AMS Brings a TT C6 back to life!
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AMS Brings a TT C6 back to life!
This 2007 C6 Z51 came to us with a stock LS2 and an APS kit w/ custom 3 DP's and 3" exhaust with no mufflers, fuel system upgrades with surge tank ( unknown ), AEM single nozzle meth kit, AEM True Boost, Z06 body kit, Z06 wheels and a few other odds and ends, but was in need of some TLC.
The customer purchased the car used and has had many issues since with turbo failures, exhaust leaks, clutch issues and it ran poorly. We got digging into the car and found many, many issues that needed to be resolved and then some as we got deeper into the project:
The fuel system had standard rubber hose on push lock fitting which was all brittle, burned or ready to crack.
We found that an induction had come off on the drivers side and therefore sucked lots of dirt and debris through the turbo which ruined it, packed the drivers intercoolers and unfortunately the motor saw some of this as well. The charge pipes were rubbed through on both sides from improper installation and tire contact.
There were numerous burned wires and vac. lines.
1 broken 02 sensor
Pass. side downpipe was leaking badly due to missing hardware
Exhaust poorly adjusted and out of hangers
Meth system installed incorrectly and therefore not functioning. Washer solvent was used
The wiring for the meth, true boost & fuel system were a disaster.
There was low impedance injectors with resistor boxes installed which 1 was broken. The injector harness was all hacked up as well.
The torque tube input shaft was found damaged upon removal.
2 bolts missing from bell housing
Radiator cradle only in by 1 of the 4 bolts
Crank pulley wobbling
Diff and trans seeping and covered in dirt/grime
Air horns crammed in inner bumper
I think the above notes cover most of the issues
The route of attack was to perform a leak down and compression test which surprisingly was OK. We then received the go ahead to move forward with the project. The list below is all the new items, repairs, upgrades we performed:
PRC .650 kit (retained stock cam shaft)
Comp pushrods
SLP / PB crank pulley w/ ARP bolt
GM input shaft, GM pilot bearing,
DSS 3 driveshaft and couple kit
McLeod RXT w/ steel flywheel
GM slave
AMS remote bleed line
APS manifolds smoothed and ceramic coated
APS Z06 intercoolers
PTE Billet upgrade HP5830s w/ revised intake tubing
K&N filters RE-0930s
Flush and clean all inlet/charge pipes and intake manifold of dirt, grime and debris
Readjusted and repair charge pipes. Install new SS couplers in the event of tire contact
Upgrade AEM to dual nozzle and fab MAF delete pipe which houses nozzles and IAT
GM 02 sensors with new extensions
FIC 1000 CC injectors, repaired wiring harness with new clips and removed resistor boxes
MSD wires
NGK TR7 plugs
Revised all fuel lines, fittings and relocated regulator
Revised all vacuum lines
Relocated breather catch can
Designed a relay and fuse distribution block
Rewired fuel system, meth, true boost
AEM wideband with custom mounting in center vents w/ meth indicator LED and refinished center console
M1 50/50 mix for methanol
Diff and trans fluids serviced
OEM horns
Repaired radiator cradle and secured properly
Lots of heat insulating to protect wiring, fuel lines and vacuum lines.
2 bar MAP and AMS Tune via HP Tuners
Detailed
We wanted to stay safe with the car seeing that is had been thru some hard times, so boost was kept at a safe 10 psi. 93 octane w/ Meth
Results are on our Mustang Dyno are as follows (approx. 10% lower than a Dyno Jet)
584 rwhp / 537 rwtq
The turbos come on very fast and due to the car being on plain street tires its worthless 1st-3rd gear and depending on the road only gets decent traction in 4th. The customer picked up the car Friday 9/30 and was very pleased with it driving like stock and getting almost 30mpg on the ride home!
The car went to the track just 2 days later with the same street tires and little seat time, but he still managed an 11.2@133. I know he is working on getting some drag radials to get back out before the season is up to see how it will really run. I think the car is good for mid-lower 10s at 135+.
Here are some pics of the project :
The customer purchased the car used and has had many issues since with turbo failures, exhaust leaks, clutch issues and it ran poorly. We got digging into the car and found many, many issues that needed to be resolved and then some as we got deeper into the project:
The fuel system had standard rubber hose on push lock fitting which was all brittle, burned or ready to crack.
We found that an induction had come off on the drivers side and therefore sucked lots of dirt and debris through the turbo which ruined it, packed the drivers intercoolers and unfortunately the motor saw some of this as well. The charge pipes were rubbed through on both sides from improper installation and tire contact.
There were numerous burned wires and vac. lines.
1 broken 02 sensor
Pass. side downpipe was leaking badly due to missing hardware
Exhaust poorly adjusted and out of hangers
Meth system installed incorrectly and therefore not functioning. Washer solvent was used
The wiring for the meth, true boost & fuel system were a disaster.
There was low impedance injectors with resistor boxes installed which 1 was broken. The injector harness was all hacked up as well.
The torque tube input shaft was found damaged upon removal.
2 bolts missing from bell housing
Radiator cradle only in by 1 of the 4 bolts
Crank pulley wobbling
Diff and trans seeping and covered in dirt/grime
Air horns crammed in inner bumper
I think the above notes cover most of the issues
The route of attack was to perform a leak down and compression test which surprisingly was OK. We then received the go ahead to move forward with the project. The list below is all the new items, repairs, upgrades we performed:
PRC .650 kit (retained stock cam shaft)
Comp pushrods
SLP / PB crank pulley w/ ARP bolt
GM input shaft, GM pilot bearing,
DSS 3 driveshaft and couple kit
McLeod RXT w/ steel flywheel
GM slave
AMS remote bleed line
APS manifolds smoothed and ceramic coated
APS Z06 intercoolers
PTE Billet upgrade HP5830s w/ revised intake tubing
K&N filters RE-0930s
Flush and clean all inlet/charge pipes and intake manifold of dirt, grime and debris
Readjusted and repair charge pipes. Install new SS couplers in the event of tire contact
Upgrade AEM to dual nozzle and fab MAF delete pipe which houses nozzles and IAT
GM 02 sensors with new extensions
FIC 1000 CC injectors, repaired wiring harness with new clips and removed resistor boxes
MSD wires
NGK TR7 plugs
Revised all fuel lines, fittings and relocated regulator
Revised all vacuum lines
Relocated breather catch can
Designed a relay and fuse distribution block
Rewired fuel system, meth, true boost
AEM wideband with custom mounting in center vents w/ meth indicator LED and refinished center console
M1 50/50 mix for methanol
Diff and trans fluids serviced
OEM horns
Repaired radiator cradle and secured properly
Lots of heat insulating to protect wiring, fuel lines and vacuum lines.
2 bar MAP and AMS Tune via HP Tuners
Detailed
We wanted to stay safe with the car seeing that is had been thru some hard times, so boost was kept at a safe 10 psi. 93 octane w/ Meth
Results are on our Mustang Dyno are as follows (approx. 10% lower than a Dyno Jet)
584 rwhp / 537 rwtq
The turbos come on very fast and due to the car being on plain street tires its worthless 1st-3rd gear and depending on the road only gets decent traction in 4th. The customer picked up the car Friday 9/30 and was very pleased with it driving like stock and getting almost 30mpg on the ride home!
The car went to the track just 2 days later with the same street tires and little seat time, but he still managed an 11.2@133. I know he is working on getting some drag radials to get back out before the season is up to see how it will really run. I think the car is good for mid-lower 10s at 135+.
Here are some pics of the project :
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