Ghost Recon ZO6

[V10 BAT]

Big thanks bud,probably better than HOTresistors,trouble is i also like those led corner bulbs as well ,if we are gonna put an order together.

Might fudge something for the mo,and maybe get em sent to my hotel in August,duty / shipping is killing me well that and the $ rate.

Thanks again mate.

[Troubleatmill]

Any update?
Inquiring minds need to know.

[V10 BAT]

Been busy at work,but the vette is now on the deck,finishing off the rear lights,and just got the hood back from paint.
So at the mo hope to give it a blast at the weekend then go from there.
Cheers mate.

[vaughan watkins]

Looking sweet Dave, Look forward to seeing it all back together

[ringram]

A mild cam will help with the power mate.
224/232 or similar with say a 115 LSA.

[V10 BAT]

Vaughan ,i`ll pop round at some point

Ringram,i will be consulting you on my needs mate .Not got into it yet but trickflow,air research heads seem good,and yeah deff a cam.Did i mention no2.

For now give it a good thrash and shake the bugs out.

cheers

[V10 BAT]

Well,best intentions and all that,been a bit caught up with other stuff .Few pics.

Hood insulation


Dissasemble blower,polish and a bit of paint.





Internal intercooler

















These take a bit of time





Kinda having a play with the blower,with no real intention of fitting it right now,yeah mad i know

Really feel the need to just drive this,before i take it apart.............................again lol.





Not the best of pics,looks like it has no wheels,will grab the keys soon as.;D
Cheers

[vaughan watkins]

Ah that explains it I wondered where you had dissapeared to, should have known the garage :-) kinda expected to see it out cruising over the bank holiday weekend on a shake down run :-) now the weather has gone for a sh-t best you get back in the garage and modify something else lol

[ringram]

Excellent work mate.
You might find the heads dont add much on that blower. Power is ultimately limited by the fixed air volume measured from the blower.

Heads and Cam will drop boost and intake temps which is a good thing. So its a balance. You might need to change pulley's to increase boost if you want more power, while also addings heads, cam etc.

Probably best to follow a known good recipe.

[Dr-Bob]

Looking good mate.....

Nice pic on the bench near the blower :O)

[V10 BAT]

Cheers guys,yeah weather really does need to cheer up,or i will be back in the garage lol.
Dr bob,chicks with blowers

Ringram yeah need to do a bit of research rather than blunder in like i do Ideal compression ratio
8.5 -9.0:1 ?????

swerni,before i bought this z took a real hard look at your camaro,now thats stunning mate,but kinda just had to have a z again well that and a large project

Out of intrest anyone know if there is any other white c5 zo6`s over here,can`t say i have ever seen one.
cheers guys

[chuntington101]

V10 BAT said:

Ringram yeah need to do a bit of research rather than blunder in like i do Ideal compression ratio
8.5 -9.0:1 ?????

The feeling these days is the more compression the better! most supercharge applications are going for at least 9.5-1 these days. There are even some people talking about rebuilding the LS9 with higher comp. to get the most out of it.

[V10 BAT]

Cheers mate,lots to learn,compared to the usual fit it and do the generic tune thing.kinda new to me to sort the motor to maximise the blower.

Question,are the ls1 and ls6 basically the same apart from heads, cam,intake and maybe compression ? like if i bumped into an ls1 block going cheap would that be fine to build up.

Also not to ignore the ls2,any major aggro in fitting ?

Any input is cool .
cheers.

[malc350]

What an excellent thread, great attention to detail and all about making exactly the car you want.

Truly brilliant.

Malc

[z06tim]

V10 BAT said:

Question,are the ls1 and ls6 basically the same apart from heads, cam,intake and maybe compression ? like if i bumped into an ls1 block going cheap would that be fine to build up.

Dave. Found this from a 2001 spec sheet I have. "The LS6 aluminum block has been modified for better management of crankcase pressures and speedier return of oil from the upper part of the engine during high speed operation".

[ringram]

chuntington101 said:

V10 BAT said:

Ringram yeah need to do a bit of research rather than blunder in like i do Ideal compression ratio
8.5 -9.0:1 ?????

The feeling these days is the more compression the better! most supercharge applications are going for at least 9.5-1 these days. There are even some people talking about rebuilding the LS9 with higher comp. to get the most out of it.

Not sure about that mate.
Thats application specific. Low boost maybe ok with higher compression to maintain off idle and low manifold pressure response & economy. But ultimately knock will be the limiter, more so with higher compression.

A glance at the OEM's will show they do not run high compression. More power at the expense of reliability is not a trade off Im interested in.

[V10 BAT]

malc350 said:

What an excellent thread, great attention to detail and all about making exactly the car you want.

Truly brilliant.

Malc

Thanks bud,i try and keep to the point,but can go off on one now and again lol.

[V10 BAT]

z06tim said:

V10 BAT said:

Question,are the ls1 and ls6 basically the same apart from heads, cam,intake and maybe compression ? like if i bumped into an ls1 block going cheap would that be fine to build up.

Dave. Found this from a 2001 spec sheet I have. "The LS6 aluminum block has been modified for better management of crankcase pressures and speedier return of oil from the upper part of the engine during high speed operation".

Mate,that`s exactly the kind of info i need,cheers and don`t go away

[chuntington101]

ringram said:

chuntington101 said:

V10 BAT said:

Ringram yeah need to do a bit of research rather than blunder in like i do Ideal compression ratio
8.5 -9.0:1 ?????

The feeling these days is the more compression the better! most supercharge applications are going for at least 9.5-1 these days. There are even some people talking about rebuilding the LS9 with higher comp. to get the most out of it.

Not sure about that mate.
Thats application specific. Low boost maybe ok with higher compression to maintain off idle and low manifold pressure response & economy. But ultimately knock will be the limiter, more so with higher compression.

A glance at the OEM's will show they do not run high compression. More power at the expense of reliability is not a trade off Im interested in.

GM keep the comp. low beacue they have to build an engine that will A. last 150K miles and B. one that will run on lower grade fuel than the manual says. This is generally not the case with aftermaket setups as people are not expecting a built engine to last that long and will problably run the same fuel as the car was mapped on.

However you arer ight about dept. being the limiting factor. But from what i have seen 9.5 - 1 is not pushing these engines even when supercharged! There are alot of LS2s and 3s pushing high teen PSI on stock motors. but they are getting used to tuning these engines now!

I personally would talk to the nice man building your engine / tuning it.

Edited by chuntington101 on Wednesday 15th May 08:47

[Spadge3]

hi dave do you still have the old coilovers and the trim that goes left to right under the front screen that the window wipers come through