Guess who has become a supporting Vendor...

Well, I am pushing forward with the turbo kits... even though its still a part time thing for me that i do out of the garage at home. I have become a sponsor here with the help of Jason the Admin. I am an Engineer in the Medical field by day, and lt1 turbo kit fabber' at night.

The turbo kit work is something that I will only do at night... part time. I use a mig welder, grinder, sawzall, drill press and basic air tools. Nothing special, but it gets the job done. If you want beautiful tig welds, my kits arent for you! If you want something that looks good and performs even better, then consider my kits. I getter better with the looks of my welds with the more kits I build. I created a website that lists some different types of kits and some pics (some picas like the cast manifold kit are old pics). The newer cast kit looks like the header kit, but with manifolds.

Check out the site: www.lt1boost.net

My new email is jon@lt1boost.net

My status under my username will be changing shortly and I am excited.

Just thought I would post... you should see a banner by early next week :cool:

Jon

Awesome man, your install guide is amazing too, thanks! Do you think you could do a write-up on tapping the pan and running oil lines, only thing I havent looked into yet.

I welded a bung onto my pan. Vortech has a special tool. You drill a small hole, then use this tool (long conical punch). You drive the punch in and it folds the metal into the pan. You then tap the threads on the folded in metal part. I have seen it before. Here is a general explanation:

http://www.superchargersonline.com/content.asp?ID=30

Vortech sells the tap kit.

Congrats Jon! Love the kit I bought, just wish I had the time to finish dialing it in. Between kids and the time spent overseas, my car is really feeling neglected. I'm off to Europe again in a week.

PICS OF TT SETUP :nod:

Great Jon! Glad to hear it. I will post up my details as soon as the Turbo shortblock gets finished (mid December 2007)

Good luck. hope it works out for ya.

VERY NICE! I love my kit and it runs very good considering my stock heads/cam still!

Here is what it's capable of doing :)

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5006708#post5006708

Thanks everyone for the support.

Super BIG congrats dude! :thumb: If you had your site going back when I decided to go with my D1SC, I probably would have gone with one of your Turbo kits instead.

Turbo LT1's are WICKED! :devil: Do you happen to have any turbo LT1 video links?

Thanks dude.

I just have some vis that justin posted. Check out this thread:

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5006708#post5006708

the first vid is on 5psi, and the 2nd vid is on 8-10psi...

Thanks dude.

I just have some vis that justin posted. Check out this thread:

http://www.camaroz28.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5006708#post5006708

the first vid is on 5psi, and the 2nd vid is on 8-10psi...

:drool: Thanks man, I needed that. What does your car run in the 1/4?

holy crap slap my momma... thats great jon im proud to have a red neck jon kit lol. hopefully i can be the HP leader w/one of your kits when i get back ;) . when we get back from this crap i might be able to piece together a tig welder for you from all this extra crap we are taking back with us. i guess its a add on to a welder or some crap il look into it tomorrow when i go back to work. anyways its 1am and we just finished a 4l80e swap in a hmmwv (hummer) so im off to bed.

once again congrats man.

very very very cool Jon........

Maybe i might have to dump this YSi and put one of those big ass turbos on.....

Thanks guys. Dave, get home soon and get that sucker running.

Jeremy, the YSI should make plenty of power for you!

Glad to hear you've decided to become a vendor. I will let my friends know about your kits.:)

:drool: Thanks man, I needed that. What does your car run in the 1/4?

My car runs a solid 0.00 @ 0mph ;):cool: I have spent so much time working on this stuff, my car has taken the back burner. I will try and get it revived this winter.

97WS6Pilot - Thanks.

Congrats Jon!! Too bad your not closer to me... You could tack the kits together then I could take them to work and tig em up.

Wish I had a car to mock everything up on, I would be doin the same thing.

Good Luck! I'll join the turbo kit retail soon enough.

Thanks Nick.

this is great i cant wait to go down to the shop. hopefully im the next one in line for a kit.

Congrats on becoming a vendor, I have seen quite a few post about your setup, and the setup on skinnies car. Good luck! If it goes well you could always get an LS1 car and start fabbing a kit for them too. ;)

this is great i cant wait to go down to the shop. hopefully im the next one in line for a kit.

DJ, I'll get in touch with you during the week.

Jon

Congrats on becoming a vendor, I have seen quite a few post about your setup, and the setup on skinnies car. Good luck! If it goes well you could always get an LS1 car and start fabbing a kit for them too. ;)

Thanks dude. The LS1 community has aboput 7 or 8 turbo kit vendors... no place for me there :)

John,

congrats ! Your kits are very nice. I dont post here much but do over on the turboforums.com under a diff. name..

If I had a 4thgen Id be all over one of your kits. but my 383Lt1 is goin in a 3rdGen :

Thanks bro!

You should find someone local to do ceramic coating and offer it as an option. I definitely would have chosen it, trying to find someone local to do it sucks :(

Thanks for hooking up the LT1 folk.

I can't even do a turbo but I'm grateful. I just wish RealQuick could create an Cali emissions legal setup

This is great news for the LT1 DIY crowd !:D

Man that is almost too tempting Quick. I get tired of the F1 at least I know who to go to. :D

This is great news for the LT1 DIY crowd !:D

Thats it exactly... people that can put together there own cold side piping.

Thanks for the words everyone.

John,

congrats ! Your kits are very nice. I dont post here much but do over on the turboforums.com under a diff. name..

If I had a 4thgen Id be all over one of your kits. but my 383Lt1 is goin in a 3rdGen :

There is a ton of room in a 3rd gen in comparison... he could prolly just about guess and you would end up with a something that works. Only thing i see being an issue is figuring the downpipe without the car.

You should find someone local to do ceramic coating and offer it as an option. I definitely would have chosen it, trying to find someone local to do it sucks :(

My paint and the paint Jon had been using seems to hold up surprisingly well honestly. This kit is aimed at the Do-It-Yourself crowd (aka... budget minded... coatings are never very cheap). So if you want some sort of coating you order it and do it yourself. Save yourself money that way anyways (you don't think he is going to have it coated and not mark up the coating price do ya???)

But honestly.... modern paint tech has come a long way. You would be surprised with just the spray paint.....

There is a ton of room in a 3rd gen in comparison... he could prolly just about guess and you would end up with a something that works. Only thing i see being an issue is figuring the downpipe without the car.

You been reading my emails LOL!! Exactly right. Its the DP over the K that would be tough to figure out:bow:



My paint and the paint Jon had been using seems to hold up surprisingly well honestly. This kit is aimed at the Do-It-Yourself crowd (aka... budget minded... coatings are never very cheap). So if you want some sort of coating you order it and do it yourself. Save yourself money that way anyways (you don't think he is going to have it coated and not mark up the coating price do ya???)

But honestly.... modern paint tech has come a long way. You would be surprised with just the spray paint.....

Yeah, the Rustoleum barbecue paint has lasted great on Justin's kit. He emailed me today wondering what in the hell I used since it has held up. The secret to the barbecue paint is to spray it on, then use a hand help heat source (I use the propane torch) and heat it. You literally see it cure on the spot when the heat hits up.

I want to state though, this stuff isnt a thermal coating, meaning it doesnt provide heat resistance like a coating, but it keeps the outside from rusting (mild steel) and it keeps it nice looking.

i like what your doing here.. come up with a kit that keeps all accessorys (A/C) and the rad. in the stock location and ill be your next customer

i like what your doing here.. come up with a kit that keeps all accessorys (A/C) and the rad. in the stock location and ill be your next customer


I've already done it with a header kit and a log manifold kit... when you giving me a deposit ;):D

Thanks for the words :)

I'm glad you've made your business official on here Jon:D

So how long until you start hydro-forming Inconel for your hotside parts?;)

I'm glad you've made your business official on here Jon:D

So how long until you start hydro-forming Inconel for your hotside parts?;)

Thanks bro.

If I had the money, I would do some nice cast manifolds... but tooling is some serious $$$

My paint and the paint Jon had been using seems to hold up surprisingly well honestly. This kit is aimed at the Do-It-Yourself crowd (aka... budget minded... coatings are never very cheap). So if you want some sort of coating you order it and do it yourself. Save yourself money that way anyways (you don't think he is going to have it coated and not mark up the coating price do ya???)

But honestly.... modern paint tech has come a long way. You would be surprised with just the spray paint.....
I understand that, but I'm trying to have it coated to keep the underhood temps down a bit since my turbo is going to be sucking that air in :). I was just saying that I'd pay a little bit more over having to ship my stuff out to a coater, paying shipping both ways, plus the price of coating, costs me more in the long run. I'm still looking for someone local however.

How is the spark plug access on your log manifold kits?

How is the spark plug access on your log manifold kits?

The driver's side needs to be changed from the bottom and the pass. side can be changes from the top. Pass. side will take 10 minutes to do all the plugs. Driver's side will probably be 30 minutes since you are on your back looking up.

Jon

The driver's side needs to be changed from the bottom and the pass. side can be changes from the top. Pass. side will take 10 minutes to do all the plugs. Driver's side will probably be 30 minutes since you are on your back looking up.

Jon



screw that man... im just gonna pull the engine each time i do plugs :p

when i was putting this engine together and i put the plugs in it almost felt like a sin b/c every other time i have done plug on my engine it was in the car and i usually ended up getting my ass kicked.

p.s. WHERE THE FREAK IS MY LT1BOOST.NET T-SHIRT JON???? gonna have to get some made brother.. me first i wear a medium

p.s. WHERE THE FREAK IS MY LT1BOOST.NET T-SHIRT JON???? gonna have to get some made brother.. me first i wear a medium

Hmm... T-shirts would be cool:D

The driver's side needs to be changed from the bottom and the pass. side can be changes from the top. Pass. side will take 10 minutes to do all the plugs. Driver's side will probably be 30 minutes since you are on your back looking up.

Jon
I can actually do the front 3 on the drivers side from the top with a short extension in probably 10 minutes, VERY easy to get to. The last one is a pain though and I have to do from the bottom. Still easier than doing them with my old jet hot long tubes, and being a nitrous car I used to always check my plugs so I had lots of experience. :bow:

Hmm... T-shirts would be cool:D
I'd rock one!

There is a ton of room in a 3rd gen in comparison... he could prolly just about guess and you would end up with a something that works. Only thing i see being an issue is figuring the downpipe without the car.



I dont think itll be that hard, Ill be sending Jon some pics of the passenger side tonight to see what he thinks. Im trying to see if his hot side parts would work in my thirdgen. I was looking at the turbo location for the 4th gen kits and on a thirdgen you have more room to move it out and forward, getting it away from the ICM. I may end up Just doing my own hotside parts or mix and match Jons harder to make parts.

I dont think itll be that hard, Ill be sending Jon some pics of the passenger side tonight to see what he thinks. Im trying to see if his hot side parts would work in my thirdgen. I was looking at the turbo location for the 4th gen kits and on a thirdgen you have more room to move it out and forward, getting it away from the ICM. I may end up Just doing my own hotside parts or mix and match Jons harder to make parts.

you could just make the downpipe or have an exhaust shop bend something up...

Do you have any pics of the TT set up?????????

Do you have any pics of the TT set up?????????

No, unfortunately I don have any interest in a kit yet. I may make one for Justin to try out :D

I could do a kit utilizing the stock manifolds or custom twin logs that face forward... I got some ideas:cool:

No, unfortunately I don have any interest in a kit yet. I may make one for Justin to try out :D

I could do a kit utilizing the stock manifolds or custom twin logs that face forward... I got some ideas:cool:

How about you fabricate a single turbo kit utilizing the stock manifolds and retaining power steering and A/C. Design it to work with a smaller T60 or something and go ahead and fab up the cold side without and inter-cooler.

Make it cheap with decent quality as a complete kit and I'm sure you would sell plenty of them to the guys who want cheap "bolt-on" power.;)

No, unfortunately I don have any interest in a kit yet. I may make one for Justin to try out :D

I could do a kit utilizing the stock manifolds or custom twin logs that face forward... I got some ideas:cool:
:D Twins plus some heads/cam on my car would be SICK.

How about you fabricate a single turbo kit utilizing the stock manifolds and retaining power steering and A/C. Design it to work with a smaller T60 or something and go ahead and fab up the cold side without and inter-cooler.

Make it cheap with decent quality as a complete kit and I'm sure you would sell plenty of them to the guys who want cheap "bolt-on" power.;)

Piece of cake...

:D Twins plus some heads/cam on my car would be SICK.

You'd have to get your chassis certified :p

You'd have to get your chassis certified :p
Ya I'm already figuring having to put a cage in it if I run the ltxshootout. :mad:

Ya I'm already figuring having to put a cage in it if I run the ltxshootout. :mad:


Go for broke or go home.

With the class you want to run in, is there an ET restriction? I'd love to see you rip off a 9.99 :cool::bow:

Go for broke or go home.

With the class you want to run in, is there an ET restriction? I'd love to see you rip off a 9.99 :cool::bow:
Don't think so, would be pretty nice to drive it to the track, make NO changes, bust off a high 9, and drive it home, then out racing that night on the streets. :bow:

Don't think so, would be pretty nice to drive it to the track, make NO changes, bust off a high 9, and drive it home, then out racing that night on the streets. :bow:

All while having the video camera rolling ;)

If there was only a way to keep the emissions crap on my car.....

If there was only a way to keep the emissions crap on my car.....

With the amount of exhaust temp/pressure in the hotside of a turbo, its probably smart to ditch it. Not sure how the rubber lines from the smog pump would hold up.

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something wrong with this picture jon???

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something wrong with this picture jon???

Yup... It doesnt say supporting vendor yet! Jason emailed me today... he was sick all week and hasnt updated my info yet. Also, he reworked a banner I made to look a little nicer :) Should be good in the next couple days though.

cool man.

Just ordered some LT1 Boost T-shirts... it isnt the most professional shirt i have seen, but its cool :cool:!!

Everyone that has bought a kit off me, please email me your mailing info as I will send you a shirt. I only have 2 XL and 6 L.

Email me at my new addy:

jon@lt1boost.net

http://www.lt1boost.net/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/T1.333104729_std.jpg
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sending email now :)