stangtrader

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figured now that i have most of my parts now or showing up soon id start my build thread,plan to have it on the road in 2-3 months.im building mostly a street car but it will maybe see the track one or twice a year.ultimate goal with the car is to be able to trap 140+
when it does go to the track and i think so far i have a pretty solid set up planned out.few things i still need to buy like trans stuff and wheelsluckily alot of parts are being donated from my 98 fbody.cars a little rough around the edged and needs paint but no biggie cause im enjoying the project all around.the motor setup is going to consist of a very low mile ls6 long block with a custom martin cam and btr springs.cam specs out at 235/231 on a 114+4 lsa to help with the small turbine.turbo kit will be using a on3 t76 i have from my camaro,50mm gate,50mm bov,and 31x12x3 intercooler.hopefully my fuel system will be enough to hold the power.right now plan is to run a stealth340 intank with 6an feed and return with a boost ref regulator.hopefully this week the rest of my fuel systme stuff shows so i can get that done with the motor out.heres some pics,soory for the crappy cell picks.need to dig out my camera

how it looked when i picked it up




interior all trashed when i got it.yeah i know ugly color lol


cleaned up with camaro seats ftw!


custom pnp harness from bill @bp to adapt my 98 fbody harness to standalone


removing the 2.3 turd bucket




installing the aje swap member with spring perches and stock a arms







degreased engine compartment and painted,still need to do a little more clean up



2005 ctsv ls6 i got for cheap with a broken ringland





more uppdates to come soon just waiting on a large order of parts to show up so i can get started and once my tax return shows ill be getting most of my trans stuff coming

codyj92

good start keep us updated. Im fixin to do a 6.0 swap on a 85 coupe

Pollo432

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Looking to start a similar build here in a month or 2, looking to use my bros ls1 block, or a stock 5.3 block I took out of my truck, either or but want to make it a 383 turbo, with a th400 out of an 86 c15 crewcab with a 454, 76mm turbo. Car is a 88 lx hatch 4cyl auto. With the porno red interior too lol. I might keep it, idk yet so don't throw yours away if you get rid of it!!!

stangtrader

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Finally got my motor mostly together,got my studs in and the btr springs in.its too bad they will be in the motor.they are pretty nice looking.once my cam shows tomorrow ill have the motor all buttoned up and ready to go it.

T3X_SS

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Nice build thread, i am to in the process of a LSX coupe. Keep up the good work

booboo37

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What oil pan you useing ?? if its the ctsv pan it going to hit the kmember..

stangtrader

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Thanks guys, booboo37 its a fbody pan with the aje kmember,from my understanding the ctsv pan works as well but hangs lower.
Trying to decide right now if I want to order a ptc glide since the price is right or run a pretty stock th400.big thing is the glide will push completion back a few months

stangtrader

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Got a little bit done on the car today,not as much as I would have liked.got my fuse and relay center plus meth pump mounted up.still not sure if where the pumps mounted is going to be in a ok location.started running my fuel lines as well then hit a snag with the tube nut sleeve being too tight on the hard line so now im waiting on some different fittings from jegs.plus side my ptc converter is ordered up,and while surfing cl today I found what appears to be a recently rebuilt th400 that came with a tci master rebuild kit for dirt cheap. Now I need to find a 34 element drum assembly then drop it off with my transmission guy and have it built.

Saiko_56

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Looks good. I finally got my kmember and all the old crap out. Should be putting the new stuff in this week or weekend.

stangtrader

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Thanks man,its coming slowly.seems like im spending more time tracking down crap vs actual work.hopefully ill get some done wensday.ill be looking for some updates on your thread on the nation

Saiko_56

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Once I get the parts that I am waiting for I will post up another update.

stangtrader

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Sweet sounds good man

stangtrader

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Got a little done.got my meth kit mostly done and remounted the pum.intercoolers mounted and fans are taken care of as well.hopefully the motor will be going in on wensday,then ill be able to finally start finalizing my wiring,but gotta decide if im gonna run a braille battery or a group 51 cause theres no way im putting it in the trunk

stangtrader

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Woohoo a sign of progress.go the ls6 dropped in today.took all of 5 minutes lol.now I can do the important stuff like wire it up and build the turbo kit

stangtrader

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got a little done lately,got my harness routed threw the fire wall and figured out my gas gauge delema by using the fbody sender modified to the ford sending unit and i modified the fuel pump hanger assembly to 3/8 feed and return

stangtrader

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Big step in the swap that had me worried the most got done today.got the camaro cluster wired and installed and the part that I was worried about the most which is the gas gauge is taken care of.most of the wiring is taken care of now just a few wires left to run .also heres a video clip explaing what I did to make the gauge work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wbRYHPwR58&feature=youtube_gdata_player

LILHEMI

lol heres mine.

stangtrader

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Haha,quick question,did you ohm yours out to make sure empty and full are correct?i mounted mine to the other side based off my ohm readings

LILHEMI

I was at 38.5 empty 248.5 full. Does that sound right?

LILHEMI

I didnt think about it being backwards lol.im eager to hear your results.