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#1
05-19-2012, 03:59 AM
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GTM Build log.
I'll start by saying I am building this very different than most. I did follow some of the basics but the body mods and engine choice were uncharted. I am about 75% there and hope to be driving it this summer.
For those that do not know the GTM. It is a Kit car built by Factory Five Racing in Wareham Ma. It is a clean sheet design that uses C5 Corvette as a donor car. The body, interior, frame and misc other parts come from the factory. The C5 supplys the rest of the needed parts other than the transacle which comes from a Porcshe 911.. The car is very light and with a stock LS1 is able to outrun a Ferrari Enzo. Build time is approx 1000 hours but many have over 2000. Most guys figure the base cost at around 50K with many in excess of 100K. My goal is for a budget GTM sub 30K. This has been a 3 year project so far. I purchased the Kit and transaxcle second hand, I am on track to hit my goal. 
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05-19-2012, 04:16 AM
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Next was to find a donor. I purchased a totaled 2003 with the right options (some parts are worth more. Best to find a stick, with good bads and headlights with black interior) from copart.com. Here is the donor I purchased.
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05-19-2012, 04:23 AM
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Next was to dismantle the Vette, sell what I did not need recondition the parts I did. I made over 10K parting out the Vette. Here is a pic of the beginning of putting on the tin panels (light and strong) drilled and rivited onto the frame rails. Drilled 5112 holes with 16 drill bits. Finally just went and purchased an easier rivit tool. We also modified and installed the Corvette telecoptic steering shaft/column. A few of these pics are at a buddy's place before I got my lift installed.
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#5
05-19-2012, 04:38 AM
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Next few months was collecting parts. The largest departure from the norm was the engine. Turbo 5.3..........
I am using a 2005 aluminum 5.3 L33 that I purchased locally with everything needed for $750.00. I sold the LS1 donor engine to recoupe some of my costs. This 5.3 comes stock with the 243 heads. I have purchased a 216/220 exh .525/.532 cam w/918 springs for $257.00 nearly new. So all said and done I have a 2005 29K motor with 243 heads, small cam (about 50whp increase), 2005 (newer) electronics and around 370-380 na hp for just over $1000.00. I will also be running a MP70 turbo with a dual switch 6/12psi boosting output to 500@6psi or 650@12psi. I swapped all of the drive accs and the oil pan over before selling the LS1, the buyer was fine with it since he was putting the motor in a gen3 Camaro (the clearances are tight in the engine bay of the GTM, so the Vette stuff needs to be used) the truck acc will not work. The L33 was a baby LS2 used in short bed 4x4 trucks for only 3 years, as a test bed for some LS3 ideas they wanted to test. Here is how it looked when I got it.
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05-19-2012, 09:55 PM
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I'm definitely jealous!!! that's my kinda GTM build right there!
The link you posted is of skinnies car, But the 8.6 pass he made was with a big shot of nitrous, on TOP of the boost. just for the sake of getting the record. Only advice i have for you is....."budget" turbo builds, are hardly just that when its all said and Done , trust me! GL with the build, Ill be watching close!!!!
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05-20-2012, 01:40 AM
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Looking good! Good luck with the build!
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#10
05-20-2012, 03:00 AM
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Being the mizzer I am, I am working a deal (parts & cash) with with a fellow GTM owner that already had the turbo set up (in the pic above) that he ran in his GTM for about a year. He is changing it out to a Procharger set up. If all works out with his new set up I will inherit a proven system that will support over a bar, although he was using a better brand and slightly larger (76mm) turbo. The piping, scavanger pump, BOV, wastegate, and intercooler would be all the same. Basically it will be plug and play less the turbo. If his procharger set-up fails to wow, then he offered to help me put another together for my car.
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