[Z06] Stang Killa's Z06!
11-27-2016, 07:08 PM
#21
Safety Car
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Horizontal baffles provide stabilization and deaereation of oil, resisting tendency of oil to rise along sides of tank during hard manuvering. Helps prevent oil siphoning of air into tank pickup under low level conditions. Also provides controlled air vent path through center column into tank lid. Supplied oil foam helps strip aereated oil from airstream, eliminating most oil carryover to intake manifold.
11-28-2016, 11:05 AM
#24
Team Owner
Nice ride! I used to have a 382/nitrous 2000 Z28, then went to a cammed 2004 Z16 and now a 2009 Z06. I miss my Camaro sometimes, but like you, I am really happy with the C6Z so far.
12-09-2016, 06:47 PM
#25
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Pulled the valve cover off to check the LS7s achilles heel, the valve guides.
after checking 3 of them and getting .009 and .010 wobble (.007 is max) it was obvious they were bad.
so time to pull them. Intake off
heads and headers off
Sent off to AHP in California....
i keep telling myself this is what everyone does to there car thats 2 weeks old...
after checking 3 of them and getting .009 and .010 wobble (.007 is max) it was obvious they were bad.
so time to pull them. Intake off
heads and headers off
Sent off to AHP in California....
i keep telling myself this is what everyone does to there car thats 2 weeks old...
Last edited by STANG KILLA SS; 07-22-2017 at 07:10 PM.
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12-09-2016, 07:39 PM
#26
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while i had them off i decided to paint the intakes and valve covers the z06 red since i wasnt going to put the red fuel rail covers back on (just hold heat) took me a couple days but they came out great!
there was some confusion about the cam when i bought the car. the ad said it was a custom comp cams .615 lift, then when i bought it they said it was a TSP Stage 3 LS7S cam with .655 lift.
(going back in time before removing heads)
we set up dial indicator on pushrod.
the first rotation we got .355, second pass we got .351.
if you average those you get .353
.353 x 1.8 (rockers) you get .6354 lift.
so i go on texas speed and what do i find. they have a stage 1 and stage 2 cam with that lift! went from an unknown cam to narrowing it down to 2!
also found TSP 3/8" chromoly pushrods in the car
there was some confusion about the cam when i bought the car. the ad said it was a custom comp cams .615 lift, then when i bought it they said it was a TSP Stage 3 LS7S cam with .655 lift.
(going back in time before removing heads)
we set up dial indicator on pushrod.
the first rotation we got .355, second pass we got .351.
if you average those you get .353
.353 x 1.8 (rockers) you get .6354 lift.
so i go on texas speed and what do i find. they have a stage 1 and stage 2 cam with that lift! went from an unknown cam to narrowing it down to 2!
also found TSP 3/8" chromoly pushrods in the car
Last edited by STANG KILLA SS; 07-22-2017 at 07:12 PM.
12-09-2016, 07:57 PM
#27
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threw the magic of the internet the heads are done and back from AHP! (2 weeks later with shipping and holidays)
man they look awesome! so good in fact i thought they were painted.
AHP Package 4 Heads (include):
- Disassemble and Assembly of LS7 cylinder heads
- Performance Valve Job (show to add 5hp+ over the stock valve job)
- Resurface Heads (or milling of heads)
- Clean and Bead Blast entire head (so they look brand new)
- Hardened Aftermarket Powder Metal Valve Guides (Harder than aftermarket bronze guides)
- Stock Titanium Intake Valves Treated and Polished
- Ferrea Competition Plus Exhaust Valves F2042P (85 grams)
- New Viton Valve Seals and machined valve locks
i also had them mill the heads .025 for more compression and upgrade to the bullet proof Moldstar90 guides.
heads back on
added .025 shorter pushrods to compensate for head mill and put intake and valve covers back on. love the look!
first fire up
man they look awesome! so good in fact i thought they were painted.
AHP Package 4 Heads (include):
- Disassemble and Assembly of LS7 cylinder heads
- Performance Valve Job (show to add 5hp+ over the stock valve job)
- Resurface Heads (or milling of heads)
- Clean and Bead Blast entire head (so they look brand new)
- Hardened Aftermarket Powder Metal Valve Guides (Harder than aftermarket bronze guides)
- Stock Titanium Intake Valves Treated and Polished
- Ferrea Competition Plus Exhaust Valves F2042P (85 grams)
- New Viton Valve Seals and machined valve locks
i also had them mill the heads .025 for more compression and upgrade to the bullet proof Moldstar90 guides.
heads back on
added .025 shorter pushrods to compensate for head mill and put intake and valve covers back on. love the look!
first fire up
Last edited by STANG KILLA SS; 07-22-2017 at 07:15 PM.
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12-10-2016, 12:43 AM
#30
Team Owner
Nice work! 
12-22-2016, 02:34 PM
#32
Safety Car
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rear downforce time.
Went with the C7 Carbon Extended Zr1 spoiler.
Took them about 6 weeks to make it, but it was worth the wait. Fit and finish was awesome. Resin is super deep and glass smooth, weave is straight and consistent. fit the complex bumper curves well.
Ironically i actually ordered this before i found the car...
I went a little nuts with the pics, but i like the way it came out.
lights out
drilling brand new car #nervous
installing 3rd brake light. left side i was able to use factory tab. right side i had to cut the tab and hold it on with a ground down washer. The hardest part of the whole project was repluging in the 3rd brake light plug.
test fit
Done!
dat ***
Went with the C7 Carbon Extended Zr1 spoiler.
Took them about 6 weeks to make it, but it was worth the wait. Fit and finish was awesome. Resin is super deep and glass smooth, weave is straight and consistent. fit the complex bumper curves well.
Ironically i actually ordered this before i found the car...
I went a little nuts with the pics, but i like the way it came out.
lights out
drilling brand new car #nervous
installing 3rd brake light. left side i was able to use factory tab. right side i had to cut the tab and hold it on with a ground down washer. The hardest part of the whole project was repluging in the 3rd brake light plug.
test fit
Done!
dat ***
Last edited by STANG KILLA SS; 07-22-2017 at 07:17 PM.
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02-20-2017, 03:49 PM
#33
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since the beginning i knew i wanted black headlights, but because its such a popular mod, and because GM hasnt made these headlights in years, they typically fetch a 4 figure price tag when a set comes up for sale.
so i decided to make my own. got super lucky and found a 3 month old set on ebay in a less desirable cheaper color. pretty much new condition including lenses.
started by baking them in the oven and prying. had to repeat this 5-10 times per headlight. HUGE PITA. took 4-5 hours.
Finally!
disassembled
wet sanded, degreased, and ready for paint
5 coats later
polishing, i wont even bother going into this huge ordeal....
reassembling
after a ton of research i settled on loctite PL roof and flash. WARNING, if you have kids, dogs, wife etc, this stuff smells EXACTLY like chocolate cake. im not kidding, even once dry for weeks. keep out of reach
no going back now
clamped. rinse and repeat for other side.
threw in a pair of 3k(yellow) HID headlights (right) ie C6R style.
so i decided to make my own. got super lucky and found a 3 month old set on ebay in a less desirable cheaper color. pretty much new condition including lenses.
started by baking them in the oven and prying. had to repeat this 5-10 times per headlight. HUGE PITA. took 4-5 hours.
Finally!
disassembled
wet sanded, degreased, and ready for paint
5 coats later
polishing, i wont even bother going into this huge ordeal....
reassembling
after a ton of research i settled on loctite PL roof and flash. WARNING, if you have kids, dogs, wife etc, this stuff smells EXACTLY like chocolate cake. im not kidding, even once dry for weeks. keep out of reach
no going back now
clamped. rinse and repeat for other side.
threw in a pair of 3k(yellow) HID headlights (right) ie C6R style.
Last edited by STANG KILLA SS; 07-22-2017 at 07:19 PM.
02-20-2017, 04:03 PM
#34
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wheels and tires.
Square setup 4x
18 x 10.5
315/30/18 Rival S
unfortunatly they wouldnt clear my calipers. bought some 1/4" spacers first but those were only enough for the rear. the front needed 12mm spacers. Both hub centric. also picked up some extended shank lugs to grab more threads lost from the spacers.
bingo
Square setup 4x
18 x 10.5
315/30/18 Rival S
unfortunatly they wouldnt clear my calipers. bought some 1/4" spacers first but those were only enough for the rear. the front needed 12mm spacers. Both hub centric. also picked up some extended shank lugs to grab more threads lost from the spacers.
bingo
Last edited by STANG KILLA SS; 07-22-2017 at 07:20 PM.
02-20-2017, 04:28 PM
#36
Safety Car
Thread Starter
Thanks!
Bumper and headlights removed and parts pile
Splitter/bumper reinforcement
Spindle brake ducts
Tow hook
Race pads
Fog light brake ducts
Race mesh
Blacked out headlights
LED DRLs
picked up towhook from JDP Motorsports. instead of using the supplied press in nuts, i bought and welded some nuts to a piece of steel...
marked hole locations in bumper bar
drilled view from inside bumper bar
stuck steel "handle" with nuts welded to it in bumper bar and tightened. cut off excess after tight. beats taping wrenches to sticks or the pressed in nuts.
cut grill for tow hook
Bumper and headlights removed and parts pile
Splitter/bumper reinforcement
Spindle brake ducts
Tow hook
Race pads
Fog light brake ducts
Race mesh
Blacked out headlights
LED DRLs
picked up towhook from JDP Motorsports. instead of using the supplied press in nuts, i bought and welded some nuts to a piece of steel...
marked hole locations in bumper bar
drilled view from inside bumper bar
stuck steel "handle" with nuts welded to it in bumper bar and tightened. cut off excess after tight. beats taping wrenches to sticks or the pressed in nuts.
cut grill for tow hook
Last edited by STANG KILLA SS; 07-22-2017 at 07:23 PM.
02-21-2017, 08:15 AM
#39
Burning Brakes
Your build is coming along great! If I may comment, I would NOT utilize those wheels.
I had one of them fail on me at the track resulting on me hitting the wall scraping my entire left side including F/R suspension costing me about 10K in repairs with me doing all the work just because I wanted to save some bucks on track wheels.
Just be VERY careful!
Outside of that, looking great brother!
I had one of them fail on me at the track resulting on me hitting the wall scraping my entire left side including F/R suspension costing me about 10K in repairs with me doing all the work just because I wanted to save some bucks on track wheels.
Just be VERY careful!
Outside of that, looking great brother!
Last edited by Da Z06; 02-21-2017 at 08:17 AM.
02-21-2017, 10:09 AM
#40
Le Mans Master
^^oh man Da, that is serious! I know all of roadrace guys use C5 Z06 wheels as a budget square wheel setup.