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Current Drivetrain and Supporting Systems

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Future of the Monte Carlo: LSA Build Overview / What am I Going to Do With It? (Plus Some Backstory)

What happens here

The Monte Carlo currently runs an LSA supercharged 6.2L engine, salvaged from an Escalade. It uses an Alsen Custom Works six-rib drive setup and has a 2.45 upper pulley with a stock truck lower pulley. The car features speed engineering LS swap headers. The fuel system includes a Tanks Inc. EFI sump tank, though an RTV sealant issue previously clogged the pump sock, causing fuel delivery problems. The car's frame had UMI Performance LS swap motor mounts requiring some drilling. The cooling system consists of a Griffin radiator and a True Cool 40K transmission cooler, transferred from a friend's Silverado. The owner mentions that the transmission cooler has survived several transmission failures in his Escalade.

Goal: Detail the current engine, transmission, fuel, and cooling system components and their origins.

Tools and materials

  • 2.45 Upper Pulley — Part of the supercharger drive system
  • Griffin Radiator Griffin — Engine cooling component
  • Homemade Intake Custom — Custom-fabricated intake system for the engine
  • Mighty Mouse Catch Can Mighty Mouse — PCV system component, acquired from a friend
  • Stock Truck Lower Pulley General Motors — Part of the supercharger drive system
  • RTV Sealant — Used for gasketing the fuel tank, but caused clogging issues
  • Tanks Inc. EFI Sump Tank Tanks Inc — Fuel tank with electronic fuel injection support

What they say

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upgrades right now it has the escalades old six two in it the original 6.2 liter out of the escalade with the blower that was also in the escalade this setup from blower lid to oil pan essentially it's got a different oil paint on it now for a car swap but it's the same everything that was in the escalade when it went 1188 with the lsa setup same everything now it's in here with a 6l90 and it's blown up like partially blown up it's it's weird i put this car together in 2017 as a thrash for drag week because the escalade was not going to be done i started tearing that apart in the beginning 2017 and quickly realized that i was in way over my head was not going to be done in time so threw this together with my friend kyle because the big block had previously dropped the valve the year before and i sold everything so i had this six liter 6l90 pull out from a junkyard that i got for like a steal i actually bought that before the big block blew up because it was such a good deal i was just gonna flip it well then the next day the big block blows up and i'm like well i know what i'm doing with this now turns out the 6090 i got was garbage yeah we got it thrown together right before drag week day before i gotta leave put on the dyno it does not shift so i'm screwed then i put a 6l80 in it the one from the escalade that i like foodborne the tail shaft on to be two wheel drive probably not a good idea and lo and behold that one does not work either whatever i did do it may have messed it up i'm not really sure it runs and drives but it slips i've never gotten to use this thing this thing has not been driven like a regular vehicle since 2014 before i paid that place to put the four speed in it and then freaking goober it all up and now that's gonna change right now it's got the 6l80 in it and the shifter is just from like a 4l80 or something and i kind of made that knob and i feel focus on there i put like the punishers called the monte carlo thing and put it in a little insert there which i thought was pretty cool it's got a cts-v gas pedal which i was able to make work by switching a couple pins around from the truck one i don't know if that's a common thing but uh it worked for me this tack doesn't do anything there's nothing in here anymore not yet i have a new dash face for this it's got new carpet i had to build a new tunnel for the bigger transmission um it's got a 12 bolt with c-clip eliminators like moser axles um it's pretty basic there's like some boxed…

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