maxharvard

Sort of. Yes in the sense that it's flipped from the original configuration, but rumors are that this configuration is the "original way" by design by Porsche.

66Chevellelq4

looks awesome!

martsink

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DAAAAAMNNNN!!!! The best conversion yet! Do those come as a kit?

tonypaul

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http://superlitecars.com/

maxharvard

Here's the latest video... Nothing fancy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbt...ature=youtu.be

LS1-450

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Looking' good. Maybe you've already answered, but, do you plan to paint the car?

Stay motivated...and warm, lol. I hear ya about the no heat in garage. Single digit temps make it easy to stay out of the garage.

maxharvard

Thanks! It's rough some days with how cold it is

No plans to paint any time soon, might wrap it in matte black after a while. We'll see how the gel coat holds up and the fiberglass does or doesn't crack

kainedogg

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Awesome build. I want to see how it progresses

mapleridge

awesome build

Stormed_Norm

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nice build, looks like it will be a fun ride when it's done.

maxharvard

Well, the cold weather continues and work on the SLC has been in a word: Slow.

We were able to get some work done and here's where she stands.



Who doesn't love finely welded aluminum custom pieces? A while back one of the members on the SLC specific forum made a very limited run of these coolant overflow tanks. I completely missed that by a good year or more, but thankfully one of the lucky recipients decided to sell me his because he was going another direction. This is a killer piece and totally worth the extra bucks. This one is sooooo nice, dontcha think?



The Mast Motorsports oil pan that we reviewed recently comes with two plugged ports on the pan for an oil cooler (which we will add at a later date). These are perfect for an oil pressure sending unit (left) and an oil temp sending unit (right) that are specific to our STACK gauge cluster. For those who know how the LS oil pan is routed, this one is slightly different. The oil in the stock pan recirculates via the external piece, this one recirculates the oil internally, so no worries about oil starvation.



We got our air inlet tube from Nate at One Guy's Garage (http://www.one-guys-garage.com/). He made it a tad long in case it needs to be trimmed when the rear clam is installed. More custom aluminum pieces! Baller status has been achieved!



Moving to the exhaust side of things. We decided a long time ago that the exhaust had to exit out the side. We found our exit location first and worked backwards towards the LS7 exhaust manifolds bolted to the engine. We promised a friend that we would do our damnedest to get some pics of the car shooting flames.



Here's what we eventually came up with this for both sides of the car. It's two pieces and slips on with a thick band clamp. A one piece system wasn't going to fit, so that kinda sucked.



We added some VHT high temp exhaust paint to the whole tube and manifold. It should look decent after a few heat cycles for the paint to cure.



Our neighbor came by to help remove the body. There's really only a few ticky-tack things left like wiring up the gauge cluster, adding fluids and doing the finish wiring. Hopefully we'll be posted a first start video soon!



My god this thing looks so badass. Dat'*** y0!

zamora7

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cant wait to hear it running, i bet its going to sound amazing.

LS1-450

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Glad you clarified that. Saw the pic & thought, "He's gonna lose the engine before ever driving the car."

Thanks for the update. Looks great.

Fierofly

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Still questioning that upside down tranny, do you have some reference for that? Worried about the ring and pinion not bathed in oil, do you over fill or ?

roninsonic

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Might have some sort of flinger ring setup. Good point.


OP, nice build.

maxharvard

A few people had pointed that out previously, so I wanted to clarify. The Mast Motorsports pan has an internal system as opposed to the stock system.

You know... I've never quite understood how exactly how that works, I read something somewhere that talked about that this is the "original" way it's suppose to work by Porsche and the installed way in the 911 is the "upside down" way, but I really have no clue why this works.

Thanks, I truly don't know why/how it works this way.

maxharvard

Some updates:



We have power!



Interior sound deadening materials done!


Tight tolerances!



New back up camera and LCD



Fluids are going in!




The engine cranks, the fuel pumps work... Now it's time for fuel!

66Chevellelq4

How did you like wiring up the ISIS system? Does it work pretty well? Iv always wanted to try that setup out

maxharvard

So far it works exactly as described. Pretty neat little setup with a key fob. Makes for a clean install, that's for sure.

LS1-450

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Build is lookin' really good. Luvin' the choice for electronic displays. Only thing I don't care for with "mid-engine cars" is the weight of the 50,000 gallons of coolant required for the front mount radiator. I'm pickin' pepper out of fly **** by even making that statement, but IMO, it's the only addressable detail that keeps mid-engine car design from being near perfect. If we ever build another car, would like it to be a mid-engine design.