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Car: 1999 C5 fixed roof coupe |
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Transmission removal and RAM Street
Dual install |
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| Street Dual. This
thing is the smoothest clutch that we have ever built. |
The C5 bellhousing is set
up nice in that you can remove the bottom cover to check hydraulics and
bearing clearance before you reasemble! |
The hydraulic bearing sits
on the front of the torque tube. Better replace this while you are
this far in! |
Transaxle is very bulky and
requires some finesse to deal with. |
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Texas Speed Header install plus MSD and
Taylor ignition products, and Autometer gauges and pod |
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| Drivers side view of TSP headers and MSD
coil packs |
Passenger side view with Taylor wires |
TSP Header fit from the bottom |
Reliefs need to be cut in the tunnel cover
for the O2 sensors. |
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| Rear view of system fit. This is
hooked to stock mufflers for now and still pretty quiet, unless you romp
it. |
We
installed the Autometer two gauge pod with Phantom 0-15 psi boost/vac and
100 psi fuel pressure. |
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Procharger and Aeromotive install |
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| Painted air bridge logo little bling! |
Ditto Here. Only tube really
visible. |
Upper radiator remounted and tilted to the
front. Nice engineered package. |
Lower radiator showing new front cradle |
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| Procharger mounting with belt installed |
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And from the other side |
This is the outlet tube from the blower |
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| Driver's side intercooler mounted in the
front of the wheelwell very slick |
Passenger side intercooler. Some
obstacles on this side and bending the A/C line is un-nerving |
Peek a boo! |
Through the former brake ducts |
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| Passenger
side intercooler inlet and the tubing in place. |
Drivers
side. The tubing pushes out slightly on the inner fender. |
The
horn is relocated up front in this picture, and you can see the outlet
hose from the intercooler. |
The
complete intercooler and inlet side plumbing |
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| Here
you can see how the front fascia is remounted with two brackets to the
frame. |
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inlet tube is installed along with the radiator cover. |
The
surge valve is mounted off of the outlet tube from the supercharger.
This thing is too pretty to hide down here! |
Aeromotive
fuel rails and 38 lb. injectors are in place. The rails have a great
plating job. |
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both the inlet and outlet tubes installed this is a good looking setup! |
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Aeromotive regulator is positioned on the radiator cover - there's plenty
of clearance. |
Some
final buttoning up downstairs included replacing the bottom wheelwell
covers and spoilers. The new spoiler bolts to the cradle. |
We're
getting close! The return line for the fuel system gets plumbed back
to the factory fuel filter. |
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replaced the factory fuel filter with a high flow Aeromotive unit.
The bypass is built in the regulator stock, we'll replace that with a
return from the front. |
This
is the fuel filter location on the rear drivers side. The tagged
coupling is the fuel feed and the other is the return to the tank. |
Back
at home at last! The fuel lines were routed looping through the
rails and regulator back to junction at the factory fuel line. |
View
from the passenger side finished!
The car roasts the tires at three fourths
throttle in low gear! |
| Dyno
tuning at Amazon Tuning Solutions, Anderson, SC |
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And
the numbers are in! 467 RWHP and 426 TQ on a Mustang Dyno. A
solid 400 ft/lbs from 3900 RPM on up! We fell a little short of our
500RWHP carrot on the Mustang dyno, but most agree it would top 500 on a
Dynojet. |
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Special thanks to all the folks that have helped
with this install, including Jim Summers at ATI Procharger, Jared Cox from
Aeromotive, Trevor and Jason from Texas Speed, Rick Erdman at Amazon
Tuning, Taylor Wire, Autometer, MSD,
All the Bob Cook Sales guys, Bob Reid, Danny's Automotive, Dave Schwartz,
Bruce, Sheldon and all the RAM Clutches gang, and CorvetteForum.com and
LS1Tech.com members for lots of good search material!
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