driftshark

Building my 1990 S13 while going to school for engine machining. I recently finished my fab class where I built my tubed front end. Not quite finished with it but its close and as of right now I'm stripping interior and prepping for a rewire.

Build list is as follows...
ENGINE- LM7 iron block. Stock bottom end freshened up with new rings and bearings. ARP rods bolts and head studs. New starter, new water pump, hi flow oil pump etc...
862 heads going 2 inch valve unless I can get my hands on some ls1/ls6 heads. Polished exhaust runners and slightly ported intakes. Tick turbo cam, BTR springs, titanium retainers, new locks, ls6 rockers (trunion upgrade), new pushrods (7.4), ls7 lifters, ls9 mls head gasket
Holley high ram intake with their fuel rails, 91 or 93 tune, ls1 coilpacks and plugs, nice gasket set
FUEL- Holley rails, intank 340 lph walboro i think... cobra svo 42# injectors, FPR, etc give me suggestions for TB's
ELECTRONICS- hptuners ecu, custom body harness, wiring specilties harness, custom dash and gauge cluster, custom switch panel
SUSPENSION- Max coilovers, still working on this portion what i will be starting out with...
Still considering swap kits, sikky or hooker headers kit
Hooker headers or sikky headers
Custom exhaust, exit before rear tire
Custom tubed front end eventually custom rear tubed end
Hydraulic hand brake
Etc..... drift shit you know.

Leave some feedback on my planned setup i'm always interested in other v8 owners opinions. Thanks

Do_work.

Build list looks good so far. Just curious as to why you plan on running a turbo cam on an n/a LM7. Those 862 heads should be just fine. What's your power goals? What tranny do you plan on running?

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1995 Zenki 80/77 Turbo LSX @riskybusiness240sx, 1989 Sil Front Coupe

BoostyMcZface

Sounds like you're setting it up for boost... have you considered the L33? Aluminum block, better heads, etc. Fueled Racing makes a decent swap kit. Also you'll need a rear end setup as well. Could use LS6 intake vs the holley too. Also I like Aeromotive pumps vs Walbro. I run a 340 Aeromotive, works great.

2muchboost

Let us know your goal and if you are going FI and I can help chime in with my experience.

Fueled Racing swap kit. Used a few different kits and that was for sure the best setup in my opinion.

862 heads will do just fine. They have been pushed past 700rwhp time and time again.

If you are going FI then the Holley High Ram isnt necessary and that cash can be spent elsewhere. LS1 is less ideal and LS6 intake is more desired choice for boost.

Used Aeromotive 340s on two builds with no problems but i did upgrade the wiring on each. I have used Bosch 044 and love them but they are bulkier pumps.

driftshark

Hey thanks for he replies guys. Yes I completely left out the part where this is going to have a s475 strapped on someday hence the turbo cam. I have considered aluminum and I'm also strongly considering buying a aluminum block with lower miles and driving it. As in a ls2 or ls3. Undecided still... Iron for boost though, shooting for 600 wheel. I know that's a walk in the park for a 5.3. If I ended up with an all aluminum motor like a ls2 I'd stay NA. Welding the diff up in school this year. Aero motive 340 is what I was thinking as well... I'll look into he fueled racing kit. I'll ditch the high ram I suppose.. It was more of a bling factor really.

2muchboost

If you have the LM7 I would say boost the balls off that baby all day long. As for the S475, I am pretty sure that would not be ideal for a drift setup. I had my S475 but never drove it. However on my buddies LS1 setup the boost kicked in at about 4500 RPM or so...you could expect that to be a little bit higher with a 5.3.

The L33 has proven to be effective as well but generally more expensive and rare to find. If you are going NA then yes the LS2 or LS3 would be a great choice. For that price I would personally look at the iron 6.0 as they can be had for cheaper and the weight situation never really bothered me (100 lbs or so difference) especially with the offset in power.

Do_work.

@2muchboost I'm fixing to put that meth kit I got from you to the test here soon on a 80mm turbo this go round!!! Hopefully I'll make it to 750+ some.

And yes like everyone else is saying the L33's are the best choice for 5.3's if you can find one and can pay that pretty penny. When boosting these LSX motors iron block 4.8's, 5.3's, and 6.0's are definitely the way to go IMO just because they are so readily available and cheap. With the S475 you would wait a little bit for boost but once it's there you better hold on. You could start with a 6.0 and some 243 or 317 head to get it spooling a little quicker. If you plan on boosting it get some bigger injectors, I'm running 83# Deka's, and go ahead and throw 2 Aeromotive 340's in the tank also. That's what I'm running as well. Never want to run out of fuel

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Do_work.

Also if you plan on sliding it you'd probably be better suited with a smaller borg warner or a lighter precision, turbonetics, or something along that line. I believe the S475 is somewhere along the lines of 50lbs. And if you can weld.... Well then that could solve your engine mount and tranny mount situation for damn near free

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driftshark

Mainly interested in the borg because theyre so damn cheap! A 6.0 would be ideal but as I be realistic with my budget the 5.3 is my best bet..... for now. Oh yeah I can weld but I dont have access to equipment. Not really too conscerned about turbo stuff right now, but do need to determine a general size so i buy the right cam. Im looking a LJMS cams and TICK cams..

waterboy

My 5.3 has a s475 t4 housing and a btr stage 1 cam
I'm going to the dyno tomorrow for tuning ,I will let you know what happens with numbers and when the turbo lights

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waterboy

Made roughly 500hp at about 6psi boost came in around 2800 spooled loud and fast with rich afr's
Gonna finish tuning this week

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driftshark

Awesome waterboy, looking forward to the final results.

waterboy

550hp and 600ft lbs 12psi no clue what happened at the dyno today but I will probably get it retuned by someone else but it should still be fun

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2muchboost

Nice results regardless. By what RPM do you see "full boost" if you dont mind me asking.

waterboy

full boost by 3000rpm boost starts around 2500

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driftshark

waterboy is this a drift setup? Also if you dont mind posting some details about your engine and setup that would be great

waterboy

I will when I get it back from the shop, it's mainly just a street car

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Stein180sx

Where is the build at?

BoostyMcZface

for me the l33 made sense vs the ls3 due to price. 5k or so average for the ls3, and I can have a boosted l33 for less than that.. 1k for motor average on car-part.com and 100k miles doesn't matter, worn in means not having to gap the rings. as long as the comp test is fine, idk. head studs, valve springs, hardened push rods, ls9 head gasket, ls6 intake and cam and you're golden. 1k for motor, 500 or so for supporting mods, lets say a grand for turbo. 2500 bucks for the power you want, plus its aluminum. that's why I chose it over ls2 or ls3. hell I can even buy a brand new t56 magnum and be the same price as a decent ls3 on its own lol

definitely interested in seeing these builds, though

STR8 H8N

no pics here?

STR8 H8N

Build threads go through a review, you have yet to post anything worthy of a build thread.

ryandriftingfat

Why is this in build threads?

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driftshark

Sorry doods couldn't figure out how to post pics.. Haven't been on here in awhile. Someone give me a pointer on how to post them. Pretty slow build at this point, I'm gonna be going to school and building the motor in a few months so that will speed the process up some.

STR8 H8N

You didn't even post a build. Bye.

RalliartRsX

............I have never seen a more butthurt individual in my life lol!

Mods deleted your thread with no pictures and suddenly you just want to watch the world burn because the one time, someone took your ball and told you stop throwing it at people........... I blame trump

STR8 H8N

http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=631994

RalliartRsX

I am referring to the last of your 4 failed attempts at a so called "build" thread and your (failed) attempt to troll

http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=632592

But...........Let me rephrase

How does your first thread, with a picture of a car infront of a house and a bunch of parts or your second with a shift knob and a wheel with no tire constitute a build thread??


I'll just go ahead and repeat what I mentioned above for effect

I hate today's selfish "me me me" or watch the world burn culture. This is exactly why we have Donald Frump as the GOP primary.........

STR8 H8N

youre right this build thread is soooooooo much better

RalliartRsX

And you still didn't answer my main and very relevant question........

STR8 H8N

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