Chad's 68 Camaro V3.0 build. LS3 & TCI goodies

[Flash68]

Awesome Chad... can't wait to see some "results"

[Ron in SoCal]

Chad pics look great! How was the two days?

Sorry I missed it...

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by tubbed69

Chad your camaro looks great,nice job

Thank you! Still more wrenching to do but hoping to get that ratio as close to 100% driving and 0% wrenching as I can

Originally Posted by Flash68

Awesome Chad... can't wait to see some "results"

Yeah, well sadly you have to wait until the January issue of the Super Chevy magazine.

I've been comparing my own data to the last time I was at SOWS and except for two high speed turns that are more of a car comfort / balls thing the car went around a lot faster with a lot higher G's than the last time I was there. Turn 1 and turn 10 which are both at the end of a high speed section, neither myself or Marry P. came close to the speeds I was carrying back in 2011. Seems I was either fearless or maybe a few hundred laps on the old setup gave me a high level of confidence on the high speed stuff :p

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Chad pics look great! How was the two days?

Sorry I missed it...

I'm sorry you missed it too Ron. IMO you didn't miss anything Monday. Monday was the slalom and skid pad and running the cars through those for the magazine was pretty boring as a spectator. Tuesday was a lot of fun though. Much more fun as a spectator to see these cars out on the course. Also, more fun to be able to take your own car out there.

It was fun to compare my track data against Marry Pozzi's driving too.

The first time I got to hear my own car come down the straight redlining second gear I about jizzed my pants!!! lol. I didn't have the coolest engine their and there were folks making more power, but damn did my car sound good coming down the straight!!

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

The first time I got to hear my own car come down the straight redlining second gear I about jizzed my pants!!! lol. I didn't have the coolest engine their and there were folks making more power, but damn did my car sound good coming down the straight!!

That's gold right there Bro! Glad you had fun

[Chad-1stGen]

I've had my oil cooler setup planned out for a while now and in order to fit a bigger cooler I've planned to mount it sideways. I had also read that this is good as it allows you to change more of your oil during an oil change.

The one thing I didn't think about was filling the oil system. So if my oil pan is a 5.5 quart pan and the cooler and lines add another 2.75 quarts is it ok that the pan will have ~8 quarts at start up until the oil cooler is refilled?

[Vegas69]

You are over thinking it. With an oil t stat(Which you should run on the pressure side), 90% of the oil should be bypassed back to your engine filling your cooler slowly. This will build oil pressure faster and avoid thermal shock. The windage experienced isn't worth debating at start up.

If you oversize your oil cooler, it can cause low oil temperature during street operation. Not a huge problem if you are running a real street oil with detergents. The oil t stat will still flow enough to cool your oil. My temps dropped substantially with my oil t stat and cooler. (Vs. my heat exchanger which you may consider?)I had way more metal flying around and likely put in a bigger cooler than you are planning. Moral of the story, you either need to install the right size cooler, or build a shroud. Rely on experience, there are plenty of LS engines in a dual purpose application, find out what size cooler at t stat they are running and the results.

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

You are over thinking it. With an oil t stat(Which you should run on the pressure side), 90% of the oil should be bypassed back to your engine filling your cooler slowly. This will build oil pressure faster and avoid thermal shock. The windage experienced isn't worth debating at start up.

If you oversize your oil cooler, it can cause low oil temperature during street operation. Not a huge problem if you are running a real street oil with detergents. The oil t stat will still flow enough to cool your oil. My temps dropped substantially with my oil t stat and cooler. (Vs. my heat exchanger which you may consider?)I had way more metal flying around and likely put in a bigger cooler than you are planning. Moral of the story, you either need to install the right size cooler, or build a shroud. Rely on experience, there are plenty of LS engines in a dual purpose application, find out what size cooler at t stat they are running and the results.

Thanks Todd. I am using the Improved Racing adapter with built in 180* thermostat. Though it doesn't block the cooler so I'm expecting it to fill the cooler shortly after start.

I also used the Setrab documents to pick my cooler. According to their site: http://www.setrabusa.com/products/oi...ine/index.html

A 34 row 13" wide oil cooler is good for 400-475hp and is about the biggest I could go with my setup without more serious fabrication. So while it seems my cooler will be bigger than most I've seen, according to Setrab it is still undersized a bit.