Hmmm, I wonder if those would fit my CTS-V....?

A CTS-V lid and a ZR-1 blower lid have the same bolt pattern.

So will it bolt up... Yes. I would need to look at the sealing inside on the bottom of the bricks to the blower.

Mark

Mark I'd be interested as well for an LSA.

I think there would be a better cost efficient solution for a LSA. By the time you buy an LS9 blower lid and the C&R parts it would be very spendy.

I'll look at a LSA system to see if a better intercooler could be made.

Mark

It won't fit, the LSA has a single brick and it sits right in the middle over the opening in the supercharger. I already asked if C&R was going to do something similar for the LSA and they told me not right now but you never know. They would probably sell a ton of them if they did.

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We do have a RetroWorx kit for single modules. For duals it's usually best to make your own mounting plate.

http://vaporworx.com

Mark, are you using the full fuel system during the dyno runs for validation?

Looks great

This is a great thread. Amazing work on an already awesome '69. A lot of great ideas here. Keep it up Mark.

Carl

That is the plan. We will use the tank in the dyno cell and start with 100% gasoline then go to E85 then look at blends (E50, E25...) To make sure the flex fuel sensor is working correctly.

It is a bit more work to run the system in the cell but then you can control everything.

We will also A/B test the bigger intercooler bricks.

Still a lot of little details to work out.

Mark

On a side note we fired up the hoist last night. No more rolling around on the shop floor.

You'll never go back to jack stands and creepers. I used to refuse to go to my buddies houses to help them --- they HAD to bring the car to me so we could use my lift.

Mark what did C&R say is the expected efficiency gain with the 40mm larger bricks? Obviously the dyno results tell a story, but without knowing the base results on standard bricks such results don't give us mortals the relative cost/gain equation.

(Ignore as Mark already answered that he will be testing std and bigger bricks - colin )

A lot of the Cadillac guys are switching to the ZL1 lid which is supposed to have a slightly larger brick?


Jeff-

Yes it has more air volume. When I ordered my LSA I got a ZL1 lid to put on it. We have to be excited that Mark is doing these upgrades as they are trickling down so we get to have them too.

Is there a part number available for the axle ends? Very interested in using a set for my '66 C10 build.

Allredy ordered... new rear from DSE with your floater stuff:) going to Norway soon.. Thanks for sharing with us Mark.. :G-Dub: :flag2:

Always looking for ideas in your threads! A little off topic, but was there a 2016 Shelby GT350 at your house this weekend?

Starting on ABS brake lines.

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Mark

Mark,

I feel like I am watching the "Mule Build" in PHR all over again.

Your builds are truly inspirational and the fact that you share your knowledge and make parts available after you design them with the "Team/Small Army" of people you work with. Once again this build has lit the fire in me to get back on my car and start toying with it.

Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and experience.

Marty - Could not have said it better myself. Even though I don't have a Camaro or car for that matter, his process and ideas have inspired me too to work on my truck and maybe incorporate some of his ideas.

Mark, you are doing a wonderful job with the posts on this update and explaining why you make decisions is great!

Mark,

As the others have mentioned thanks so much for sharing the build pictures and your experience/knowledge with the rest of us!

Is it critical for the intercooler to be out in the front of the grille opening as opposed to the A/C Condenser?

I just got my C/R Racing Rad and once test fit I'm going to get them to build me a custom Intercooler to replace the Roush Racing factory Intercooler along with some overflow/surge tanks to go with it. I really like the setup you have come up with and was thinking of doing the same exact intercooler/Vintage air condenser - is that a 14x24 condenser or a 14x22?

Thanks again for all your help

Tom
67 Rouscharged Coyote Fastback with DSE/Roadster Shop IFS

In an all-out race car I would delete the A/C or place it second in the stack. I placed it first because it packageed well that way and if I needed to pull it for better air flow I could more easily.

Off memory my A/C condenser is 14 X 24 or get the biggest one you can.

On a side note I dove a GM car yesterday for tank fulls of fuel flat out (45 minutes sessions) on the Milford Road Course with the A/C on high. The cooling system was so good it never got hotter than 195 F and the A/C was blowing ice cold. My lap time on lap 22 was the same as lap one, no temperature fall off. So if you set up the system correctly the A/C should not affect the performance of the car. (We cut the A/C compressor at WOT). It was great to have the windows up and the A/C kicking, very comfortable. I almost turned on the radio... The new car, the 6th version of something, is great... Unlike the A-hole form Jalopnik I was able to drive flat out for 1.5 hours in a V-8 and not crash.

Also a big benefit of keep the engine / trans / diff / power steering is nothing leaks or pushes fluids over.

Thanks for all the kind works. I try to share what I’m doing to help people out. This hobby is expensive enough without have to do things over. I the way I do things may not be the cheapest, but it works for me. A lot of what I do is over kill if you are not tracking your car. I have a big advantage that my day job relates to my hobby very closely. I learn something new every day.

I had my Dad up for my spring car party and as Dad and I were talking he said, “if the 18 year old Mark could see the 50 year old Mark he would be impressed”. When I was a kid I never dreamed of doing what I’m doing now. Dad and I were looking at the Hot Rod feature from 1993 and talking about all the junk I have built over the years. Kind of cool.

All these projects are snap shots in time on what the technology / trends are at the time it was built. Next year there will be new parts and things to try. I’m just now looking into the LT engines and I’m starting to learn about them. The LS engines are great and we know all the tricks to get them to work. In 6 years we went from a 700 HP LS9 to a 1000 HP LS9.

I love these old cars and will keep on refining them.

Mark

Mark, your house is probably the first "public" place where a GT350 has met a Z28. That's pretty damn cool.

Not sure what your role was but congrats on the 6th gen. Looks really great.

Thanks Mark!! :thankyou:

Great post mark,thanks for all you share!!!

Mark that quote is really special.

Thank you for being you. :thumbsup:

You're "special"..... but not in a good way.

:lol: Yeah Sieg... or should we call you Stuart Smalley?

HEY! Easy on the Stuart Smalley crack. He is my esteemed Senator. (I just vurped my breakfast). :( :( :(

Bill

Matt at Sled Alley got all the fab work done and now the Dutchboys are painting the bottom of the car and the firewall.

I like your Dad better than you.....

Oh....good one! ...mark tell Greg opinions are like toothbrushes we all have one no need to share.

Considering the avatar picture right above GW's last comment Mark doesn't need to say a thing. :D

:shakehead:

Great seeing JA get updated here Mark. :thumbsup:

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Thanks Skip. Another in the long, rich tradition that brought us Governor Jesse "The Body"!


Bill

Looks like someone's been jacking on the sill's instead of the frame.

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That is production but someone did jack it up on the pinch flange some time after it was painted.

JA is a rare 69 Camaro that still has the orginal quarter panels. It was a very solid car when set started on it.

Mark

It's a mad thrash weekend to get Jackass 2.0 ready for Goodguys Des Moines...

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Mark needs a Rubbermaid cart - for tools - so you don't have to lay stuff on the ground... Come on dude! Raise your game!! LOL




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Welcome to the real workd Greg. ��

Craftsman makes a nice one with great storage drawers and a lower shelf for the "sitting on the ground" work. Carts are great.


Looks good mark. Progress is progress.

Awesome. I hope to be there Friday for sure.