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Hi. Figured I'd start a build thread because I like to show and tell. I'll just start off by posting pictures and circle back with comments. COMPLETE PHOTO LIBRARY OF
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Figured I'd start a build thread because I like to show and tell. I'll just start off by posting pictures and circle back with comments. COMPLETE PHOTO LIBRARY OF Z BUILD... PHOTO HEAVY 2009 370z Sports Package First picture of my car. The car as it was last seen operational: Running list of installed parts (updated 12/15/2020): Boyd Welding 1 Gal 8x6x6 Aluminum Tank (for surge tank) SPAL 16" High Performance fan Meziere 300 Series Electric Water Pumps WP333N Brian Tooley Racing LS1 SHAFT ROCKER KIT w/ hardened mounting bolts. Concept Racing Universal Vertical Coolant Header/Swirl Tank Derale 19 Row Hyper-Cool Dual Cool Remote Cooler (Two 5" Electric fans) ICT Billet LS Billet Oil Pump Pickup Girdle Tube Pipe Hold Down Brace Support CSF 8023 2 Row High Performance Universal Triple-Pass Racing Radiator Dual Core Aluminum Custom built 4L80e by Capizzi Automotive Hughes Performance Aluminum Transmission Pan GM 4L80E K&N Filter Universal X-Stream Clamp-on RX-4130-1 Independent Engineering Custom Oil Pan FiTech 102mm 70062 Throttle Bodies Maven Performance T4300S T4 Flange 2.5″ Single Inlet Maven Performance n/a SMALL FRAME TURBO MOUNT SNIPER EFI THROTTLE LINKAGE KIT 860030 Intake Sniper EFI Fabricated Intake Manifold Dual Plenum 102mm GM LS1 820242 Intake Twin Turbonetics 70mm Blacksheep Industries: 2 45mm Waste Gates 2 50mm BOV 4" Charge Pipe Clamp - Extreme Duty × 2 3" Charge Pipe Clamp - Extreme Duty × 4 2.5" Charge Pipe Clamp - Extreme Duty × 2 3" Stainless Steel vBand x2 2.5" Stainless Steel vBand x 6 Kenwood DDX9903S Radio Phoenix Gold Ti265ps 6.5" Door speakers Carbo Tech AX6 Brake Pads DBA 42315XS DBA 4000 XS Series Rear Brake Rotors EBC DP41824R EBC Yellow Rear Brake Pads Finite Element Design Brake Duct Goodridge Brake Lines Stillen Front Brake Cooling Kit Z1 Motorsports Front 2 piece rotors Bergstrom Freightliner BSM-1000360348 Heater Booster Pump Davies Craig 150 Electric Water Pump Davies Craig Mount Frozen Boost A2W Intercooler Motion Raceworks 1010005 LS Stainless Coolant Crossover Steel Steam Vent Kit Motion Raceworks 32-102 Coolant / Transmission Billet Overflow Catch Can Setrab 34row Engine Oil Cooler Clear View Filtration 125-115-B Screw-On See Through Oil Filter Accusump 3qt LOJ Conversions n/a 370Z and G37 (Z34, V36, CV36 Chassis) LSx Swap Engine Mounts Royalty Performance Rear Diff Brace Z1 Motorsports 370z High capacity differential cover AMP EFI IGN-1A Race Coil Ignition Coils with Internal Ignitor AMP EFI IGN1A_Piggy Pigtail Connector for IGN-1A and GM MAF Sensors AMP EFI LS58xEU GM LS 58x Plug and Play Engine Harness-ULTIMATE EVO DIY Autotune 8 EGT Probe DIY Autotune MS3V-E_PKG MS3Pro EVO Standalone Engine Management System DIY Autotune n/a CANEGT 8 Channel Thermocouple Interface Firecore SF3100 Plugwires Holley 197-303 PREMIUM ALTERNATOR Holley 97-187 ALTERNATOR PULLEY COVER BLACK Innovate 3891 DLG-1 Dual Lambda air/fuel ratio gauges MS3 N/A MicroSquirt CAN Transmission Controller with 4L80E Subharness Maven Performance 47 PIN & 29 PIN DUAL CONNECTOR BULKHEAD Passport 9500ix Radar Detector Powermaster XS Torque Starter 9509 Starter RIFE 52-1041 RIFE 1/8" NPT Combo Pressure Temperature Sensor 52-1041 Zex 82009 Remote Bottle Valve Opener Zex 82369 Adjustable Nitrous Bottle Heater ACDelco 36P1568 Power Steering Pump ACL Race Series 5M7298HX Chevrolet 4.8L, 5.3L Gen III/IV, 5.7L Gen III, 6.0L, 6.2L Engine Bearings ARP 234-2504 Balancer Bolts ARP 234-4345 ARP2000 HEAD STUD KIT ATI Super Damper ATI917264 Serpentine Series Harmonic Balancer Brian Tooley Racing SK001/S/6560/BL BTR Platinum Valve Spring Kits CP Pistons BLS1013-019 Piston Dirty Dingo DD-LS-ALT-LM-CM Low Mount Alternator Drivers Side Dirty Dingo DD-LS-SD7B10-LM-KIT LS Low Mount AC Combo Kit Dirty Dingo DD-LS-SPS-B-CM Small Diameter Power Steering Pulley 5" Dirty Dingo DD-LS1-PS-TR LS1 Style Camaro Billet Power Steering Bracket Filtermag SS250 Oil Filter GET’M Garage n/a Piston Cooling System GM 4.8 Crank GM 799 Cylinder Head GM LC9 Engine Block Holley 890014B Sniper Valve Cover Tick Performance Billet Valley Cover Gen-IV LS, DOD Delete JGR JGR-1052S LS Billet Aluminum Oil Diverter Barbell JP Performance 5615T LS1 Billet Double Roller Timing Set Johnson 2126LSR GM LS AXLE OILING RACE LIFTERS LJMS Custom Grind Cam Melling 10295 High Pressure Oil Pump Molnar Technologies Custom Connecting Rods Motion Raceworks 10-11003 LS Adjustable Timing Pointer Kit ( F Body GTO Spacing ) 10-11003 Motion Raceworks 32-100 Top Loader Billet Oil Catch Can ( Dual 10 AN Port ) 32-100 - No Fittings Motion Raceworks 32-120BK Billet Valve Cover Breathers Black Anodized (Pair) 32-120BK Motion Raceworks LS-SCB-1 Smart Coil Brackets for LS1 Stock Valve Covers Trick Flow Specialties TFS-30600211 Intake Valves Zex 82021 6 Cylinder (EFI) Universal Wet Nitrous System Fast Intentions . Cat Back Exhaust Loud Valves 3" Boost Activated AeroCatch 120-2000 Latch Duckbill v3 Areo Kit Finite Element Design n/a Fender Vents Fly 1 Motorsports Spec-V GT Carbon Fiber Vented Hood G2 Carbon Custom Carbon Fiber B Pillar Nissan oem Areo Kit Side blades N/A Side blades Verus Engineering N/A Rear Diffuser Zspeed Nismo V1 Performance Aluminum Undershroud Aeromotive A1000-6 Fuel Pressure Regulator (custom) Bosch . 220lb Low Impedence Injectors CJ Motorsports n/a CJM Twin Fuel Pump Holley 850001 FUEL RAIL KIT - SNIPER EFI MANIFOLD GM LS1/LS2/LS6 V8 Injector Dynamics ID 750 Fuel Filter Motion Raceworks 27-10002 LS Timing Cover Fuel Regulator Bracket (Aeromotive Small EFI Regulator) Walbro F90000285 HELLCAT 525LPH (2) 3Gs Customs . Ultra Premium Gauge Pod Blend . Billet Radar Mount Carbon Fiber Paddle Shifters Carbon Fiber Element Shifter Ring Carbon Fiber Element Switch Plate Evo-R Rear fog light Energy 98169 Sway Bar (Stabilizer Bar) End Links GTSPEC GTS-SUS-1378 Subframe Connector H&R Suspension . 20mm Hubcentric Rear Spacers SPL SPL FE Z34 Sway Bar (Stabilizer Bar) End Links Soul Function NSZ4RC1041L Fender Brace Whiteline . Differential Bushings Whiteline BNF41Z Sway Bar (Stabilizer Bar) Front Whiteline BNR37Z Sway Bar (Stabilizer Bar) Rear Whiteline KDT911 Subframe Connector Bushings Custom transmission mount Z1 Motorsports n/a 370Z / G37 Aluminum Subframe Bushing Collars Removed items: VSR 50mm Wastegate × 2 VSR 50mm BOV × 2 VSR Silicone Reducer, 3.0" to 2.5" - Black × 2 Moroso Road Race Pan 20143 Oil Pan ICT Billet \551605 LS Lifter Valley Cover K&N Short Turbo Air Filter 4" RU P/N 2510 417 Motorsports 417MSEWMB-WMP Water Manifold -16AN Water-Neck Adapters, No Welding-No Clamps required × 2 Zex Nitrous Kit w/ bottle heater and remote opener (Click Here for nitrous install) Nitrous filling stations (because why not) I think an eject button is called for with nitrous. Install completed with nitrous I added carbon fiber shifter trim, switch plates and Kenwood Excelon. The Excelon can tie into the OBD2. Gale Force's pillar can also be found in the picture. I recently upgraded to a dual Innovate wideband reader. While I was on the carbon fiber kick... figured I would pickup some CF paddles. (look close, you can see my monkey toes) You knows what goes good with interior carbon fiber? exterior carbon fiber. Finite Element Design Brake duct inlets w/ stillen brake cooling I want an even flow of CF, not too much just accent pieces so I found legit CF B pillars, not CF overlays. These will replace the OEM pillar I wanted some cooling for my engine bay so I went with Fly 1 Spec-V hood. - SOLD in favor of making my own pin on hood. Should go good with the Fly 1 Duckbill v3. (Fast intention exhaust removed. more on that later) another view of the duckbill. Fuel pump failed so it was upgraded to an Aeromotive Stealth 340 Last edited by gbrettin; 01-14-2021 at 12:26 PM. |
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Bought a verus rear diffuser because my car may have went airborn at some point... I will not confirm nor deny that.
Also seen in the picture are the side blades for my Z, new dual band AFR, Aeromotive fuel pressure regulator and some camber arm that I picked up on the cheap. The Uprev tuning software was sold (more on that later). Some Aerolatch hood pins Zspeed under shroud: Last edited by gbrettin; 01-02-2019 at 02:16 AM. |
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In this section... I'll lead off with this, because it's relevant. I've decided to go for an LS swap on my Z. Donor engine acquired! Aluminum block 5.3
![]() The engine is pretty much trash so I need to break it down so that it can be sent out to the machine shop. It's Time to send the block out for machining now that the block has been broke down. Cylinders had pitting and were out of round; however, machine work made everything better than new. A 4.8 crank was located because the goal is to destroke the 5.3. Keep in mind that the crank is the determining factor between a 5.3 and the 4.8. The block was punched out a bit so the ending displacement is more like a 5.0. Now you might be asking yourself, "why the destroke???". Well, I have two reasons. 1.) The destroke should make for a high reving engine. 2.) The 4.8 is strong. Very strong, as in hold 1500whp strong. Another reason why I had to put a 4.8 crank in the block is because GM never made an aluminum block (L33 code) with a 4.8 crank. Last edited by gbrettin; 06-16-2019 at 08:54 AM. |
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Accessories for the block? Yes please!
Molnar connecting rods, 2k hp rated. Holley Sniper cross ram AMP EFI coil packs 2200cc Injectors MS3Pro Evo and CAN EGT reader (will be removed from that box) 8 EGT sensors, one per hole for tuning. Two snails for some breath-ability. Two intercoolers that will be joined at some later date Last edited by gbrettin; 01-02-2019 at 10:52 AM. |
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CP pistons should be on their way and hopefully arrive mid January. I need to place an order to LJMS (Lil' John Motorsport Solutions) for cam, pushrods and trunnion kit. When the engine comes together, I'm looking to push 9k RPM or so.
I was at PRI last month and found a new product that will go into my Z once released by Sikky. I'm going to have to opt for solid mounts because expected HP/TQ range for the LS will be around 1000. |
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- Going with a built 4L80e. Transmission will be built by Capizzi Automotive in MI (Stock LS SBE record holder). This guy: What do you plan on doing with the CF paddles you purchased? - The paddles will be used with the 4L80e because the BCM is going to be mapped out for all OE controls. |
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