The Blue Jew Drives Again!!! (56K NO GO!!!)

[Breecher_7]

Yes my thread title is tasteless and may be politically incorrect and or offensive but I do not care. That is what I have named this thing...
Most of you know the story. Someone that obviously doesnt have clue got there hands on this thing, raped it, and I spend the past 4 months unscrewing it.
On with the details!

The disassembly Begins!
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Im figuring this is how it was done the first time?
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Look at all the fucked up stuff we found!! Imagine that! The discrepecies with the engine are not photographed as tom did not take pictures when he disassembled it. The pistons were damaged, lifters cracked, block junk, bearings in wrong and the list continues…..
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Plugs Melted
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[Breecher_7]

Fuel Tank Hacked Up To Fit His Jerry Rigged Fuel System That Did Not Work.
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The Fuel Pump Hat That Was Created! The entire “fuel system” that was installed has been removed and re-ran as it was a joke and did not function properly. Wait till you see the one that’s in it now. It just started shipping as production today, I got it as a prototype 2 months ago. Its really nice and the only aftermarket in tank pump hangar available for the C5. You will have to wait to see it though!
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“Someones” Idea Of Pulley Spacers! I replaced these sockets with aluminum spacers I made at work.
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This is the buggered up IAT wiring for the IAT being relocated from the MAF to the blower manifold. This all had to be re-wired.
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[Breecher_7]

Now Onto The New Fuel System!
Oh Look, A NEW tank! I got this from a salvage yard down south. GM wants over $800 for this new..
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The Corvettes have a rather complex fuel system. They have two tanks, one on each side of the car. They have an educator type siphon pump in the passenger side tank that uses fuel pressure supplied by the pumps to create a suction and transfer that fuel over to the drivers side tank. The tanks do not “level” out. The passenger side tank is completely emptied before the drivers side is used. The following pictures show all the crossover lines. This fuel system took me over a week to figure out . And a Big thanks to Jeff (slowc5) for the information he sent my way. The fuel system runs two in tank pumps with – 6 feeds that go to a Y-block and become one -8 Feed to the rails.
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Yes, That is a trailer hitch plug. Josh has a nice plug on order but is there till it arrives!!!
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This is the prototype fuel hat system I conviced Will at RSI to relase to me. Big thanks to Will and all the guys at RSI, this part is a masterpiece!
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[Breecher_7]

Onto the engine assembly. Big thanks to Tom for putting the longblock together for me, I did not feel comfortable as I had never assembled an LS series engine before, so I left it to the pro. Also a big thanks to the guys at NVR racing for there superior machine work, great pricing, and speedy turn around.
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Brand New Iron Block, Forged Crank, Stud Girdle and Main Studs.... Balanced and Clearanced by NVR... I think its safe to pound on!
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[Breecher_7]

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[Breecher_7]

And Finally, Everything Being Re-Installed.
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The pully currently on it makes 11psi and is the one being used to break it in. The one above it makes???, Guess we will find out…….
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So that was my winter project in a nutshell. And once again a big thanks to Tom, Jeff, the guys at NVR Racing, Jeff at total performance engineering, Will at Racing Solutions Inc and the many others I interrogated during this project looking for answers and solutions.
OH and of course a biggest thanks to Josh, the owner and my good friend that allowed me to spend his money how I saw fit to do this correctly.

[Holeshot]

Holy shit. !!! You boys have been super busy. Nothing like a virgin lsx block. Pure Sex I tell ya. Oh and Tom you look pretty good on your Knees. ;)


Also guy by the name of Andy from Keneppers is going to be in contact with you guys. I told him to tell you I sent him. He owns a Shop in Bay View area.

[Car Guy]

Looking good...!!! :banana1:

[Breecher_7]

Holy shit. !!! You boys have been super busy. Nothing like a virgin lsx block. Pure Sex I tell ya. Oh and Tom you look pretty good on your Knees. ;)


Also guy by the name of Andy from Keneppers is going to be in contact with you guys. I told him to tell you I sent him. He owns a Shop in Bay View area.

In contact with who and for what? :confused

[Holeshot]

In contact with who and for what? :confused

Tuning at WBD :thumbsup

[Breecher_7]

Tuning at WBD :thumbsup

Ah, Gotcha! :thumbsup Brad will glady take his business!

[wikked]

Wow, what kind of noob buys a car like that... and hacks away at it like it's a early 90's Honda?

Hope you got a heal of a deal on it that.

[0TransAm0]

damn..looks really good.

[Poncho]

blue car, black wheels = sex

[Breecher_7]

Wow, what kind of noob buys a car like that... and hacks away at it like it's a early 90's Honda?

Hope you got a heal of a deal on it that.

Obviously you dont know whats going on here.... The car was a bone stock 02 Z06 with 7K miles on it when Josh bought it.

It fell into the the wrong persons hands.... Twice...

Thats pretty much what happened.

[pOrk]

Very few of us know what's going on here. From the way you made it sound, he had bought the car this way.

Car has been through hell and back by whoever the shit worked on it the first few times around. Looks like its coming together now.

[Breecher_7]

Very few of us know what's going on here. From the way you made it sound, he had bought the car this way.

Car has been through hell and back by whoever the shit worked on it the first few times around. Looks like its coming together now.

It was a product of Big 3 and everyone's favorite mechanic...

That should clear it up... :thumbsup

This is what I wanted your brother to look at but he never called me back. It needs a SERIOUS buffing.

[shoooo32]

I dig the hood. Especially since it has the motivation to back it up.:D

[GTSLOW]

looks great!

[floaters]

Great job on the clean up! and props to NVR, nickerson is doing my tta engine now, and props to bad ls1

[eltness350]

+1 looks sharp! time to make BIG powa!

[Breecher_7]

+1 looks sharp! time to make BIG powa!

Kinda hoping for somthing outrageous....

So we will see what happens...

Ill update with more information when it gets to that point, right now were just getting the clutch broken in..

[MurphysLaw88GT]

Ahhhh....craftsmanship. Nice to see a nice car get de-hacked. At least you guys can move on knowing you went thru everything to make it right again leaving no mysteries or doubts to anything. Great job!

[badass88gt]

Very, very nice.

[Breecher_7]

Ahhhh....craftsmanship. Nice to see a nice car get de-hacked. At least you guys can move on knowing you went thru everything to make it right again leaving no mysteries or doubts to anything. Great job!

That is exactly it. Now if anything goes wrong with it in the future for Josh I know where EVERYTHING on the car is mounted... There is no guesswork.

[Breecher_7]

400 Flawless Miles so far. 100 to go for clutch break in. Hopefully going to the dyno by next weekend for WOT tuning.

[Waver]

you guys didnt have it on 164 on saturday did you? could of sworn I saw it out, but passed it off thinking that you were still a month out from getting it done

[Breecher_7]

you guys didnt have it on 164 on saturday did you? could of sworn I saw it out, but passed it off thinking that you were still a month out from getting it done

Yup, that was me and Josh putting break in miles on the clutch. You were on the opposite side of the road at the stoplight by walmart right? I saw ya. :thumbsup

Its done for the most part, just needs some final tuning.

[michelle]

Glad to hear it is back up and running.

[Waver]

Yup, that was me and Josh putting break in miles on the clutch. You were on the opposite side of the road at the stoplight by walmart right? I saw ya. :thumbsup

Its done for the most part, just needs some final tuning.


Yeah, I saw you (or was it josh, couldnt tell from the distance) as I was making the corner.....comming from my buddys house (I had to collect somthing) car looks good man, good job

[URLOZIN]

Man that looks great!

[Mr. Brett]

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I heard from a reliable source that Tom doesn't use Loctite, so I KNOW this pic is Photoshopped.

[Yeehaw]

really glad to see you guys got this car to the way it should be, good job!!

[Silver86]

very awesome! i cant wait to see the thing in person!

[1997 Trans-Am]

sick corvette! looks like a sweet setup

[Waver]

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I heard from a reliable source that Tom doesn't use Loctite, so I KNOW this pic is Photoshopped.

yeah I heard this too, some one care to explain lol

[Deggy]

That Vette looks sick as hell!

[BAD LS1]

yeah I heard this too, some one care to explain lol

He was being sarcastic...

[Waver]

He was being sarcastic...

so was I......I know the kind of work you do tom, it is top notch and you dont cut corners....If I had a LSX vehicle, I would have you work on it

[Mr. Brett]

Yep, just a joke. Car looks fucking hot. Nice work guys.

[Voodoo Chick]

Beautiful car!! Best luck with future work on it!

[JMG853]

What numbers did this baby put out?

Engine dyno would be the best, but since it is in, one nice set-up.

Just a quick question - Why Patriot Heads and how did they flow?

[Breecher_7]

What numbers did this baby put out?

Engine dyno would be the best, but since it is in, one nice set-up.

Just a quick question - Why Patriot Heads and how did they flow?

The car put down just over 700 to the wheels last year on west bend dynos MD 500 Mustang Chassis Dyno. This was with 20 less cubes and some other serious issues.

As far as the patriot heads, It fit his budget at the time and they work very well., They will be getting upgraded next winter though. to either TFS or AFR.. We have never had them flow tested though so i cant answer that question.

Car will be going back on the dyno this saturday if the weather holds out for more tuning. Not sure how far Josh wants to push it for right now though. It may stay at 11psi untill he figures out what he wants to do for methanol.

[JMG853]

Great results out of that combo. Nothing wrong with that at all. Not sure of the cubes, but AFR 225's would be a nice fit. Either way, it is a nice set-up as is so you may just want to leave it :headbang


JG


The car put down just over 700 to the wheels last year on west bend dynos MD 500 Mustang Chassis Dyno. This was with 20 less cubes and some other serious issues.

As far as the patriot heads, It fit his budget at the time and they work very well., They will be getting upgraded next winter though. to either TFS or AFR.. We have never had them flow tested though so i cant answer that question.

Car will be going back on the dyno this saturday if the weather holds out for more tuning. Not sure how far Josh wants to push it for right now though. It may stay at 11psi untill he figures out what he wants to do for methanol.