C1500 Full Protouring Chassis Build, Twin Turbo LS Swap

[syborg tt]

Marty, that's saying something because Syborg was no slouch either. Shame the build pics all seem to be missing.



I really do enjoy these videos. This truck is coming out very well.

Jay

Hi Jay and thank you and goodnews the build pics are still up on http://syborgtwinturbo.com/pictures/ and one day I will go back and link all of the pictures in the thread. Right now I am working on 2nd chance pictures and holy crud is that taking a long time.

Keep building and posting pics and video's as I think we all are enjoying the build.

mj

[loudandproud]

Talk about an incredible project.

You sir are my idol and I can't tell you how much I look forward to your next video and post.

Thank you very much. Originally when i started thinking about this, I was going to back half my truck and put a 9" under it and go for a boosted LS. This escalated quickly lol.

[syborg tt]

Thank you very much. Originally when i started thinking about this, I was going to back half my truck and put a 9" under it and go for a boosted LS. This escalated quickly lol.

That happens sometimes, well at least it happens to us car guys.

[loudandproud]

Well I started on something different last week. The chassis is coming along nicely, so we will soon be placing the cab. Once the cab is on, we need to place the motor. In order to place the motor, I need an oil pan. I decided a while back that I will be going with a 5 Stage dry sump setup on this project. 4 Scavenge stages, one pressure stage. There will be 3 scavenge stages to the pan, and one scavenge stage dedicated to the turbo drains. Having a dry sump allows me alot of options.

1. Better oil control, wont run the sump dry on hard 60ft hits
2. Short profile oil pan that allows the engine to sit 3" lower (better CG)
3. Higher Oil capacity (2.5 Gallons)
4. You can now low mount turbos because you can directly scavenge the oil to the tank. (Better CG)

LTx dry sump oil pans are currently all made by very high end manufactures. Most are billet and $1200+. Soooo. I made on.

3/16" Steel Flange
16" Pan
-12 AN Scavenge ports

I plan on running inline scavenge filters to protect the pump.
Ill need to get the inside of the pan blasted with walnut or something to remove the chances of any scale popping loose and hurting the oil pump.

[loudandproud]

Here is the video of the pan build. Thanks for viewing.

[loudandproud]

I got my front sway bar setup installed. It's a speedway engineering setup. 1.25" x .250w" bar, 33" long. Using their steel arms. As you can see in the video... they weren't perfectly plug and play for my mounting style. The center of the bar was over sized so I could not pass them through the bearing. I ended up turning them down. Now everything is mounted up and working great. My buddy Logan bent up the arms for me on his 400T press.

[syborg tt]

Great update and as always can't wait for more.

Tonight I hope to watch some of the video's

[loudandproud]

Teaser pic of whats to come...

Any one know what this is?

[Bob in St. Louis]

Looks like one of those old school turbo encabulators to me. Very cool.

[loudandproud]

Looks like one of those old school turbo encabulators to me. Very cool.

It came with a red powerband too

[Bob in St. Louis]

Epic!!!
haha!

[DblTrbl]

looks like a Guibo. Is that an overdrive or 1:1?

BTW, Andrew turned me on to your build. Really like it.

[loudandproud]

looks like a Guibo. Is that an overdrive or 1:1?

BTW, Andrew turned me on to your build. Really like it.

Thanks alot! This is a S65 V8 configured DCT, so it will be the 1:1 7th gear.
Looking at running a 2.85 rear gear with a 335/30/19 rear tire.

[andrewb70]

Thanks alot! This is a S65 V8 configured DCT, so it will be the 1:1 7th gear.
Looking at running a 2.85 rear gear with a 335/30/19 rear tire.

I really like the 1:1 top gear. It should be very quiet, plus having a high rear end gear will keep the driveshaft RPM way down.

Andrew

[DblTrbl]

Thanks alot! This is a S65 V8 configured DCT, so it will be the 1:1 7th gear.
Looking at running a 2.85 rear gear with a 335/30/19 rear tire.

I started a thread in the Manual Transmission section you may be interested in.
https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...smission-(DCT)

[loudandproud]

Got the front coilover mounts on the chassis welded in. They have flanges at the top that will tie into the from cage assembly. Happy with how the turned out.


Also made the tie rod adapters for the front end. Should be plenty beefy.

[loudandproud]

https://youtu.be/O9pJejZ76GA



Episode 18 of the build is up. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[andrewb70]

Just watched it today! Good stuff. I'm totally going down the DCT rabbit hole! It would be awesome to make it work in my Cougar.

Andrew

[loudandproud]

Just watched it today! Good stuff. I'm totally going down the DCT rabbit hole! It would be awesome to make it work in my Cougar.

Andrew

Ill keep you posted. I placed an order for the Domiworks Engineering Billet adapter. Thing looks like a jewel... and it will be hidden under the truck. Figures lol

[David Sloan]

cool build !
Love the videos