My LS1 S14 build thread

Post by **Joe** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:59 pm

this is probably gonna be my last update. over the weekend i FINALLY got to really beat on the car. ive already been to 2 parking lot events but its really hard for the ls to stretch its legs with low speeds.

sunday i was at PIR (Phoenix international raceway) we ran the 1.5 mile road course.

lets just say im in LOVE. heres a few pics

thats 4th gear

lets just say tires dont last as long as they used to hahaha.

car took a little time to get used to on track but at the end of the day i was getting super comfortable in it again. i cant wait to get back out on fast tracks. so far its got about 120 miles on it (80 miles on track) and the *ONLY* issue thats come up is im boiling power steering fluid. i even added a giant cooler on the return side but am still boiling it. ill address that later.

Post by **-ExCesS-** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:39 pm

4th gear, thats insane lol.

Post by **Joe** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:34 pm

yea i was giggling like a schoolgirl for my first few laps.

i also recently learned that the T56 trans is VERY close (1-5) to a SR/KA/RB20 trans. i thought it was a lot shorter.

Post by **Abdo** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:55 pm

Wow man, I'm happy for you.Lemme know when you plan on upgrading your LSD

Post by **-ExCesS-** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:50 pm

hmmm btw what LSD do you have? That was actually something I was concerned about. Will a stock VLSD shatter with this swap? lol

Post by **Joe** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:01 pm

Kaaz 1.5

VLSD's suck *** throw it in the garbage.

Post by **Abdo** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:26 pm

Kamin wrote:VLSD's suck *** throw it in the garbage.

Post by **Coolwhip** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:36 am

The swap came out bad***.

Post by **driftersr20sx** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:41 am

I need video!!!!!!!

Post by **Picolini** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:09 am

driftersr20sx wrote:I need video!!!!!!!

Just kidding

Seriously though, it'd be nice to see this beast in action!

Post by **Joe** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:19 pm

well my next stuff is all private testing (i hope) before i go to FD Proam in laughlin. im sure there will be video of that lol.

Post by **Joe** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:27 am

i have no idea why i have no video in my posession, but here is me sneaking into someone else's vid hahaha

http://s61.photobucket.com/alb...0.flv

Post by **-ExCesS-** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:25 pm

Kamin wrote:i have no idea why i have no video in my posession, but here is me sneaking into someone else's vid hahaha

http://s61.photobucket.com/alb...0.flv

MOARR!!!

So I know that your cars set up to drift, but say you tried going in a straight line. What do you think your numbers will be?

Post by **Joe** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:27 pm

if i put radials on it and tried to get a launch id guess in the 11's

Post by **Natedawg500** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:03 pm

my ls1/240 is stock it did low 12s on street tires. so slicks should be 11s

Post by **300hp owen** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:33 am

most definitely... with some 305/295/285/275 wide tires out back the S14 can be a total drag monster with an LS1 under the hood, I bet the lower geared J30 lsd rear ends would be a benefit to drag racing too.

any updates Kamin? hows the car doing, just sitting in hibernation or what?

we are just about finished with the 5-speed swap in that black kouki S14 (auto = yuck!) that I had and sold to a friend, then sometime in the fall/winter we will LS1T56 swap it for next season. but at least this year he can get out on track @ watkins glen with me and my FC. I'm pondering selling the FC so I can make a LS1S14 for myself too, the S14 has amazing handling, fits a lot of tire and the koukis look so great, I just wish it was easier to find a clean shell for dirt cheap like you can with the S13s.

Post by **Joe** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:07 am

hibernation are you crazy? i live in the desert this is like prime time track season for us haha

im driving a ton, its great. no problems whatsoever.

oh wait, i have a small exhaust leak

Post by **raykwok** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:07 pm

how long it take you?

Post by **raykwok** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:08 pm

oh and how much you buy the ls1 motor for and from where?

Post by **300hp owen** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:10 am

lol @ your problems, small exhaust leak, hahahha nice.

congrats on the track time, I'm jealous! its cold as a witches tit up here!

any plans for the chasiss/susp/tires/motor/setup at all?

you have to be having a total blast in that thing!

Post by **Joe** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:33 am

raykwok wrote:how long it take you?

about a month, but i worked on it every day. sometimes 15 hours a day. it was a busy month. i was in a hurry because it was a last minute swap before our season started. i got my engine from cleveland pick a part, paid 3500.

300hp owen wrote:lol @ your problems, small exhaust leak, hahahha nice.

congrats on the track time, I'm jealous! its cold as a witches tit up here!

any plans for the chasiss/susp/tires/motor/setup at all?

you have to be having a total blast in that thing!

im trying to work on getting more bite on transitions so ive baiscally softened the rear damping, im gonna get traction arms and i went to a much bigger tire. running a 275/40/17 now.

the only changes to the engine i am planning to make is redoing the exhaust, and maybe a little more power somewhere down the road. no hurry.

Post by **300hp owen** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:17 am

yowsaaaah running 275s out back like a real manly man! its about time!

whatchu gonna do for exhaust? still side exit or something all the way back? 3" blastpipes says what?!?!?

good to hear its running like a champ and burning up tires like you'd hoped. damn it looks so good, thats an awesome car.

Post by **Joe** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:21 am

i have dual 2.5" side exits now but its not loud enough haha

im gonna do true duals with turndowns right before the diff with no mufflers. should be wall-shaking loud when im done.

Post by **300hp owen** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:05 am

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!cant go wrong with MOAR LOUDERNESS!

Post by **nismofly** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:55 am

too be honest i dont think its at a stage where its "loud enough" and you just want "louder"

i dont think its loud enough yet...i think you need to redo it just to make it loud enough, then see where you can go from there

i dont think you were any louder than the other cars in that video, and id be willing to bet their not running open sidepipes

whats sound limits at PIR and firebird Joe? 103?

Post by **Joe** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:16 pm

there is no sound limit at PIR.

and honestly video doesnt do it justice, its not nearly as "loud" in person. it has a great rumble at idle, but in the high RPM it gets quiet. i think its because they are specific race mufflers not regular flows/magnaflows.

Post by **nismofly** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:25 pm

damn thats sweet, watkins glen and most other tracks around here are like 99 ish, but lime rock is 89 worse than laguna seca

consider yourself lucky...im not sure why youre running mufflers

Post by **Joe** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:53 pm

because im planning to hit laguna at some point in 08

Post by **nismofly** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:03 pm

dude did you see some of the pics of the exhaust setups people had to run at the redline finals?

you could always just make a laguna specific exhaust with like 2 mufflers on each pipe

then unbolt those and bolt on the straight sections with turndowns you were talking about...you could make the 2 seperate systems use the same hangers and just unbolt them behind the headers...you dont have an X pipe or anything like that do you?

Post by **Joe** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:28 pm

yea it was ridiculous, im just going to run a time trial and get a picture of me drifting the corkscrew. thats all i want.

im running an H pipe because i made the exhaust, WAAAAY too much work for an X pipe hahaha

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