Scorch BUILD v2.0 by dascorcha21

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Well got a lot accomplished during the weekend and hopefully have the drivetrain back in the car this weekend. First of all I would like to curse the world at the pilot bearing after several of these broken pilot bearing pullers I said the hell with it and drilled that sucker out!





Alas got that sucker out! Go to bolt in the flexplate and wrong bolts FAIL! Now here I have to give a lot of credit to chad over at CBI as he is just a class act that will bend over backwards to help any of his customers out! Sunday delivery for ARP bolts DONE!



Also finished pinning the crank, mounting water pump, running ac belt to flip drive pulley jackshaft, and installing ECS HD bottom tensioner







Made my own Pins to go into the crank



Also finished up my Scorch tranny cooler system it will sit at the front passenger side bumper with plenty of air getting to it from the tiger shark fascia as well as some ducting going to it. The fan will be ran at all times without a temp fan controller. With this Th400 and converter I won't have lock up which adds a lot of heat to the system on the highway etc The biggest enemy of any trans is hot trans temp. I made sure that this system will be up to the task and keep temps below 175 at all times.
Hard to see in the pics but they are 3 tranny coolers ran in sequence with a high cfm fan. The inlet and outlet lines at the cooler will be converted to -6an lines that will go all the way back to the trans.







Mounting bracket will attach to frame.



Also swapping over the c6 PS pulley to c5 ps pulley in the pic you can see the c6 pulley is a lot thicker on the sides hence the issue with it hitting the conversion fitting and needing to be milled down in order to work.



Also a couple of pics of the custom shorter radiator





I have been getting a lot of PM's in regards to my Evac system and I figured I would just post it up instead. It's pretty simple but will work great!



ready to go in!



Had to re-route some of the fuel lines stuff to clearance the trans as well as protecting the lines that are close to sharp edges or heat but it's all secured now and ready to go!





Got the bell housing on and hopefully tomorrow the rest of it will join it.



I will be keeping the clutch pedal and putting a return spring on it. The switch on the floor that was used as a neutral switch will now be utilized as my trans brake switch.



1/31/12

Well. Couldn't find anybody to help me stick this sucker in the car sooo I just had to go solo! Fits like a glove!

















2/13/12

What do we have here all suspension gone



Well as you can imagine this has gone into a complete snow ball effect .
I decided to redo the suspension with all the right parts to be able to hook and book. In comes in PFADT with their unrivaled knowledge and products in the corvette market and more specific to me in drag racing.

FeatherLight Generation Drag Racing Coilovers- Single Adjustable - http://www.pfadtracing.com/catalog/p...roducts_id/260

C5 Rear Sway Drag Bar ( I will not be running a front sway bar as I will be running slicks and skinnies) http://www.pfadtracing.com/catalog/p...roducts_id/256

Haven't chosen which bushings I will be using complete poly or Drag Race Spherical Bearings as the car will still see a fair amount of street duty. I cannot say enough about the PFADT crew they spend the time on the phone making sure you're getting exactly what you need and not just trying to sell things. Let's not forget these products are proven and have def. helped cars with setups similar to mine achieve consistent 1.2-1.4 60

I have also replaced the stock trans mount with the Pfadt C5 Transmission Brace which is a must have for any high hp C5 and completes the package with my Pfadt engine mounts.

I have also changed my plans on gauges and decided to go with a product I haven't seen on here much but it is def. a high quality product packed with features for a ¼ of the price of similar gauges!

Prosport Halo gauges were a no brainer for me. I went with the Boost, fuel pressure, and trans temp gauges.

I have also been spending countless hours on wiring as im am very picky about it and like for everything to be perfect! i worked up a little system for the trans brake and line lock.
In the ash tray area the flowing switches will be housed:
1.Line lock (to utilize during burn outs)
2.Trans cooler fan (the switch will only be utilized as a ground for the relay operating it, I decided to do this so that the fan is not on while the trans fluid begins to get warm and then I will kick it on and let it run at all-time no matter the temp once its warm. )
3.External fuel pump (hobbs switch ground bypass/tester)

Now since I must utilize the transbrake to engage reverse I will be utilizing what use to be the neutral switch under the clutch pedal to engage it.
When using the Alky kit you're no longer utilizing the windshield washer pump so I'm going to be using the button on the right lever to engage the transbrake and line lock simultaneously when launching which will allow me to keep both hands on the wheel and keep the car from unloading once the transbrake is applied.

All my connections are soldered and heat shrinked!



I have also went ahead and replaced my stock water pump with a Mezeire EWP LS1-LS8 not just because its verify efficient and you can run it while the car is off but because once you start to really tighten the belt on a stock pump the pulley breaks away from the HUB (ask me how I know lol) big shout out to ccajun4real awesome vendor and class act!def. recommend him for anyone looking for great deals!

I will be having a lot of pics by the end of the week.
The heads should be here and on the car by end of month as well! Things are starting to move fast now.