thanks man

 

Looking good bro.

 

Looking good man! I have 2 extra blocks I want to try and build one day.

 

thanks gents!

do it! i wish i had 1 spare long ago!

almost there!!!! valve covers just sitting on top. SSV is getting cleaned as we speak. few more things left and shes ready to go back in and reconnect everything.

 

Hey man on a side note how long did ur car go for? How many miles setup like this?? Sorry if u mentioned on another page but I'm on my phone and only read pg 1.

 

on the stock block i got around 9 months out of them. thats just a guess tho. twice a month or atleast monthly track time and always driven hard. the motor still ran and felt great when i took it apart. just smoked under boost and i was getting alot of oil blow by. thats why i checked compression and got 90 on 2 cylinders . btw i have no idea how many miles. in a 9 month time span atleast 2-5k (maybe)

 

Motor is in the car and were starting to get everything reconnected. More pictures soon!!

 

motor is in and things going smoothly.




fluidampr


question. does this require a larger belt?

 

btw most important updates have been edited into the first post aswell.

 

The fluidampr is stock size so it doesn't need a larger belt. Only ATI pulley is larger and needs a larger belter.

 

Actually, the fluidampr is slightly bigger than the stock size...

fludiampr - 6.125" OD
stock - 5.75" OD

And for everyone's info, ATI - 6.61" OD

That being said, it may be possible to use the same belt as stock size...I have a revup kit so I wouldn't know for sure...

 

Thanks for the clarification I put the stock butt to butt n they def weren't the same. I'll try w my belt see if it works. Should be fine I'm thinking just tighter :-) today prob try and get that pulley on as it seems like a tight fit, mount blower back on bracket and install and a few more touches. Got the wiring harness on place and connected 90%. Getting close

 

And with a Vortech, tighter is better......




































That's what she said

 

 

Great build, can't believe i missed this! Best of luck putting it all back together

 

Thanks man, I'm only working on it 2-3 hours a day after work tryin to make sure I cover all the bases. The new intake manifold forced me to move the fpr so I needed a longer fuel line so that set me back a day but so far things are going pretty smooth. The fluidampr seems really tight to install which I'm assuming is why they sell a 140 dollar install tool but in trying to make my own install tool out of a all thread 16x1.5mm so hopefully that will help w the install, blower should go on today as well as some piping.

 

test fitting piping to make things fit better then they did with the old motor.
;-)

 

Question for the big hp Vortech guys, what are you running as far as a catch can setup or to help w crankcase ventilation? Drilled out PVC? N driver side valve cover w filters on both? Or what? So much miss information on this

 

Check your email.

 

Ready for first start up Tom after work :-)