Finally doing it...

[Curless]

Yep, I gave in...I found a brand new eaton on craigslist. I will do a full write up after I am done. Gotta figure out the whole photo bucket deal so I can post pics. Come on Metco get me those pulleys!

[fastblackmerc]

Photobucket = easy

Create account

Create album(s)

Drag n drop pics into album

Copy url and paste into post

[RubberCtyRauder]

Congrats! Now I have to get new shirts made to replace the CBARS ones

[justbob]

Get the Tapatalk app Chris. Loading pics is simply one click!


Builder Of Badassery

[J-MAN]

Congratulations! :party:

[8UWITH6]

Bout time. Good luck to you!

You have 4 days................... ;)

[L.Mark]

Dammit, I felt sure I was going to be able to make fun of him cause I would be boosted before him....:(

Now we'll never get him to shut up...;):D:D

[CWright]

Can't wait to see the:D on your face! Congrats buddy!! :beer:

[Bigdogjim]

Happy for you!

[MMBLUE]

Awesome !!! Welcome to the collective BOOST ;) crowd !

[Curless]

Boost is everywhere around the shop! Last Friday we had a twin turbo Lingenfelter Vette here, along with a Typhoon, and.... a 2015 Hellcat!

[TAKEDOWN]

'Bout time... JeEezZzZ!

[1 Bad Merc]

Finally Chris -once you go boost you will park that old chevy ss.:)

[8UWITH6]

Want moar pics!

[Curless]

Finally Chris -once you go boost you will park that old chevy ss.:)

I already have a new trans, converter, full 3 inch exhaust and a hot brand new LT1 with the LT4 hotcam and rockers waiting for my SS!:beer:

[Curless]

Want moar pics!

I will start a bucket and take more photos as soon as I start. Metco says the pulleys are on their way! Time to tear it back down!

[8UWITH6]

Good deal man. Any questions call or text. Im sure many other people here are available too. Get err done!

[lji372]

Tell me a guy who owns an auto shop is forging the lower end and turning up the wick?






:P

[Zack]

Photobucket is extremely slow. Use imgur

[justbob]

Get Tapatalk!


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[chief455]

I already have a new trans, converter, full 3 inch exhaust and a hot brand new LT1 with the LT4 hotcam and rockers waiting for my SS!:beer:
Love the optispark?
I ran an LTCC conversion, best LT-1 mod ever!

[Curless]

Love the optispark?
I ran an LTCC conversion, best LT-1 mod ever!


HATE the opti-spark, but going to leave it due to not wanting to pour money into a car I don't drive....its been silent now for three years.

[chief455]

HATE the opti-spark, but going to leave it due to not wanting to pour money into a car I don't drive....its been silent now for three years.
LOL! My last LT-1 car was silent for one summer, due to the opti.
2 others would just misfire or run 95% due to that sad design.
Delteq was a poor attempt at curing it, but LTCC was easy and worked, well. I'd leave it alone too, if not driven much.
Back to the regular Marauder programming....

[Curless]

Last night I started, removed intake, battery, battery tray, upper radiator cover, overflow tank, ground down the knock sensor bosses....

Kinda sad, my battery is the original battery from 2003! 12 years and still going...

[License2Bill]

Last night I started, removed intake, battery, battery tray, upper radiator cover, overflow tank, ground down the knock sensor bosses....

Kinda sad, my battery is the original battery from 2003! 12 years and still going...
Set it up for a trunk mount!

[JBeezy]

HATE the opti-spark, but going to leave it due to not wanting to pour money into a car I don't drive....its been silent now for three years.
I replaced my opti spark twice within 2 years when I owned my 96 SS.

[Comin' in Hot]

I'm glad you finally decided not to be boostless

[8UWITH6]

Chris. UPDATE! I need a fix!

[Curless]

Friday we were too busy with a 65 T-bird and a 92 Typhoon, and a Jeep Cherokee for me to work on it. Its late tonight, nothing done to it today, headed home for some rest, long day of wrenching tomorrow. I'll post up afterwards!

[8UWITH6]

Sounds like a plan! :)

[Curless]

O.K., things never go as far as I would like but made progress today! Injectors, fuel rail, egr block off plate, metco hub and pulley on blower, blower installed, lower hub and pulley, alt bracket, tensioner / bracket, injector wiring all installed today.

[8UWITH6]

Very good progress buddy. Slow and steady wins the race.

[Curless]

Yesterday was somewhat productive, finally got the correct length belt for the accessories, alternator, new tensioner, new waterpump, cobra blower tensioner installed. Hoping to get the battery and the fuse box done today.

[Curless]

Never a dull moment at the shop...got the radiator hoses, crossover hose, t-stat hoses, main battery cable, starter cable, fuse box feed all done yesterday and today... hoping to get the battery tray mounted, t-body, elbow, ground wire, and battery in over the weekend...have a wedding to go to tomorrow so thats a bust...

[CoreyM75]

Never a dull moment at the shop...got the radiator hoses, crossover hose, t-stat hoses, main battery cable, starter cable, fuse box feed all done yesterday and today... hoping to get the battery tray mounted, t-body, elbow, ground wire, and battery in over the weekend...have a wedding to go to tomorrow so thats a bust...
Looks like you have made a lot of progress on he swap. My Saturday is shot, also for a wedding.

[Curless]

Update, got some things done today. MAF, IAT, JLT cold air, T-body, elbow, Alt wiring, TPS, IAC.... all installed and wired....

[Curless]

Holy crap its been a long time since I updated.... I was away from the shop for almost a month with a motorcycle trip and Hotrod Power Tour...back to the boost! SInce I got back I have the intercooler mounted, plumbed, filled with coolant, battery moved and mounted all re wired, grill back in... hoping to fire it up and take it to a show this weekend!

[8UWITH6]

Great job Chris. Slow and steady wins the race.

[Curless]

Getting ready to wire in the coolant pump. Came up with a different way to do it. No cutting the wires for me, went to the junk yard, snagged a Ford fuse block, tore it apart, pulled the pins out of it....then went to NAPA bought the correct pins, I am installing them into the fuse block so the the pump's fuse is internal in the fuse block. I can't understand why everyone cuts and splices the power feed for the pump when they could just put an eyelet on the relay's power feed and then bolt it to the fuse block where the main power comes into it....:dunno::dunno::dunno:

[Curless]

ITS ALIVE!

[Mr. Man]

:congrats:

When's the dyno run?

[Curless]

Next week, Lidio got me a safe tune to get her running. Just want to go to a car show this Sunday. Next week dyno, next Sunday TRACK! Thanks!

[Curless]

Got the brand new wiper cowl, wiper trans, heater core hoses, evap hoses, all in today....very tired, last night was a 2 a.m. night. Headed home, tomorrow she rolls out for the first time BOOSTED!

[fastblackmerc]

Getting ready to wire in the coolant pump. Came up with a different way to do it. No cutting the wires for me, went to the junk yard, snagged a Ford fuse block, tore it apart, pulled the pins out of it....then went to NAPA bought the correct pins, I am installing them into the fuse block so the the pump's fuse is internal in the fuse block. I can't understand why everyone cuts and splices the power feed for the pump when they could just put an eyelet on the relay's power feed and then bolt it to the fuse block where the main power comes into it....:dunno::dunno::dunno:

Always best to do it like the factory would have.

[1Marauder]

Getting ready to wire in the coolant pump. Came up with a different way to do it. No cutting the wires for me, went to the junk yard, snagged a Ford fuse block, tore it apart, pulled the pins out of it....then went to NAPA bought the correct pins, I am installing them into the fuse block so the the pump's fuse is internal in the fuse block. I can't understand why everyone cuts and splices the power feed for the pump when they could just put an eyelet on the relay's power feed and then bolt it to the fuse block where the main power comes into it....:dunno::dunno::dunno:


I never like cutting wires fecklessly either... this makes MUCH MORE SENSE!

[Curless]

Thanks guys! I just really like how clean it makes things to use factory components.

[Comin' in Hot]

What heater core hoses did you use?

[Curless]

What heater core hoses did you use?

I made them, I did a crack pipe (cobra tubes) cooling mod, then used all sorts of preformed hoses to make up the bends that I needed to make heater hoses.

[Curless]

Taking her home tonight! Big shout out to Neil for helping me out today!

[Logizyme]

FYI if you do not have a sunroof there is a prewired empty fuse and relay spot in the BJB that is hot key-on, perfect for the IC pump. Just repin the one output that would go to the sunroof if it was equipped.

[Curless]

Never a dull moment and nothing goes as planned, leaking coolant...took blower off, found leak...to the dyno in the a.m....

[8UWITH6]

Taking her home tonight! Big shout out to Neil for helping me out today!

No worries. I understand! Zack was my savior during my swap when you get down to the end and just need help with the small stuff. It was great talking with you and congratulations!

[Curless]

Dyno guy cancelled...Lidio is 3 weeks out... Gave Marty a call, we are working on it remotely. If I was not so technologically challenged we'd have been done two days ago! So far Marty, by far has gone above and beyond for me. I know most of us here already have heard a good story about his service, but seriously... I own a shop, I am a tech, I feel a pretty good one too. I am NOT however, a techy type guy. I can swap engines, fabricate parts, and I can wire things with the best of em...but my computer (laptop, desktop, smart phone, interwebs) knowledge SUX!~ Marty has been a god send for me. Walking me through the process. I truly want to thank him, from one shop owner to another. He could easily have blown me off due to being in the same business but instead embraced the chance to work with me. Thanks again to Marty and Mo's Speed Shop for all of the help, true car guys right here.

Results to come in the next few days! I will be dynoing it eventually just to get a number.

[martyo]

Dyno guy cancelled...Lidio is 3 weeks out... Gave Marty a call, we are working on it remotely. If I was not so technologically challenged we'd have been done two days ago! So far Marty, by far has gone above and beyond for me. I know most of us here already have heard a good story about his service, but seriously... I own a shop, I am a tech, I feel a pretty good one too. I am NOT however, a techy type guy. I can swap engines, fabricate parts, and I can wire things with the best of em...but my computer (laptop, desktop, smart phone, interwebs) knowledge SUX!~ Marty has been a god send for me. Walking me through the process. I truly want to thank him, from one shop owner to another. He could easily have blown me off due to being in the same business but instead embraced the chance to work with me. Thanks again to Marty and Mo's Speed Shop for all of the help, true car guys right here.

Results to come in the next few days! I will be dynoing it eventually just to get a number.

It is our pleasure Chris!

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. At least for now it does not seem to be on the front end of a freight train!

[1stMerc]

Don't worry about #'s, just get out and enjoy the unknown factor.

[Curless]

The number does not really concern me, just want to know. All I care about is that it runs correctly.

[8UWITH6]

Don't worry about #'s, just get out and enjoy the unknown factor.

This is true. I dont have a clue on mine. Could be 325, could be 425. Makes no difference to me it runs well and is a blast to drive!

[martyo]

This is true. I dont have a clue on mine. Could be 325, could be 425. Makes no difference to me it runs well and is a blast to drive!

Exacadackaly.

[chief455]

This is true. I dont have a clue on mine. Could be 325, could be 425. Makes no difference to me it runs well and is a blast to drive!


Exacadackaly.

+1
after dyno tuning another car, I thought it was great and went to the track.
He tweaked the tune, pulling timing and fuel (thereby dyno power number), but it ran so much better my ET improved, and the car street drove way, way better.
Street tune all the way.
dyno is a baseline.

Keep going remote with Marty, you'll be :D:D:burnout:
when you're done!

[blkZooM]

Getting ready to wire in the coolant pump. Came up with a different way to do it. No cutting the wires for me, went to the junk yard, snagged a Ford fuse block, tore it apart, pulled the pins out of it....then went to NAPA bought the correct pins, I am installing them into the fuse block so the the pump's fuse is internal in the fuse block. I can't understand why everyone cuts and splices the power feed for the pump when they could just put an eyelet on the relay's power feed and then bolt it to the fuse block where the main power comes into it....:dunno::dunno::dunno:


Funny I wanted to do this exact same thing for my fuel pumps


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[Curless]

Funny I wanted to do this exact same thing for my fuel pumps


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Very simple to do, takes about 3 minutes once the fuse block is flipped over...

[blkZooM]

Will definitely look into this mine was already out getting ready cut to into the wires for the intercooler pump


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[Curless]

Just about have the tuning done, now for the trans (personal preference) tuning!

[Curless]

Took her to the dyno this morning, 410... guy says his dyno reads about 30 low compared to others.... ehh, who cares!

[Bob Mathis]

Great numbers. I am going to do an new tune on mine when it get's cooler. I have 387 right now. Going for 400+ done some new things since.

[bigcowl-imp]

I replaced my opti spark twice within 2 years when I owned my 96 SS.

I had 78,xxx miles on my 95 impala and never had a problem with the opti and i was going 10;80's with a 150 shot....

[L.Mark]

Seen this thing do several burnouts and went for rides....MmmmmmmMmmmmMmmm!!

[8UWITH6]

Seen this thing do several burnouts and went for rides....MmmmmmmMmmmmMmmm!!

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[L.Mark]

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