Current status of car, and summary of build.
Update As of January 4th, 2017
I have made arrangements to have the car taken to Hutter Performance, which is also Hutter Racing Engines. For engine R&R, and tuning. As soon as they can get me in, the car will be transported to them. Looks like 6 weeks from now.
October 2016
Current status
Car is home, and parked in the garage, trying to finish some of the things FSP missed, or never did. It has low oil pressure when at operating temperature. So the car will likely stay grounded until the spring. When I can get it to someone else who can fix the engine and tune the car.
Summary of Current mods.
Engine mods are as follows
CP pistons
Callies compstar rods
ACI coated race bearings
Durabond cam bearings
arp head studs
arp cam bolts
arp balancer bolt
arp main studs
GM High pressure oil pump with Melling spring
ls2 damper
c5r timing chain
comp cams trunion upgrade
new front and rear cover seals
new oil pan gasket
new valve seals
ls9 head gaskets
cadillac racing lifters
ID850's
25% SLP Under drive pulley
AGP Twin turbo kit
54/57 Turbos
Large race Intercooler
Livernois Dual fuel pump system
ECS BAP
Alky Control dual nozzle meth system
FSP custom grind cam
Car mods
AEM Tru Boost Controller
AEM AFR gauge
AEM Fuel Pressure Gauge
LNC-2000 Two Step
JDP clutch reservoir kit
SJM Line Lock
Autometer A Pillar pod
AreoForce dash vent gauge pod
MSD Raptor shift light
3" inch Magnaflow Catback Exhaust with X pipe
Mantic Twin 9000 Clutch
DSS 1000hp axles
DSS aluminum one piece drive shaft
ZL1 Rear end with 3.23 gears
BMR Trailing Arms,
Rear, Polyurethane Bushings
BMR Toe Rods,
Rear, Polyurethane Bushings
HE solid sub frame bushings
HE rear differential offset bushings
R1-Premiere Cross drilled and slotted rotors
Hawk HPS Pads
Exterior mods.
CEC c884 aluminum forged 20X10 inch wheels for the front and 20X11 inch wheels for the rear sitting on Goodyear Eagle F1 tires on the front and Mickey Thompson DR's on the rear.
New billet aluminum grill, top and bottom piece
Smoke colored headlight covers
Smoke colored tail light covers
Smoke colored fog light covers
Future mods, once I get the car home.
BMR one inch lowering springs
New Mickey Thompson DR's
Things I will do once my cash flow permits:
Fore or AGP triple pump fuel supply
Milled heads to raise compression a little
New clutch want to go to a triple disk
Two 17 inch wheels for the track
AGP MPH switch (for upping the boost after a certain mph)
Flex fuel meth fail safe system
RPM Roll Bar with removable swing out door bars
Here is a compilation of all my idle clips.
Here is a couple videos of some WOT pulls.
Two step videos, day and night.
Here is Matt from FSP breaking in the engine and clutch on the dyno, followed by a couple runs, ending with the car spinning the tires.
My complete build thread starts here.
I have never had my very own super duper kung foo killer muscle car to do with as I see fit, for financial or other reasons...family and spouse were always totally against it. Until now......
Week of July 4th 2012--Made the decision to get a car I knew I could have fun with and afford. Had to have been a Chevy, my first car was a Camaro, after that I was a chevy man for life.....Went to the dealership and told them I wanted a M6 LS3, those were my only requirements.
Car was bought with 48 miles on it...which was really cool because I am a Jimmy Johnson fan!
So one day I was doing some research on the internet, and one of my searches led me to C5, I had also remembered my car salesperson tell me that you guys were all a bunch of nuts and had all kinds of cool things you could do to the cars....Now I am a C5 junkie and am constantly reading, gathering information, and formulating evil master plans!
I was real big into SC for my future build. So I started investing in parts that I could consider supporting mods. And also in some parts that I just wanted anyway for fun.
R1-Premiere Cross drilled and slotted rotors
Hawk HPS Pads
Bought Kooks Stepped LT's
Cat-less mid-pipes
Borla S-Type Axle back mufflers
VMAX Ported Throttle Body
Cold Air Inductions. Inc CAI
ADM race scoop and washer bottle relocation kit
25% SLP Under drive pulley
Innovate MTXL-1 AFR guage
Vitesse Throttle controller
Had Matt from FSP remote tune the car on the street first then a Mustang dyno.
420WHP/401WTQ
Here is a sound clip of the car with the Kooks Stepped headers, no cats and Borla Axleback Exhaust, I will really miss this once I re install my factory manifolds.
So The time had come for me to pick a FI system, it was either SC or Turbo's. To make a long story short A lot of people have Superchargers on their Camaros, but not so many have turbos. That and after doing a ton of research, the AGP kit met my HP goals within the price I was wanting to work with.
So here it is! the RWHP goal is 750ish..
Pics and videos will start coming soon!
December 10th 2014 Took the Car to Matt @ FSP for the following work.
AGP Twin turbo kit
54/57 Turbos
AGP CAI kit
Intercooler
ID850's
Livernois Dual fuel pump system
Alky Control dual nozzle meth system
FSP custom grind cam
AEM Tru Boost Controller
Autometer A Pillar pod
MSD shift light
3" inch Magnaflow Catback Exhaust with X pipe
Mantic Twin 9000 Clutch
DSS 1400hp axles
DSS 1 piece Aluminum Drive Shaft
Lakewood Sub-frame connectors
BMR Trailing Arms,
Rear, Polyurethane Bushings
BMR Toe Rods,
Rear, Polyurethane Bushings
Here is a before and after photograph of the car, along with the dyno sheets. Don't mind the dent in the drivers side quarter panel, it was fixed months ago.