C6 Z06 Brakes upgrade

While I am waiting for some other parts, I went ahead and installed the brake upgrade.  I spoke with Tobin at Kore3 and he was able to hook me up with the right brackets to mount the C6 Z06 calipers for the fronts.  The rears were able to bolt right up.

When I started the project, I didn't think I would be able to use the 6-piston calipers, so I went with the 4-piston C5 Z06 calipers.  They looked good and stopped great, but I figured now would be the time to step it up a notch.

What I started with

Where we are now

Rears:

If I do decide to take this to Sebring, at least I know I will not have to worry about brakes.

Power Steering Reservoir

I worked on the power steering reservoir relocation this week.  I am using a Power Steering Technologies (PST) remote reservoir.  It has a built in filter as well as an auxiliary input for the hydroboost unit.

The problem is the size.  It is 3.5 inches in diameter and 8 inches high.  I didn't have a good place to put it unless I wanted it sticking out of the hood.  I decided to mount it right next to the hydroboost unit.

I went to the local junkyard and picked up a bracket off of a 99 Tahoe that mounts the distribution block to the master cylinder.  I cleaned it up, welded a piece of steel to the end of it, flipped it upside down and backward and it fits perfect.

Another shot of the bracket and reservoir below:

A little trick I learned from my karting friends is a clever way to separate lines.  Take a piece of 1/4" fuel line and run a zip tie through it.  Then loop it around both hoses and zip it.  The fuel line acts as an insulator and the zip tie provides the binding.  No rubbing, no chafing.  A couple of shots of that as well are below:

Feb 2018 - Making progress

Work has been keeping me very busy, but I have been able to make progress.  The cylinder heads have been updated with Inconel exhaust valves, Brian Tooley Racing valve springs, and titanium retainers.  The camshaft is a BTR LS3 supercharger cam (231/248 .618/.596).  While I was at it, I installed ARP head studs...just to be sure.

A problem that I ran into was the power steering reservoir relocation.  The factory location would be right in the way of the throttle body and I needed to come up with a solution.  I went to Bad Iron Machine and used their mill to mill out the top of the accessory bracket and a die grinder to smooth out some of the rough spots.

This enabled me to run the return line through the top of the bracket.  I decided to run steel braided hose throughout for this so I needed to put a fitting on the pump.  The inlet is 5/8" and I was able to find a #10 to 5/8 compression fitting and installed that.

In an earlier post, I showed a very long power steering high pressure line.  It had an unnatural bend in it and it just didn't look right.  I took this opportunity to make it shorter

The bad news is that I forgot that I am running a hydroboost system and the hose will actually be about 2 feet longer and run to the input of the hyrdoboost module.  Another lesson learned.

I have everything mocked up and it appears to fit just right.

Here is a shot of the front of the engine.  I have tons of hose remaining to cut.  Bonus shot of the fuel regulator included.