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My BIG turbo build at Slowhawks

As a few of you know i have a turbocharged 99 trans am. I bought it stock, it went through a nitrous phase then i decided to turbo it. swapped in a 6.0 and a t76 and ran it for a couple years. the kit was Extremely restrictive and of poor quality , constantly in need of welding because of cracking. So i decided to hit don up and we worked out a deal to tag team the new turbo build.
The car drove in as this:
TTI street kit (log manifold on driverside with manifold on pass side crossed over) rated at 450-500 before it becomes restrictive.
t76 turbo
Stock 6.0 shortblock
stock ls1 intake
selfported 317 heads
F-11 cam
3 inch thick air to air intercooler rated at 550hp
38mm turbo smart wastegate.
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I hate typing.......anyways , so first heres the star of the show.
Here is the old t4 76mm next to the new t6 71MM ....yes thats right.... its not the size of the inlet that counts its the amount of cfm the compressor can supply. the t76 is rated at about 500-600hp with the exhaust housing it has on it. the new 71mm is rated at 850hp
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Both have an A/R of .96 on the exhaust side

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Day one consisted of getting the old turbo kit off and pulling the radiator and intake and front cap to make room for the new intake , radiator relocation, and new turbo kit.

Couplers anyone LOL?

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...Jan2011018.jpg

Had a tire on the highway rip part of the charge pipe off, this was a "quick fix" but it worked.

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heres some more, pictures speak for themselves

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Weve been on it for a few days so im not going to keep up with what day was what but ill keep the info in order at least :)

Bottom support for the radiator.

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Driver side manifold facing forward (pass sd 6.0)

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Pass side of k member notched for manifold clearence with Passenger side manifold facing forward (driv sd 6.0)

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jayws6 (Post 38951)

nice work

thanks were still mocking every thing up, once its all done , it will all come off then i will grind, clean ,wrap, and paint whatever needs it ,then reassemble it all.

thats so awesome I see blown up 6.0 in your future LOL

you should buy a spare set of tires... lol

Awesome.
I know I'll be following this one very closely :)

Where exactly do you have the turbo braced off of? Any more pics of that?

If not then I guess that's just one more reason why I need to get my ass over there lol.

Good job! I love this build mostly because it was a shocking budget/easy way of makeing the bigger cube motors make crazy power without crazy mods, but now you're pushing it to its capabilities.

So you're using 6.0L truck manifolds flipped? Are all 6.0L manifolds the same, I would imagine the truck's are different from the suv's. They seem to fit pretty well what were you using for manifolds previously some custom ones from the kit?

Looks like fun Sam! Are you going to put a cage in it now? lol

It's a cheap turbo build IF you do it all yourself. We'll have a good 80-100hr's into this when done.

Thats the best part of it :) Seems like a good budget for a boosted LSx

ABOUT FUCKING TIME JACKASS!!!!!!

Looks Even Better In Person!! Don and Sam do nice work. even though Sams a Slut and Dons a Dick!!!

lolllllllllllllll:la: :nanacock: :funnyshit:

I thought the edelbrock elbows sucked ? They good for fi?

Quote:

Originally Posted by My84Z (Post 39038)

I thought the edelbrock elbows sucked ? They good for fi?

Thats the theory , but yes N/A they suck.................but we'll see about it with FI . If it doesnt like it the ill switch a sheetmetal elbow

looks beautiful man, now get a cage

Quote:

Originally Posted by black heartbeat (Post 39041)

looks beautiful man, now get a cage

yup thats the plan........Cage, trans, and rear.

ooooow no more stock trans huh? shucks I like that hahaha. But thats gonna be much better setup. Looks like a much more solid/quality turbo setup than before :)

looks like youll gain alot of power from the reduction in drive pressure with the bigger turbine housing and turbine wheel on the new turbo. how do u think spool up is gonna be?

Sam is slacking on the pics.

The car is getting close to running.......

WTF SAM COME ON!!!!!!!

Well isn't don a bit of a shit starter tonight Maddie being a She-Ass and now Sam is slacking:shitstirrer:

Thats whay happens when you work 4 days non-stop.

wahh wahh i work 4 days non stop wahh wahh......

i still love you!!

We're talking about real work mike lol:hanged2:

Crunk it up today!!!!!! Pics tommorrow , I have to bring my laptop home for that. All pics from last updated to yesterday will be posted. :)

DOES IT FUCKING RUN YET!?!?!?!

and after its all sed and done WOULD you do it over again? A lot of work went in there!!!

still waiting on those pics! hahah and she finished yet?

It runs,just waiting for a few parts to show up to connect the 4" exhaust.

Ok so turbo kit is finished , just finishing the exhaust after the k member tomorrow. heres some pics that i took along the way.

Welded the wastegate flange

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...hawk2003-1.jpg

Wrapped the hot pipes.

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...hawk2005-1.jpg

Relocated the fuse boxes

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...lohawk2011.jpg

cut the stainless "airbox delete" sheet metal down to fit over the radiator.

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...hawk2009-1.jpg

Went with a 46mm presicion wastegate with a 10 psi spring

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Cleaned up the wiring.

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Tial 50mm BOV and no more rubber fuel lines.

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This is pretty much what it looks like right now. ill post more pics tomorrow. need to get the car in some light for better under hood shots.

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