Another Grand Am guy

[MMGT1]

From Burlington Ontario here and thought I'd come by and see if there are a few 3400 members in the area. I'm from the days of Grands Ontario and have owned my 2000 GT1 for just over 11 years now. Lots of mods, lots of track days and lots of meets... lol "Back in the day" we had a few meets together with Aleromod but it has been a long time since Ive seen any of you guys. *Maybe some of the older members here will remember the meets in Niagra Falls and the hotel nights on Clifton hill.:coolio: Those were a lot of fun. ;)
Well, since then got married, have two little girls, Olivia 3, and Gwenivere 9 months. My wife still lets me tinker with the ride and am always lookng for that little bit of extra go, hahaha. I hope it's OK to have a Grand Am guy kickin' around once in a while and would be up for a meet here or there once in a while. Maybe I can pass along some of the experience I have gained in my years of message boards, meets and modding a 3400!
Anyway, nice to see that you guys are still alive and kickin' after all this time, and hope we can cross paths soon for a coffee and check out some of your rides.

Keep the shiny side up! :canada:

[cavaliers60]

What mods have you done, and post some pics up! Welcome!

[Lucalare]

There are several Grand Ams floatin around Aleromod, welcome.

[mfuller]

I know you. Nice to have another horsepower freak on the board.

[AleroB888]

Good, we get somebody that's done some tuning for a change. :canada: :usa:

Welcome!

[MMGT1]

There is a little of everything about me and the car here:

http://s823.photobucket.com/home/MMGT1

First pic you see there I'm on the left getting a CV clip out of the axle stub when my Brother-in-law and I did full suspension on both the 99 and the 00. Rest of it has a bunch of picks of the mods done to the 2000 and a few vids of the car when we built the engine and a couple at the track.

[JLw7123]

welcome to the site.

[billytheman1188]

Nice ride man....where do you get a v9 vortec from? looked interesting....never saw anything like that....looks like a supercharger/turbo in one

[Redog]

Great, another GA guy :jk:

I know you. Nice to have another horsepower freak on the board.

Good, we get somebody that's done some tuning for a change. :canada: :usa:

Welcome!

Great to have you here, but these two quotes make it even better that your here :drive: :posi: :smokey:

[That01Olds]

Welcome to the site man.

[03Sleepr]

welcome, what kind of numbers were you running with the SC setup?

[lonnie]

Welcome to the site!

[MMGT1]

Had the SC on for about 20 mins that night. Was only on to test fit it. Took it off that night and since then have pretty much replaced every part of it. Bearings, seals, drive shaft custom made, new key-way in the shaft so it has 3 keys in it now instead of one. Hope to actually install it this summer sometime.
The 99 I have had a charger on it before I bought it, and has the rear mount battery box in it that I need to swap over. I still need to have the tubing I want fab'ed so I can install the charger. The way RSM sets them up they do not use a MAF, I will be. Just making it right before I put it in. Tried to reference everything I herd being wrong with it before I install it. Its a 14lb charger of which I intend to use 8Lbs of... wink, wink
Thanks for the welcome as well guys. Ill spend some time checkin out the boards to see what you guys have going on here but again, hope to meet some of you guys real soon!

[tw0123]

Welcome!! We are trying to arrange a meet near the end of July, hopefully near the lake in Toronto... I see you have checked it out, so see you then!

[JLw7123]

is the vortech supercharger you have the intercooled one.

[[ion] C2]

intercooling is dependent on the desire to route piping and an intercooler, not the supercharger itself...

he better be intercooling it. no point in boosting when the air pushed in is 160+ F..

[MMGT1]

Routing the pipe is the hardest part of this. Gonna be a bish... lol
It wasn't cooled as the kit came. If you see where the outlet sits is going to be a real bugger to plum this in with the cooler.

[JLw7123]

oh most vortech or prochargers come with an intercooler.

[[ion] C2]

it looks like relatively easy routing to me, same side in/out intercooler, one pipe down between the trans mount area and around, the other where the stock airbox tube was.

also, we're being invaded!

[Stain]

Welcome man :usa: :jk:

[MMGT1]

C2;590096']it looks like relatively easy routing to me, same side in/out intercooler, one pipe down between the trans mount area and around, the other where the stock airbox tube was.

also, we're being invaded!


The bend I need to put on the pipe coming from the blower to the cooler is pretty harsh. Has to make a 90 toward the fender, then down past the trans to the cooler. There is not much space between the outlet f the blower and the intake. Its gong to be real tight getting the outlet and intake side by side there. Routing back up from the cooler is OK going through the opening that I'm using now for the CAI. Not that bad I guess but I really dont like how the piping is going to look. Wish I could make it cleaner but I have a couple of idea's I may try. Nothing is in stone yet... lol

[AleroB888]

The bend I need to put on the pipe coming from the blower to the cooler is pretty harsh. Has to make a 90 toward the fender, then down past the trans to the cooler. There is not much space between the outlet f the blower and the intake. Its gong to be real tight getting the outlet and intake side by side there. Routing back up from the cooler is OK going through the opening that I'm using now for the CAI. Not that bad I guess but I really dont like how the piping is going to look. Wish I could make it cleaner but I have a couple of idea's I may try. Nothing is in stone yet... lol

Try relocating the washer bottle?? Worked for me, also on Blackjack's build if you can find pics of it. If you don't have a prop rod for the hood, there is room on the opposite side of the engine bay.

[MMGT1]

I might mount a small remote botle on the firewall for the washer fluid, you are right on the money there. When I was last in Ohio I was checkin' out how Milzy has his set up. He no longer has a coolant bottle like us, he's got a small remote one mounted on the firewall. Thought I could use his set-up for washer fluid. Need that stuff up here and really can't just remove it.. lol

[widbyj]

Suggestion: Look into an Air/Water intercooler setup, they are very effective and could keep the piping to a minimum. Due to the compressability of air it is best to have the boosted plumbing as short as possible. Parts ideas here - http://www.frozenboost.com/index.php?cPath=218&osCsid=f66dde8c71620d0a90aa811d30e72cef