My LS-Coupe Turbo Build

[Lason]

HAHA thats awsome dude! Save that pic for the "its not a street car" crowd

[dville_gt]

HAHA thats awsome dude! Save that pic for the "its not a street car" crowd

Mofo has cold AC, the "not a street car" crowd can suck it!

[46Tbird]

Man that car is fucking awesome. Great job.

[dville_gt]

Man that car is fucking awesome. Great job.

Man, I appreciate that!

[turbostang]

Good to see you got it running - it's a great feeling!

one thing we had a LOT of problems with, that silicone elbow coming out of the compressor. You won't see any problems at low boost - but I can promise you that thing will pop.. just ask bigshoe about his. We popped 3 of them on his car I think. Sounds like a shotgun going off..

[dville_gt]

Good to see you got it running - it's a great feeling!

one thing we had a LOT of problems with, that silicone elbow coming out of the compressor. You won't see any problems at low boost - but I can promise you that thing will pop.. just ask bigshoe about his. We popped 3 of them on his car I think. Sounds like a shotgun going off..

You think I should weld a cast aluminum elbow to the compressor housing?

[Chas_svo]

Looks good man. You also have the great feeling of doing it all yourself. It sounds good, and I'll try to catch you sometime and get a closer look.

Very nice.

[KBScobravert]

Looks great.

I am jealous. One of these years I will take a pill for my OCD and be able to finish mine in a weekend.

I am going to be relying on your A/C thread when the time comes to putting A/C back into mine.

[turbostang]

You think I should weld a cast aluminum elbow to the compressor housing?

I've done it before, and I'd do it again - I just feel there's other ways to fix this.

If it were mine, I'd carry a spare elbow around with me. If you pop that thing at the track and drive home - I'd be weary about tearing up the turbo from overspeeding and no load.

[dville_gt]

I am jealous. One of these years I will take a pill for my OCD and be able to finish mine in a weekend.

don't take that pill, i love looking at projects like yours, i just enjoy playing with my toys too much

I've done it before, and I'd do it again - I just feel there's other ways to fix this.

If it were mine, I'd carry a spare elbow around with me. If you pop that thing at the track and drive home - I'd be weary about tearing up the turbo from overspeeding and no load.

ya, good idea, i'll go ahead and buy another silicone elbow for now, my fear with welding the cast elbow on is distorting the cover, figure i'll have to build some type of jig to keep it from warping if i choose to do it (maybe if i end up doing it i'll just bite the bullet on this one and pay you to do it instead!)

[turbostang]

don't take that pill, i love looking at projects like yours, i just enjoy playing with my toys too much



ya, good idea, i'll go ahead and buy another silicone elbow for now, my fear with welding the cast elbow on is distorting the cover, figure i'll have to build some type of jig to keep it from warping if i choose to do it (maybe if i end up doing it i'll just bite the bullet on this one and pay you to do it instead!)

If you get in and get it done, you won't distort it at all. It's a small enough bead, and not enough welding - it should be fine. A jig won't do much other than complicate the welding.

[orphan Shelby]

Best way to make an LS motor sound good. Put an actual "turbo" muffler on it.

Shoulda used a second AFR gauge lol. Car looks damn good

[dville_gt]

Best way to make an LS motor sound good. Put an actual "turbo" muffler on it.

Shoulda used a second AFR gauge lol. Car looks damn good

Somebody only let me borrow their wideband for 10 months . Lol


I took the background color out of this shot, thought it looked sweet!

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Lmao! Sooooo. I'm sitting here reading this thread when my almost three year old daughter looks at the pics of your car and screams "I want that car!"

<----- Proud dad

[dville_gt]

Lmao! Sooooo. I'm sitting here reading this thread when my almost three year old daughter looks at the pics of your car and screams "I want that car!"

<----- Proud dad

so you're saying i can pull the toddler crowd!