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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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ringram said:

Terry way back a few years with what was in effect ls2 heads (c4b) in his LS1 put down 500rwhp on Charlie's dyno.
Basically the same as my ls7.
So that was a good result and still would put him in the above average range for FI but with a smaller engine, no water/meth injection etc.
This was with cast pistons and a centri.

So you can see what is possible if you think things through.

thats sort of what im aiming for, Terry had better heads, but ive got the water meth and a better intake, so we will see

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Monaro5.7 said:

The heads mate they the ones I sent you?

Yep

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Ive got some bits up for sale so depending how things go I might pick up a set of tfs or similar heads

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But I want to focus on building a solid fuel system first and then maybe add heads at a later date.

Im fitting arp head studs ready for the swap

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wormus said:

You can still get ported 243 (799) heads pretty cheaply. I had a set on mine ages ago and they work pretty well. https://sdparts.com/details/scoggin-dickey-parts-c...

i may do, but for now i want to get it running and also build an overkill fuel system so i can experiment with E85 and E98, so i need a fuel system which can deliver 40% more fuel than petrol

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Made some more progress today after work

Ecu and washer bottle have also been removed

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crank pulley bolt is out.

It wasnt as bad as i thought it would be to undo.

Only took a breaker bar and a 5 foot bar

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KMud said:

Got an ARP bolt to put back in?

not yet but will be using an arp bolt

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Behold81 said:

It's getting the old pulley off!!!! Not fun!

You pining the crank? If so what type???

The crank will be pinned, Gareth has the kit he said i could borrow. I just need to source some appropriate sized pins

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My new Injector Dynamics ID1000 injectors have arrived

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speed4u said:

Did you pick up a bargain as these are not cheap normally?

Alot cheaper than the UK but not the bargain I was hoping for as I forgot to order them until the very last minute

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intercooler mocked up.

I still want to tweak the front crash bar, but now know where to move some of the aircon parts

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ringram said:

SturdyHSV said:

gsd2000 said:

I still want to tweak the front crash bar

Tweak it into the skip where the maf is (should be)

EFA

Maf went ages ago