Nic's Single Turbo Z28


Best time as of 10-6-06: 10.63 @ 133, 27" QTP
 640 rwhp / 630 rwtq @ 10 psi / 91 octane

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Current Combo

Turbo System:
TTi race kit, T-76gts, Precision air/water intercooler

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