Turbo LS1 VX

[abrowne70]

Hey guys thought id do a build thread for my new car
Car is a VX, LS1, Auto (shift kitted)
Bought the car to turbo and drag it/power skid it


Build specs
Stock LS1
Will recieve turbo cam and valve springs
Garrett GT4088
Ase T800 turbo kit
Will get ID1000 injectors to run on E85
Tuning via HP Tuners
Spooled diff with either 3.7s or 3.9s


Exterior




Engine bay before


Engine bay during turbo conversion

Have spent only half a day working on it, removing old extractors and getting rid of Aircon related components.

Plans are to build it, tune it and race it all myself.

[Woodchukka]

Looks like a great thread. Interested to see how it goes.

[AngryChubby]

I am very interested in seeing how this pans out, Best of luck!
Will you need to do any major engine mods to accomodate for the turbo? and when you say "Auto (shift kitted)" what do you mean by that (Sorry I can be a bit of a n00b at times) In my head im picturing something like a Triptonic setup.

-Chubby

[Millsy]

Why the 3.7 or 3.9 gears?

[abrowne70]

Why the 3.7 or 3.9 gears?

thinking more into it i probably wont bother with diff gears atm, was gonna do them to help it get on boost quicker due to having no stall convertor.

Shift kitted trans so it shifts into the next gear quicker.

Spent a couple of hours on it today, dump pipe, waste gate and screamer pipe all mounted up, turbo feed fitted, hardest part is gonna be drilling the sump for the oil return.

[ittwgn]

looks like a nice project there mate!!! big transmission cooler if you havn,t already got one !!!!power steering cooler is a good idea also !!!what are you doing for a fuel system very important !!! even more so with e85 !!! cheers

[abrowne70]

have 2 044s vcm surge tank, aeromotive fpr, 1/2" feed line. 60lbs injectors at the moment will be getting id1000s for e85 though.

[Tryhard]

Looks like a good project,are you gonna do any head work or change the manifold?.

[abrowne70]

Bit of an update.
Aftermarket fuel rails and 60lb injectors are installed.
Undercar VCM surge tank with 2 044's installed and fuel tank refitted.
1/2" hardline feed and 3/8" hardline return all fitted up.
Sump has been drilled and tapped and a fitting has been installed. Cheers to Shane from GenRacing

Waiting on some exhaust heat wrap to wrap my manifold and dump pipe so they dont fry everything in the engine bay

[SirNemesis]

Sounds good. I'd recommend just getting the pipes coated, the wrap makes a real mess of things.

[solid]

Good to see the work progressing. You are doing things the right way which is good to see. It should be a good thing once finished. I will see you out at a few events soon powerskidding and turning them hard

[RRR888]

Hey mate well done on getting stuck into it yourself!

Is it going to be driven on the street too or purely for track duties?

[Millsy]

Where have you placed the fpr? Boost referenced?

[abrowne70]

Track duties only, but can be registered again if i wish too, but too hard to worry about it on the street.

FPR is in the engine bay on the rail

[PROPSI]

nice build and i love the reasons behind the build.......

Just becarefull with 044 they are not capatable with E85 but can be used.
The pumps may give up quicker than warranty will !!!