[killaz1337]

Well after much putting off my intercooler is finally a go!. Ordered all the parts yesterday that I needed from wbodystore and ZZP, and ordered all the gaskets I need from the dealserhip today. I have to send my snout to get rebuilt, so i'm sending that in to Farnsworth from GPONA. New bearings and snout seal. I might start taking the car apart today this way I can ship the snout. He has to get it, he rebuilds it and ships it out the same day he gets it, it's just the shipping that makes this time consuming. (3 days to get t him, 3 days back unless i do faster shipping but thats more $)

Anyways, i'm excited! To those who haven't seen the intercooler, here's some pics.

Stainless lines


The lines, pump, etc


The core and old heat exchanger, sold that and got a stage 3 ZZP one <<--gonna look sexy as hell!




I can't friggen wait!

Chris,

This post has been edited by killaz1337: 24 March 2010 - 02:05 PM

[bumpin96monte]

Looks nice, but IMO all those hoses and lines and clamps and such look like a hardware store mess. Are you gonna clean that up a little when you put it on?

Oh, and Farnsworth FTW- he rebuilt my old one for my monte back when he got my polishing done- very happy w/ it.

[3800power]

Sick.

[killaz1337]

Started the teardown today. I got the fuel rails, injectors, and blower. I also separated the snout from the rotors so I can ship it to Farns in the morning. Have all the bolts and nuts organized and labeled in sandwich bags too. Here's some pics of it so far.















Tomorrow I will be: Draining oil and coolant (needs an coolant flush might as well do it), take off the bumper, headlights, LIM, pick up my gaskets from the dealership, and ship my snout to Farns.

Chris,

[Nick07]

Nice, wish I had GTP.... Probably a bad thing to say on a Monte Carlo site but they are nice cars. Are those the rims yer stickin with or did you order new ones? I don't remember from the other thread

[killaz1337]

I did order new ones, should be here today or tomorrow. Those are my winter/track wheels.

I wished I had a GTP too when I had my monte, but after having the GTP it's not a big deal at all. I would still have loved to have my monte.

Chris,

[zipper778]

Yeah, you can make either car a fun car

That intercooler setup is going to be awesome when you're done with it man. Nice work so far!

[ChibiBlackSheep]

Been looking at GTPs myself...

Car is looking great Are you shooting for a 3.0 or 3.2 pulley with that set-up?

[killaz1337]

Gonna run a 3.2 until I can get a tune by a local, plus the 3.2 should be plenty amount of kick for now

I will have an update again later with more pics.

Chris,

[ChibiBlackSheep]

Are you going to rocker (or cam) the car since you have all of that apart anyway???

[killaz1337]

I wish, it sucks cause I have the valve covers and LIM off. I Could easily cam or rocker the car right now. I just can't spend the extra money, this IC is already costing alot as it is.

Chris,

[cak387]

Nice to see you are finally getting it all put on Chris. It does suck that you can't cam at the same time, but their is always later lol.

Edit: Is that your OTTO Racing STB? You could always just be a nice guy and ship me that?

This post has been edited by cak387: 25 March 2010 - 05:24 PM

[killaz1337]

cak387, on 25 March 2010 - 06:22 PM, said:

Nice to see you are finally getting it all put on Chris. It does suck that you can't cam at the same time, but their is always later lol.

Edit: Is that your OTTO Racing STB? You could always just be a nice guy and ship me that?

Lol, yea it is the Otto. lol I'll trade you it for a cam

Here's my update today, got ALOT done. Here's a little list

-Took off the bumper, support, and undershield.
-Took off the alternator and bracket
-Took off the coil back and bracket
-Took off the LIM
-Took off the valve covers
-Got my new gaskets, supercharger oil, and belt.
-Painted valve covers and supercharger (they look AWESOME!)



















Enjoy!

Chris,

[cak387]

Supercharger and valve covers look awesome Chris. What is the hardest part that you have encountered so far with it?

[killaz1337]

Thanks, I wanna do the dogbones and braces same paint to get everything to match. My friend told me I should clear it all too so I might do that.

Nothing was really that hard to be honest, this is the easy part. The process is just very time consuming, not necessarily hard. Putting everything back together is going to be the slightly difficult part. You might laugh, but the hardest part for me today was getting the damn radiator drain plug open, had to call the old man for that one, haha. Everything else is just simple disassembling.

Putting the IC on, cutting the hood, etc, is going to be the tricky part.

Chris,

[jaybaum96]

+600 hp for the air horns. I have to admit, i have 4 air horns, the two stock horns and an additional low-tone horn stuffed inside my fender. It gets people's attention... ahaha. The IC setup is going to be sick! Cant wait to see that thing back together..

[killaz1337]

jaybaum96, on 25 March 2010 - 10:22 PM, said:

+600 hp for the air horns. I have to admit, i have 4 air horns, the two stock horns and an additional low-tone horn stuffed inside my fender. It gets people's attention... ahaha. The IC setup is going to be sick! Cant wait to see that thing back together..

lol you don't see them when everything is bolted back up, I made sure and bolted them somewhere where'd they be hidden. I agree with you, the air horns really wake people the f*ck up on the road. Plus when my alarm goes off, it's loud.

Chris,

[me6894]

Holy sh*t that blower case looks good, you sure you didn't sand the castings? Or did you just use a bunch of coats on it? Either way I like it.

Are you gonna cut your bumper support for the fmhe?

[killaz1337]

me6894, on 25 March 2010 - 11:49 PM, said:

Holy sh*t that blower case looks good, you sure you didn't sand the castings? Or did you just use a bunch of coats on it? Either way I like it.

Are you gonna cut your bumper support for the fmhe?

Thanks man. I didn't sand it, but it has 5 coats total. 3 light coats, 1 medium, and the last one I went really thick, lol. It's smooth to the touch, it's thick enough to cover the casting marks.

The ZZP HE is bolt-in, no cutting required. I might cut the bumper support though to raise it up a little, i hear that it might be a little too low with how they set it up.

Chris,

[me6894]

killaz1337, on 25 March 2010 - 11:55 PM, said:

me6894, on 25 March 2010 - 11:49 PM, said:

Holy sh*t that blower case looks good, you sure you didn't sand the castings? Or did you just use a bunch of coats on it? Either way I like it.

Are you gonna cut your bumper support for the fmhe?

Thanks man. I didn't sand it, but it has 5 coats total. 3 light coats, 1 medium, and the last one I went really thick, lol. It's smooth to the touch, it's thick enough to cover the casting marks.

The ZZP HE is bolt-in, no cutting required. I might cut the bumper support though to raise it up a little, i hear that it might be a little too low with how they set it up.

Chris,

The frozenboost is "bolt-in" too, but it'll hang like 2" below the rest of the car.



That's how I roll lol

[ChibiBlackSheep]

I almost feel bad and want to buy you a set of 1.9s so you can 3.2 pulley with a good amount of timing after all this work!

Everything is looking great

[killaz1337]

Alright day 3 into the IC. I didn't get too much done today. I finished painting everything under the hood that I wanted to, and clear coated everything except for the dogbones and their brackets (It was getting a little too cold outside). So tomorrow I'll finish clearing those up. I also got a bunch of parts from ZZP today, woot! Take a look for yourself.

















Tomorrow I wanna get the valve covers back on, alternator w/ bracket, coil pack w/ bracket, change plugs, change oil.

Cgrusm

[killaz1337]

Alright, another day, not much done, lol. I:

-Changed the plugs, AL104's gapped to .050
-Took of the vacuum tree, PCV, and BBV from old supercharger, installed them to the new one.
-Installed the EGR block off plate to the headers.
-Clear coated the side braces and dogbone brackets, everything paint wise is done now.

It's still kinda cold out, but from tomorrow on it should be pretty warm. Not in too much of a rush cause i'm still waiting on some key parts. I wanted to put the valve covers on but I ordered the overlays from reflectiveconcepts.com, and it would be alot easier to put them on with the valve covers out.

Chris,

[me6894]

Why such a small gap on the plugs?

[killaz1337]

me6894, on 27 March 2010 - 05:55 PM, said:

Why such a small gap on the plugs?

Was running .055 with my current setup, figured with the added boost I should drop it a little.

Chris,

[me6894]

My plugs are gapped closer to .060"

[killaz1337]

Alright got a couple of stuff done today.

-Farns finished my snout and did an amazing jb.
-Cleaned Tb
-Finished porting the blower
-Installed TB to blower
-Took out bumper support and cut it for the heat exchanger
-Cleaned up the rust and painted the bumper support
-Took out and cleaned coolant level sensor (Light would always go on and off while driving)
-Installed valve cover overlays

Here's more pics as usual.

Quote

No problem dude.

Pictures now that Photobucket wants to play nice.

After your snout has been all disassembled.


Parts all degreased, cleaned, and ready for reassembly.


All reassembled, and wrapped up for protection to keep it clean for its trip back to you.


Never hurts to go above and beyond whats expected of you to help somebody out.

Thanks, and enjoy man!

Oh, and snout bolts get torqued to 22 ft. lbs. in case you were wondering ;-)

~F~

Chris,

This post has been edited by killaz1337: 29 March 2010 - 11:01 PM

[Nick07]

Is it just the reflection of the flash that makes that overlay look crooked in the middle? Lookin sweet, I'm curious how all the paint matched parts are gonna look completely reassembled. That's a lot of painted stuff but I'm sure it'll look good

[ChibiBlackSheep]

Your wrapped up snout looks a little... errmm...phallic would be the best word I think

[killaz1337]

Nick07, on 30 March 2010 - 12:37 AM, said:

Is it just the reflection of the flash that makes that overlay look crooked in the middle? Lookin sweet, I'm curious how all the paint matched parts are gonna look completely reassembled. That's a lot of painted stuff but I'm sure it'll look good

Yea it's just the reflection in the flash. Unfortunately I can't get pics of it on the car even though it's installed because I taped them up until i'm done so they wont get dirty.

ChibiBlackSheep, on 30 March 2010 - 09:37 AM, said:

Your wrapped up snout looks a little... errmm...phallic would be the best word I think

lol...

Chris,