tjwong

Not sure if one can get it as a tuner kit. I am sure one could if one asks. I am looking at 12+ PSI of boost, that is the reason to upgrade the rear pulleys to accept a 14 rib belt, the other option was a cogged drive, but they are pretty noisey, LPE says that the 14 rib drive is adequate to prevent any slippage so to keep it low key and quiet I will go with the 14 rib drive out back. As for the front drive, I have read that there has been several 2010 camaros running high boost with the TVS2300 that had problems with a 8 rib belt so that is the reason for going up to a 10 rib. These blowers need a considerable amount of Hp to drive them to the boost levels that are desired, and the only way to transmit that power into the blower is via the serpentine belt which equates to more surface area to get that power transmitted.

I have been around, just very busy in my shop. I still post answers to many tech questions as time permits. Plus I have a 16 month old son that likes a lot of attention at his age. So I try to get home early these days, cut my weekends out from working so I can be at home more. My dad wasn't around much when I was growing up so I want to do better for my son. I can see his little wheels moving when he is around cars and mechanical things, his interest in everything just amazes me....here he is shopping for suspension peices at a recent vendors show with one of my suppliers:

BearZ06

Exciting project Tom! Son is growing fast and is as cute as ever.

dfinke23

MID sleeves?

tjwong

Darton dry sleeves.

iw172

A huffed 427...my dream car,some day

rpanesar

SICK

stkjock

always nice getting blown

dwiemers

That's awesome!! I'm jealous too! I just spent all this money on firearms so I'm done for a while, lol.

tjwong

Well, thats another thing about me, and thats firearms. My good friend who holds a FFL just informed me he has a Barrett 50 BMG semi auto I have been watching them for a few years, bad thing about watching is that all I saw was the prices escalating

Grace91

Tom.... last Sunday you said that the cam in your car was making you loose on long straights...... then on Tuesday you're building a blown LS7.

Is this a customer project or is this going in your Z?

Wherever it winds up it's going to be something special. Please post pictures as the build progresses.

Chris

LT4POWR

awesome project

40YRW8

Hey man, nice project. It's good to see someone build a blower package from the ground up. It really pains me to see a guy spend a ton of money on a blower that he sticks on his 11:1 motor. Keep us posted.
Gary

Joe_Planet

why are there only 4 piston oil squirters?!?!?

fperra

Maybe because the others weren't installed yet? Ya think?

RED99

Looking Good Tom. I envy you.

tjwong

Come on down so you can take a close look at the TVS2300 to see if you can make one fit on your MP112 setup. I gotta figure out a way to rework the fuel rails for additional feed points, shouldn't be hard to do just gotta take some measurements to make sure there is no interference with other devices.

obzidian

My pops got picked up a Barrett .50 BMG bolt-action when they first were available. We tried going shooting it at one of the local out doors ranges but they said "no way, that thing will scare everyone away!"

Going to try another local range.

One thing is for sure, that rifle is FREAKING HEAVY! Seriously, you see those guys on youtube shot them while standing and you think its not to bad. I can bench my own weight well (200lbs+) and I swear that I could never shoot that rifle while standing.

HAve you seen a BMG bullet in person? Big SOB!

0tjw@wpe

Well it has been awhile since I have updated this post. I recently got the engine back from the builder.



Block with vew of the Darton sleeves



Main line studs installed



Lots of goodies



Katech CNC ported LS9 oil pump



Katech piston oil squirters



Mainline billet steel girdle



Bottom end assembled with girdle in place



Piston squirter in place




Custom Arias pistons



LPE ported LS7 heads with Ferrea valves and spring kit

I am still waiting on LPE to send me the final pulley configuration. They have a custom 10 rib drive system with a 14 rib rear drive. Its been a long wait in line to get their parts as its not something they normally offer as a kit to the general public as it was all meant for installation at their facility. Hopefully sometime in August I will have this thing running. I have a 2010 PCM that I will be trying to use in my car. It is a test to see of I can use a 2010 engine calibration in a earlier car. The reason I am doing this is because GM revised the LS7 engine calibration which removes the MAF and injector flow rate limits. Meaning I can use a 85 lb/hr injector easily by just telling the PCM that is what I am using. Before I had to use the maximum allowed constant and fudge the other tables for the PCM to fuel correctly. Hopefully this will make tuning easier and more accurate. The only other issue is finding time between my home life and taking care of normal customer cars to get my car done before summer is over.

I guess being busy is a good thing, as many have you may have noticed I recently became a CF vendor here. However with workload and home life with my 19 month son and wife its hard to do much else other than work, but that is a good thing.

fperra

Looks great Tom. If that 2010 ECU works, plan on one for me.

tjwong

I am almost sure it will work. I may have to do some fancy foot work with the anti-theft system but that should be easily done