Short-Throw

The next 1 or 2 updates should include all the bodywork. Under the hood is just about done. Brake lines are being finalized. The car is scheduled for tuning next week on the dyno. Hopefully we'll be able to squeak out a few more HPs with the MoTec Engine Management.



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!!!
Fourteenth Post
UPDATE #13...Katech's LS7...Fuel Cell Covers...more to come very soon...PICS!!!
Fifteenth Post
UPDATE #14... Finally somewhere to sit...The ultimate in downforce...PICS !!!
Sixteenth Post
UPDATE #15...Dream Brake/Clutch Pedal Assembly...Steering Wheel Rack...PICS !!!
Seventeenth Post
It's Time To Stop Playing Games...UPDATE #16...Carbon Fiber Body Moldings...PICS !!!
Eighteenth Post
UPDATE #17...Firewall & Steering Column Are Complete..Inside A Very Cool Shot..PICS!!
Nineteenth Post
UPDATE #18...Next time you see it, the interior will be a different color. PICS !!!
Twentieth Post
UPDATE #19...Do you recognize this color?...Sunglasses Are Advised...PICS !!!
Twenty-First Post
UPDATE #20...6 Months Later And She Has Clothes On And She's Looking Good! PICS !!!
Twenty-Second Post
UPDATE #21 The Perfect Ensemble For The Katech LS7. The Best Deserves The Best PICS
Twenty-Third Post
UPDATE #22...Now how in the heck does all this stuff go back together? PICS !!!
Twenty-Fourth Post
UPDATE #23...Tons Of Pictures. We Are Just A Few Weeks Away From Ignition. PICS!!





















The Dashboard will be filled with CF which will house all the race car switches. You can see some of it replacing the vents now.



This hood is the actual C6R paint formula!










Next week I finally get to hear what this thing will sound like. I will try to video it, but we all know how sounds come across camera mics and I do not have professional capturing equipment.

Fingers are still crossed for VIR but getting it running and having it completed seem so far apart right now.

Next week showed prove very interesting!

Have a great weekend!

Mike

runamuk

I've been following this project from the start and I have to let you know, I am extremely jealous

1985 Corvette

NO! I got beat to being the first post in the series of great threads


Thanks for the pictures! I bet you've had to do A LOT of homework on designing the car down to the smallest detail.

JJMalone

Mike,
I know how busy my boring life is with just a jeep, pickup, couple of bikes, a Z06 and a cat. I can’t imagine what yours is like but we appreciate the time and effort you put into posting the information and pictures on this car. Now get it done and get out there and kick ***...... and keep posting.......
JJ

JDIllon

Looking good!!!!! Can't wait to see it. JD

Z06Fever53

Will there be another guessing game with a prize for the numbers that the car gets on the dyno?

ReddyZ06

Mike,
In 9 days you need that thing in the trailer and on it's way to VIR.

Mike

Korzym

So your keeping the stock dashboard? You modifying it?

burtonbl103

keep the pics comming

Short-Throw

We're almost home!



This is very funny, I know exactly what you're talking about!



I did quite a bit of research before and during this project. I've never been mechanically inclined but always loved learning how to use new tools. A great deal of help came from firstly Adam Boca who I still blame for all this, Katech, Pratt & Miller, The GM Corvette Team, many members here on the forum, and of course mostly my shop.

Mike

Short-Throw

Thanks JJ! The whole thing just kind of avalanced!


Mike,

I'm trying pal. If I can run your car in case this one isn't ready it might be more doable!

Short-Throw

I think there would be too many variables to make that too difficult.

My shop uses a dyno that isn't marketing friendly. They use it to tune, not to sell stuff, so the numbers would be on the lower end.

I will post the dyno numbers and mention whether MoTec picked up a few or not. It will be hard to get an exact comparison from the industry standard of Katech's dyno.

Short-Throw

The stock dashboard will be used more as a template. The Speedo opening will be the home for the MoTec display. The Radio/NAV cutout will host all the switches for the car. Everything else will be filled with CF. It will not be so obvious when it's done. I wanted that part of the car to remain so there's no mistaking what you're inside of!

See, it will be mostly stock!


Mike

1985 Corvette

I'd imagine! It takes a lot to put a car together from scratch, even moreso for a race car! No wonder it takes a small group of engineers to build a car: I'm trying to teach myself eletrical theory and automotive electrical use and it's a headache.

Thanks again for the pictures and I have a feeling I'll be seeing your car in a few magazines soon.

AutobahnRacer

Looking great Mike. It's official . . . you win!

BTW - my car won't be out of the body shop for 3-weeks, so just leave the keys to the ZO6 on the shifter boot, I'll make sure to fill it with gas when I'm done!

outnumbered

ReddyZ06

I really hope you are ready because I'm looking forward to seeing the monster come alive. However, if you're not ready in time, I've got you covered on this one. All my mods are done - 4 Hoosiers and a corner weighted by Danny Popp. (No photos though)

Mike

Short-Throw

One of the real challenges of this project was to orchestrate all the vendors to supply the parts on time. It is not a deep inventoried industry.

As far as your electrical theory, all you need to know is this:

"220, 221 whatever it takes!"

Toonz

Looking great Mike! I know what it's like to see a long awaited project finally come together. Good luck sleeping in the next two weeks!

Stingray23

It seems like yesterday that your car was on those same lifts getting dissassembled.