LS1 s13... Project Terd Version 56.23432niner1 Rev. 3

Post by **pilmpd** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:25 am

Ok I am having a slight problem posting in here. Lets see if a post without pictures will go through or if I am just an idiot!?....

Post by **pilmpd** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:35 am

Ok so either I am just an idiot or the size of my post was just stupid large! So now that I have lost a large portion of my post I will try and start over. The reason I have decided to do this swap is to do it my way! I have seen many LS1 swaps in 240's and none of them really seem like what I would want in my car. So I am working on this swap for myself. Please do not take that statement the wrong way. I give tons of respect to anyone who has ever done any sort of swap on their own. I takes mad balls, guts, skills and sometimes a bit of luck. With that being said I will throw up some pics of where I started and where i am at now. Please let me know if you have any questions, ideas, concerns, feedback, or criticism that might make this swap easier for me or any others that are or want to attempt this swap. My goal is to have create a bolt in cross member and trans mount made out of structural DOM tubing. Here we go and let me know what you think.

Post by **pilmpd** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:36 am

The "Turd"

Here is the Ka"rap" coming out... And yes my cherry picker pwns All!!!

I dont think that any pictures or details are needed to get a Ka out. Just start yanking and pulling until you get the pig out!

And she is out of there!

Here is just a shot of some slight trans tunnel massaging.... lol Your average "B.M.F.O.H" (that is Big Mo Fo Orange Hammer for those that dont know) can take care of this with ease.

Post by **pilmpd** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:52 am

MMMMM..... just one of those things that make you wanna go mmmm!!!!

In she goes!

And there ya go! Two pictures later and without any help she is sitting in her final resting place.... well almost....

Trans clearance on the passenger side.

Trans clearance on the driver side.

Approximate shifter location.....?

Post by **3VoL** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:26 am

interesting swap, congrats! Are you using that oil pan or a front sump? Nice work so far keep us updated!

Post by **pilmpd** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:32 am

GTO oil pan, pick up tube, and windage tray installed for steering rack clearance.

Sway bar clearance.

Another shot of sway bar clearance.

Blank fuel rail stock for my fuel setup. I should have these finished with fitment pictures after this weekend.

Post by **pilmpd** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:01 am

I have lots of other pics that I need to take on Monday and should get some more work done on the car in the next couple of days. I have the trans mount fabbed up and working on version 3 of it already. There will be many more pics to come. Let me know if there is particular photo, angle, shot, or whatever that you might want to see. For right now here are some pictures of some of my fab "toys." I hope you all enjoy. Let me know what you think please.

My Miller Tig Welder.

Good old vertical Mill.

JD2 Model 3 tubing bender.

Another shot of the model 3.

Post by **Philipio** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:17 pm

Wow, looks like you're all set to do the fab work. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

Post by **3VoL** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:37 pm

I was hoping to see someone try with the f-body oil pan and put the engine back another 6-8"....

Post by **pilmpd** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:19 pm

yeah i was going to work on it but i wanted to do something that looked nice and that others could do. You could do it with the f body pan and a custom cross member if you feel destroying the steering geometry.

Post by **3VoL** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:49 am

I was thinking of cutting the firewall and moving the engine back for better weight distribution. Not touching the cross member at all.

Post by **pilmpd** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:51 am

Here are some pics from the last couple of weekends.

Some pics of my new fuel rails I threw together. All that is let is to finish my mounting brackets, mill them to lenght and tap them out to 3/8npt.

Some pics of my jig for my trans mount and my almost finished trans mount proto.

Enjoy... or atleast pretend like it!
Modified by pilmpd at 11:02 AM 2/8/2009

Post by **1991ls13** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:22 pm

wow man, great start, how much you expect to spend all together?your doing alot of the work and fab yourself.save big there.Im already expecting to spend roughly 7k on mine, cause i have to buy the mount kit and such which at sikky is 1750 then plus 200 more if you want the alumnium shaft.im getting my engine from ls1tech for 3300 plus shipp so im already looking at around 5300-5600 lol, ****E!!!didnt even realize.

Post by **pilmpd** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:16 pm

Ive got just under 4k in it right now so we will see how she goes.

Post by **1991ls13** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:40 pm

updates???? i want some

Post by **Kalypso** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:33 am

Crossmember frabrication or

and just to clarify, sil80's are not turds

ill be back

Post by **540sx** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:08 am

check out my thread I did exactly that.

zerothread/342129

F body oil pan pushed motor back until the oil sump would drop behind the steering rack. cut fire wall, pushed back about 5 inches,altered mounting brackets for the gas pedal so it sits close to original location. tko 500 trans makes shifter sit perfect in original hole.

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