LT5 into GTO project

[todesengel]

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[tomtom72]

My God, this is epic! You will have the coolest GTO ever conceived.



Tom

[XfireZ51]

Rob,

You really need to bring this thing to the Gathering this May!

[GrayZ]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Rob,

You really need to bring this thing to the Gathering this May!

R U kidding ?? He wants to come down and spanker's some ZR-1's on the
drag strip.
One thing bout Rob, he "DRIVES" his stuff, not sitting in the garage
wasting away like mine.{ LOL}

He also is an expert on wheels and likes to keep his opinion's to himself...OMG...LOL

he'll be at the gathering...count on it.

[todesengel]

Originally Posted by ITLGO2

R U kidding ?? He wants to come down and spanker's some ZR-1's on the
drag strip.
One thing bout Rob, he "DRIVES" his stuff, not sitting in the garage
wasting away like mine.{ LOL}

He also is an expert on wheels and likes to keep his opinion's to himself...OMG...LOL

he'll be at the gathering...count on it.

I have to be there. My son is going to get his feet wet on the 1/4 strip at the meet. He has never driven his car with the power key on yet lol. I figure there will be a large group that will help instruct him, and be supportive, and a small group that will ridicule and try to embarrass him. Both will be a good introduction to the track world.

[todesengel]

Originally Posted by tomtom72

My God, this is epic! You will have the coolest GTO ever conceived.



Tom

Not sure about epic, but it will definately be unique. The closer it gets, and it still has a long way to go, the more excited I get.

I am going to let a body shop do some touchup on the paint and realign all the front body panels when all the mechanicals are done. There is a local shop that does nothing but old a bodies, and I am sure they will do a much better job than I.

I was thinking black chrome for the engine, but the closer it gets the more I am leaning towards painting the engine to match the car. What do you guys think?

[FU]

Stick a pair of hair dryer's on that bad boy Rob !

[A26B]

Originally Posted by todesengel

I have to be there. My son is going to get his feet wet on the 1/4 strip at the meet. He has never driven his car with the power key on yet lol. I figure there will be a large group that will help instruct him, and be supportive, and a small group that will ridicule and try to embarrass him. Both will be a good introduction to the track world.

Rob,
We're all looking forward to having you both there. During my years of ZR-1 Gatherings all over the country, I have never seen the "small group" at our events. I'm constantly amazed at the level of genuine fellowship and support. Karen & I have made so many good friends of the ZR- folks.

Do you sleep at all after you start one of these projects? You really make some amazing progress. Super cool project!

[todesengel]

Originally Posted by FU2

Stick a pair of hair dryer's on that bad boy Rob !

'That will be next winters project Frank. I want to collect real data from this project in regards to cylinder by cylinder tuning, air flow properties of the plenum, temperature, methanol injection benefits, and maximum output in regards to a stock engine with an aftermarket standalone.

Once I collect all the data above it is my intention to take this thing to the jagged edge, wasting this engine in the process (I am going to start looking for a spare once this project is together). I'm just going to enjoy it through the spring, summer, and fall, and take her back down next winter.

When I build the new motor I am going to do it stock displacement, close the deck, lower the compression and utilize multi layer steel headgaskets for the fi application. I am also going to re-engineer the crankcase ventilation system as well.

I already have the turbochargers, and will be using twin garrett gt382R snails for it. I am also going to switch the tb to a single blade unit, machine some cam caps, shave the cam cover caps so I can have mulitple generic cam cover sets without having to line bore them. It's one part of the motor design that I really do not care for.