Engine and Management System:
Stock block and crank, forged pistons/rods, ARP hardware, AFR
heads, FTI custom cam, Cometic head gaskets. Stock computer
with HP Tuners 2 bar Operating System.
Induction and Fuel:
Stock LS6 intake manifold, ported stock TB, 60# mototron (seimens
deka) injectors, walbro 255 w/KB BAP, 98 vette referenced rails
Ignition and Exhaust:
Stock coil packs, NGK TR7 plugs, custom exhaust
Tranny and rear:
Stock T-56, Textrailia twin disc clutch, Moser 12 bolt rear, Denny's
driveshaft
Front Suspension:
All stock except Eibach springs
Rear Suspension:
Stock shocks with Eibach springs, BMR LCAs, BMR torque arm w/relocation
crossmember, BMR adj panhard rod, drop brackets
Tires and rims:
Fikse FM/5 17" wheels with nitto 555s up front and 315 BFG
drags in the rear in street trim
Body:
stock
Other:
Wolfe Racecraft 6 pt roll bar, 5 pt harnesses, various gauges,
sub frame connectors, tubular k-member
Future plans:
To finish up the fuel system so I can really run it hard and if
I start breaking manual transmissions an auto may find it's way
in there eventually.
Background:
I originally bought this car brand new back in 2000 never had
anything like this planned for the car. I thought I would
just do some nice sounding exhaust and call it good... who was
I kidding. As soon as the exhaust went on I needed more
and the mod bug bit. Within a year I had purchased a cam
for it and installed it. This was all back before tuning
options were available for the factory computer so the 224 duration
cam that I had back then was pretty big for a daily driver and
the car was pretty quick for your average LS1 in that time.
I raced it against all my friends on the streets, a lot actually
and it seemed fairly quick.
Within a year and a half after
that I installed heads and nitrous and took it out to the track
to see what it could do on a soft launch because I didn't want
to break my stock rear end. I ran an 11.8 @ 126 with it
and I was happy that it trapped well. By this time I had
started to realize that my engine was one of the "unlucky"
ones that came out of GM back in mid 2000 with a cylinder over
bore issue. It used a quart to a quart and a half of oil
every 1k miles and it smoked when I would put my foot into it.
Well that just took the fun out of running the car as everybody
had something to say about the smoke so I just daily drove it
nicely for a year.
The smoke was really starting
to bug me and I wanted more power with one of those finagled turbo
thingies. I had helped some friends on their turbo projects
before and you could say it kind of inspired me to get off my
ass, fix my smoking problem, and make a lot more power in the
process. I pulled the engine and tore it down only to discover
that everything at a first glance looked great. Then I felt
the bore of a few of the cylinders and found a couple of out of
round spots and flat spots, I guess they just didn't machine the
block correctly from the factory. I ordered a built low
compression short block, AFR heads, and a custom cam from Flowtech
Induction. I got the engine and I dropped it in the car
and then ordered the TTi race kit. I installed everything
in the garage and just worked on it after work every night.
After a few long weeks I got it to the point of where I could
drive it around and start to play with it. I originally
finished the install in late 05 but have been making improvements
ever since. I don't have any regrets and every time I drive
the car it's totally worth it. As far as what the future
holds for this project, I really need to finish up the fuel system
so I can turn it up more and if I decide to turn this from my
street car into a drag car than an auto may find it's way in there
somewhere. I love banging gears and all but it's hard to
deny that the car would run a lot quicker at the track with a
trans brake auto. :) For more information and videos
go to my website at http://www.gonicd.com