Thread: My 97 Transformation - Sound of a New Rebuild.

Originally Posted by TLSheff

Car looks great, usually not a big fan of stripes on these, but it actually doesn't look bad this way. However, I think you should blacken the bottom/mid section of the bumper because it all being red looks funny to me since the back bumper is still the dark grey.... just my 2 pennies

Also notice the picture.... your convo on tires and racing got me to notice... are your fronts running rotation backwards? usually that design would run the other direction, after all in the rain the way it is now would pull water to the middle of the tire and cause hydro-planing, not push it out away from the tire to keep traction.... correct me if im wrong tho, just curious

Thanks for the compliments. I'm waiting to get a front air dam, and I'm definitely planning to paint the mid section Gloss Black, same with the gray part of the rear bumper. It's just a matter of time and money since I'm not a great painter.

And as for the wheels, Good eye! Yes they are backwards. I switched them around to see if they would hook up better on dry road that way. Found out that they don't, so I'll be putting them back the right way lol

Very clean with the Red and white stripes, got any better photos of those rims?

Originally Posted by nawarkk

I heard that the tread wears out faster if you have them on the wrong way.

Can't tell if it's the way they are mounted, or the way I've been driving, But they're wearing pretty quick

Originally Posted by Spartan GL

Very clean with the Red and white stripes, got any better photos of those rims?

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Originally Posted by selliott

I like how the stripes stop and dont go all the way down.......nice job

Thank you. I'm kind of glad I didn't go all the way down with them now that I've decided I want to paint the bumper inserts black.

Well with the help of this forum, and a few good friends, I caught the modding bug and ran with it. It has all led up to this. My supercharger build.

Besides staged heads (maybe) I think I'm done modding her until I end up going turbo. Here is a quick speedo vid from a dig. It's no Ferrari, but I am very pleased with the way she performs. Thanks GPF for helping me along the way!

‪Built GTP on 2.6" pulley‬‏ - YouTube

Also Breaking the tires lose from 50-70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44kCp_FwPQ

Mods are the following

VS cam w/ls6 springs
LS1 TB
65 LB injectors
Ported Gen3 blower
Race-Tronix fuel pump
XS Headers
65# fuel injectors
Mail order E85 tune
Ported Lower intake
Intense-Racing Stage 2 intercooler
2.6 inch pulley
Wbody store belt wrap system
too much other little stuff to remember....

Damn! Im jealous!! Good work man, if I ever find the funds, ill def do it!

holy that thing pulls hard, good work sir

Thanks guys. I'm still trying to learn how to launch this thing.

Eased it to 1/2 throttle by 20mph
3/4 throttle at about 35 (then it kicked back into first and spun to 50!)
Let off a little and went WOT after it grabbed at around 55 mph.
(still spun a little from 55-60)

It really surprised me, to say the least

I wish you had a video of it running outside of the car! :-/ like a nice pass would be sweet!

She's back running & mad as hell

XP cam/ 3 inch exhaust cutout/ L26 Lower end/ Milled heads/ 9.73:1 compression and pissed off


XP cammed Grand Prix idle & rev - YouTube

xp good choice, you'll love it

I hope this one stays together for ya.

Originally Posted by rynoman03

I hope this one stays together for ya.

Thanks Ryno. It should hold up pretty well. This build will be Tuning, timing, compression, boost (in that order) I found out the hard way that spinning the hell out of an inefficient blower is going to make a ton of heat & there's no way around it. And we all know heat makes KR.

I started on a 3.3 to make sure the new GT block didn't see any kr, and honestly, It feels as fast as the GTP block on the 2.8. I couldn't be happier

Giggity Gooooooooo!!!