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Me n Ethyl
Ethyl is a 2004 GTO. I bought her new in November 2004. We put 95,000 miles on her with 80,000 of them being at 450+ rwhp. In May 09 we decided to go completely through it. First off the original LS1 running heads and cam for 85,000 miles only required honing, cam bearings, and rings and is back in another GTO making nearly 500 rwhp with forged internals, heads, and cam. In our build we initially started to put a 91 mm Borg Warner Turbo on but switched to a PD twin Helix Harrop HVT2300 supercharger. After getting it together we decioded to go with the 4.0 Liter Whipple to see how far we could take the Texas SPeed and Power built 408 LQ9 Engine.
The engine. We started with a LQ9 Iron Block built by Texas Speed. It has Diamond Pistons, Eagle Rods, and an Eagle Forged Crank. The entire rotating assembly is coated and the pistons are a -28cc dish. We put ETP 245 heads on the car and retained the 1 7/8 inch Kooks Headers. Fabrication. We relocated the ECM to inside the drivers compartment and fabricated a coil pack relocation scheme with some modified GM Performance Valve Covers to clean up the appearance. We fabricated an AWIC reservoir with a front mounted heat exchanger. Forced Induction. We started out intending to put a Borg Warner 91 mm Turbo on it but went with a Harrop HVT2300. Our goal was 20 lbs of boost since the engine was built to go to 1500 HP. The Harrop maxed out around 18 lbs so we went with the Whipple Sand Rail 4.0 Liter Supercharger. That Supercharger is a beast. We have seen 19 lbs of boost on the engine thus far with the OEM pulleys. We also replaced the 2004 GTO radiator with a 2005 Radiator to eliminate the large fender mounted catch can. Fueling. For fuel we went with 83 lbs Accutron Injectors fed by an Aeromotive A1000 pump through a -10 an line. The -10 splits into 2 -8 an lines into the rails with an Aeromotive Regulator sitting on the other side maintaining constant pressure. We used the OEM fuel system to complete the return. Clutch/Tranny. One of the reasons we built the car was to stress prototype Monster Clutches. Monster Clutch and SNL Performance have done all of the fabrication on the car. The T56 was built to go to 1000 ft lbs of torque using carbon fiber synchros, brass shift fork pads, steel shifting forks and face plated components. The current clutch is a Monster 11" Ceramic that went straight from the rack to a WOT pull on the dyno. That clutch has held for over 3,000 miles now. See a couple of Dyno pulls below. Drivetrain. We turned our attention to the drivetrain with a complete drivetrain by GForce1320 including the 3.5 inch carbon fiber driveshaft, 8 inch tubs, coil over kit, 33 spline stubs and hubs, 300 mm CVS shafts, and a 33 spline spool using 3.46 gears. We will be running 14.5 inch slicks on 15 by 10 Holeshot Rims with 15 by 4 inch skinnies on the front. Currently have MT ET DRs, 295 by 55 by 15s on it. Finishing touches. SNL put a Kook's afterburner 3" exhaust on the car. We added a FireCharger fire suppression system and Prosport AFR/Boost gauges. We've modified the GTO Shifter by adding a GMM Race Unit with an SNL developed Hurst shift lever adapter. Currently we are still trying to figure out how to get a hood on the car. Suspension. Lovell's suspension components from Kollar Racing will replace every component in the suspension with new bushings, and fittings. We are also going to the Lovell's 90/10 struts as the car will work mostly on the strip once completed. We still need to complete the hood, add the Roll Cage, and completely repaint the body to finish the build. http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/192-Copy.jpg http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/064-Copy.jpg http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t...SANY0035-1.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGlBm6uQ0SI |
Sounds Killer WRP...:yes:
Off topic comment here: Our little corner of the web here is starting to remind me of mid-2000's offshore boat poker runs. More power (3000hp) and tech going into those boats than full race builds. And they were running @ 175mph all day...until the ecomony tanked. One 'upsmanship' at its best! HiJack over... |
:thumbsup: Thanks for the comments, you make a good point. That is the reason what you see in the photos is just a small part of the build. We literally cut the GTO undercarriage out of it for the tubs and QA1 coilovers and the full return fuel system was probably overkill as well. The entire drivetrain has been replaced/rebuilt. If I were doing it again I would probably have gone to a tube chassis. Some of us believe this is all going away and soon as your post suggests. Before it does though, it was a thrill doing something with the car no one else has done. I guess that is what it is all about, at least for me. We will get the car on the track at some point.
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Here are szome videos from the car when it was NA
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I know you from the LS2GTO site. Welcome to the board.
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Videos Couple of Dyno pulls at 800ish Here is a 2-3 punch in daylight Here is a 2-3 punch at night when we had 245 DR's on it Rowing the gears Exhaust Endorsements Drag Racing - Normally Aspirated NA 1/8 Mile Track Pass NA 1/4 Mile Track Pass Good run against a Camaro Spraying 1/8 Mile NA Pass - Good Light 1/8 Mile NA Pass against a Mustang NA versus 2005 GTO w/100 dry shot |
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Me n Ethyl out mindin our own business one night run into a Bugatti Veyron. What is the likelihood of running up on one of them on the street in anything other than a parade?
Enjoy the video. Me n Ethyl n a Bugatti |
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We've now fabricated the blower shaft for the cog drive. Getting closed to finishing that out. On car pictures soon.
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Looking forward to see photos of your ride!!! :thumbsup:
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Really happy with SNL visit today. Things moving forward. The upper cog drive and shaft are fabricated and ready to go. We have the tensioner and need to resolve mounting it. Right now waiting on belt and a couple of spacers. The best news is once everything is lined up we may not need to change the radiator.
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Here is some local Dallas area hanging out stuff. Enjoy
Saturday Night In Dallas MMOB Saturday Night in Dallas |
Pulled the trigger on a complete Moroso Electric Remote Water Pump with all the fittings today. Saw the SEMA display and an actual electric mounted on a BBC last Saturday night, in lust with the look. Hopefully we will get the shipment from Moroso this week and start laying out the install. We have one spacer still being fabricated for the tensioner pulley.
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Moroso Remote mount electric water pump components began to arrive today
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Complete Front End over haul underway as well, including bushings tie rod ends, ball joints. Also will include 90/10s and new front springs.
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Started on the remote water pump installation today. I am eliminating the tensioner on the passenger side and wonder if anyone might know of an aftermarket tensioner I can replace the fixed tensioner on the driver's side with?
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:) Had a pretty good day today. Spent some time mocking up the remote water pump layout and trying to determine how to solve the tensioner issue.
For the layout, the battery goes to the trunk and we will mount the electric water pump on the frame rail where the battery tray was. The remote thermostat and filler neck will mount on a brace on the passenger side head. That lets me run all the hoses to the engine in from the passenger side and clears away any interference from the Power steering pump. The return from the pump goes into the radiator bottom mount while the return from the filler neck will be the longest run from the passenger side head mounted bracket back to the driver's side radiator fitting. All in all it will clean up nicely and keep the heat on the passenger side. Steve is going to mount the Moroso Power steering pump on the driver's side back near the master cylinder. At the end of the day we will have probably moved 50-60 lbs off the nost of the car to the trunk. For the tensioner, the Whipple had an 8 rib tensioner for the serpentine belt. That tensioner was mounted on the front bracket and was used to achieve better belt wrap. It is already aligned with the accessory drive. We might have to trim the outer ribs off, it was a ten ribbed serpentine tensioner. Final bits coming from Moroso include the rear mount battery kit and cables and some black anodized fittings. We are just waiting for the tensioner spacer for the Cog tensioner now. Pictures is with everything mounted more or less except the cooling hoses. http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t...k_Up-1-1-1.jpg Here is a view from a different angle. You can see the 10 rib Whipple Serpentine pulley. I am going to use that as a tensioner on the accessory belt. We are waiting on the fabrication of the spacer for the cog tensioner in the mock up it appears to not be stuck out enough.. http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t...ock_Up-5-1.jpg |
These are the finished shots of the new ball joints and bushings to include new struts with Lovell's 90/10s.
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Here is the final mock up with the mounting bracket for the remote thermostat in place. We may have to shim it all out a little more. Also instead of the NPT to 1.25 hose connection we will probably go with an 1" NPT to -12AN fitting.
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Got a little more done today. Began to test fit the -12AN fittings with the remote water pump. Have one issue I will heave to solve with the driver's side lower fitting. Solution may be to reroute the belt, the 90 degree -12AN swivel fittlng hits the belt on the traditional tension pully mount. Still waiting on 4 -12AN Fittings from Jegs. Also got the plugs for the back of the remote thermostat and the temperature sending unit opening.
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We intend to finish the battery wiring tomorrow, mount all the fittings for the water pump, and the coolant reservoior in the trunk. Wednesday we will hook up the hosing and have the final meeting with the machinist who is designing and building the tension pulley bracket. Hope to be tuning in a week or two. Really quality welding getting the PS reservoir bracket set up and notching the valve covers/welding in tabs so they won't slide and welding in the 90 degree fittings for the evac system.
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ton of work, good job.
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Thanks, quite a bit done today. Finalized the electrical system setup with the rear moutned battery. We should have that in in a couple of weeks. The welder finished most of the valve covers and the evac system. Also got the water pump bracket roughed in. Going to mount it along the passenger side frame rail where the battery came out using battery tray holes. Running the outlet down through the frame and bending it 90 degrees into the engine compartment.
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Fabulous day today. Got the bulk of the remote water pump fittings mounted. All that is left now is to resolve the heater issue and string the hose. I think the pump mount was pretty cool, drilled a hole in the frame and fed the -12AN swivel fitting through the frame. This way if the wheels somehow get up and we bounce hard, the water pump will have a backup brace to hold it and keep the unit out of the belts and hoses.
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Bruce finished wiring the battery, at least on the trunk side, connecting the Ford solenoid, the breaker switch, cutoff switch, grounding, and alternator wire. He ran the cabling to the front of the car through conduit.
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gettin' close. :thumbsup:
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Thanks, I am looking for an electric twin fan with a very low profile, preferrably less than 2.5". Without that we may have to modify the radiator mount and or build a new radiator. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Killer car. No idea how I have missed this thread. Good work and good luck.
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Pretty good day today. Bruce finished the trunk and back side wiring then moved to the forward engine compartment. He completed most of the cable wiring from front to back as well. In the engine compartment he linked everything to the distribution box and fed from there to relays for the accessories, fans, pumps, etc.
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Idle time costs me money. Painted my custom valve covers to match the Whipple. So now I have two different kinds of covers.
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Tried the painted GM Performance Valve Covers on today. Agreed the letters need to be touched up, my first reall attempt at stenciling and there is some residual Masking tape painted red still sticking to them but I think the effect goes well with the Whipple.
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Today we finished the Battery Mounting. Bruce loomed off and shrink wrapped all the wires. He really did a fabulous job of pulliung together my accessories and adding the relays you mentioned to help protect them. I think it is going to function very well.
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Getting closer, this is the real belt and it is tensioned. Need to finish up the plumbing now.
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Began mocking up the fan today. Belt and tensioner are in and installed. Its a matter of hooking up the fan, plumbing the cooling system, hooking the evac system up and the crankcase ventilation.
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Damned good week this week. Only thing between us and some Dyno time is wiring and installing the fans and radiator, then hooking the cooling system up to it. Here is the plumbing hooked up except for the radiator and the rear mounted heat exchanger. We will probably work on the hoses to clean them, up but I am very pleased with the setup as is.
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