89Notch 5.3/T76 turbo/th400 etc Build Thread. ** Now with twins** by tirefryin_s10

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89Notch 5.3/T76 turbo/th400 etc Build Thread. ** Now with twins**

Compliments of tirefryin_s10 @ www.ls1tech.com


Well i started a thread when i thought this powertrain would be going into my rx7 well plans changed so a new thread is needed.

Here is a basic rundown:

89 notch some weight removal
8 point cage
weld in sub frame connectors
Tubular control arms ,poly bushings
4 cyl front springs with 90/10 drag struts
v8 rear springs with 50/50 drag shocks
built 8.8
moser 31 spline axles w/ c-clip elims
strange 31 spline spool
girdle cover
15x3.5 draglites with 165r front tires
15x10 drag lites with 275/60/15 M/t drag radials
BIG fmic 
custom built turbo kit with ceramic ball bearing T76 
04 5.3 
ls1 car intake
ported tb
arp rod bolts 
comp 212/218 and .522/.529 lift on 114 LSA
comp 918 valve springs 
comp 7.4 hardened pushrods 
Built th400 reverse pattern full manual valve body
tci 3800 converter
16 gallon aluminum cell
aeromotive a1000 fuel pump/ boost ref reg
60 lb injectors
tuned with hp tuners


And now for the pics!!! 

A1000



Boost referenced fuel pressure reg



Some T76 action

Looks BIG on the bench

Most recent shots of the motor all buttoned up

single layer pin on 4" fiberglass hood



15x10 with 6.5 BS need a cleaning bad




More pics coming soon as the car is coming back from getting its cage etc

the motor is an 04 with 28000kms so its damn near brand new but after some paint and cleaning i think it looks quite nice ... i have vette covers for it not sure if im gonna run them yet or not

5/10/2007

Well heres a few update pics they are nothing special but at least show some progress.... got the car back from the cage ,The cage builder did a great job so heres the pics the front end is pretty well all done for now until i get a k member and coil overs for now its 4cyl springs new lakewood 90/10s and some 15x3.5 drag lites 



Next is the 16gallon aluminum fuel cell with foam and sender in the spare tire well,Also you can see how the spare tire well is off center in the fox bodies (stupid ford) also the relocated battery with master disconnect and LS1 Plate LOL




Here is my gauge cluster its not 100% done but almost still needs the turn signal indicators as well as the high beam indicator ,the gauges are Auto meter Ultralites all of them are electric except the speedo:




This picture shows the fitment of the roll bar past the stock door panel.....





Here is a picture of the half finished interior ,In this picture you can see the shifter mounted in the stock ash tray hole as well as the tach mounted on the cover for the stock 5 speed opening,and the passenger seat in,you can also get a better view of the roll bar and how it fits in this picture:

5/25/2007

Well heres a few more update pics ... the car is sitting on all fours there is still a bunch of weight to go up front so it will sit lower still and then a couple hundred pounds of fuel will bring the back down just nice i think ......

New seats/ belts in 

Engine and trans set in car trans mount done engine mounts in progress

these ones show the turbo placement ..... dont worry the giant hole will be filled back in when its done 

Front shot showing hole sawed bumper support and large intercooler




Few more shots of the interior slowly coming together:

7/1/2007

Here are some semi recent pics mores been done but this is some basic updates 

Cold side / Blow off valve 

A shot of the motor in the car with some stuff on top of it 



Heres some self explanitory pictures:

Check out this BAD ASS shift **** authentic ww2 pineapple grenade -i blow up alot of motors etc so thats the reason for the grenade ...every run ill pull the pin and hang on LOL :fear:

All my new front end goodies... thx to carlos at cvs for hookin me up with this bad *** upr chromeoly stuff/ coil overs etc 

The diff parts .... 31 spline moser axles with c clip eliminators and a 31 spline strange spool

Look at the difference between the new axle and an old stocker 




Torque box reinforcement kit for top and bottom also courtesey of upr/ carlos @ CVS

7/13/2007

Heres a few small updated pictures from the past couple days 


Breather tank all mounted ... the drain is easily accesible through the inner fender 



Our ubber trick gm power center -well i think it looks trick anyways



Some pictures of the harness all finished up and the vette covers just set on to see how they look , they still need to be trimmed to clear the fuel line etc ,but i bet you cant see the harness except where it enters the firewall and where the two pig tails are hanging for the o2 sensors:

And one of the fuel cell set up all finished up... gonna still add another vent line to the passenger side 



9/10/2007

UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!! the car is running and running great on only 10 lbs and pump gas very soft tune , super soft launch the slip looked like this :

60 ft - 1.85
1/8 mile et - 7.3
1/8 mile mph - 103
1/4 mile et - 11.24
1/4 mile mph - 129.5

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o...Shortblast.flvhttp://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o...Shortblast.flv

9/11/2007

Here are a few more short videos low quality but sound cool  

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o...rshortpull.flv

http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...npasses011.flv

9/20/2007

Car has ran 11.0 @134mph on only 11-12 psi driven 6 hours to track raced then driven 6 home!!! this winter calls for a trans brake and two step to get the car out of the hole and make use of the power its making 


Here is some totally bad *** pictures of my scrap rolling down the highway on the way to the track ....... Street car baby 

Some burnout action from the track



And my favorite one ..... Just seems SOO fitting 

3/19/2008

Ive been working on the car alittle bit here and there , Motor is out , trans is rebuilt and sold New K member is in etc I picked up some new BBK caster camber plates so the front end should be back together ASAP

the car weighed 2900 lbs without me and with a 1/2 tank of fuel , that was with the stock K member front end etc and an Iron block motor and heavy turbo kit up front .

The car uses a TCI 3500-3800 converter meant for a th350/400 behind a LSX motor. 

I should have some more progress to report after the weekend.

8/5/2008

Ok here are some updates for this year:

Had the car on our Dynojet and made 510rwhp/495 rwtq on 11psi and pump gas but have not had a chance to put it back on with the boost up.

So far the car has gone a best of [email protected] with a 1.53 60 foot , That was on 13 psi and pump gas. I have since added airbags to the rear to try and flatten the car out as well as upped the boost to 16psi and I am trying to get a 9 second pass out of it before the year ends.

I have driven the car on 1200 km round trips raced and drove home as well as street drive the car ALOT! It has been great and not given me many issues at all.

I tune it , I don't run 16 psi on pump gas I run it on a mix of 94 pump and 109 unleaded race gas and yes this car see's a very heavy dose of meth timing is between 18-20 degrees depending.

8/16/2008

[email protected] last night in some nasty heat with a crappy 1.63 60 foot also went 138.46 on one run.

9/13/2008

Here is a little video of it from last night, car spun pretty hard but still managed a 10.40@135 on 14 psi and straight pump gas. The car in the near lane is a friend of mine His posi crapped the bed as can be seen but the car is a R block 306 with a novi 1000 blower and a 150 hit and has been 10.3 so we are generally a good race.

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...eil_Launch.flv

Gonna go for 18 psi next week and see if I can get my 9 out of this heap.

It really needs adjustable uppers not to mention the track conditions seem to vary run to run like one run I can leave at say 6psi and 3400 rpm the next run I try that and it spins HARD or I leave at more boost and it blows the tires off so I back it down some and then it leaves like a slug.

I will get it figured yet.

On 8 psi it made 450rwhp
on 11psi it made 510rwhp
SO on 14 I would guess 550ISH
and on 16.5 all the calculators put it right around 650-660 rwhp . I guess I could put it back on the rollers seeing as how I own a dyno LOL

9/20/2008

Well after going up a bit in tire size and changing a few things on the suspension the old heap of **** pickup truck motor finally did it 9.99@140 the car made 5 passes over 140 mph and it was all on 14.5psi and straight pump 94 with meth. The car finally left good with a 1.48 60 foot. Overall a great night of racing ran new personal best et,60 foot and mph and did it all on my street set up with the boost down and pump gas !!!

9/22/2008

Thanks guys here is the slip car 0364 left lane.

10/8/2008

I actually have another 5.3 that is going to get fully built and make its way into the car, here is the plan:

Diamond forged pistons
Compstar H beam rods
Bored to factory 346 bore size
Stock crank
Arp Main studs
Arp Head studs
Gm MLS or Cometic Head gaskets
Ported GM 317 6L heads
probably around 15-18 psi again
With the possibility of adding some bottle to the mix 

10/11/2008

Combo is as follows.....


2004 gm 5.3 lsx based truck motor(Cylinder heads have never even been off the motor)
comp 212/218 and .522/.529 lift on 114 LSA
Arp cam retainer bolts
Arp rod bolts
ls6 Corvette intake 
Ported Throttle body
60lb injectors
comp 918 beehive valve springs
comp titanium valve spring retainers
comp 7.4" hardened pushrods
stock Ecm tuned by Horsepower Soloutions VIA EFI Live
Custom turbo kit built by me
Turbonetics Tc76mps Water cooled ball bearing turbo
Turbosmart 38mm wastegate
cheap blow off valve
3" Open downpipe

Never got a chance to turn the boost up anymore as food poisoning took me out of commission lol

Cars best Et was [email protected] with a race weight of 3190 lbs and lots of 10.0 - 10.1 passes this year total I made right around 130-150 passes with ZERO breakage,aside from a couple of rubber intake boots.

http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o...Day2008008.flv





4/8/2009

Just an update for you guys, Keep in mind in these pics nothing was really finished, the fuel lines etc need to be re-done. the hot side needs to be cleaned up etc.

New built diff :

8.8 with welded tubes
Moser 33 spline spool
Moser 33 spline axles with 5 lug 5/8 studs
3.31 Gears
Solid pinion spacer
T/A Girdle cover
North race cars cobra rear disks

Full new rear suspension:

Team Z relocated Upper control arms
Team Z adjustable Lower Control arms
Strange Adjustable shocks
Competition engineering Anti-roll bar

Started on the new turbo build:

Twin MP T70 Turbos
Twin Turbosmart 38mm Gates
Single Tial 50mm style Blow off
2x 2.5" Cold side - into 3" before intercooler
2.5" Hot side pies
3" Downpipes

Also doing a fully built motor:

04 6.0 Iron block
Stock crank
6.2" Eagle H beam rods
Custom Diamond Forged Dish Pistons
Custom Turbo Cam
Hand ported 317 Heads
TEA Valve Springs
LS6 Intake

Shooting for 800ish rwhp

4/8/2009

Cut some more of the inner fender out on this side today and got a flange and tacked on a support piece..... It is starting to look like something!

4/11/2009

More pics of the progress..... Wastegate feed is just tacked for fitment purposes and actually needs to be rotatated etc, Hard to see in the pics but look at the deadly sweet fit of that 3" pipe to T4 flange. 

Pics also show the tire clearance with the suspension all the way up and wheel at full lock

Hoping to work on it some more tomorrow.

5/12/2009

got the turbos back from coating, they came out AWESOME... even smoothed off the " master power" on the compressor housings., I am pretty happy with how it is turning out I just need more time/money lol

5/19/2009

Well here is some more slow,ugly progress but at least it should work decent when its done.... I hope!

Cold side mocked up out of intercooler, with Blow off mounted and meth nozzle installed

Hotsides done, Pressure tested, wrapped etc.

Cold side out of turbo into Y pipe 2 x 2.5" into a 3" into the cooler




Gotta finish the cold side/downpipes then figure out how I can box the engine bay back in.

6/5/2009

Here is some more pics of my progress, Not the prettiest but it will do.... Dual meth nozzle bungs welded in, passenger downpipe all done and sectioned for tire clearance as well as wastegate dump plumbed back in.

6/28/2009

Well I got some more work done on the pile today

Diff assembled ( 3.31 gear, Moser 33 spline axles, Moser C-clip elims,Moser 33 spline lightweight spool, 5/8 studs,TA Girdle cover, Disk brakes)

Dust makes the stuff look rusty but its not, I might have to raise the ride height just a bit although I like it slammed! Also the brakes were just on for test fit hence the rotor oreintation.

New wheels drilled and Mounted (Big thanks to Gord max for the wheels)

New (ISH) motor half assembled.... Gonna try to set some records on stock JUNK again LOL 

Motor will consist of the following:

6.0 Block honed
Stock crank pollished
2006 LQ9 Rods with ARP Hardware (Big thanks to 2000Z Jordan)
2004 Lq4 pistons/rings with 400 kms(Big thanks to BlackX James)
Comp Custom grind turbo cam
Comp 850 Hyd roller lifters
Arp Head bolts
L92 MLS Head gaskets(2000Z Again)
Comp Hardened pushrods
317 heads with TEA Springs and Titanium retainers( Big thanks to Tim@ Head dynamics)

Hopefully this little girl holds on for a little while 

Also got my cold side out of the intercooler back from powder coating

7/2/2009

HOUSTON we have an engine!.... Hoping to put it in this weekend, Making a big push to be done for Street machine weekend July 10-12... None of this could be possible without help from some VERY awesome friends!!!!

7/5/2009

Now on to the good stuff!!!!! Mind the uglyness  (wheel wells,wiring etc will all be cleaned up when I have more time)

Car sitting on the ground with the new shoes,rear springs/suspension etc.

Oh ya I almost forgot IT RUNS! Still needs a lot of work but I plan to be DRIVING it to a big meet/street race/car show weekend that is 5 hours away on friday morning! 

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t=MVI_1336.flv

7/14/2009


finished the car at 4am friday morning, got up at 6:30am and drove the car 5.5 hours on the highway to get to a HUGE local car weekend. Raced the 100 foot drags where I did not have my boost controller set up properly and therfore got my *** whooped.

But saturday night we had some very fun street action and I proceeded to take down :

69 camaro, Full tub on 33x17 slicks, 502 on the bottle.
Hyabusa not sure on mods I think just a pipe
C6 Zo6 408,procharger -810 rwhp

as for spool time, still got some issues to work out with spooling it on the trans brake but it spools awesome on a roll.

7/16/2009

Well I decided I might as well throw the car on the rollers and make sure the tune was half decent for some friday night action.

I was kindly rewarded when the first pull it broke up rich numerous times and still did 600 ish rwhp. 11 psi of boost/15 degrees of timing and breaking up in the 9's for AFR.

Second pull I got the tune a little closer it did 650ish still same boost/timing. Little cleaner AFR.

Third pull , still working on the tune..... 670rwhp/601 rwtq on 12psi/15-16 degrees of timing and a pretty rich afr of around 10.8 ish.

4th pull got the Afr cleaned up added 2 psi of boost and did 706 rwhp/625 rwtq on only 14 psi/15.5 degrees of timing and around 11.2-11.6 AFR.

I decided that was enough power to try out for the first time out. Overall I am up 130 rwhp and 103 rwtq on 2.5 psi less boost. This thing still has A LOT left in it but like I said I wanna see how it does on this for now. 

I have also been driving the car alot to and from work etc.

I really did not think that this stock JUNK would make this much power especially on low boost. All numbers were made on GARBAGE 91 octane pump gas and meth. I will post the dyno chart as soon as I get a chance.

7/18/2009

Ran the car last night and learned a few things.

It ran 9.55 @143.5 1.49 60 foot and 116.85 1/8 mph and 6.17 1/8 ET 

BUT its blowing through the converter HARD, its on the limiter at 6800 about 300 feet short, hence the low top end mph.

That was on 14psi and pump gas/meth.

I think with a real converter in it and get it to actually 60 foot its got some 30's in it pretty easy.

7/20/2009

Street cars RULE!!!!!! Some pics from a few weekends ago when we made a 5.5 hour(each way) road trip and did some 100 footer racing.

8/4/2009

Here is the dyno chart, the converter was slipping about 20-25% on these dyno pulls based on the mph and I spun it to 6600 rpm.



8/13/2009

Now I can start turning it up! and getting it to actually leave hard.