V1 SACTX - Track - 07 SS/SC - Chassis #201

[JBINTX]

Scott: Awesome!
And keeping all the wood dust out of things too!

 

[Rttoys]

Sweet.

 

[SACTX]

Thanks!

The transmission thing was a little bit of a bummer but I bought it knowing the transmission might be gone. I got my hopes up when I heard it. The noise we were hearing was the chunk of the case that got blown off. We had to take it completely apart to see it.

And keeping all the wood dust out of things too!

And we've been working Flame Wood for a customer and working a very large Pecan slab at the same time in addition to our normal cabinetry. They're both pretty irritating to the skin, eyes, and respiratory system. Fun Fun!

 

[RouteAbel]

I have a non LSD transmission Ill sell for $100 if you can pick it up in Austin.

 

[SACTX]

Great. I will let you know how this works out. I’ve already pulled the trigger one so if something falls through I’ll let you know. Thank you!

 

[SACTX]

Wiring stage 1

Success?

This was by far my most daunting challenge. I did OK. I made two mistakes. They can be fixed. The first one is that I cut One of the red wires that goes from the red connector back to the control. It’s connected to the same spot that it suggested to save for the heat exchanger. Luckily I cut it farther way that I can solder it back together. The other one is a green and black connector right by the fuse box. It didn’t say to cut it and I cut it accidentally when we were moving other connectors. it’s a green and black so I think it’s the headlights. Again, I can fix it.

I ended up with a couple of wires and some connectors that I don’t know what to do with. I’ll post those in the next post and see if anybody can tell me what they are and they should be removed. My wiring harness was different than the one in the video when it got to some of the interior and other connectors.

 

[SACTX]

OK so I’m not sure about.

At the front there were two data wires. Brown and tan. I have two sets of wires that look like that and I don’t know which connect her to use. That’s the first two pictures. I don’t know which one to save.

Next is towards the rear end wiring I had two leftover connectors that are on the second ground lug. I don’t know what these are. This would be the second six pictures.

Third, I have a tan wire with white stripe at the front gray multi plug that came from the rear end harness. I don’t know whether it’s saved. This is the two pictures that I’m pointing at.

Lastly, I wound up with two extra wires, pink with a black stripe and light pink, tan with a black stripe out of the gray multi plug. These came from the rear end wiring and I don’t know what they go to. These would be the last picture.

 

[Ross]

The brown data wires go like this:

The whole car's electrical system was dead / Now alive!

I was working on my BCM, looking for a ignition switched wire for my AEM Air/Fuel gauge, when I heard a click in the rear fuse box, and then the whole car was dead. No dash lights, key doesn't do anything. The BCM is clicking - some relay inside it, as removing the 2 external relays didn't...

dfkitcar.com

 

[TheNuker]

Yeah the brown data wires threw me off on the 09 ss/tc harness too. Tan tan tan tan BROWN.

Nuker-

 

[SACTX]

Great! I’ll look at them again tomorrow. I just don’t recall which connector is which on the brown/tan wires.

Thanks for the help!

 

[Ross]

There is a description of the connectors in my link.
OBDII connector is standard on all vehicles... google it.
Power Steering (C2 is the grey, 6 pin connector with the small wires)
BCM (J2 is the white & blue vertical connector closest to the center tunnel)
PCM (C1 is the blue connector on the PCM)

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Question: are all the data wires twisted pairs, regardless of color? Just trying to understand if there is a good way to identify them since it seems there are wire color variations from the published data.

 

[Ross]

Question: are all the data wires twisted pairs, regardless of color? Just trying to understand if there is a good way to identify them since it seems there are wire color variations from the published data.

Generally, yes. I think I thinned out some twisted data wires to the satellite radio box on the rear dash, but all the remaining twisted wires on the Goblin are GM LAN wires. Either tan or brown pairs. Not sure about the turbo cars with the RPD display, but it has data wires too.

 

[SACTX]

Two Week update.

I've been receiving parts regularly and I think I have "everything" that I need to get going and want to get upgraded along the way.

Finished the wiring harness last weekend. What a project.... I think I'm good. I had some stuff that I'm not 100% convinced is correct but everything that was shown to be connected is connected. I saved some extra power wires for some side projects and expansion if I want/need and I had a couple of wires that were not addressed. I saved them at the BCM and rolled them up so I can pull them somewhere if needed.

Side notes for any builders that haven't done their harness and are reading:
-LABEL EVERYTHING. I had some help in my demo and a lot of things were not labeled. There are differences between cars and the videos. Knowing what each connector went to without having to watch on the video and try to match connectors would have saved me hours of figuring and backtracking.
-CHECK YOUR GROUNDS - I found one in my OBD port that wasn't connected properly and it ended up being connected to the BCM ground and not a ground lug. There are a lot of black and green wires going everywhere and it's easy to get one wrong. That would have been a fun one to trouble shoot.
-CUT LONG and go back to trim tight later. If you miss-cut something, it's easier to put back together if you have a couple of extra inches of wire to connect to.

We have some of the donor parts prepped and ready to install. I'm getting started on engine work and prep the block for installation. This should be fast as I'm not planning any major painting or finishing of the block itself. This week and weekend are going to be pretty busy so I don't expect to get anything major completed this week.

Thanks!

 

[JBINTX]

You are the very definition of "slingshot is pulled all the way back and ready to fly!".

Hope your kit arrives soon!

 

[SACTX]

Next update..Rolling right along

All of the donor parts that I'm going to use are cleaned and the ones getting painted are ready for paint.

All of the remaining new parts that I was going to use have come in. I don't think I'm missing anything. The only thing left that might get changed out is the lower control arms. The ball joints and rubber boots look good so I'm going to go with these first.

I've also been working on little engine tweaks.
1. Changed the intercooler pump. I don't think the original one was working.
2. Took off the oil to coolant oil cooler to install the ZZP remote oil cooler bracket. I hated the look of that thing...

I have some remote coolers in the works. I'm planning on mounting small coolers (2 3/4" to 3" x 11" to 12" wide) sideways outside of the lower panels. I have a guy that I know working on some designs for 16 or 18 gauge bolt on covers to match the side panels. The exact location on the frame is still to be determined but they'll angle back a little to vent inside of the rear wheels to keep from overheating the inside of the rear tires. This is something similar to what some others have done for coolers but smaller and only for the engine oil. I'll have one one both sides.​

3. Removed the intercooler to install a phenolic spacer and a new intercooler with a dual pass. Decided to stop on this one for a bit so I can take more time to clean things up. This side of the motor was very dirty, even after cleaning it. The pictures are after I did some more cleaning after taking off the supercharger.

I added a couple of pics of the intake valves and ports. The ports are pretty dirty but the valves look good for a motor with 130k miles. Going to clean up the ports. Oddly there was pooled oil in the holes between the intake ports on the outside. There was no oil in the middle one. I have no clue how that would have gotten there since it was covered by the gasket. Any ideas?​

4. I'm going to change the tensioner and guide bolts next. A question about the tensioner. The end of the bolt that's the tensioner part will not stay extended. I see a relief on the side of the threads with a small hole at underside of the head. Does it use pressure (oil or other) to tension the timing chain? Just curious if it was supposed to work like this.
5. After that I'll be installing the new light weight flywheel and clutch assembly and mating the new transmission to it.

I was able to get rid of the donor shell and make some room.

I spoke with Adam in the middle of last week and got the same news about the powder coating. Great to speak with and said it's going to be another week or two. Another weekend or so and I'll be ready to get going on a build back so timing should be perfect.

 

[JBINTX]

Those valves look spectacular! No problem there.
You might want to clean the ports leading to them.
You have port injection so the valves get cleaned with every injection.

The pooled oil in the intake voids is typical. Not sure exactly where your PCV valve is on the supercharger, but you should inspect / replace it. You can also see some more discussion below about trying to stop the oil from entering the intake port completely.

oil separator

So there are plenty of references to the build up of carbon and gunk on the intake valves. Several videos are available about walnut blasting and such. Of course, the emission restrictions drove many of the systems that did not exist on engines years ago. I think we are all deleting the EVAP...

dfkitcar.com

Are you also doing the throw out bearing while you are doing the clutch? Not a lot of money while you have the tranny open.

I will call you to do lunch next week.

 

[Briann1177]

Those valves are absolutely immaculate compared to direct injection valves. Seeing how clean yours are after 130k miles and how dirty mine were after 48k makes me sick.

 

[SACTX]

I will call you to do lunch next week.

Sounds great! Monday is going to be crazy and I’ll be out of town on Friday.

I thought the valves looked great as well considering age. You could see a little bit of build up but not much. It’s weird how the build up is really bad to a point and just stops. It’s like it was tapped off and painted. Also, the build up was bad on the bottom of the ports and not the top. The intake and intercooler were both clean.

My thought is the intake air is creating a little bit of dead space at the bottom of the port and causing buildup. The ports out of the intercooler are pointed up at a pretty steep angle. Very interesting when you can see things like that in a piece of equipment or an engine. You can see how it works by looking at it.

 

[SACTX]

Are you also doing the throw out bearing while you are doing the clutch? Not a lot of money while you have the tranny open

Yes, actually got an LNF bearing because they’re supposed to be stronger. I have two now because the kit came with a standard LSJ bearing.