DIY LS Coil Conversion Upgrade Step by Step Part 2 | Chevy Cruze / Sonic 1.8 Turbo Build Project
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- DIY LS Coil Conversion Upgrade Step by Step Part 2 | Chevy Cruze / Sonic 1.8 Turbo Build Project.
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This thing is starting to look badass!
I love that you are doing this on the 1.8.
I have a sonic 1.8 and it is super difficult to find any information on it. Thank you Matt. 👍
I know the feeling which is why I'm trying to record everything I can. Any time! I appreciate you watching the videos.
I recently bought a Saturn Astra with a 1.8 ecotec and decided to give it to my son. I as wanting it to have more power than it has but disapointanly not finding anything on improving the 1.8! Fi Coming across you channel yesterday and watching your series to this point has not only be informative but entertaining. By the way I think that was the correct choice on your coil to plug solution Nice work Looking forward to the next video!
Perhaps the two of you could at a mild turbo for the fun of it! Thank you. I really appreciate it. Lots more to come.
I would try just standing the coils up on the plugs with the stock boots. Waters going to get in there anyway no matter what. The stock boots seal around the plugs to keep the water out. The stock coil and plastic cover is ment to let water boil and steam out when the motor is hot.
Yesss I’m gearing to try this out, if you sell that it would be so helpful. Great vids man! Cheers!
Thanks! I'll definitely let everyone know when / if I start to sell them.
Daaang making this real pro. Awesome custom work.
Thanks! I try.
This dude is crazy. Love it 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
LOL, thanks!
I would love to meet you I'm from Syracuse New York I drive a Chevy Sonic I think it's actually wonderful what you're doing I'm 40 years old and I have no kids married and everything is basically paid for in my life so I'm looking for stuff to do to my car in a long term so I think eventually I'll probably end up doing some of these so I'm going to try and download some of your teachings are what you did but it looks marvelous keep it up man if it makes you happy do it
Thank you! Keep me updated on how things go. Sounds like a fun project!
Muy buen proyecto, te sigo con mi sonic 1.6 desde Chile. El M6x150mm?
Hey man it's lookin good! I can't wait to see the pistons!
Just some food for thought. I was doing some research into pistons a while back, and found that the Toyota 2ZR-FE engine shares the same bore (80.5mm) and is only 0.1mm longer in stroke than the LUW (88.3mm vs 88.2mm). Wiseco makes a set of pistons for the 2ZR-FE that drop the C/R to 9:1. Standard, the 2ZR-FE has 10:1 C/R and the LUW has 10.5:1.
I didn't know if anyone more mechanically inclined than I am could shed some light on the idea of the 2ZR-FE pistons fitting in the LUW. I'm comfortable around cars, but not mixing and matching internal parts that aren't designed for it lol.
Thanks again SO MUCH for these videos! Peace out with ya piece out!!
Thanks! Shouldn't be much longer on the pistons!
That should put the piston only .003 down in the hole, which won't change CR a whole lot.
Having said that, there's a few things to consider when it comes to pistons. The wrist pin size, the distance from the top of the piston to the centerline of the wrist pin, pin location relative the the oil rings (not as big of a deal..), and the distance from the crown of the piston to the first compression ring. I'm not that familiar with the 2ZR, but valve reliefs as well, and camshaft lift. Let's say everything is within the same spec, but the cam has more lift not allowing enough clearance between the piston and valves.
If everything is within spec, then it could be a viable option, but may be a crap shoot for a good amount of coin.
All things considered, a custom set isn't really that much more than something off the shelf. It's just that wait time that's a killer. lol
On a side note, for modern day engines running boost, 9.5:1 would be better, even 10 to make more power and you could still do it on pump gas. 8.5-9:1 is kinda an old school way of thinking when it comes to boost, but with port or direct injection, not so much. Pair that up with really being able dial in spark timing based on cylinder air mass, and engine speed, you can tune the engine to run max timing under different load scenarios. Unlike carbs, and a distributor setup with a spring, which is basically set to a sweep and your pretty limited on timing adjust (how fast total timing comes on) what total the total timing is, and initial or idle timing. So IMO, that's why it's kinda an old school way of thinking to lower the CR for boost to keep detonation / knock at bay.
@@cmattdabrat Interesting! Yeah experimenting with cars is pricey already lol. Cool cool, thanks for the info!
@@jay1185 That's for sure! Any time!
Happy I didn’t trade my Sonic in yet. I just realized it’s a commuter car ready for some love to be put into it
Lots of potential!
Did a really great job.what the name of those pins so you dont have to strip the spark plug wires
Thank you. They were already built into the wires.
Do you have a price on the cover plate? Aluminum or steel
did those cheap coils hole up ? any problems ?
i have a megasquirted v8 360 magnum in a lowered dakota that i want to LS coils swap and ive spotted those long time ago.
Check back once I get the engine back together. Just waiting on the machine shop to finish their part.
Could the coils be tilted to the left instead of to the right? What about aluminum for the plate? Looks sweet though.
It definitely could be made out of aluminum. Only concern is how well aluminum threads would hold up to the vibration of the engine. They’re currently pointing towards the wiring harness to keep it as short as possible, but I don’t see why they couldn’t be turned the other direction.
Dam that's clean bro! Turbo charge my 1.8 cruze! You name the price.
Once I finish mine, and get some races under my belt, I'd be happy to talk about it.
@@cmattdabrat Sounds awesome to be bro! I'm really inspired by your built. You have great knowledge in what your doing.
I like your build so I'm gonna follow suit but I don't wanna copy u so I'm gonna try make some differences
Nice! You'll have to share what you do.
@@cmattdabrat I plan on recording me putting it back together but it's not gonna be anything like yours I can weld so I gotta pay machine shop all I can do is put together and I'm having problems finding the site to order racing cams and pistons and knowing what sizes
Dealerships LOL
Oh Karen lol...
How much did this come to around in cost? That 3 letter company costs too much for these cars lol
I agree! It came out to no more than $200 including the tools lol
@@cmattdabrat jeez thats what $300 less than msrp from the other guys?
I already have loads of coils and wires. All I need is the harness adapter. Have a metal coil cover already as well.
@@Xx573v3xX Definitely a lot less to DIY. Nice, let me see if I can't find where I got that from.
WD40 is not a lubricant, when nothing else is available, better use some engine oil.
Thanks for the tip.
Everything is SO zoomed in. Watching on a 50 inch 4k TV, sure is making me feel drunk
LOL! I changed lenses a little later down the line in this series.
@@cmattdabrat I noticed. I've been on a little bit of a binge just catching up on the Cruz build. Keep it up!
@@HopsAndLead Thanks! I really appreciate it.