Awesome, we appreciate that Larry.

Oh yea, also..... MORE PICS!!

-George
GT Motorsports

 

As Larry already stated, the kit is very nice. It would be a real bear to do the install with the motor in the car, but could probably be done. It is definately a more involved install than a Greddy kit. all the little brackets and clamps to secure everything is very OEM. it's nice to see that you took the time to add all these little extras.

I like how the parts are indivually packaged.......I think someone was having fun with a heat and seal packing machine!!!!! lots of pics...which is a great thing.More instructions and naming the actual parts to be used would be a great addition and time saver. I'm sure the guys at GTM will add this to the instructions in the near future. I found myself jumping back and forth through the maunal trying to find the right pic of something we were working on to see what hardware was used.

There are lots of little time consuming tasks to take care of. On a second install, it would go by much quicker as this initial install we have been very careful to make sure we got everything just right. Having to disassemble the turbos, reclock, install and check everything and then lock down the housings in the right clock settings wasted ALOT of time.

Question for the GTM guys, why do you need to shim the motor mounts a 1/4"? what is in the way? I guess we'll see when the motor goes back in, but I'd like to know ahead of time if possible.

I can't wait to finish up. We have been pulling alot of long days....working on the car after work.. not much sleep., etc. It'll be nice to see the silver streak motoring around sebring next weekend!

 

The engine is on the cherry picker and ready for the trans install tomorrow. We had a hard time getting the flywheel on the crank and the crank pulley. They both slipped on and off very easilly before the engine and crank work were done. We have no idea why the crank ends grew in diameter. We had to hammer on the crank pulley and flywheel.

It was also a biatch getting the pilot bushing out of the crankshaft. Andrew came up with a great idea and put a thread tap into the pilot bushing and threaded it in until the tap went in far enough and pushed the bushing out. We installed a new one and it went in easy.

The turbo oil return lines are custom with billet CNC oil return line mounting flanges and aluminum -10AN fittings as you can see in the pics. The best solution for no leak are -AN fittings.

We removed the OEM oil cooler that mounted on the oil filter so we didn't need the nipple o nthe thrmostat housing and found a thermostat housing without the nipple which saved us alot of time cutting off the nipple and welding it closed.

7 DAYS TIL SEBRING!

Here are some more pics....

 

WOW JET,Turbos looks great

Good luck

 

Good work guys, I have been running my oil lines like that, for a while no issues what so ever.

 

Thanks!

The trans/starter/cooling pipes were installed tonight and that completes the final assembly before it goes in the car tomorrow. I hope to drive it out of the shop on Monday night. Then it's off to Japtrix to have Roger install the FCON and CAMP 2 and tune it.

6 DAYS TIL SEBRING!

 

such a clean install thats what I like to see, goodluck with your monster

 

wow JET looks good

 

Where did the pics go?

 

JET why dont u change this pully with a Damper?

 

My engine builder stated that it would be a waste of money since my teardown didn't indicate any unusual bearing wear. He builds NASCAR motors and says all they use is aluminum pulleys as well. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

 

as long as ur bearings are ok, its fine

 

No external oil cooler or does that come later? Figured I would at least see the sandwich plate before the oil filter.
Either way looks good Jet.

Good Luck on Lucky Number #3 or is it #4? I forget. I believe its #3.

 

Great job Jet and Quadcam, you guys are doing a fine job! I am sure it is also nice to be able to say at local even that you put it together yourself!

Can't wait for you to get this bad boy tuned!!!

-George
GT Motorsports

 

Great build and good Luck JET

 

Motor is in the car. The mounts are tight. Everything fits like it should. The turbo oil return lines were routed perfectly which was our best guestimate at the time we welded the bungs to the oil pan and guesed at what angle -AN fittings we would need to make it work but it worked out perfectly.

Tomorrow.... downpipes/wg's/intake piping/body work/harness connections/shifter assembly/radiator/coolant lines.

5 DAYS TIL SEBRING!

 

Nice build man, hope everything goes as planned.
Are you still getting a Racepak, or you'd only get one if you went Haltech?

 

Sickness! Glad to see you aren't wasting any time Larry!

-George
GT Motorsports

 

Since I went with the FCON VPro I decided to get their CAMP 2 display system which allows OBD2 Data, plus any FCON parameters to be displayed on a 7" display screen which I am having fitted in my nav cubby.

Thanks George.... No time to waste. Still alot to get done and very little time. Thursday night the familly is comming in to go to Sebring so the car has to be finished by then. I still need an alignment/change brake pads/brake fluid/tune/engine break-in, and get the Greddy TT exhaust flanges cut off and turned to fit these new downpipes.

 

Larry,,,go to bed!!!