E.C.P turns beast into a MONSTER

[not2melo]

With John's and Manny's work that car is going to make some very serious HP that will
outrun most cars on the road.
I hope your going to have one strong rear end in that baby, let me know when you fire her up and I will be there!

 

[HLN A55]

Being that it's a caddy... You could ALL go for a spin!! Lol plus 1 more!
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[not2melo]

Yes we could, I am driving my CTS-V right now with winter finally here
but its almost stock other then the Magnaflow exhaust and UUC shifter
Nick's car is monster.

 

[Nik]

Yes we could, I am driving my CTS-V right now with winter finally here
but its almost stock other then the Magnaflow exhaust and UUC shifter
Nick's car is monster.

Thanks Greg. Be sure to be there. Probably a couple of more weeks. Waiting on stage 4 monster clutch and headers to get in as well as a few other bits and pieces.

I have manny looking into diff and driveshaft options but for the time being I'll keep it near stock (it has the wheel hop axle kit, reinforced cradle bushings, urethane diff mount and a differential pinion brace). The second gen diffs on the Vs (unlike the first gen) from what I hear are not 'that' weak. A few people are running 500hp+ at the wheels with stock diffs.

I'll avoid hard launches (kind of wasteful with the skinny tires anyway). The replacement axle does a phenomenal job of killing wheel hop which is the death of our diffs.

So fingers crossed. No doubt it'll break one day. Just hoping I can get a bit more life out of it.

 

[dankhts]

seesm to be no limits to what Manny can do - always the best attention to detail with great service... keep the surprises comming Manny!

 

[not2melo]

Yup, the rear end is the weak link, there was someone on the forums that
made one out of a block of metal once.
Good luck and I will try and drop by when she is powered up.

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

a little up date

Dropped in at John's today to see how things were coming :

Crank & pistons on the way as well as custom lifters from Morel, first ever LS tie bar lifters designed by John will be in Nik's engine

A few pictures of the final tear down: Sorry about the quality ,camera phone.

Block down to bare naked

All the old rotating assembly

Hopefully some assembley pictures soon

Thx
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[not2melo]

So what is the reason for the tie bar lifters other then them spinning around?
What cam is going in the beast?

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

So what is the reason for the tie bar lifters other then them spinning around?
What cam is going in the beast?

If the lifter spins it will side load and mushroom on impact with the cam lobe . Can you say Catastrophic break down

Cam is the VRX2 from Ron at Vengence :224/228 .581/.588 114 LSA. 1600-6600rpm Power Band. Excellent street manners. Works well with Nitrous/SuperChargers

 

[not2melo]

Ok, stupid question, why do our lifters not have bars?
Are they keyed on one side?

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

Ok, stupid question, why do our lifters not have bars?
Are they keyed on one side?

LS engines use plastic lifter trays:

The have a small slot for the lifter to lock in , but they can spin .

Thx
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[not2melo]

Geez, I should have paid more attention when you where putting those in my car
I get it now, thanks.

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

Geez, I should have paid more attention when you where putting those in my car
I get it now, thanks.

Greg this is something that has come to light recently . I actually changed mine to the LS2 one's becuase they were stronger than the LS1's

Oh well guess I will use the new ones from Morel when I build my LS3 427 stroker in the fall

Thx
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[not2melo]

Dam you, you have to go ahead with that.........
My bank account cannot take anymore right now.
Des is not going to like this one bit, you have too many good ideas!

 

[HLN A55]

That's so you Manny LOL!!!! going for 600 RWHP now???

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

That's so you Manny LOL!!!! going for 600 RWHP now???

Actually 600-650 N/A RWHP with a mild cam.

I will be keeping the compression down around 10.1 with the intention of adding the Edelbrock inverted TVS , which would then put me in the 850 range . I think then I would happy

Niks 402 is coming out very nicely, with a few change's


Heads on the way
Upgraded him to k1 crank and rods for the same price
Also have the morel tie bar lifters on the way.
We have to change the cam bearings over to a set of durabonds.

Most of the parts will be here next Thursday, which mean we should have a new heart ready for transplant , in about a weeks time

Thx
[email protected]

 

[HLN A55]

Well those are TWO projects I can't wait to see!!!
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[not2melo]

Actually 600-650 N/A RWHP with a mild cam.

I will be keeping the compression down around 10.1 with the intention of adding the Edelbrock inverted TVS , which would then put me in the 850 range . I think then I would happy

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Hey Manny, I was looking at those Edelbrock TVS units the other day.
They look like the same unit as on the ZR1.

 

[Manny@Dasilva]

Hey Manny, I was looking at those Edelbrock TVS units the other day.
They look like the same unit as on the ZR1.

Pretty much , they were actually a design from Dragon Race Engineering.
They no longer have them on their site, and now Edelbock is selling them .

Manny

 

[not2melo]

Yes I was looking at Dragon Racing also, last year they redesigned that unit,
it had lots of plumbing and fit right where the intake went.
There website has nothing now, maybe they infrindged on Edlebrocks design?