**Field Prep: Building a 2013 Chevrolet Corvette**
It's here! Welcome to Field Prep, where I'm Matt Field, professional formula drift driver. This year, we're building a 2013 Chevrolet Corvette. We're starting with a new motor, straight from CBM - a RHS block, 427 aluminum engine. The CBM Pro-X heads are sealed, and we have the dry-sump oil pan all installed and ready.
We've also got seats! They're straight from the UK, custom embroidered, and custom fit for me. The seats were made with some changes to the pads so I could get a little bit lower since the Corvette doesn't have a lot of headroom. A little bit tighter, too. Look at this detail - carbon and falcon scalloped.
We're at the point where we need to take out the motor, transmission, gearbox, everything, and lift the chassis up so we can put in the new bullet. Then it's time to get to work on the motor separation from the torque tube. We need to measure the air gap between the tilt and slave and the ACT clutch - the air gap is super important in getting it right.
Now that the torque tube is out and the slave is all set, we need to finalize this by installing a clutch delay valve, which helps prevent drivetrain shock. We're hooking up this system here, and then it's going to go to our Stäubli bulkhead so when we want to pull the torque tube and everything, it can disconnect quickly without bleeding the clutch system.
I'm now going to figure out how we want the fuel lines to run - we're using Earl's Ultrapro hose, which is convoluted style, lightweight, and super flexible. I couldn't do that with a normal Dash 10 hose. We gotta get this all clamped up ahead of time before we put the torque tube back in.
My dad is helping me out today. He's working on the rear diff mount setup - you have to drill the subframe to accept this rear diff mount, CNC stuff from HVK. It's got a rubber bushing and lines up just like that.
We're doing brake lines and my dad is getting this finished up. You can see what all this kinda worked out to be, and it seems to be working out really well. Now we gotta put everything back together and get the car ready for Long Beach.
That's it for the week - thanks for watching and make sure you stay posted for the last few episodes. We're getting close to a sweet reveal once the car's all done, and you don't wanna miss that, trust me. Lemme know what you think, be sure to hit the like and subscribe button, and I'll see you guys at Long Beach.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- It's here!Ooh!(rock music)What up guys, I'm Matt Field,professional formula drift driver.Except that,was my 2017 car.This year we're buildinga 2013 Chevrolet Corvette.Welcome to Field Prep.It's here!New motor, straight from CBM.I can't wait.Ooh!So this is a RHS block,427 aluminum engine.CBM Pro-X heads, but she's sealed.Got the dry-sump oil panall on there and ready.We got seats!Straight from the UK.Custom embroidered, custom fit for me.Had them make some changes to the padsso I could get a little bit lowersince the Corvette doesn'thave a lot of headroom.A little bit tighter.Look at this detail.Carbon, falcon scalloped.Oh man.And they got even the stitchcolor is just perfect.First sit in the new seats.Oh yeah.We're at the point, gotta take this motor,transmission, gearbox, everything out.Gotta lift the chassis uplike we've been doing itso that we can put in thenew bullet over there.Then it's time to get to work.Motor, separated from torque tube.And what I'm doing now isgoing to measure the air gapbetween the tilt andslave and the ACT clutch.The air gap is superimportant in getting it right.Point two two.Perfect, right on.Now that the torque tube isout and the slave is all setwe need to finalize this.This is a clutch delay valveand it really helps preventdrivetrain shock and all of that.And we are hooking this up here,and then this is gonna goto our Stäubli bulkheadso that when we wanna pullthe torque tube and everythingquick disconnect, don't needto bleed the clutch system,all this stays nice and dry,but this is gonna stayfixed to the chassis.(hammer bangs)Right now I am going to figure out howwe want the fuel lines to run.This is all Earl's Ultrapro hose.You can see that it's a convoluted styleand it's really lightweightand super flexible.Like, you wouldn't be able to do that witha normal Dash 10 hose.But I gotta figure outwhere I'm gonna get this allclamped up ahead of time beforewe put the torque tube in.(bass guitar music)Just got this fuel line ran from the tankup underneath here tucked out of the wayso that when we do put the torque tube init's good to go.Got a lot going on right now.Andy's getting the new motor ready,with this sea of parts that came off ofthe mock-up engine.Graham and I are workingon torque tube stuff.There's ACT clutch.So kind of all over the place.Lot of stuff going on.Motor's looking good,this is looking good.Gonna put the ACT clutch on,I've already set the flywheel on.Put some assembly lubeunderneath the head.I'm gonna red Loctite the bolts.(soft rock beat)It's time to put on the bell housing.Just got it all cleanedup, look at that thing.Shiny.I am going to put on the valve covers.It's an unfortunate time now,I have to cover up thesebeautiful scalloped valve coverswith the coil packs andthe coil pack brackets.So, these go on here all the way downto hold the coil packs.But before I do that Ihave to put these bolts in,put all those on, then Ican put the valve covers onand then I can do thecoil packs and everything.We're gonna attach theengine to the torque tube,hopefully for the final time.Just fit up the blower,Graham is fitting up the seat.Yeah that's pretty good.Ooh!Right now I'm doing thefire suppression line.I just got this littleguy bent up right here,so I'm gonna go aheadand mark it, flair it,install it and then I have to build fromthe bulkhead here back to the bottle.Doing a little trick that one of my guysactually did for me, Daniel Treadway.He actually came upwith this whole scheme.Cut a wrench, weld it to a steel fitting.That way when you'rechanging the nitrous bottle,it's always there, and itjust clears the bottle.Absolutely brilliant.Today is the day for plumbing.Alright, so the firstthing that I'm gonna do isget the lower portion of the fitting,put 'em on here.I wrapped the line with PTFEtape so that it wouldn't fray.And this stuff you can actuallypull this back, and thenthat's where you put on thisolive piece right here.I could thread it on by hand,you can use pliers if you need to.You want it to stick outabout a sixteenth of an inch,and then I'm gonna cut it flush.Then take off the PTFE tape,scrunch it back up.Boom.Then, I always just useLucas Toolbox Buddy,cause it's just easy to apply.Push these two halves together,and this will obviouslyfit inside of the Teflon, andit'll make a positive contact.Go together so well too.Boom.Done.So go fit this, mark the other end,do the same thing over again.What I'm gonna do istake the fitting apart,it's gonna help me figureout exactly how muchlength I'm going to need.I can see where the lineactually needs to stop.I have a silver Sharpie.Hold it here, give myself a little bit offlex room in there.Mark it where I think it needs to be.Perfect.Take this fitting off and then,go about the whole process over again.Now, to only do like 50 other lines.Look at this thing.Massive.Putting the water line in the car.The first interior water line.Now that's a prettyextensive bulkhead here,what we got going on.We got cold water, hot water,steam port, ya know, bleed.Nitrous, nitrous bottle pressure,and then this is thefire suppression systemout to the fuel tank.So, been a lot of stuff going on as far ason that bulkhead so, it'spretty cool to be ableto put that first water line on.Alright, you can really see how this stuffis starting to lay out.Now I gotta figure out how this all goes.They gotta criss-cross right here so theycan lay flat on this panel.Then I'm gonna go aheadand mark this fitting,and plumb it up.My dad's back to help,we are doing the rear diff mount setup.You do have to drill thesubframe to accept this reardiff mount, the CNC stuff from HVK.So you can see what he'sgot going on right here.These are the rear diffmounts, you have to drill thissection right here to get that mounted in.He's got it all laid out.This is where this piece goes,and it's got a rubber bushing in hereand it lines up just like that.I'm doing brake linesand my dad is getting this finished up.You can see what this allkinda worked out to be,and it seems to beworking out really well.So my dad is working on thisside, the hole is drilled.But this is all goingto work out really well,and these pieces cameout really really good.Alright, that's it for the week.Thanks for watching andmake sure you stay postedfor the last few episodes.We're getting close.Ugh.We're gonna be doing a sweetreveal once the car's all done.And you don't wanna miss that, trust me.Lemme know what you think,be sure to hit the likeand subscribe button, and I'llsee you guys at Long Beach.
