2009 C6 BW S480 Build
 

Hey everyone, my name is Jeff and I am new to the forum. I have been lurking around and doing reasearch for awhile and figured id start a build thread to seek knowledge and for pure entertainment. Im starting off with a bone stock 2009 c6 base LS3/TR6060 car. This is my first corvette and I absolutely love it. At the moment I am putting together a parts list and a plan of action to kick this build off.

Engine:
Stock LS3
ARP Headstuds
LS9 Headgaskets
LJMS Custom Turbo Cam
BTR Springs/Retainers/Pushrods
Trunion Upgrade
LS7 Lifters
ATI Damper with crank pinning kit
Melling Oil Pump

Drivetrain:
Rebuilt TR6060 with 30 spline mainshaft, Bronze Fork Pads, Full Carbon Blockers, External Oil Cooler with Tilton Pump and Mainshaft and Front Cluster Sprayers
Z06 Diff
ECS Eaton Trac-Aid Diff with Hardened Halfshafts
Mantic 9000+ Twin Clutch Kit
Tick Master Cylinder
ECS Clutch Stop
ECS Trans Brace
ECS Torque Tamer
DSS 3.5inch Driveshaft
MGW Shifter
Torque Solutions Motor/Trans Mounts

Turbo Kit:
CXRacing Hot/Cold Side Piping
CXRacing Radiator
Billet BW S480
Tial Q BOV
Turbosmart Hypergate 45mm Wastegates

Fuel System:
E85 rated in tank pump
DW 3.5 Surge Tank with dual pumps
Flex Fuel Sensor
-8 feed and -6 return
Bosch 210lb injectors

Electronics:
HPTuners
Line Lock Kit
2 Step

This is how the car sits now and parts to start the drivetrain build are already ordered.

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Solid parts list. Only thing I would change is I'd get the Mantic triple and some ID1300 or 1700s. Where in Louisiana are you? Gonna tune yourself?

The Mantic Triple is a little out of my price range. Haha and I love Injector Dynamics but the price is crazy high. I havent made a desicion for sure on the injectors so its subject to change. And im in Mandeville, LA. I will not be tunning it myself. I have tuned a turbo car that i built a couple years back but I have never messed with HPTuners and with the amount of money just to meet my goals im hesitant to take the chance. I have a few shops in mind local and in texas that i can bring the car to tune it. Just havent figured it out quite yet.

Also I forgot to mention the goals for this car are 900whp and for it to be a crazy true street car with a/c and all. The purpose of this car is to just scare the shit out of people and for it to take all the abuse that i can throw at it. Dig races. Roll races. You name it.

It's a little more up front but will save later. Not saying the twin won't hold or get the job done but it's cheaper to get the triple now vs having to take the time and money to swap to one later. I deal with Futral and have for over 10 years so that's who I recommend but I know the guys at Asylum and they are great as well. 900whp is easy especially on e85.

Those were the two "local" shops that I had in mind for tuning. I have heard nothing but great things about both of them. Yeah i just want to make 900 on the stock motor and have it live for a good bit. The car is not my daily and will honestly only be driven MAYBE 2 times a week. So if I can make that motor last for 2 years ill be very pleased.

this is going to be epic build. my car is 900whp/860tq and I think that's a great place for this platform. scares the shiz out of normal people but still can be driven anywhere.

like the surge tank idea. surprised more people don't go that route on C6 vettes. also surprised more people don't go with Bosch injectors. I know a guy with the 165lbs and they idle/run great and cost like 50% of ID prices.

Yeah 900whp should rip for sure! The surge tank fuel system is pretty simple and a great way to make a lot of power for cheap. As far as the bosch injectors i have heard nothing but good things. It also doesnt help that i have 2 people close by to where i live that have both built cars using the info from sloppy mechanics and have had amazing results. One of them ran into the 8's! And i can get a whole set of 210lbs injectors for about $500 vs $1800 for ID's. The price difference in the injectors alone pays for my whole fuel system.

On the DW surge tank, do you just run the factory feed into one of the top ports, and then run each rail back to the other 2 top ports as returns? I am trying to wrap my head around it, cause the interwebz are failing me.. I guess what really matters, do you have to run a return back to the fuel tanks from the surge tank?

Have a solution on injectors for you!

Pretty much what I was going to do was feed the surge tank with the factory feed. Then the twin pumps were going to run to the rails and off of one of the rails will be my fuel pressure regulator. The return off the regulator will go back into the surge tank and then I will only have to run 1 return back to the factory tanks. That's the plan anyway.

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Lets revive this post from the dead. Ive been hard at work. Trans and Diff are Built and have been working flawlessly. Some changes to parts being used. I ditched the surge tank idea and opted to go with a walbro 450 in the factory tank and tap the drivers side tank to feed a Magnafuel 750 to come on under boost. I also have a Monster triple disk clutch waiting to go in as well as everything else mentioned above to make this car quick. The motor should be pulled within the next couple of weeks to be sent to the machine shop. Then its build time.
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CXRacing Hotside that I am going to have modified.
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Engine components. Engine is getting all new bearings, rings, ect
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Billet T6 turbo merge flange
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VSRacing Billet 80mm 1.32 T6
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E85 content and fuel temp gauge, afr gauge, cortex ebc for boost by gear

Also for boost control I went with VSRacings new 50mm wastegates that are designed for c02 boost control. I am going to take it a step further and use compressed air. The compressed air will work with the ebc and ill be able to really dial in how this car makes power in every gear.

Let me know when this dude is ready, I’m local to you can’t give you a dig but if you want a roll I got you brah 👍🏻 Detoxx gave great shop advice, I’ll add boosted Innovations to the list, you would be in good hands with all three.

Theres is one shop to stay as far away from as possible, if you’re a local hopefully you already know.....

Sweet. Any pics of your fuel setup? Looking to do something very similar.

I made 900whp/800wtq with my turbo setup. It definitely ripped. Not much around that can hang with that. It ran sub 4.8X 60-130s. Deep into the low 4s at 1050whp.

I dont have any pictures of the fuel system yet because it is not installed yet. I am doing a walbro 450 in the factory hanger and using the factory feed all the way up to radium engineering rails. I am going to tap the driver side fuel tank to feed the magnafuel 750. That pump will be activated with a hobbs switch and then feed the rear of both fuel rails up front. The front of the rails will go to the regulator and then back from the tank from there.

Thats sweet! Was that all done on the SBE LS3? I want to really make some steam with this motor. Just hope it will stay together. Hahahaha