junietob

Hello all! I have been in and out of this forum for some time now just browsing. I purchased a 09 silver hhr ss, back in 2012, that had full bolt ons, e85 safe seal injectors and was tuned on e47 by James Rakes. Ran great for 2 years until the head gasket shredded and the block mixed oil and coolant. After that I had my first go around with a fully built LDK along with a PTE 5858 turbo setup. Unfortunately I didn't follow the proper procedure to break in a motor, and kept the revs low for 1500 miles, when it began seeing serious tuning, the rings never seated properly and nothing but crankcase pressure after that. During that time, i had wrecked my silver HHR SS, and purchased another 09 HHR SS in Dec 2016 and moved the built motor on to that. Once we figured out it was a Ring land issue, I had the motor removed and began purchasing parts for current 2.1 LEF build. Fast forward to now (almost 4 years now that the black SS has been down) and I have collected a plethora of parts and have move my HHR SS to Dave at Performance Autowerks to install everything and also perform Fabrication work.

The purpose of this build is for 1/2mi racing events and highway fun. My goal is 160mph at standing 1/2mi.

without further adieu, here is my list of everything i have so far, and i will continue to update this thread as the build progresses.

2009 Chevrolet HHR SS

ENGINE:
-ZZP Girdled 2.4 Gen3 LEA Race short block
-2.0 LNF Crackshaft
-Carillo Super A-Beam 86mm Connecting Rods
-Diamond Racing 10:1cr 88mm pistons
-MWR Technology Balance Shaft Delete
-Fluidampr
-Balanaced rotating assembly

-2.0 LNF head
-WERKSracing Ported Cylinder head
-WERKSracing 80lbs. valve springs
-WERKSracing IM & TB spacer set
-Titanium Retainers
-Supertech +.5mm Oversized valves
-ARP Head Stud Kit

CUSTOM FABRICATION:
-WERKSracing turbo manifold
-WERKSracing intake
-WERKSracing turboback exhaust
-Tsquaredmetalworks 23" Aluminum Muffler

TURBO:
-Garrett Gen II GTX3576R
•T04s .70 a/r compressor cover
•BoostLab T51R Mod
•1.01 AR divided v-band
•Procharge Turbochargers "RS" Gen2 9 blade turbine wheel Swap
-Elmer Racing Billet Turbo Merge Collector
-Dual TurboSmart Gen-V WG40 Comp-Gate 40
-TurboSmart GEN-V RACE PORT BOV
-Treadstone TR1235 Intercooler

FUELING:
-ZZP Stage 2 cams
-Port Fuel injection
•Injector Dynamics 1050x(x4)
-"Old Man Hawkeye" HPFP
-Opel Injectors
-Radium Engineering - Multi-Pump Fuel Surge Tank
-Radium Engineering - Multi-Pump Regulator
-WERKSracing 700HP LPFP Kit
-e-blend tune

Electrical:
-Stock LNF e69 ECM
-Split Second - AIC1-V4H w/4-channel tach

DRIVETRAIN:
Prepared by B3Design
-F40 Regal GS 6-Spd Trans
-B3Design Wavetrac Limited Slip Differential
-B3Design Upgraded case hardware
-B3Design Carbon Fiber bulkhead
-B3Design spec tilton HRB
-Clutch Masters FX725 Race twin disk clutch
-Clutch Masters custom flywheel
-OTTP Base Bushings
-OTTP Billet Engine Mount
-OTTP Billet Upper Trans Mount
-OTTP Billet Front Mount
-OTTP Billet Rear Mount Adapter
-OTTP Custom Short Throw Shifter
-Driveshaft Shop STAGE 2 axles
-4H-Tech F40 Z-shift Short Shifter

SUSPENSION:
-BCracing Coilovers w/custom built cartridges by Randy "Not Low Enuff" O'Brien
-OTTP Steering rack spacers
-OTTP Trailing CABs
-OTTP 1.25" Rear sway bar
-OTTP Leading CABs
-Powergrid end links

WHEELS/TIRES:
-Cosmis xt-005r Gloss Black 18x9 +25et
-Toyo Proxes R888R 265/35

Assyembled by Dave Gilbert @ Performance AutoWerks

Tuned by James Rakes Haggerman "RPTtuned"

Oldblue

Sounds like a fun ride! Hopefully it’ll be ready for next summer’s racing season.

RJ_RS_SS_350

Interesting. Google doesn't seem to have any info on an LEF engine. Do you have any links?

junietob

Yes, I hope so! It's been too long and I miss driving it!

junietob

Actually it's not a real engine code. I made up the code myself because of the fact that it isn't a true LNF. So I meshed together the LEA code along with the LNF code. It's not the first, as there are a few LNF owners(cobalt and HHR alike) that have this same long block setup.

Oldblue

So it’s an LNF crank in an LEA block , hence LEF .

junietob

Yes sir! Right now I'm waiting on the diamond pistons from Ottp. Once they reach Dave, he'll send the short block out for balancing 👍