The Green Hell

[JoshuaGrooms83]

AHHHHHHH!!!!!!! damn 98s with their oddball PCMs. Nelson dosnt have 98 PCMs in stock so now im stuck.... AGAIN... Looking around to see if i can get a spare 98 PCM. its that or buy HP tunners and do it myself...

[c5z28]

Or get a newer pcm

[JoshuaGrooms83]

ug.. well ill see if I can get it tuned locally.
As for updates, got a Ls6 Valley pan, new knock senors, and new style knock sensor harness.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Come on K member Thats the one key component im waiting on so i can start putting everything on in the front. The suspense is killing me I keep geting an itch to put my C5 rotors and front Koni shocks on but gotta wait. Got email from Strano yesterday that all my UMI stuff is on the way. should be here in about 9 days then. Thats usually how long it takes.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Alright. Anything else that doesnt require ripping apart the entire motor?
heres how the install will flow once everything is here so as to be as quick and efficiant as possible.

Front suspention
UMI RR K-member
Prothane Poly motor mount
145 amp truck ALT mod
UMI Lower A arms poly/roto
upperball joints
UMI Upper A arms
Koni sa shocks f
BMR hollow sway bars 35mm

Brakes
New wheel hubs
ls1 to C5 brake bracket
C5 D/S Front Rotos
Russel steel brake lines F
Hawks HPS Pads

Trans
B&M Trans cooler kit
SFI Flexplate
ARP flexplate bolt
revmax 3200 TC Stage 5
ARP torque convert bolts
Shiftglo trans temp gauge
UMI Trans Relo Mount
UMI tunnel brace with loop

Rear suspention
UMI Panhard relocation bar
BMR hollow sway bars 22mm
Russel steel brake lines R

INTAKE
LS6 Valley cover w/vent
LS Knock sensors
New style ls KS harness
Ls6 steam tubes and blocks
ls6 intake manifold
80mm throttle body
EGR/AIR block off?
Oil catch can

[JoshuaGrooms83]

ANd the C5 upgrade is done as well as the front Stainless Braided Brake lines Be doing the rears and tomorrow, as well as the front shocks. Might as well get the Front shocks mated to the Vogtland springs at least so when i do do the front suspention all i gotta do is the whole shock assembly.
Didnt go all out on pics but here a few tidbits Most of yall know how to do brakes lol
Before the C5 upgrade

After the install with C5 Rotors. No cutting of my spindal. alittle filing to fit the shims but no cutting with the brakets i have.


Other stuff im putting on


Tomorrow the rear Russel brake lines, and the front Koni Sa's are going in. more picks to follow.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Or get a newer pcm

Looked into that, alittle labor intensive for my taste right now. Be easier locating an addition PCM and sending that to frost then that.
Which im doing now. Might have found an 98 LS1 A4 PCM with stock tune, just need to get the seller to let it go for a decent price. THen ill send that to frost while im waiting in germany an no down time and if i need another tune, just send teh other one, or put the stock PCM back in and send the other back or vise versa, depending on what tune needs to be done. I just dont know about sending my GM to a germany dyno shop. just scares me alittle. Rather be able to talk to my tuner in enlish and know that my tune is set for my firebird and not a VW Golf lol

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Updates!
Extra PCM on the way to Frost as we speack to be tuned, then will be shipped to me afterwards.

Installed the front Konis today and rear Brake lines all bled and bedding in the C5 rotors now while i wait for the rest of everything to show up in the mail.

[c5z28]

Those sway bar bushings look stock

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Those sway bar bushings look stock

lol they were, borke the passenger side one when i first did lowering springs. Been waiting on getting new Front and Rear sway bars in. Not putting those old things back in. So for now no swaybar links lol. They were shot lol. the BMR front and rear bars should be here any day now. Hope fully be in Tuesday or wednesday.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

ANYTHING ELSE?! not motor invasive? ANYTHING? Next year will be the more labor itensive and indepth installs. but this year, this what the car gets so far. Any recommendations that i havnt thought of or forgot?

Alright so here what the birdys getting:

ELECTRICAL
Spare PCM for tuning Tuned PCM from frost (once it gets here)
145 amp truck ALT mod
MSD plug wires
NGK tr6ix

INTAKE
LS6 intake manifold
LS6 Valley cover w/vent
New style KS harness
LS Knock sensors
Ls6 steam tubes and blocks
EGR/AIR block off
vision motorworks 80mm throttle body
SLP lid
SLP MAF and Bellows (looking at a GM LS 85mm MAF possibly)

EXHAUST
OBX LT headers
LLP Ypipe with HF cats
80 series Flowmaster

STEERING and SUSPENTION
Koni sa shocks f/R
Vogtland 1.2" lowering springs
Prothane Poly motor mount bushings
UMI RR K-member
UMI 2pt Subframe connector
UMI tunnel brace with loop
UMI Trans Relo Mount
UMI Upper A arms
UMI Lower A arms poly/roto
UMI Adj PH rod
UMI Panhard relocation bar
UMI Adj Torque Arm
UMI Torque arm bolts
Founders Performance LCA Relocation braket
BMR hollow sway bars 35/22
New upperball joints
Kumho 295/35ZR17 XS Rears
Kumho 275/40ZR17 SPT Fronts
New wheel hubs

BRAKES
ls1 to C5 brake bracket
C5 D/S Front Rotos
Hawks HPS Pads f&r
Russel steel brake lines

TRANS
revmax 3200 TC Stage 5
SFI Flexplate
ARP flexplate bolt
ARP torque convert bolts
B&M Trans cooler kit
WIX Trans filter
Shiftglo trans temp gauge
speedinc Gauge adaptor

[c5z28]

Yah change the front tires
If and when something brakes you know to change it.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Oops, i ment to change that to Kumho 285/40/17 SPT. Ill go alittle narrower to fit a nice tire in the back. I already have the fronts. Its that or get some sumitomos with 275 in the front and 315 in the rear lol

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Was looking around for brake cooling ducts and found one for a 2005-2009 vette. Was wondering how hard would it be to modify these to fit the front of my car? Was also looking at the rear ones too, modified to kinda scoop air from under the car instead of the quater panel like the Vettes.
Here the fronts i found.


I figure i can make these fit on the inside of the cooling ducts on the TA and into the flex tubes and in to the spindal cooler. Any thoughts?

[shady milkman]

Not as easy as you'd think..I was researching tgis awhile ago and the concenses was to buy some made for the t/a..I believe they grab air from the openings under the turn signal housing

[shady milkman]

I can't see you needing them tho

[JoshuaGrooms83]

Well for now ill hold off on the duct work and going with getting an GM OEM LS 85MM MAF and adaptor harness and I guess im finally ditching the SLP MAF for better tuning since im having Frost tune for it

Also went with new brake slide pins due to the stock ones being pretty stuck and new bleeders since one wa really rounded and i almost couldnt get it off.

New MAF on its way

[c5z28]

No need for a bigger maf.

[pajeff02]

No need for a bigger maf.

To replace the SLP unit there is. My guess is that he does not have the original or that it has been hacked up. The GM replacement MAF for our cars is now an 85 mm unit with a plastic body.

[JoshuaGrooms83]

To replace the SLP unit there is. My guess is that he does not have the original or that it has been hacked up. The GM replacement MAF for our cars is now an 85 mm unit with a plastic body.

actually traded my entire old lid to MAF setup for this SLP intake lid to MAF on a guy that got rid of his 2001 WS6 in 2007. But now going with the new GM 85MAF for better tuning options for Frost.