My APS TT Install Thread

[Hugger Z]

Made some good progress last night. Many thanks to James (n20junkie on LS1tech) who came down and assisted me. We dropped the oilpan and drilled and tapped the oil feed and drains. We also dropped the fuel tank so I can install my new pump. Prior to his arrival I re-assembled the motor mounts with the urethane inserts. They look nice now that I painted them! My new plug wires and plugs also arrived via UPS today (Big thanks to CS3 Automotive for the quick turnaround, ordered and got the parts next day!). Woohoo! It's coming together! Should see lots of progress this weekend as I have nothing planned except for working on the car. Hoping to have it as close to complete as I can by Monday.

Anyone know of any muffler shops or other places that can bend up custom exhaust? I would like to run 3" duals (no mufflers for now) out the back of the car. Called a local shop I know but they were not too keen on making me a custom set-up. I don't want it all welded as I need to be able to drop my driveshaft and stuff to get the trans out (as I know there will probably be clutch issues next year). So I am looking for it to be clamped together or something along those lines. I am hoping to have the car done for a roadtrip in the middle of Sept and would like to have some exhaust so the trip is tolerable.

[sman]

Wow! You are making some killer progress, keep it up!

[meissen]

Very nice!

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Friday 31Aug07

Today the UPS man was VERY good to me!!!! The wheels are here!!!! Unfortunately one of the rear wheels has a gouge in it so they are drop shipping me another one. But 3 out of the 4 looks SWEET!!!! This is gonna be badass!!! And there is a preview of the brakes that will end up on the car later on. They will of course be painted Orange! But I think I still need spacers to clear these monsters. That is a mock-up F-body knuckle I have those mounted on for now to check clearances.

Also started routing the Racetronix hotwire kit tonight. It doesn't have any directions so just looking for the safest, most logical routing. Think I have it. Will get more pics tomorrow.

[JAdair]

Wow man looks great are you going to have the car done by tomorrow

[Hugger Z]

Got the tires mounted to the 3 good wheels this morning. And I gotta say they look AWESOME!!! I am so excited to get the car back on the ground with these on it. The replacement wheel should be in Tues or Wed and I will get the 4th tire put on then. Many thanks to Ryan at Belle Tire for the tires/mounting/balancing. It was a better deal than getting them from the wheel/tire source I got the wheels from.

Next item of the day was finishing the routing of the Racetronix hotwire kit for my fuel pump. I think I found a pretty good routing and well hidden behind the factory heat shielding. Not bad if I do say so myself. Almost looks like it was meant to be there.

Ran the line for the turbo coolant from the engine block on the pass side.

Finished trimming the crossmember for the intercooler installation. Added the rubber stripping and installed the intercooler. Bolting those IC brackets on was a pain in the rear!

Also snapped some shots of my hoodlatch cable that is routed under the fender so it will not be in the engine bay anymore. It will be between the fender and plastic fenderliner.

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Saturday 01Sep07

More pics from Saturday.

[JAdair]

Looks nice man its comin along

[BP_Z28]

looks really good man!!!!

[ITSSLOW]

Still shooting for being on the road tomorrow?

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Saturday 01Sep07

And still more pics....

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Sunday 02Sep07

Today was another busy day!! Alex dropped off my trimmed bumper. Painted the cut metal sections and set it aside.

Reinstalled the oilpan.

Installed the LH side coolant line. Needed a 17mm allen key to get that plug out of the block! It's huge!

Installed the battery tray, and coolant reservoir in the car. Subassembled the air deflector and washer bottle. This washer bottle looks pimp!

Valve spring & pushrod swap was next. Installed LS6 valve springs and stock length TSP pushrods. Big thanks to my buddy Tony for his assistance there.

And the final task for tonight was to hang the turbos on the car!!!!! Yeah baby!! It's looking good!!!!!!

[s.reef]

Looking good!

[Hugger Z]

Updates from Sunday 02Sep07

More Pics from today....

[s.reef]

What kind of tires are those btw??