Jackass w/ LS9: original build and new Jackass 2.0 updates!

[Stielow]

Originally Posted by 67greengt

Mark,

As the others have mentioned thanks so much for sharing the build pictures and your experience/knowledge with the rest of us!

Is it critical for the intercooler to be out in the front of the grille opening as opposed to the A/C Condenser?

I just got my C/R Racing Rad and once test fit I'm going to get them to build me a custom Intercooler to replace the Roush Racing factory Intercooler along with some overflow/surge tanks to go with it. I really like the setup you have come up with and was thinking of doing the same exact intercooler/Vintage air condenser - is that a 14x24 condenser or a 14x22?

Thanks again for all your help

Tom
67 Rouscharged Coyote Fastback with DSE/Roadster Shop IFS

In an all-out race car I would delete the A/C or place it second in the stack. I placed it first because it packageed well that way and if I needed to pull it for better air flow I could more easily.

Off memory my A/C condenser is 14 X 24 or get the biggest one you can.

On a side note I dove a GM car yesterday for tank fulls of fuel flat out (45 minutes sessions) on the Milford Road Course with the A/C on high. The cooling system was so good it never got hotter than 195 F and the A/C was blowing ice cold. My lap time on lap 22 was the same as lap one, no temperature fall off. So if you set up the system correctly the A/C should not affect the performance of the car. (We cut the A/C compressor at WOT). It was great to have the windows up and the A/C kicking, very comfortable. I almost turned on the radio... The new car, the 6th version of something, is great... Unlike the A-hole form Jalopnik I was able to drive flat out for 1.5 hours in a V-8 and not crash.

Also a big benefit of keep the engine / trans / diff / power steering is nothing leaks or pushes fluids over.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Marty - Could not have said it better myself. Even though I don't have a Camaro or car for that matter, his process and ideas have inspired me too to work on my truck and maybe incorporate some of his ideas.

Mark, you are doing a wonderful job with the posts on this update and explaining why you make decisions is great!

Thanks for all the kind works. I try to share what I’m doing to help people out. This hobby is expensive enough without have to do things over. I the way I do things may not be the cheapest, but it works for me. A lot of what I do is over kill if you are not tracking your car. I have a big advantage that my day job relates to my hobby very closely. I learn something new every day.

I had my Dad up for my spring car party and as Dad and I were talking he said, “if the 18 year old Mark could see the 50 year old Mark he would be impressed”. When I was a kid I never dreamed of doing what I’m doing now. Dad and I were looking at the Hot Rod feature from 1993 and talking about all the junk I have built over the years. Kind of cool.

All these projects are snap shots in time on what the technology / trends are at the time it was built. Next year there will be new parts and things to try. I’m just now looking into the LT engines and I’m starting to learn about them. The LS engines are great and we know all the tricks to get them to work. In 6 years we went from a 700 HP LS9 to a 1000 HP LS9.

I love these old cars and will keep on refining them.

Mark

[GRob]

Mark, your house is probably the first "public" place where a GT350 has met a Z28. That's pretty damn cool.

Not sure what your role was but congrats on the 6th gen. Looks really great.

[67greengt]

Thanks Mark!!

[Bmf5150]

Great post mark,thanks for all you share!!!

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Stielow

I had my Dad up for my spring car party and as Dad and I were talking he said, “if the 18 year old Mark could see the 50 year old Mark he would be impressed”. When I was a kid I never dreamed of doing what I’m doing now. Dad and I were looking at the Hot Rod feature from 1993 and talking about all the junk I have built over the years. Kind of cool.

Mark that quote is really special.

Thank you for being you.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Mark that quote is really special.

Thank you for being you.

You're "special"..... but not in a good way.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Mark that quote is really special.

Thank you for being you.

Originally Posted by GregWeld

You're "special"..... but not in a good way.

Yeah Sieg... or should we call you Stuart Smalley?

[69hugger]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Yeah Sieg... or should we call you Stuart Smalley?

HEY! Easy on the Stuart Smalley crack. He is my esteemed Senator. (I just vurped my breakfast).

Bill

[Stielow]

Matt at Sled Alley got all the fab work done and now the Dutchboys are painting the bottom of the car and the firewall.

[GregWeld]

I like your Dad better than you.....