Progress Thread Tanner's "there's Probably A Name For This Illness" Builds Thread

old_blue · Aug 28, 2015

Good donor car for an ls swap...

FoxMustangLvr · Aug 28, 2015

@tannerc91gt
Not surprised with the latest update. You said you always wanted one and now you're just about to get it (the vette). That's a sweet vette too! However that Cobra you just sold was pure sex! I do however get why you jumped ship. Congrats and I hope the purchase works out for you.

RaggedGT · Aug 28, 2015

Will you do an LS swap into an early 2000's F150 with exact documentation so I can copy you? Lol congrats on the Vette, hopefully some of your house upgrades include the garage?

tannerc91gt · Aug 28, 2015

Just hung new lights in the garage, getting ready to insulate it. Only had 3 lights before. Has 10 now.

Got 12 outlets I'm planning to run next month also. Just happy to have a nice starting point

FoxMustangLvr · Aug 28, 2015

I see a little room for a lift

Some 48" lights down low and parallel to the floor will help a lot when wrenching under cars. If you like the idea I would run the conduit and place boxes before insulating.

tannerc91gt · Aug 28, 2015

FoxMustangLvr said:
I see a little room for a lift

Some 48" lights down low and parallel to the floor will help a lot when wrenching under cars. If you like the idea I would run the conduit and place boxes before insulating.

Yeah there's always another thing I wanna do there but I'm trying to fly under the radar lol

RaggedGT · Nov 6, 2015

It's time for a new build thread sir
(Garage/corvette/truck/what ever lol)

old_blue · Nov 7, 2015

I would take some updates on the garage if there are some.

tannerc91gt · Nov 8, 2015

I'll post something in this thread this afternoon.
The whole "leave the corvette alone" thing went like you'd expect.
Gotta keep a nice variety in my thread of random half-projects

tannerc91gt · Nov 8, 2015

Been trying to hang around and keep up with Mike and Collin's threads as well as the other big threads on 5.0 talk (I can't seem to find much interest in the SW stuff lately).

Obviously my new car doesn't really fit the theme around here but the Corvette Forum is HORRIBLE for any decent conversation or discussion. 99% of responses are vendor referrals and guys who say "it cost this much to have a shop do it". F*ck that.

Anyways, I did a pretty poor job of just enjoying the car for what it was when I bought it.
It was super freakin clean, super freakin stock and SUPER freakin quiet. I bought a glass roof for it. Don't think I'll ever go back to the painted top.

So began the phases of ruining what was an 11,000 mile, driven to the golf course, warrantied old-man-mobile.

Phase 1:
First thing that had to go was the stock wheels. I'm a card carrying member of the black wheel fad so I bought Black ZR1 reps.

Phase 2:
Then the quiet stock mufflers started to wear on my mind. Car had nice Longtubes and a catted X when I bought it but the PO had put stock mufflers back on it. No Bueno.
So I picked up a used Corsa Extreme package with 4" tips. In really good condition for about 50% off new price. They're awesome. Quiet below 3k and they scream when you lay into it.

I also picked up a set of splash guards to break up the plain sides the base model cars have. Planning to do a widebody conversion in the future but that's a big chunk of change.
Also swapped in a Z06 spoiler, don't care much for the full length stuff.
Changed out all the interior lights and reverse lights with LEDs. Looks a lot cleaner in my opinion.

This was during my "just gonna do minor stuff because the car is just fine how it is" phase.

I'm in constant denial of my illness.

Fast forward to the beginning of October (so about 45 days of owning it I guess?) and it's in pieces all over the garage getting the cam swapped out. Aka Phase 4.

tannerc91gt · Nov 8, 2015

Went with a Vengeance Racing grind
235/243 .621/.624 113 LSA. Fairly aggressive for a stock headed non-flycut LS3.
They packed 10 pounds of crap in a 5lb bag in the engine bay for sure. So the biggest hurdle was pulling the steering rack and all the accessories.

Back together and fired it up, ran like absolute hell and had to send the Ecu out for a base tune. It'll get tuned in the spring but it's drivable for now and I love it. I also bought a nitrous outlet plate kit for it but sold it for a small profit a few days later after I couldn't bring myself to drill holds and mount a bottle.

As for the garage, when I bought the house it had 3 dim bulbs and 2 outlets. A friend came over and we threw up 9 bright lights, I hung my florescent light over where I park the car (and quadruple secured it, still waiting on the day it falls). Also added 16 outlets and bought a rebuild kit for my garage door opener. $22 and works like new for an opener built in '97. Still needs insulated but that'll be down the road.

Currently I'm looking for a rolling fox chassis to start another project build. Wanting to do a painfully slow build this time around, knowing I've got the other car to actually go drive. We'll see.

tannerc91gt · Nov 8, 2015

hoopty5.0 · Nov 8, 2015

I dig it.

89oem · Nov 9, 2015

An LS in a corvette go figure,

nice garage.

Boosted92LX · Nov 9, 2015

Nice car! Tanner you definitely have an illness. But who am i to talk, my fox was gonna stay stock when i bought it too, lol.

tannerc91gt · Nov 9, 2015

89oem said:
An LS in a corvette go figure,

nice garage.

Fits like factory

Boosted92LX · Nov 9, 2015

C ondition
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tannerc91gt · Nov 9, 2015

It does have a current recall

mikestang63 · Nov 9, 2015

Boosted92LX said:
C ondition
H opeless
E very
V ehicle
R elies
O n
L eftover
E ngine
T echnology

We used to say....

Can
Hear
Every
Valve
Rattle
On
Long
Extended
Trips

and of course there is Pontiac... lol

hoopty5.0 · Nov 9, 2015

Progress Thread Tanner's "there's Probably A Name For This Illness" Builds Thread

old_blue

FoxMustangLvr

I love my Pimp

RaggedGT

Been here over a DECADE and still no CT

tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

FoxMustangLvr

I love my Pimp

tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

RaggedGT

Been here over a DECADE and still no CT

old_blue

tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

hoopty5.0

mechanicus terribilis

89oem

Mustang Master

Boosted92LX

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tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

Boosted92LX

It's only an inch or two. What's the big deal?

tannerc91gt

This last 25% is foreign territory at this point

mikestang63

hoopty5.0

mechanicus terribilis

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