaned up the catch can installation.



Video overview of the install: