The Blue Lagoon - LS1 Content

[kristov]

Do you have a part number for that Mishimoto?

[e30_neverstock]

updates?

[Pantless Spency]

wow just read this! nice work man. any updates?

[e30_neverstock]

wow just read this! nice work man. any updates?

[Blip Bavarian]

This is a great build man. Mad props with all the extra fab and such!! It looks great!! :D

Thanks!




door bar

[drutt23]

This is a great build man. Mad props with all the extra fab and such!! It looks great!! :D

[Blip Bavarian]

So after my first super lap, I came up with a list of stuff to do before the next round:
Before next Superlap:
Oil cooler
Kirkey seat
Roll bar or full cage
Steering rack
Weight of car - corner balance
Cut out cats
Add exhaust hanger and tip
Harness
Traqmate data acquisition
Mount ecu etc.
Clean up wiring in dash/glovebox

Longer term items:
Gas tank and surge tank
Cam/Heads/tune
Diff w/ variable ramp angles
Stiffer spring rates 750F 900R
Wheels
R comps
Learn composites
Splitter
Diffuser
Lexan
Airbox for intake

I've made pretty good progress so far. Went to Nicks place, cut out my cats, did the other exhaust items. The car is exhaust note is still suprisingly mellow. Also got the car on scales for preliminary weights

w/ me in it

After a couple back and forths with Summit, I got all the parts in to remote mount my oil filter and to plumb in this quad pass oil cooler. Its 7" x 21" x 1.75"



My friend Nick (nico.tico) let me borrow his Traqmate data aquasition setup til he gets back from Afghanistan, so i wired that up. I'm really looking forward to using it (hopefully this coming sat).

Decided to strip some more weight out of the car, so i ripped out my headliner, and cut out all of the shit associated with my sunroof. All in all it was around 35 lbs, and from the top of the car too :naughty: i made a template and had my buddy Rick cut me an aluminum block off pannel. Riveted it on and sealed it up w some epoxy

pulled my factory seats which were about 40 lbs each.
Went out to Nick's this weekend and started adding weight
seat mount

Rollbar with doorbars. Its welded into the chasis at 9 points. Its 1.75" x .120 wall DOM. I figure with the seat, the and the rollbar, I added about 105 lbs. Im really happy with how it turned out! I'll take some more pics of it later and post em tonight.


Progress has been good so far. Now i just need to add a harness, clean up my mount my ecu, and solve the mytery slip in my steering setup

[Blip Bavarian]

Other than the lockup... how are the boosterless brakes working?

Pedal feel is really good. It is a bit stiff, but actually better than I was expecting. Im may move the clevis on the pedal stem some to soften it up a bit, but all in all I am pretty happy with it. I can also switch to a smaller bore MC in the future if I feel the need.
I think the key to the boosterless setup is to go with huge pistons. THe more total piston area you have the softer the pedal will feel. I have 1.75 x 4 up front and 1.25 x 4 in the rear. Lee at Massive was a huge help. I literally spent hours discussing the setup and asking questions. I highly recomend calling him if you are working on a brake setup.

Great writeup!

So how much was the exhaust system including the flanges, pipes, muffler...etc?

Thanks. Im not exactly sure, but i prob spent about $400-$500 in parts. This is the header kit i went with

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Chevy-LS1-Header-Kits,6600.html

In retrospect, I shouldve gone with the 1 3/4 primaries instead of the 1 5/8.
The hooker muffler was $70, and i spent about $120-150 on the cats, tubing and flex sections. Then some cheapo v-bands off ebay and the DEI wrap kit.

The big expense would be getting someone to do your headers. My buddy Nick did all mock up, cutting, and welding for my headers and exhaust for $200. Its prob pretty hard to find someone else to do it for that price.

Are you doing an LS swap?

[Garageaholic]

Great writeup!

So how much was the exhaust system including the flanges, pipes, muffler...etc?

[BeirBrennerE30]

Other than the lockup... how are the boosterless brakes working?

[Vtec?lol]

I'm coming down to el paso when your ready.

[Blip Bavarian]

Got a couple of things done this weekend.

My rear tires were locking up before the fronts, so i bought this slick little prop valve


I was gonna put it at the MC but it is already a cluster fuck, so i made up this little loop section and put it at the ABS




Havent messed with it yet, but hopefully i can get the bias dialed in.

Also i finally remote mounted the coil that didnt fit

[Blip Bavarian]

Thanks guys.
Well turns out my sweet pnp 3.73 lsd is a piece of crap. It whines like crazy, and seems to be binding a bit. I am looking at biting the bullet and going for a diffsonline diff. I am still doing a bunch of research, and trying to decide what ramp angles and gearing would be right for the car.

More to come on that soon...

[Massive Lee]

Yea... for a street car I think that would be ideal. But we're going for a more lightweight set-up now, and to keep it simpler and more reliable we might ditch the power steering system (pump, cooler, lines, etc) all together... so hydroboost is out for us. We have some custom rotor/caliper ideas + a different M.C. we're working on to fix our braking issues once and for all.

Hi Terry

Increase pedal leverage from 4 to 6:1 + small MC + bigger caliper pistons + grippy pads. But I am sure you knew already ;-)

[Massive Lee]

Glad to see there's some progress. Keep on the good work.