So I've never gotten around to starting one of these but I suppose its better late then never right? Btw I know I have little to no post's here. I spent most of my forum time on my local (OCC) forum. Will be spending all my time here now tho!


Little background I own a 2010 SS/TC, It had around 65xxx km's on it until the motor went. Fortunately Gm will be replacing it an LDK crate motor so i've decided to start a build with it once I get it back. As of today the car has been sitting at GM for 6 weeks, they told me it would only take a week so hopefully it arrives soon.

As for current mods:


Exterior:
-Wheels Powder Coated Gloss Black
-LED Smoked Tail Lights
-Gen 3 Projector Headlights
-6000K H.I.D's
-20% Tint All Around
-Shorty Antenna
-Tinted Third Break Light & Side Markers
-Candy Blue Tuner Acorn Open-ended Lug Nuts
-Candy Blue Rocker Cover
-Textured Black Intake Manifold
-Powell Candy Blue Front Towhook
-Ksport Pro Coilovers

Interior:
-Pioneer AVH-P4100DVD
-Black Cat Custom Gauge Face LED Blue
-ZZP Triple A-Pillar with RPD Slot
-RPD
-Dual Aeroforce Interceptor Gauge
-Black Armrest
-Black HVAC
-Full Interior LED Swap
-Footwell lighting
-LED music Control Box
-Trunk Lighting
-Custom Sharpie Art Dash Trim
-Weathertech DigiFit Floormats
-Energy 12" Subwoofer
-MTX Jackhammer 500 RMS Amp
Performance:
-GMS1/Trifecta Tuned
-ZZP Upper Charge Pipe
-ZZP Lower Charge Pipe
-ZZP Intercooler
-ZZP Catless Downpipe
-Muffler Delete
-3.5" Stainless Exhaust Tip
-Forge Motorsport BPV
-Hurst Short
-Throw Shifter
-Powell Stage 1 Rotated Engine Mount
-Powell PCV System
-Treadstone Cold Air Intake W/ Honeycomb
-Blue Powell Hardcore Rear Sway Bar
-NGK Titanium 1 Step Colder Spark Plugs

Future plans:
-ZZP EFR 6758 turbo w/high boost actuator
-Clutchmasters Stage 4 Clutch
-Fidenza Lightweight Flywheel
-Forge Motorsport VTA BPV hybrid
-4.45 Final Drive Gears
-Custom Retrofit's
-Switching to HPtuners After Break-in

Pictures:



Before the Sharpie Art dash


Right after installing the Sharpie Art dash I won via their FB contest

Here's a couple pics of right after installing my ksports




As she sits at GM currently

 

ZFR sitting pretty, ready for some action!



My black Cat customs cluster! Custom blue needles too.

 

What was the cause of the motor blowing? And how did you get GM to replace the motor with your mods? Nice car nonetheless

 

Motor turned out to be defective from the get go. I had been trying to solve a mystery to light knock (0-3°) for what seemed like forever since before I even had GMS1/ any bolt ons.

It had been in and out of GM countless times but they insured me it was fine and not to worry about it. Then about 1.5 months before we found the problem it started blowing white smoke. Back to GM who couldn't solve it.

Tried almost everything but couldn't figure it out; spark plugs, compression test, checked headgasket, cooling system, turbo, comp test cooling system, oil consumption test etc but everything was fine.

Finally Leakdown test failed in cyl #4. Opened the head and found scorching on the sleeve and piston. Turns out it has been like that since I bought it. Got worse over time though.

When gm saw the car it was on GMS1 and no bolt ons.

Thanks man!

 

PS Stealth, you are getting an LNF engine not an LDK. Not sure where you got that idea from. Anyway its great you are getting a new motor on warranty , you can thank GM very much.

 

Yes I will be happy no matter the motor. Thankful GM followed thru and thanks to you for helping me get in with Garret at GM.

 

beautiful ride!!

 

Never knew you were on here until now lol

 

Haha yeah man I joined a few years ago but never really used it until my local forum died (OCC).

On another note, Im picking up a S13 240sx shell on Sunday. It's a 91' coupe and it's frame rails/pinch welds are mint. Scooped it up for $500 so I'm pretty stoked! Was thinking of adding what I do to it as I build it if anyone would be interested in seeing that? Heres some pics from the add, it doesn't have those wheels or that motor tho.

 

Didn't take any good pictures when I went to see the car. Ill take some better ones when I pick it up. But here's a few more.

 

Found this awesome time waster drifting game for free. It's called absolute drift, its still in beta so it'll get better too. Here's the link if anyone wants to try it out.

Absolute Drift Windows, Mac, Linux game - Indie DB

 

so what happened to the car! Get that ZFR installed? Get that new motor?