Budget LS swap 6spd RWD Z26 project.

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 12:08 am

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:48 pm

Mmmkay...if you're following my youtube you know I went to LS fest! That's about a 2000 mile road trip after maybe 400 miles on the build. haha

https://youtu.be/yLVE5glI8Tw?si=-kMTNMoW0sgqlNau

I took my trailer down, packed with tools, just in case anything broke. I drove down with Chris (speedy on bnet) and his 5.3/TKX Jeep. My shifter broke off at our second gas stop, so I had to shift the little nub until we got to Summit in Tallmadge, OH. Got to the show thinking I'd be one of the weirdest cars there and parked next to an S/C LS DeLorean. haha Show/race is absolutely massive. Did some burnouts at the after party and then came home with my new Nascar buddy from Boston. I had a relay he needed, and he had a bolt I needed so it worked out good.

Next video is my dyno pull, that goes live tmo. Check it out!

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:23 pm

Dyno video up. Remedy coming...
https://youtu.be/NL2tgNHHZr4?si=GMHL2KbHqWBRDC_4

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:17 pm

Interior is 99% done and looking amazing.

https://youtu.be/Bzn2lg3AseA?si=9zdyhwwOXC_avQr5

Rettax3 · Post by **Rettax3** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:07 pm

Cool! No idea there was an "LS Fest", but hey, why not??

Glad the trip ended without major drama, so funny you had the trailer along with you... I tried pulling a spare Beretta with me across country once...

(Okay, I was actually MOVING, so both cars, and many others, had to come along eventually anyway, but...

) The clutch didn't like that very much.

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:30 pm

Rettax3 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:07 pm I tried pulling a spare Beretta with me across country once... (Okay, I was actually MOVING, so both cars, and many others, had to come along eventually anyway, but... ) The clutch didn't like that very much.

My trailer was only about 1200lbs and my 12" stage 2+ clutch didn't mind. haha Considering the T56 is a Camaro/Corvette/GTO transmission it towed fine. A crawler gear would have been nice in traffic though...2.66:1 first is noticeably different than my ZF6.

I meant to shoot you a PM yesterday just to catch up. A friend of mine saw a Z34 and I told him about your TDC turbo Beretta and how I'd love to see you at a Berettafest with one of your contraptions!

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:38 pm

Oops. Guess I never posted my pre-race video. haha Working on my drag video right now.

But I did get the throttle body to work better, and I changed the hot air intake to cold air. Had to ditch the Beretta coolant reservoir and get creative with a Saturn one, but it works fine...has the same steam ports and the low coolant light sensor plugs right in.

https://youtu.be/oe-nxmfGLGU?si=WxVhtiIbM3HPhFrr

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:40 pm

Drove this heap to the drag strip, I and got the old man to come with his Roadrunner too. He was diagnosed with liver and pancreatic cancer in August and it's not good. Not good at all. So we're trying to live life to the fullest with the time we have.

His car is a 68 Roadrunner with a 440 4spd. I've driven it and was fairly unimpressed, but I've also been underwhelmed with the 4.8 power, so we figured running them would be fun. He hadn't raced since 2005, and I hadn't since I sold the last Beretta in spring of 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnJjsLf9y2s

I freakin smoked that junk. And I finally just got my datalogging working - and discovered a spark problem. So I band-aided the tune and gained 8mph the next pass. Felt a lot better! It's still slower than I'd like, but I made a couple changes in the last few days and it's feeling really good now. So I'm gonna take it back next weekend and see if I can squeak 12s out of it. Maybe?

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:09 pm

Changes felt good, and it ran faster. But still couldn't beat the 3400 ET! I did out-trap it by a few MPH though, so it will beat the 3400...but not this year because I went to the last track day of the season. My shocks just aren't controlling the rear axle like they need to, so I'm going to buy double-adjustable Vikings. Won't need much 60' improvement to beat the 13.29. Just a 10th should do it.

So I'm going to hold off on my power upgrade for right now. I want to see what this stock LR4 can do. The goal is still 12sec 1/4 mile and 30mpg highway. 13.45 and 26mpg isn't that far away. I think they are both within reach.

Kinda sad that the weather has changed and I gotta put it away just as I'm getting it dialed in and working AWESOME as a summer beater.

https://youtu.be/2lmnyYses54

Alxsmt · Post by **Alxsmt** » Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:25 am

its been a bit since ive read this.. Glad your still documenting here too and not just on youtube! I dont know how you got this thing done so quick..

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:20 pm

It was still 2 years! When I planned on 6mos... But I keep telling you...perfect is overrated.

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:23 pm

I bought a new tuning tool: OBDX Pro VX that uses USB cable instead of bluetooth. It's a huge upgrade to the cheap tuning for $80!

Main thing in my case now...I can flash from the OBD2 port in the car in 3 mins, instead of pulling the PCM out and 12min flashing from a bench harness and putting it back together. That's like 20-25mins down to 3. And I was also able to successfully do a "calibration-only" flash in less than a minute. My OBDlink bluetooth failed every single time I tried doing the shorter flash, it only worked with complete clone flashes. So that's about 25min down to 1min for a flash.
Quick datalog in my Blazer also looks like it datalogs much faster. The other obd2 got about between 1-4 data points per sec, with WOT being really slow (EMI maybe?) and the Blazer at WOT was a solid 10 samples/sec. So I'm happy with that.

https://youtu.be/YpyRHYYXAr4

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:56 pm

I set a budget goal of $5,000 to build this daily beater LS swap. Nothing crazy, just a great daily/highway/burnout car...and some racing. It's done (mostly) and I love it. But those dollars add up quick, even when you're being cheap. I could have pinched more pennies, but I'm still real happy for how it turned out. Bang for the buck is still excellent.

https://youtu.be/af7hnmPfyV4?si=yx7YGchqDtmmbDYW

Alxsmt · Post by **Alxsmt** » Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:03 pm

woody90gtz wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:20 pm It was still 2 years! When I planned on 6mos... But I keep telling you...perfect is overrated.

yeah.. thats still quick!

woody90gtz · Post by **woody90gtz** » Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:43 pm

Officially announcing my worst kept secret! I bought an aluminum L33 to throw in the Beretta. It's more cubes, more compression, more cam, better heads, MORE POWER, and less weight. And it has the better gen4 rods, but still 24x crank reluctor so it works with my existing truck wiring and it was only $500. I can prob sell the 4.8 for that. haha I'm going to convert the DBW harness to DBC and use it in another project...or maybe just sell one. I probably don't need five 5.3s around...
https://youtu.be/NjNUj-wPlA4

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