My Supercharged Monaro build

[gsd2000]

This is nothing crazy but i thought that id post a mini build thread

Engine spec

Standard LS1 short block
241 casting heads tidied up
ARP head studs
LS9 head gaskets
Lightly Ported FAST92 intake
92mm throttle body
222/230 114LSA cam
Katech belt tensioner
LS6 timing chain guide
C5R timing chain
Edelbrock split timing cover
All 4 steam ports run to the radiator
Brian Tooley Dual springs with Ti retainers
Brian Tooley SLR lifters
Brian Tooley trunion upgrade


Exhaust

Capa ceramic coated 1 5/8 long tube headers - may upgrade to 1 7/8 longtubes at a later stage
Wortec 2.5" catback exhaust


Forced Induction

Vortech V2 supercharger – Crank Cog driven - around 9 PSI but need to check blower speeds - Crank pinned
Big front mount intercooler with 3" pipework
4 Inch intake pipe to the supercharger with large airfilter mounted in the front wheel arch
Tial 50 BOV


Oiling

Improved Racing oil cooler adapter
Melling Oil pump
Improved racing baffled sump
13 Row Oil cooler
13 Row Power Steering Cooler


Water/Meth

Devils Own water/methanol injection.
Twin nozzle setup with one small nozzle pre supercharger and pre throttle body


Fuel

ID1000 injectors
Walbro 255 fuel pump – still to order
FAST fuel rails with braided fittings


Clutch/Drivetrain

ACT twin plate clutch
Bigger bore Adjustable master cylinder
Bigger clutch reservoir
Modified aluminium bell housing
All clutch line lagged with DEI reflective heat wrap
Kaaz 2 way diff with 3.46 gears
Gforce1320 level 2 anti wheel hop driveshafts
Gforce1320 300m inner stubs
GMM ripshifter
Remote clutch bleed line


Suspension

Fully polybushed with Pedders bushes
Pedders 3 way coilovers
Pedders anti roll bars
Pedders Quick rack
Pedders strut brace


Wheels

Team Dyanamics Pro Race 1.2S 18x8J ET45


Brakes

AP racing brakes
Front - 6 piston calipers with 363mm discs and CL RC5+ pads
Rear - 4 piston calipers with 342mm discs and DS2500 pads

Tuning

EFI Live tuned by myself


Final Power

Hoping to make approx 600-650hp at the crank and rev the engine to approx 6600rpm


I will update the spec as i go along, along with photos

I am currently in the process of removing the engine and gearbox from the car

This is the best photo i have of the engine before



This was after a few hours last night

Edited by gsd2000 on Thursday 26th December 12:46

Edited by gsd2000 on Thursday 13th February 16:48

[anonymous-user]

Nice. No pistons?

[jameshsv]

Great stuff m8

[stick100]

What you going to put in the shed now your finally fitting the parts lol

[gsd2000]

Standard pistons for now

I want to get this running good, first. Long term I will add some good heads, bigger cam, bigger exhaust, forged pistons and rods along with a much bigger fuel system.

Plus ive never built a car engine before. Ive done plenty of aero engines but nothing automotive. So should be interesting.

[gsd2000]

stick100 said:

What you going to put in the shed now your finally fitting the parts lol

Ive bought a 350Z supercharger kit to sell so that can take its place for a while

[jameshsv]

Stick100 did you get the exhaust finished

[stick100]

jameshsv said:

Stick100 did you get the exhaust finished

Don't be silly I might do a bit next Monday ill see what happens

[ringram]

Your heads and then exhaust are the next bottlenecks then.

Pity you couldn't fix the dart's.

I think the cam is the last thing you should do. What you have there should be good for around town and general driving. Any bigger on the LS1 and you will start to get trade off's IMO

Better to go for 70cc heads to drop compression and wind boost up..!?

[gsd2000]

Head wise I was very tempted in a set of tfs as cast heads and have them ported by brian tooley and modified so that I can use stock rockers.

But they are on hold for now

I want to experiment with ethanol based fuels so the fuel system will get another upgrade at some point

[stick100]

I would of thought you would do the pistons while the motors out
That's a lot of effort to do what your doing only to pull the motor back out later

[jameshsv]

stick100 said:

I would of thought you would do the pistons while the motors out
That's a lot of effort to do what your doing only to pull the motor back out later

+1

[gsd2000]

One reason i havent done pistons now is cost.

When i forge i want to work out my ideal static compression ratio and then choose a set of pistons and rods to suit the heads.

Once ive done that i can pick a cam that will help the engine to pull to 7k rpm

For now i want to get it working, but swapping the sump in situ is a pain due to the cross member and i dont fancy drilling a sump in situ.

Im also planning on making some braided power steering lines, to make it easier if i ever need to fit stock headers and cats, along with rust proofing the engine bay

[snowwolf]

Looking very nice GSD a lot of time spent there !!!

[gsd2000]

ringram said:

Your heads and then exhaust are the next bottlenecks then.

Pity you couldn't fix the dart's.

I think the cam is the last thing you should do. What you have there should be good for around town and general driving. Any bigger on the LS1 and you will start to get trade off's IMO

Better to go for 70cc heads to drop compression and wind boost up..!?

Every single valve guide boss on the Dart heads are cracked. I took a risk and it went wrong.

Oh well maybe there is some scrap value in them

[stick100]

gsd2000 said:

One reason i havent done pistons now is cost.

When i forge i want to work out my ideal static compression ratio and then choose a set of pistons and rods to suit the heads.

Once ive done that i can pick a cam that will help the engine to pull to 7k rpm

For now i want to get it working, but swapping the sump in situ is a pain due to the cross member and i dont fancy drilling a sump in situ.

Im also planning on making some braided power steering lines, to make it easier if i ever need to fit stock headers and cats, along with rust proofing the engine bay

If your going to pull the engine out I would wait till you've got the rest
But as your doing the work your self I surpose it doesn't really mater

[gsd2000]

Probably wont do pistons etc for quite some time as then I will want to crank the boost up and I will be traction limited as it is

[Behold81]

As I'm aiming a similar build long term. Ringram is right. Heads are going to restrict.

Personally I'm looking at heads,cam and intake in one. Possibly the pistons cash lets me as I might as well. But I'm toying with heads.

I'm certainly curious how we both fare in final power.

[mikeyb1987]

Big respect for doing this G. It's all too easy to chuck money at stuff, but to build it yourself deserves a whole other level of admiration.

Nice to see someone going centri too

[minime68]

Looks like it's going to be stout! Props for doing this outside on your own as well. I normally work on a lift and even then I'm pulling my hairs out.

I'll keep an eye out for a forged rotating assembly and if I see a good deal, I'll let you know. I know you don't plan on going that route for the moment but some deals are just too good to pass up.