Ashen 6.2 2014 Z/SS

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I didnt get any pics when the timing cover was off but since I was going with the 3 bolt cam the VVT stuff was removed. New cam gear, cam plate, timing chain, tensioner, LS3 cover were installed along with modifying the wiring harness for VVT delete.

After that, I used the supplied crank pinning kit from Magnuson to drill the holes and pinning the balancer.





Holes drilled - the drill bit they supply is a killer drill bit. Either that or that metal is soft.. lol




Pins in

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Got the old motor mounts out and new BMR's in place






New Circle D tripple disc 3600 arrived






Installed

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Block back into place




Heads on




Accessories on

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Intercooler pump bracket installed




Pump attached




Relay and fuse assembly installed




Wiring in place




While there I finish mounting and wiring the DSX aux pump control module

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Got the lower half of the SC put in place




Top on and tightened down




New Holley valve covers in place




Time to start wiring and plumbing

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Started working on mounting the Tru-cool 40k trans cooler. I did paint it with a flat black paint.





Lines attached to factory hard lines






Got the intercooler reservoir in and lines attached








Soler PTB in its new home




Put in the 5" CAI from RPM




Might Mouse XL mounted using a bar of aluminum that I twisted to mount on the factory studs that were just hanging out. (This will be changed later on)





Wild vacuum line in place.. lol, that is temporary, was just in place for the first start up.

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Here is a video of the second start up (didn't get one on the first start). This is running on the old SS2VVT tune.

https://youtu.be/r3O4NCeQk3E


Here is a video after installing the soft tune from Ryan @GPI

https://youtu.be/V1tVbc21fjI

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Fast forward a bit.. the nose is back on and made a new bracket for the Mighty Mouse catch can.

I like this placement much better. Not as crowded as it seemed to be with the twisted bracket.

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So, dyno day is finally here (Thursday 6/17) -

Borrowed a trailer from a friend at work and my good buddy Daniel who helps me with all this stuff offered to use his truck to tow it to GPI.




Got to GPI and checked in. Ben drove it around for a few minutes then got it set up on the dyno.

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We only have 1 fuel station in NW Arkansas that has 93 octane and its 25 miles from my house. So we are tuning on 91 then E85. only had 3 or 4 gallons of 91 in the tank when we got to GPI.

Before starting the pulls, we swapped the 3.8" stock upper pulley for a 3.40" Griptec and a shorter belt. That was on for all tuning and will remain for now. That provided a little over 8lbs of boost with this set up.

This is my second trip to GPI for tuning and I cannot say enough good things about them. Top notch crew to say the least. Ben was right there helping swap the pulley and get the belt on. They also bled the aux fuel pump line prior to starting all of this.

Weather conditions - Hot




Here are the numbers by dyno pull -
91 octane
1 - 533
2 - 550
3 - 586

Switch to E85 - added 5 gallons = 60%
4 - 626
added another 5 gallons = 63%
5 - 648
6 - 653
7th & final pull - 665 @ 7200rpm


Here are a few video's from the dyno pulls -

https://youtu.be/8Y1z3WuDQlM

https://youtu.be/8eFji4BB4u8

Doing 2-3-4 shift points (spun at the top of second) - https://youtu.be/GsUqbfycQ0k

Checking lock up for 3rd & 4th - https://youtu.be/MCkPcdU91J8

Dyno sheet -

[morepowerjoe]

It sounds really wicked.

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Originally Posted by TheFlyingBananaSS

Very nice. Those Maggie's put down good power.

Thanks Banana! Have you found anything that peaks your interest yet?

[13_SS_RS]

Wow, that's the dream build right there! I wanna see vids of that beast on slicks going down the 1/4 mile

[TheFlyingBananaSS]

Originally Posted by Ashen 6.2

Thanks Banana! Have you found anything that peaks your interest yet?

Solid dyno numbers. Are you going to get track numbers too?

No firm decision yet but been looking at the following;

Viper ACR
2022 C8 ZO6
2019 ZO6 and ZR1
Ferrari F430 F1 spec spider
Lamborghini Gallardo spider
2022 ZL1
Porsche 911
Viper GTS

Hard to decide I want them all