84 Grand National lq4 turbo swap

[64nailhead]

Yeah, I’ll find it and attach it.

I should mention that the mistaken made was saving the tune to my laptop and not the ecm. I thought I saved it to the ecm, but I was wrong. Since then I never tune via the laptop. I pull the tune out in the SD card, make changes on the laptop, save the tune to the SD card, then put the SD card into the 3.5” dash and upload the new tune from the SD card into the ECM.

That sounds like a lot of work, but it takes seconds to do each step. I do this at the track and then I have every datalog and tune for every run saved on both my laptop and SD card.

 

[Rodknok]

Yeah, I’ll find it and attach it.

I should mention that the mistaken made was saving the tune to my laptop and not the ecm. I thought I saved it to the ecm, but I was wrong. Since then I never tune via the laptop. I pull the tune out in the SD card, make changes on the laptop, save the tune to the SD card, then put the SD card into the 3.5” dash and upload the new tune from the SD card into the ECM.

That sounds like a lot of work, but it takes seconds to do each step. I do this at the track and then I have every datalog and tune for every run saved on both my laptop and SD card.

Thank you 64nailhead

 

[64nailhead]

He has another video, that I can't find, that shows to convert. Devin Vanderhoof has a couple of videos about this as well. If you have a tune file with the previous map sensor, then send it to me and I'll change it to the new map sensor tables for timing, fuel and AFR targets. It takes about 5 minutes. I only need to know what they new sensor will max out at. Perhaps I can make a video of changing your tables if you want.

 

[Rodknok]

He has another video, that I can't find, that shows to convert. Devin Vanderhoof has a couple of videos about this as well. If you have a tune file with the previous map sensor, then send it to me and I'll change it to the new map sensor tables for timing, fuel and AFR targets. It takes about 5 minutes. I only need to know what they new sensor will max out at. Perhaps I can make a video of changing your tables if you want.

You are the man!!!

 

[Rodknok]

Quick update. I dropped the LS1 block off at the machine shop to get it honed to spec for the new piston. I was advised that one cylinder required a new sleeve and they would have to deck the block after the sleeve job. Also the big end of the rods are getting resized as I'm getting arp rod bolts installed. Machine work is pretty pricey! I'll post the prices when I pick up the block

 

[Rodknok]

All right just got the block back from the machine shop. Boy has prices really skyrocketed. $2000 worth of work. New cam bearings, arp rod bolts, resized rods, installed pistons, cleaned block, sleeved one cylinder, bore and hone, block decked, and crankshaft turned 10 rods and 10 main

Crankshaft is installed and torqued down

 

[Rodknok]

Some more work on the short block getting done. Even had my brother come over and help.

And my brother came over to finished up installing the last few pistons and torquing them down.

 

[Texas82GP]

Some more work on the short block getting done. Even had my brother come over and help.
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And my brother came over to finished up installing the last few pistons and torquing them down.
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Family time wrenching is the best time wrenching, in my experience.

 

[Rodknok]

Installing the cam and cam retaining plate and oil pump

new lifters and trays

 

[Rodknok]

For some reason this looks familiar

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