[Reds ss]

My brother(Tony), and i (Scott): Owner of Reds Hydraulics; have been working on our two different Impalas since 2008. Tony's 96 DGGM was very close to be finished::Everything on his car has been done: paint: interior: suspension; air bags; Stereo; wheels....but kept the stock motor to play around with and rebuild later!!!!


He ends up Buying a 355lt1/560 Hp Long Block
with all the Tricks and AI 220 kit. Canton pan/ arp / Callies crank/ Callies Rods...splayed 4 Main: polished/ported valves, heads, intake and lots of Chrome!!!

God Rest His Soul Tony Dies Feb 17,2011

Scott take over the project and wanted finish off where my Brother started a Sentimental and Memorial project

I though what Nicer?

TWIN TURBO that Bitch...no Money no object,,,w/o blowing up my motor...ASAP;

Advantage performance in Riverside
- has a great guy over there name Adam. He knows his Turbos
Superior Automotive Tomorrow
-so Tad can Live Tune it...Hopefully starting in 6 hours...You see I cant sleep?..i'm Nervous!!! Good Luck Tad

Please make a list of what it needs next?

Scott is gonna repaint, new Bently style Interior ^ Piston Wilwoods all the way around....and Polish/chrome/ black powder coat everything else under the hood and fame...Money is no object ok>?

So Car is Finally at Superior Automotive and Tad will be at it all day Live Tuning it at the Dyno....lets hope it doesn't blow up and if it does,,,lets build it better and stronger...Please

 

[Reds ss]

for any Pics of cargo to Garage Reds ss

Hopefully Tad takes plenty of Pictures of all the trick features this motor has and shows everyone,,,,esp if she works?

Tad ----will you please Take good pics of:
Ltcc Conversion
Tach Diver
Relocated 2010 GTO LS2 coil Pack near the MSD Billet timing
Canton Oil Pan w welded bungs for Turbo
Custom Tranny Pan
how the Monster Coil wires are fun
whats involved in moving Harness/hoses/brake lines on Passenger Turbo Header
Picture of setup
and what else u recommend...ok?

 

[illmatic96ss]

keep us posted

 

[ProTools4]

Car looks great

working on it now!

 

[ProTools4]

2bar base calibration loaded

got it running ,,, then:
-dead TPS
-r&red TPS for new one
-confirmed misfires on both sides of the engine with primary tube EGTs
-confirmed reversed firing order on passenger side via LS1 coil harness was bass ackwards

next:
-get serpentine belt back on the hub
-confrming driver side firing order
-then rechecking primary tube EGTs

 

[ProTools4]

-belt back on
-firing order correct on the plug wires
-firing order correct on the coil harness
-intakes back on

Still runs like the timing / firing order is off

 

[MojoSSodope]

Gool luck with the project hope it turns out nice. sound dope.


Vic

 

[Bad Imp]

Wow, sounds like this will be a winner! Looking forward to seeing pics.

So sorry about your brother, but sounds like you are doing the car up right in his name.

 

[ProTools4]

back on it Tuesday!

videos and pics soon

Stay tuned!

 

[Bryon]

We're staying tuned...

 

[ProTools4]

Got spark and heat on all 8!

Timing was confirmed via custom tune w/ TDC #1 mark and timing light

Exhaust Mods started in the name of science

minor power steering hose interference resolved

Next
-crank hub needs to be looked into it is 1/2"+ inset
-power steering is still funky needs atten

waiting for video to upload to YouTube

 

[ProTools4]

1st video

detailer has not dropped in to the shop yet ​

 

[ProTools4]

let it run till it came to temp
did some light throttle driving up and down the street in front of the shop

dual wide bands are reading 14s on the 2bar OL MAP tune.
big car feels light despite the big wheels

It is having a hard time maintaining a good tempature
head temp is high / radiator temp is low
heater hoses are 40-60F hotter thatn radiator hoses via IR gun
Time for a new 160F stat.

Power steering is still chunky - aka UNSAFE!
I will pick up some Lucas steering fluid additive on my way home...

 

[Reds ss]

Thermostat and power steering

Please change whatever you need or don't like. 160 Tsat, Power steering Pump. Also, here is no RED coolant in motor(If that matters) and we really never bleed it right? we just shoved in plain water to test and didn't bleed.

If it still gets hot lets get a bigger radiator and or Merzie water pump. Please take your time and do it right...

thanks
Scott

 

[ProTools4]

I can just keep moving down the list

right now we need someone savy with the air bag system to return the car to moveable.

BTW some pics from last week

Lucas to help the steering

exhaust work / plug cleaning / compression tesd / TDC marked & timeing

 

[ProTools4]

Progress Report

-Peanut form Red's Hyd came out and fixed the issues with the Air Bag setup.
*he was quick with diagnosis and repair. AKA knew his stuff!

-New 9c1 steering box was dropped off for future installation

-appointment was made with mobil detailer to get her clean again

 

[ProTools4]

Detailer showed up at Superior Auto,
while I was away tuning in L.A.

Attention2Detail
via Guido Martinez
@562.221.1717

 

[ProTools4]

update

while reveiwing the install of a new steering box and shaft, interference was found with some exhaust part.

yet another item we need an open lift for.

 

[Bryon]

Man I am enjoying this. I hope to send a check this next week for some turbo parts and get my project back on the front burner again.

Red, is this a custom turbo kit or a prefabricated kit?

 

[Reds ss]

Sorry havent been online for a while

Hello Bryon.....it was a Custom Built kit done for me early this year....i will have Tad post all the Tricks and when he is done Tuning it. Tad has been busy working on a lot of cars and been looking at my car at his spare time and looking over everything.

This car has a brand new motor and tranny/convertor....and converted over to LTCC...so there is alot to sort out...i think he has it running ok...but little things( I guess Normal?) are popping up....and i want it safe when i get it on the road...

I wanna sort out all of the Kinks and then take it apart again and powdercoat/black chrome/ polish everything...i want total show/under hood/under carriage for this car.

The Stereo is Top Notch already...but i wanna do some cool tricks with Interior and Put in over the TOP...Bently Style Interior...and Clean her up!!!

It means alot to me...since it was my Brothers and he passed away over a year ago. I feel he is still with me...esp when i drive his car and i want his Baby...Sparkling!!! Clean as i can get it!!!