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Forum: Power Adders
Yesterday, 09:33 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

The LC9 is an aluminum block.

I meant to mention, I'm still a little fuzzy on the exhaust backpressure. My transducer came back to life, but then it started reading weird (like 15psi at idle). I...
Forum: Power Adders
Yesterday, 08:25 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I had read of people drilling the TBSS intakes so I figured I could drill the LS2, but when I looked at it the MAP port is an inverted nipple, and the thickness is that of a piece of paper. I think...
Forum: Power Adders
04-28-2024, 04:36 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I tried the Holley version and it won't fit. The hole on the ls2 intake is smaller. You can't drill it out because the plastic is super thin.

​​​​​​My buddy warned me about the rods. Even though...
Forum: Power Adders
04-28-2024, 03:23 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Still a little rich, but I've got the MAC valve working properly now. 13.1 psi by 3200 I think is pretty good .

...
Forum: Power Adders
04-24-2024, 08:57 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

So as I was tuning I did a lot of testing yesterday. It was running just about 8 psi (7.8) from about 3600 all the way up to 5400 RPM once I had the fuel dialed in a little better. So I went back...
Forum: Power Adders
04-22-2024, 11:29 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I need to think about this more.

So, the valve opens when 8psi is supplied to the bottom port. I have the MAC valve hooked up so it should be supplying boost to both ports until boost target is...
Forum: Power Adders
04-22-2024, 07:35 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Ahh. So I spent some time yesterday tuning the car. Still rich. It makes 7.5psi at 4200 when the tires break loose. Boost comes in around 2800. I'm curious at what RPM peak boost will be. I...
Forum: Power Adders
04-20-2024, 02:29 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Most of my fuel map is dialed in, except for boost. All the part throttle and cruise stuff is good.

Boost is pig rich, need to back the ve way off. Boost comes on pretty good though. So by 3600...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-16-2024, 12:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 428
Posted By anesthes

Re: AFR LS3 Enforcer head

Hah No, I did watch it in it's entirety after I posted. And I set the playback speed to 1.25 as suggested.

I have the blue book he wrote on cylinder head porting, and the video pretty much...
Forum: LTX and LSX
04-16-2024, 10:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 428
Posted By anesthes

Re: AFR LS3 Enforcer head

Wow. I thought he died 20 years ago..
Forum: Power Adders
04-12-2024, 09:25 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Thank you. The IAC isn't so much an issue with the IAC itself or the TB, but rather the ECU commands absurd high number of steps which, I guess to your point, if it was a smaller TB it might have...
Forum: Power Adders
04-12-2024, 04:03 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

thank you!

I connected it to the "charge indicator" wire from the c100 connector. Seems to work fine.
Forum: Power Adders
04-12-2024, 11:35 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I built the ECU in 2012 originally when I was running HEI and an SBC, so I didn't opt for the MS3 at the time.

I did however figure out my issue, after hours and hours and hours of...
Forum: Power Adders
04-09-2024, 06:24 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I'm more concerned about that then the money honestly. I have a ton of hours into re-doing the harness and making everything cut to length, splicing, weatherproofing, etc. That's why I'm learning...
Forum: Power Adders
04-09-2024, 06:22 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Batch and wasted spark!

I spent a tone of time getting the Megasquirt into a factory ECU case, using the factory harness so it all looks OEM. Kinda annoying to be thinking of swapping ECU's. The...
Forum: Power Adders
04-09-2024, 12:41 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Spent a few hours last night tinkering. I have a couple theories ..

I'm using Bosch 4 injectors, and I have the dead time (at 13.2v) set to .518. This might be too low. I noticed when I...
Forum: Power Adders
04-08-2024, 10:42 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

OMG I'm an idiot, sorry, my BOV is vented to atmosphere not my WG. The WG goes into the downpipe. My brain has been fried lately. No, the whole "screamer pipe" thing isn't appealing to me at all....
Forum: Power Adders
04-08-2024, 09:15 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

NGK BR7EF plugs. So, I noticed my TPS kept going out of whack. I'd start the car and it would be -5. So I'd go into my TPS calibration and the number of AD counts had changed for both closed and...
Forum: Power Adders
04-04-2024, 09:29 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

customblackbird

I've been doing an engine swap on the 4th gen so I have been neglecting the thirdgen, but I did take it for a ride the other day when it was 60 out (now snowing). I've got a...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
03-14-2024, 01:52 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 185
Posted By anesthes

Firehawk ZF6 photos

Anyone have any photos from the underside of a firewhawk showing the ZF6, how the crossmember was mounted, etc ?
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
02-27-2024, 11:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 464
Posted By anesthes

Re: 97 t5 swap

The 4th gen T5 uses the Ford pattern, but the same 26 spline as the V8.

The only bell housing that will work 'out of the box' on V8 is the Astrovan bell housing.

Otherwise, you can re-drill...
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
02-27-2024, 11:24 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 240
Posted By anesthes

Re: 621 Bellhousing, 5.3 ls, Starter?

621 bell with a T5? Interesting..
Forum: Exhaust
02-26-2024, 03:02 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 18,689
Posted By anesthes

Re: Anyone see this Speed Engineering setup?

Here is a short idle clip. The race muffler and turbo take some of the noise out of this. It still sounds like a performance exhaust, but you can actually hear my intercooler pump and fans over the...
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
02-26-2024, 01:40 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 200
Posted By anesthes

Re: Driveshaft / Tail shaft angle

I actually had two problems. It was angled too far to the passenger side, and it was up too high. I ended up loosening up the adjustable LS engine mounts, then took the two piece crossmember apart...
Forum: Power Adders
02-26-2024, 01:16 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Fixed the exhaust leaks.

Fixed the driveshaft rubbing on the loop. I had some misalignment going on with the engine + transmission.

Wideband working properly.

I need to really work on the...
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
02-26-2024, 08:39 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 200
Posted By anesthes

Re: Driveshaft / Tail shaft angle

Good point, in theory the line should be dead center the whole way down the driveshaft, right? Good idea!

Thanks
Forum: Transmissions and Drivetrain
02-25-2024, 11:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 200
Posted By anesthes

Driveshaft / Tail shaft angle

This is an LS swap but using an SBC bell housing and T5. I think my engine/transmission is angled too far to the right (passenger) side. The weight on the driveshaft rubs the safety loop now, which...
Forum: Power Adders
02-20-2024, 11:32 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

A couple dumb things popped up.

#1, my 97-98 LS1 coolant temp sensor appears to be not working properly. At 70 degrees water temp I'm getting just under 2,000ohm and it reads 100 degrees. At 140...
Forum: Power Adders
02-20-2024, 09:58 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Not a chance, the downpipe is now a permanent fixture in the engine bay. I would need to, at a minimum, remove the turbo and the turbo header to get it out. With 1/2" of clearance in every...
Forum: Power Adders
02-20-2024, 09:05 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I ended up welding it yesterday. Which was a nightmare as I had to do it out of position directly over my head with the mig wand in between the pipe and the frame.

Tightened up some leaky vbands...
Forum: Power Adders
02-19-2024, 09:26 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Wanted to comment on this since I have run the engine for a while.

The short answer is, I had no issues. Idles around 700 rpm at 58kpa, 18 degrees advance with the screw all the way out. (blades...
Forum: Power Adders
02-18-2024, 03:28 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Finished welding the exhaust. Tucked nice.

I need to fix a leak in my downpipe where I had a slip joint. Guess I'll just weld it.

Need to verify timing with a light. Documentation on this...
Forum: Power Adders
02-15-2024, 09:57 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

More progress. I need to make the rear hangers for the mufflers especially the passenger side be...
Forum: Power Adders
02-14-2024, 06:08 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I'm using a 100psi transducer. The same one I'm using for my fuel pressure, and pretty much I think the same one everyone sells in their kit. Connected to a few feet of copper tube coiled up . It is...
Forum: Power Adders
02-14-2024, 08:04 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

That's what I was thinking, maybe just weld a few flange nuts to the frame so I can mount a hanger. I have some of these walker hangers in the shop, I figure a 3/8 bolt to the frame and then weld...
Forum: Power Adders
02-13-2024, 05:42 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Got the speed engineering 3" dual exhaust. Only using the back half of course. It actually fits pretty good. Tucks up nice. I'm going to run some 3" stainless turn downs which should also be hidden....
Forum: Exhaust
02-13-2024, 02:44 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 18,689
Posted By anesthes

Re: Anyone see this Speed Engineering setup?

Some mock up. It rests against the panhard brace. I may have the brackets to the frame for the muffler support wrong, I gotta look at some photos online.

I'm not sure if it makes sense to use the...
Forum: Power Adders
02-12-2024, 09:27 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Yeah it seems to me 43.5 is a good pressure at 100kpa and then let it rise with boost from there. I think with batch fire, most of the time you are spraying on a closed intake valve anyway so I...
Forum: Exhaust
02-12-2024, 10:27 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 18,689
Posted By anesthes

Re: Anyone see this Speed Engineering setup?

Which turndowns did you use from amazon? Were they 90* or 45 and then slash cut?
Forum: Power Adders
02-10-2024, 04:43 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

No! Engine off. Enabled the fuel pump in the ECU using the test I/O modes. (megasquirt).

What's the deal with 58psi and stock LS1's ? I've always used 43.5psi as my 100kpa base and added 1psi...
Forum: Power Adders
02-10-2024, 09:27 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Fuel system holds 80psi for 2 minutes. Should be good.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/2000x1504/pxl_20240210_011942596_d89e1b0524ca8c3f1dc13e2d0cbbd219bb90e542.jpg
Forum: Power Adders
02-09-2024, 05:41 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Buying the engine is the cheapest part.

I suppose there are some guys that legit take a junkyard 5.3, as is, truck pan and all, and just slam it in with a $200 ebay turbo and some welding but. ...
Forum: Power Adders
02-09-2024, 11:27 AM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

I learned the hard way that you cannot use LS1 injectors on an LS2 intake/rails without spacers. I assumed since it "tightened all the way down" it would be fine. Apparently the injector sits way too...
Forum: Exhaust
02-08-2024, 12:49 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 18,689
Posted By anesthes

Re: Anyone see this Speed Engineering setup?

Do the ground FX on that Camaro make the bumper lower in the back?

I can't even see your exhaust. That would be cool if I could hide the same on my car:
...
Forum: Exhaust
02-08-2024, 12:36 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 18,689
Posted By anesthes

Re: Anyone see this Speed Engineering setup?

Any photos from the back or side of the car? I'm actually kinda digging the tucked look.
Forum: Exhaust
02-08-2024, 11:11 AM
Replies: 63
Views: 18,689
Posted By anesthes

Re: Anyone see this Speed Engineering setup?

That's great information and photo!

I'm in a slightly different situation, I have a turbo LS and single 3.5" downpipe I fabricated. I ordered this kit to basically only use the back half of it. My...
Forum: Exhaust
02-07-2024, 09:59 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 18,689
Posted By anesthes

Re: Anyone see this Speed Engineering setup?

Anyone else running this? Any updates?
Forum: Power Adders
02-05-2024, 05:20 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Got the exhaust done to here:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/1265x953/pxl_20240205_225414359_0afa2d5a26fee56de6109b2d0f89ab6c356f323c.jpg

Part of me is realizing if I...
Forum: Power Adders
02-04-2024, 05:51 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Be interesting to see how long this backpressure sensor lasts.

Got the pipe to hear. Just need to 45 it into the race muffler. I had to order some exhaust hangers. Couldn't find any in the shop. ...
Forum: Power Adders
02-03-2024, 05:06 PM
Replies: 185
Views: 5,681
Posted By anesthes

Re: Offshore cast turbo manifold LS build

Ok. I can live with this. Now I just need to do the "downpipe back" exhaust.
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