I finally got the car back after I parked it in my grandmother's garage. I had been living out of state for 16 months! Parking a car for that long after dumping money into it in what turned into a 2 year build gave me anxiety.
Last Friday, me and two friends went and picked it up. The battery was saved by a trickle charger. I was pleasantly surprised. Hearing it fire up put a smile on my face from Lee County all the way to Bastrop County. Yesterday I spent hours detailing the outside of the car but I never feel like its done.
Freshly built LS3, hot tanked, light hone, square decked
- TSP stage III cam, 231/246, .640/.615, 111 LSA
- Cleveland cam bearings
- King main and rod bearings
- New plugs and barbell
- LS3 crankshaft still micropolished and balanced
- LS3 rods reconditioned w/ARP 2000 rod bolts
- Keith Black hyper flattop pistons
- Mahle piston rings gapped. 026 .028
- LS2 timing tensioner
- GM LS7 lifters and trays
- CNC Rebuilt 823 ported heads by Greg Good, Heads flow 374 cfm
- TSP .660 dual springs w/titanium retainers
- ARP head bolts
- GM rockers w/comp cams Trunniun upgrade
- 11:1 compression
- Fast 102 Intake
- KB 103mm TB
Transmission swap
stage III T56 which includes:
"triple double corvette internal trans that is built inside an F-body case.
billet 1/2 keys
billet 3/4 keys
large bronze pads 1-4
small bronze pads 5-6 & reverse
carbon rings 1-6
brass reverse ring
Bronze shifter cup
bearing kit
SSR 32 spline output shift
steel 3/4 fork
Same gear ratios from the 2001-07 Corvette Z06
1st 2.97
2nd 2.07
3rd 1.43
4th 1.00
5th 0.84
6th 0.56
Battery was relocated to the rear of the car.
and because I know someone will ask1. Yes I'm, mBarnes
2. Yes the car still has the factory installed mullet
