*Race Car* It's alive!

[RedLS1GTO]

After 16 seasons of getting it's ass kicked, first as an ASA circle track car and subsequently as a road race car, it was finally time for the engine to get a teardown/rebuild...

Original block
Original ASA cam
243 heads
Isky Valve springs
Mahle pistons/rings
Callies rods
Melling primary oil pump
New Razor scavenge pump
Clevite H series bearings
Fel-Pro seals and Gaskets
ARP main studs, rod bolts, balancer bolt
LS2 timing set
Magnecor wires
Trick Flow timing chain dampener
etc
etc
etc

[Datawiz]

[Kerrmudgeon]

That's the car you bought around 2 years ago that you had all the troubles with?

It'll be nice to have it all sorted out for this year. Great sounding motor.

[Craig]

Very cool.

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

That's the car you bought around 2 years ago that you had all the troubles with?

It'll be nice to have it all sorted out for this year. Great sounding motor.

I bought the car in 2013 but yep... same one that was a major pain in the ass thanks to it's previous owners/builders.

The engine needs to be tuned still and some minor things need to be cleaned up but it's just about back together and ready to roll in anger. At this point, I can't think of a single bolt that I haven't turned so if it breaks I only have myself to blame now. Of course it's going to break at some point because that's what race cars do, but I have done my best to build it to be reliable in addition to fast. There isn't a cheap part anywhere on it (or in it). A good portion of the parts including all of the switch panels, oil sump, coolers, brakes, and the entire driveline behind the engine came straight out of NASCAR Cup cars. 500hp and 6,800 rpm is a walk in the park for all of those parts.

It SHOULD be about the strongest LS1 based engine ever built, everything done and every part put in it was done for longevity and durability. Nothing in it is too radical. It will be right at 500hp and 530-ish torque with a conservative tune when all is said and done. It showed great potential making partial pulls during the break in. Plenty of power to be fun in a 2,600 pound car.

Now I just need to get back to the track...

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

That's the car you bought around 2 years ago that you had all the troubles with?

It'll be nice to have it all sorted out for this year. Great sounding motor.

It would be interesting to see they dyno numbers on it.

[69camfrk]

Looking good Bryan. Stay safe in that sucker!!!!

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

It would be interesting to see they dyno numbers on it.

Dyno numbers are nothing special. It is a stock displacement LS1 w/100% OEM 243 heads and a 100% OEM intake manifold. The stock 75mm throttle body is basically a big restrictor bolted to the front of it. If I could toss a new intake/tb/MAF on it, it could probably make some decent power but per the GTA class rules, unfortunately there's not much you can do to solve the problem of getting air to it.

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by 69camfrk

Looking good Bryan. Stay safe in that sucker!!!!

Man, that's the whole point of it. If there's 1 thing that the roundy-round cars are really good at, it's crashing and keeping the driver safe.

I had a big scare in the Z06 at VIR when the Active Handling decided to go bonkers and sent me off into wet grass at well over 100 mph... with no control of the brakes. I got lucky that it happened where it did and I had room to get it under control without hitting anything. I think I had made the decision before the car even stopped that I wanted something with much more safety built into it. The Z06 went into the trailer and never saw a track again.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO

Dyno numbers are nothing special. It is a stock displacement LS1 w/100% OEM 243 heads and a 100% OEM intake manifold. The stock 75mm throttle body is basically a big restrictor bolted to the front of it. If I could toss a new intake/tb/MAF on it, it could probably make some decent power but per the GTA class rules, unfortunately there's not much you can do to solve the problem of getting air to it.

Ahh. I see. So there really isn't much you can do for mods to increase HP that won't violate the rules of the class you race in?

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

Ahh. I see. So there really isn't much you can do for mods to increase HP that won't violate the rules of the class you race in?

Nope. This falls into the "Upgraded" LS1 category.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO

Nope. This falls into the "Upgraded" LS1 category.

Which intake and throttle body are you using?

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by DJ_Critterus

Which intake and throttle body are you using?

I have all sorts of intake parts sitting here. Which combo ends up on it is a secret.

[VatorMan]

I came close to buying a NASCAR frame car for my track car as well. I needed the passenger seat tho.

Now get your ass back to the track ! BTW- the NCM track is a hoot. Lots of high speed sweepers , blind off camber and holy hell, the sinkhole.

[JRD77VET]

Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO

Now I just need to get back to the track...

I thought you were a bit older

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

BTW- the NCM track is a hoot. Lots of high speed sweepers , blind off camber and holy hell, the sinkhole.

...but those gators. Jeebus. Whoever designed those things needs a kick in the nuts. It's like running into a wall.

We went there a couple of years ago to break in a new transmission and shake the car down after some off season work. I had the VIR/long track gear in it and it was no Bueno. I was running entire laps in 2nd/3rd and couldn't ever even get it into 4th gear.

This is what happens when you drill 1 of those big super gators...

[VatorMan]

According to Matt Busby, those are FIA compliant gators. Something tells me you need a bit more time there to keep it on the track.

Oh- looking at the video again, that's you ****ed up corner. (Named it myself) looks like you can stretch it out but it's a 90.

[Olustee bus]

Now that is a race car there. Nice job

[RedLS1GTO]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

According to Matt Busby, those are FIA compliant gators. Something tells me you need a bit more time there to keep it on the track.

Oh- looking at the video again, that's you ****ed up corner. (Named it myself) looks like you can stretch it out but it's a 90.

That was 100% driver, plain and simple. It was about my 5th lap on the track and I flat out forgot what the F was coming next. Hell, I up shifted going into it...

With that said, had it not been for the mountainous gators, I'm pretty sure it would have at least come out going the right direction. I tried to hit the inside gator to rotate the car. Mission accomplished. It was actually somewhat under control until it went sideways over the outside one.

Worst part was that hitting it sideways cut the sidewalls of both left side tires.