[Z06] UPDATE #13...Katech's LS7...Fuel Cell Covers...more to come very soon...PICS!!!
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UPDATE #13...Katech's LS7...Fuel Cell Covers...more to come very soon...PICS!!!
With race season less than a month away for us snowbirds, time is creeping up fast. Katech has lived up to their end of the bargain and has finished my LS7. The Custom manifold and wiring harness should arrive shortly and then we'll be able to dyno this puppy. As far as the car itself, it's back in the fabrication room without a floorboard. We figured out a way to make the Recaro I wanted with side head restraints fit. Not an easy task with the roofline of the Corvette.
These next 3-4 weeks should yield some real progress.
The history is in these threads:
First Post
My Z06 will no longer be my fastest car, but it's still my favorite
Second Post
PICS UPDATE #1: The LS2-LS7 Swap Race Car Project PICS !!!
Third Post
PICS UPDATE #2: PICS Update #2 Bye Bye LS2... Make way for the LS7PICS !!!
Fourth Post
PICS...UPDATE #3...Hopefully it will look like a Corvette again. PICS!!!
Fifth Post
PICS----UPDATE #4---The most revealing shots yet, she is down to the bone!---PICS !!!
Sixth Post
PICS---UPDATE #5---LS7 to undergo operation at KATECH---PICS !!!
Seventh Post
MORE PICS !!!...UPDATE #6...Hopefully I'll Never Need It...PICS !!!
Eighth Post
GREAT DETAILED PICS!!! UPDATE #7...The LS7 Is disassembled ...PICS !!!
Ninth Post
Pics !!!...here We Go...update #8...fabrication Room Pics !!!
Tenth Post
PICS PICS and more PICS...UPDATE #9...Inside the LS7
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PICS!!!...UPDATE #10....Project LS7 Katech race car...PICS !!!
Twelfth Post
PICS !!!...UPDATE #11...LS7 Race car...Katech, Pratt&MIller & Dailey Sump..PICS !!!
Thirteenth Post
UPDATE #12...LS7 Katech Racing Engine Pics...Eyecandy at it's best...PICS!!!
Below are a few updated pics. The fuel cell covers came out beautifully and really smooth out the bottom of the car with very little disturbance. Katech's LS7 looks like a caged lion!
Here were the last pics of the fuel cells before the protective covers were made.
Here is the finished look:
Look how the bottom plate finishes off the underside.
Here are the finishing stages of Katech's power-plant!
In the next few weeks things should start happening at a much quicker pace!
Katech's engine reminds when you've just washed your car, you just want to drive it and enjoy the sparkle! I can't wait to get that thing dirty!
Mike
These next 3-4 weeks should yield some real progress.
The history is in these threads:
First Post
My Z06 will no longer be my fastest car, but it's still my favorite
Second Post
PICS UPDATE #1: The LS2-LS7 Swap Race Car Project PICS !!!
Third Post
PICS UPDATE #2: PICS Update #2 Bye Bye LS2... Make way for the LS7PICS !!!
Fourth Post
PICS...UPDATE #3...Hopefully it will look like a Corvette again. PICS!!!
Fifth Post
PICS----UPDATE #4---The most revealing shots yet, she is down to the bone!---PICS !!!
Sixth Post
PICS---UPDATE #5---LS7 to undergo operation at KATECH---PICS !!!
Seventh Post
MORE PICS !!!...UPDATE #6...Hopefully I'll Never Need It...PICS !!!
Eighth Post
GREAT DETAILED PICS!!! UPDATE #7...The LS7 Is disassembled ...PICS !!!
Ninth Post
Pics !!!...here We Go...update #8...fabrication Room Pics !!!
Tenth Post
PICS PICS and more PICS...UPDATE #9...Inside the LS7
Eleventh Post[
PICS!!!...UPDATE #10....Project LS7 Katech race car...PICS !!!
Twelfth Post
PICS !!!...UPDATE #11...LS7 Race car...Katech, Pratt&MIller & Dailey Sump..PICS !!!
Thirteenth Post
UPDATE #12...LS7 Katech Racing Engine Pics...Eyecandy at it's best...PICS!!!
Below are a few updated pics. The fuel cell covers came out beautifully and really smooth out the bottom of the car with very little disturbance. Katech's LS7 looks like a caged lion!
Here were the last pics of the fuel cells before the protective covers were made.
Here is the finished look:
Look how the bottom plate finishes off the underside.
Here are the finishing stages of Katech's power-plant!
In the next few weeks things should start happening at a much quicker pace!
Katech's engine reminds when you've just washed your car, you just want to drive it and enjoy the sparkle! I can't wait to get that thing dirty!
Mike
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Hey Mike,
Looking good. Make sure you get an audio clip of when they first breath life into that beast. I'm sure we will all want to here the first scream out of that baby
Looking good. Make sure you get an audio clip of when they first breath life into that beast. I'm sure we will all want to here the first scream out of that baby
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Engine dyno. We will be A-B testing the stock mandfold and wilson manfiold.
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I may Dyno chassis it afterwards. My shop's Dyno is not set up like many others we read about. They use the Dyno as a tool not a measuring stick thus it's not set up for marketing numbers. Different Dynos show different HP and we all know Dynos can be manipulated.
Let me know how much HP you'd like to see, we can set it there!
Mike
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Nice to see my updated 'crack' thread .
Motor looks ****.
Fab works are sweet.
I agree w/others . Show some Vid when that beast is
dyno'd. Share your pain on the cold
It's freakin Brrr here !
Motor looks ****.
Fab works are sweet.
I agree w/others . Show some Vid when that beast is
dyno'd. Share your pain on the cold
It's freakin Brrr here !
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If you like the motor now, wait til you see the manifold.
I'd love a pic of my new beast next to your new two-wheeled ride!
Now think......warm and sunny, warm and sunny...if we think it, it will come.
Mike
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CI 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 Vet
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WOW WOW WOW!!!
Those tanks are unreal!! What craftsmanship!!
Waiting on the engine pics to load...seems there may be a little problem..
Adam
Those tanks are unreal!! What craftsmanship!!
Waiting on the engine pics to load...seems there may be a little problem..
Adam
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Thats Hott ! Looks really good, Mike...
Rich
Rich
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