Building The CHEAPEST 1000HP Corvette ZR1 On The Planet!

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • After buying the cheapest C6 Corvette ZR1 I could find at $47k with over 100,000 Miles on it, things predictably get ROUGH during my quest for 1000hp... In this video we face our biggest challenge yet when things go south with my brand new built LS9 engine!
    My chase for an 8 second pass in a C6 ZR1 Vette might be over before it gets started but we have no choice but to figure out a way around it and cross our fingers!
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Комментарии • 242

  • @Dysclosed
    @Dysclosed Год назад +16

    Hey guys, quick tip. To prevent stuff you pressure wash off like after you degrease from corroding or to keep it clean even further, mist wax over it :) don’t have to buff and keeps a sealant over it. Can be a cheap wax, still works. Takes another 2 min to do overall lol

  • @natethegreatog
    @natethegreatog Год назад +18

    I’m a Ford guy but I love corvettes! This channel needs more views!

  • @elliot-oneboolane
    @elliot-oneboolane Год назад +5

    Fernando, grab the shaft! 😆😆😆 stick it in! 😆😆😆 I'm dying 😭 🤣

  • @cristianflugencio9497
    @cristianflugencio9497 Год назад +6

    Beautiful finally seeing it come together 🔥

  • @pat30185
    @pat30185 Год назад +4

    I feel your pain with the broken header bolt. I spent 12 hours getting 3 out of an LS head. Left hand drill bits helped, but ultimately I ended up finally getting them out with an extractor.

    • @Kar333m
      @Kar333m Год назад +1

      I remember when that happened to my engine swapped pagani huayra took a whole day to get out so I fell your pain

    • @pat30185
      @pat30185 Год назад

      @@Kar333m yeah it was extremely frustrating. What started out as a simple header install turned into pulling the heads, replacing lifters, new pushrods and a trunion upgrade. Was one of those "well while I'm in there moments" haha

  • @RaceProvenMotorsports
    @RaceProvenMotorsports Год назад +2

    I’m ready to make some power with that thing!!!
    I HATE you for that exhaust

    • @nap6634
      @nap6634 Год назад

      Fran I noticed he used the D port header gaskets. Shouldn’t those be round with the 2” headers? Hate to see something that cheap and easy get missed. 🤙🏽

  • @xballsport
    @xballsport Год назад +2

    I don't have a c6 Zr1, but I do have a 09 bone stock c6 z06 with 58k miles. It's very interesting watching this.

  • @northwestmountainbikeaddic6874
    @northwestmountainbikeaddic6874 Год назад +7

    Love watching your videos! You make me laugh so damn much ! And awesome builds! Keep up the good work!

  • @patrickciarcia4100
    @patrickciarcia4100 Год назад +3

    Can’t wait to hear this start.. 👍🏻😎

  • @jkent9915
    @jkent9915 Год назад

    I love that color, ‘Supersonic Blue Metallic’. I have a G35 in a very similar, ‘Lakeshore Slate Metallic’.

  • @RRM707
    @RRM707 6 месяцев назад

    I've drilled out hundreds of broken bolts, just like that one. I feel your pain. Getting broken drill bits out is always a joy as well! Oh, & I hate Nissan Jukes.......

  • @Mannylsx
    @Mannylsx Год назад +1

    That looks like so much fun, I own a c6 corvette base model and only dream of doing this kinda stuff. Ill probably start doing it once I graduate college haha

  • @CleverSmart123
    @CleverSmart123 Год назад +1

    Awesome work. I enjoy Nissan Dukes, they make a great trashbin

  • @ScheisskopfHD
    @ScheisskopfHD Год назад

    stainless bolts are my least favorite thing, however ive learned that lubing them when stainless goes into stainless helps ten fold over the years, idk why but stainless gulls on threads and basically welds itself together, also when drilling stainless you need to pulse the drill, to keep the drill bit cool, or itll dull your bit almost instantly

  • @jayceasar2661
    @jayceasar2661 Год назад +1

    excellent work. i would of installed new starter bc everything else is mint

  • @abcsteve
    @abcsteve Год назад +2

    I absolutely love that color of that ZR1. 🤙

    • @billpar
      @billpar Год назад +1

      my favorite color

  • @chesspiece81
    @chesspiece81 Год назад +2

    1000hp C6 ZR1? Hopefully, you make closer to 1200whp on E85 with an LME LS9, worked heads, cam, Kong 2650, and supporting mods. I vote LS7 swapped Nissan Juke!!

  • @GrabinGears
    @GrabinGears Год назад +1

    This is what car channels should be…..a real build. Not just easy mods.

  • @WayApp
    @WayApp Год назад

    This build is absolutely mind-blowing!

  • @dennismathenge8065
    @dennismathenge8065 Год назад +2

    Hello guys you are doing great job am watching from Kenya and I would like to volunteer to work for you guys if you may need one am here guys 🙂

  • @danielhofmann5651
    @danielhofmann5651 Год назад +1

    Use left hand drill bits. They work awesome cus while drilling going backwards so tries to come out the whole time.

  • @backyardbuilttrucks1
    @backyardbuilttrucks1 Год назад

    Instead of bolts which pull and twist in the aluminum. Put studs in for the headers and use arp 12pt nuts . Saves what you did drilling a bolt out.

  • @jonwhite8667
    @jonwhite8667 Год назад +1

    4:10 watching this knowing full well the video after next is titled "my cheap 1000hp zr1 build blew up in my face"

  • @MikeJBlues
    @MikeJBlues Год назад

    Man the broken bolt brought back memories of when I put headers on my challenger 5.7 hemi, broke a bolt, then an extractor. Ended up replacing the head. No Bueno

  • @timritchieblue
    @timritchieblue Год назад

    Neg in the weld.
    Next time, try the drimmel slice,,& flat screw driver

  • @TheWolfMatt
    @TheWolfMatt Год назад

    Very strange that the set of Frankenstein heads had the threads messed up like that. Maybe a quality check that wasn't done on those for some reason. Glad you were able to get it sorted out though. Looking forward to watching this Z get completed.

  • @unknown39222
    @unknown39222 Год назад +5

    I really wanna see how you guys save the demon 😂

  • @fourhartt
    @fourhartt Год назад +2

    I don’t think I’ve ever been this early to a video.

    • @fourhartt
      @fourhartt Год назад +1

      Can’t wait to watch

    • @TheOperatorBravo
      @TheOperatorBravo Год назад +1

      dawg i just got home from hobby lobby and my classes saw this was uploaded a minute ago, life is good

    • @fourhartt
      @fourhartt Год назад +1

      Yup. I got recommended a different video and wondered if he’d posted yet and it said it was posted 11 seconds ago lol

  • @kevinberry5793
    @kevinberry5793 Год назад

    I like the Nissan Juke. Don’t love, but like. Certainly don’t hate!😎

  • @hanzyj7021
    @hanzyj7021 Год назад +1

    I’d be calling Frankenstein and getting a new head

    • @commonsenseisdeadin2024
      @commonsenseisdeadin2024 Год назад

      Stainless bolts.... There's your hint.
      There was no oversight from Frankenstein, this was an oversight by the user.
      Look up galling, before passing judgement please know for fact.

  • @burntclutches
    @burntclutches Год назад

    Matching bolt proponent here too lol! My OCD is strong.... Completely feel for you.

  • @HollixKhalifa
    @HollixKhalifa Год назад

    Hammer a t20 in to the bolt and the put socket on a Rachet and slowly turn

  • @gd1996
    @gd1996 Год назад +1

    I would have took a cutoff wheel and put a slot in that broken bolt. Use a good straight head screw driver on a 3/8 drive... super easy to remove then.

    • @commonsenseisdeadin2024
      @commonsenseisdeadin2024 Год назад

      Bet it wouldn't have worked. We are talking about a set of $5000 heads, You think the threads were jus "an oversight"?

  • @rickychampagne4993
    @rickychampagne4993 Год назад +1

    Nissan juke, funniest car I’ve played with in years right next to a SUBARU BRAT, hahahaha!!!

  • @TylerWadleigh
    @TylerWadleigh Год назад

    Idk if anyone beat me to it, but 18:45 is the reshoot for sure

  • @sportser37
    @sportser37 Год назад

    Ughhh. Lol seeing the vettes in the auction. Someday someday.

  • @nap6634
    @nap6634 Год назад

    You need to change those header gaskets. It looked like you used the D port gaskets and you should use the round gaskets. Just FYI..

  • @rbs427
    @rbs427 Год назад

    Awesome video guys. I was cracking up. Lifted me up today. Needed it!

  • @benjaminhess6997
    @benjaminhess6997 Год назад

    187k subs you guys are killing it!

  • @jerico5660
    @jerico5660 Год назад +1

    Awesome video dude. Appreciate the bad too. Happened to me on heads recently albeit cheaper ones.

  • @cflwhat
    @cflwhat Год назад

    Swap it into a juke just to mess with Dalt! 🤣🤣

  • @ctvette1318
    @ctvette1318 Год назад +5

    Lee, I love how you just roll with it! If that was me and that happened to my brand new heads I would have been rolling on the ground crying like a little bitch!!!! LOVED This video. Been waiting for so long.

  • @rushedscheduledfun3963
    @rushedscheduledfun3963 Год назад

    Minimal amount of rust to complain about. Enjoying the win for you putting your Chevrolet back together.

  • @zachbitzer8467
    @zachbitzer8467 Год назад

    Step up to a timecert. Way thicker than a normal helicoil. You’ll have plenty of meat to get it back to the og headed bolt size

  • @ericmutnan6358
    @ericmutnan6358 Год назад

    Get some left hand drill bits for next time this happens. The broken stud will come out way sooner.

  • @roberthandy9420
    @roberthandy9420 Год назад

    Remember this car love it. I’m still looking for headlights for black c6 if you have a pair great if not any ideas would love to here thanks

  • @rdually
    @rdually Год назад

    oh yeah I have been there fighting those broken bolts it sucks

  • @DanielMartinez-zl4nq
    @DanielMartinez-zl4nq Год назад

    I love watching your videos! So far it’s my favorite channel love your work and videos!

  • @gabeesquivelLethalZR1
    @gabeesquivelLethalZR1 Год назад

    I would of put a high torue mini starter on there with a thermal blanket, had to do it to mine due to higher comp pistons and lazy oem starter.

  • @hanzyj7021
    @hanzyj7021 Год назад

    Lol I’ve nailed those uppers CA 3-4 times in my career yet to dump those washers

  • @scraplifedalt
    @scraplifedalt Год назад

    Always be sure to put the throttle body on the right way!

  • @heshamchehaitli5312
    @heshamchehaitli5312 Год назад +1

    You do awesome work!!!

  • @grant8653
    @grant8653 Год назад

    The real issue with magnesium is it is highly explosive. I mean technically if it was to drag across the ground in a wreck I don't know why things aren't catching fire more often.

    • @Danny7930
      @Danny7930 Год назад

      You’re right but it’s a magnesium alloy, not pure magnesium.

  • @akruffneck47
    @akruffneck47 Год назад

    I can't wait for the next video...

  • @Bmcd3565
    @Bmcd3565 Год назад

    Learning about cars n their inner workings is kinda interesting tbh

  • @andrewbeetz2196
    @andrewbeetz2196 Год назад

    Hey trying to learn more about building high horsepower corvettes, is the upside down throttle body a HP hack? Does it make more tension in the butterfly or something? Definitely didnt know that trick thanks for the info!

  • @rbs427
    @rbs427 Год назад

    Love your little comments. Granada the rear, not gm recommended. Etc. lol

  • @aaronmosessequina5610
    @aaronmosessequina5610 Год назад

    Hi man, loved your videos. Just wondering if I can apply as your permanent editor so I can reduce your scope of work. I would also lovr to enhance your videos. Pls let me know what you think!

  • @FrankCastle694
    @FrankCastle694 Год назад

    Must be nice building a car in literally the most organized junkyard ever 😂

  • @johncowie3092
    @johncowie3092 Год назад

    That transmission tube looks like a throwback to the 1900. Wth

  • @mustangjunk6013
    @mustangjunk6013 Год назад

    “2 out of 3 upside down throttle bodies aint half bad” -Meatloaf

  • @chollythecrazycorgihesinsa6505

    Fun video to watch!

  • @camaroant8426
    @camaroant8426 Год назад

    Everything is so much easier to work on when it’s out of the car!

  • @codyrenfrow8969
    @codyrenfrow8969 Год назад

    🤣🤣🤣 hate em? I despise those round alien headlight scrap piles 🤙🏼

  • @LTC59
    @LTC59 Год назад

    Is there a way to follow how many new subscribers a channel has "aquired" since a certain time period or is that "divulged" only the the channel owner(s)? I'm just curious, I don't want to manually write down the figure once a week or something similar to that. Cause I'm lazy... I kind of like this channel so I wish them success, that's it!

  • @robtheman
    @robtheman Год назад +1

    I bet Daltons Juke is running in this video 😅! If you ever finish the ZR1 it will be bad ass.

  • @jamesolive3693
    @jamesolive3693 Год назад

    Great job you one a few RUclipsrs that did your own engine and put it all together and built to car yourself you see all these guys doing builds and it's not even them they're just driving the Lambo and Corvette

    • @scraplifegarage
      @scraplifegarage  Год назад

      To be fair i didn’t build the ACTUAL engine, there’s a lot I can do, but there’s certainly some things I’m smart enough to let the pros handle!

    • @jamesolive3693
      @jamesolive3693 Год назад +1

      @@scraplifegarage you know what I mean

  • @chevelle-pi1bn
    @chevelle-pi1bn Год назад

    I always run a tap into the hole and put antisieze on any bolt that is going into aluminum. just so the bolt does not sieze and do what happened to you. Especially stainless into aluminum .

    • @RoxxPC
      @RoxxPC Год назад

      Antisieze in LS header bolts will just have them come loose from vibration. Using a good quality bolt and cleaning the threads before hand goes a long way.

    • @commonsenseisdeadin2024
      @commonsenseisdeadin2024 Год назад

      @@RoxxPC not with stainless, you NEED a lube. Not getting better quality than ARP, if it was Chinese stainless, this wouldn't have happened (that's not a good thing btw)
      Never put it in dry! With stainless anyway 😂

  • @dirty2jz283
    @dirty2jz283 Год назад

    Best supercharger on the market, best bang for the buck.

  • @Thedoug369
    @Thedoug369 Год назад

    Lmfao, I definitely hate Nissan Jukes! 🤣

  • @armandopatane5343
    @armandopatane5343 Год назад

    Y’all make it look so easy

  • @kararsameer7461
    @kararsameer7461 Год назад +2

    اول متابع من عراق العضيم

  • @Lsxdon
    @Lsxdon Год назад

    Super excited for this build

  • @beamngbois
    @beamngbois Год назад

    YES nice dude cant wait to see her altogether

  • @chrismccandless2203
    @chrismccandless2203 Год назад

    I love the torque specs used in the video 😂😂

  • @Jasoncole7621
    @Jasoncole7621 Год назад

    You guys should mid engine ls swap a fiesta.

  • @andrewbeetz2196
    @andrewbeetz2196 Год назад

    Pull up next to a ZR1 on the bay bridge, step on the gas, and it passes you like your not accelerating, no big deal. Pull up next to a juke, it blows your doors off, you pull over and the rethink your entire life. That Juke is sick, you guys should change your channel name to "JukeLife"

  • @corymcaughey7024
    @corymcaughey7024 Год назад +1

    I love Nissan jukes

  • @darrylsjodin7184
    @darrylsjodin7184 Год назад

    I hate Nissan Jukes since I got a speeding ticket in one in Juno Alaska!

  • @xXSicNasty72Xx
    @xXSicNasty72Xx Год назад

    That exhaust... straight to jail.

  • @alexsilver478
    @alexsilver478 Год назад

    @scraplife garage How do charge for labor prices in these video's? It has to be cheaper being your location. In California, labor is $150 an hour for 1 person. You have a few pulling parts, filming, and taking pics of the parts to sell. I don't understand the prices you put for labor, $750-$1250.

  • @ericcaisse791
    @ericcaisse791 Год назад

    Juke a obomnation lol Zr1 love good to see 1 getting put back together

  • @chollythecrazycorgihesinsa6505

    I like Nissan Juke’s!!😂😂

  • @miguelvelazquez2476
    @miguelvelazquez2476 Год назад

    We need the juke with a gtr drivetrain and interior that zr1 won’t come close

  • @countryboyvlogs776
    @countryboyvlogs776 Год назад

    Gotta love a corvette or a demon build any day 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 what’s the name of that instrumental playing in video

  • @PopePhil-IIql7pj
    @PopePhil-IIql7pj Год назад

    Swamp the engine into a geo metro and make it a rwd or awd.

  • @gouldnj
    @gouldnj Год назад

    I really love watching your videos, and I hate Nissan Jukes, but as I see you hit that Milwaukee driver on everything I’m wondering if you’ve ever heard of a torque wrench? Just send it I guess.

  • @mathiasnkristensen
    @mathiasnkristensen Год назад

    3:18 It's so sad to hear that the slave cylinder is completely depressed 😔 hope it's mental health gets better soon 🙏

  • @niekodante6966
    @niekodante6966 Год назад

    What’s least expensive to do, make 800whp by….
    Twin Turbo a C8 Stingray
    Or
    Supercharge a C7 Z06

  • @BeastEChad
    @BeastEChad Год назад

    Yay corvette 🎉

  • @christian6381
    @christian6381 Год назад

    FINALLY! Need less eye candy motor for sure😂

  • @rnt45t1
    @rnt45t1 Год назад +1

    So, how did you end up with such a cool job?

  • @enriquegarcia2357
    @enriquegarcia2357 Год назад

    i need that power steering bracket lol, help me to find one !!!!!!

  • @trentonbrooks9121
    @trentonbrooks9121 Год назад

    120,000 🥲 as my 11 gt 5.0 is getting modded and sent with 150,000 and my 250,000 mile truck is too 😂.

  • @joshjones8917
    @joshjones8917 Год назад

    Where did you end up getting those spacers? I need them on my z06!

  • @cncaliguy09
    @cncaliguy09 Год назад

    Didn't get the stripped bolt out, somone must hate Nissan Jukes

  • @jamespseaman4136
    @jamespseaman4136 Год назад

    What brand of heads are they? Are they stock or aftermarket? Oh , I forgot,it’s a long block from who?

  • @pavel1809
    @pavel1809 Год назад

    what a difference working on civic and working in Corvette

  • @wesleyruggles7847
    @wesleyruggles7847 Год назад

    Love the content gents!! P.s. I hate Nissan Jukes.. like for real.

  • @davidcorder95
    @davidcorder95 Год назад

    Love my ford an mopar congrats brother