As Darren said, I proceeded with this with great hesitance. I was happy to put on the rebuilt turbo and new manifold/wastegate and tune with with the FIC and move on with life but he wouldn't hear of it. It finally sunk in that part of the issues I've had are some of the old/original work I did on the car a long time ago.
I'm eliminating the FMU so I have new fuel lines on the way... it's little things like that detail which I realized I needed to re-do. Instead of patching a patch that I patched I'll just start over. It's a lot of work I didn't want to do but as Darren hammered into my head - it has to be done.
There are also a lot of other little things that always bothered me, such as the polishing of parts on this engine. I've come a long way learning to polish aluminum and I feel I should apply it to this car properly, from the manifold to the fuel rail to the fuel lines to the AC lines etc. I won't go crazy but the pieces I've always wanted to polish I will remove and polish properly at this time.
The last thing that's always bothered me is that my manifolds didn't match my head at all. Not even close. This intake manifold finally addresses the intake side and I will be porting the turbo manifold once the engine is out so it finally matches the huge exhaust ports on this head... they are 1/8" larger than the gasket so I will have to make a custom exhaust gasket too. No more choked airflow.
Mike - he's chomping at the bit to tear this car down to the bone... It's a little bothersome how excited he is. I'm hiding the sawzall.
Matt - that really puts it into perspective. It's been a long time since I've even daily driven the car on a regular basis without requiring a tow-truck, bucketloads of money and a lifetime supply of tears.
Hoping I don't let you guys down this time... my goals with the car have changed as I found a compressor map for my turbo 3 years ago and finally plotted it and it came up short for what I initially intended... but at this point I'm not changing it as my entire system is setup around this piece and I cannot stuff a larger wheel into it. (I was told it was possible 3 years ago but my rebuilder has come back and said you just cannot stuff a bigger wheel into it safely. Sad panda.) I'll simply get what I get once the tune is done, who knows maybe I'll get lucky.
I'm most excited to tune it next year... I won't have to sh!t bricks anymore when I put my foot down and let off at 4000 rpm.
-Chris-
-Sweetness-
-Turbocharged-
Slowly but surely may some day win this race...
Darren, thanks for kicking Chris in the ass to get this going.
Chris i'm glad to see you still going strong.
PRND321 Till I DIE
Old Motor: 160whp & 152ft/lbs, 1/4 Mile 15.4 @88.2
M45 + LD9 + 4T40-E, GO GO GO
Bringing back a legend!
I would love to see this thing in all its tire slaying glory!
Definitely excited to see a revival going on here! I'm especially interested in seeing how the AEM FIC pans out, I've been keeping that unit in mind if I get tired of pleading with the ld9 reflash to behave properly. Seems like the AEM will get the job done, and for the price its a very enticing alternative to something like MS.
Looking forward to updates
Very nice work on the lines and fuel rail
Jason
99 Z24
LG0/LD9 for Life
10 Year Bash Veteren
Awesome work on the lines.
Any tips on doing this. I have done this, or tried, but my end result is spots (lots of them). Almost looks like I get it too hot maybe?
Are you going to clear them so you do not have to redo it?
FU Tuning
^i always had the same issue. blotchy results.
M45/OS crank/2.4 snout. It's nice to be injected but I love being blown!
Get a 35R and quit yer bitchin' lol. Kidding aside, I don't know how you have the patience for polishing ANY car part. I get hand cramps like a mother, and lets face it, no one wants to yank it with a claw hand...
Looking good either way. If you need any welding that can't be done in your garage, I'm only an hours drive away.
wow alot of work. I think I have decided (before this post) to go with painting the lines.
Your look great, but I do not think I can do it.
FU Tuning
the lines arent steel?
M45/OS crank/2.4 snout. It's nice to be injected but I love being blown!
^^Nope, I had mine polished when I had stock lines.
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That's weird, my Ecotec lines were stainless steel.
I only know this because I once had to take a hacksaw to them, 20mins of my life I'll never get back...lol
Chris is the polishing god! I'd probably pay to have him do my spare valve cover after seeing the work he's done on that intake manifold.
Anyway, really excited to see how that AEM unit works out. Pulling the motor to get the all wiring right will definitely be worth it in the long run.
"In Oldskool we trust"
Hey look! A polished turd! Lol kidding. Yeah, this is why I paint everything flat black with a "machined" aluminum finish on the accents. No way I have the time to keep my bay that clean haha. Good job to the both of your efforts though.
I may be interested in this AEM unit as well. My engine will be pulling past 8k and HPtuners tables end at 7k.
The lines cant be aluminum. Aluminum tarnishes but it will never rust. Stainless only rusts when it has a high iron content, for example cheap stainless steel.
"Oil Leak ? What oil Leak ? Oh, Thats Just The Sweat From All The HorsePower!!"
good to see this car coming back from the dead.
if you are committed to this build Chris, it may be the final inspiration I'll need to actually do something concrete about the Skwirl.
maybe it's time for all the oldschool superheroes to make a massive comeback.
Glad to see its still around. It was my biggest inspiration for my last and final j-body build. To bad the engine @!#$canned itself and the car is scrap now...
Zs Z wrote:I may be interested in this AEM unit as well. My engine will be pulling past 8k and HPtuners tables end at 7k.
huh? hp tuner's goes to 8192...
M45/OS crank/2.4 snout. It's nice to be injected but I love being blown!
-Z Yaaaa- wrote:Zs Z wrote:I may be interested in this AEM unit as well. My engine will be pulling past 8k and HPtuners tables end at 7k.
huh? hp tuner's goes to 8192...
hpt is different for every car scanned.
different PCM = different rules.
hell, there's even differences between model years sometimes.
-Z Yaaaa- wrote:Zs Z wrote:I may be interested in this AEM unit as well. My engine will be pulling past 8k and HPtuners tables end at 7k.
huh? hp tuner's goes to 8192...
Every tune I have 97 speed density, garys 97 w41 tune, my 01 z tune, the tune you sent me from your car, the tune from Mike, supercharger tune, all only go to 7000 rpm.
