Kamin

FINALLY lol. after being here for a long *** time, and always wanting to do it. i took the plunge about a month ago and yanked the old engine. today the LS1 arrived. Im gonna try to chronicle everything i do for the swap because i never did that with the RB and always regretted it. PICTURES!!!

the car

Last pics of the old powerplant




out:

tunnel pounding, beginnings of engine bay wiring (removed entire chassis harness)


interior wiring beginning


aaaand the motor.



got her from cleavland pick a part (AWESOME). very clean, gave me compression numbers, a video of it running, vacuum numbers and oil pressure numbers. came out of a 2000 trans am.

TSDuke

Looks great man! Any plans for the motor before it goes in?

Kamin

thats gonna depend on how quickly the old engine sells haha, if i can get it sold quickly, yes lots of plans

cam (looking at the trex 230/224 .575/.563 111 LSA, only want a final goal of 400whp), valvetrain, pushrods, clutch, ls6 intake manifold, double roller chain, katech oil pump maybe more.

if the engine doesnt sell, clutch, oil pump, then the general maintenance...thats about it as it goes in haha.

time is a problem, ive got about 6 weeks till the next event and would like to have the car there lol

owen v8litew8

congrats man! lookin' good and you will have an easy time with wiring since you really got down and dirty like that... damn. you can get the car done in 6 weeks if you really map out your attack and plan ahead, making sure the little projects dont sidetrack you too much. I spent a lot of time finding rad hoses and stupid stuff like making flanges to mate to the oem exhaust manifolds, etc on my FC buildup but you can learn from everyones mistakes online pretty easily now, this forum rocks.

(btw what size/offset wheels and what size tires are in that first pic and did you like that setup?)

woooooooooooohaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... lets put LS1's into everything!

ranger2339

iTrader: (1)

Nice bro!

Kamin

yea wiring is the least of my worries hahaha

fortunately as soon as the engine is mounted i can bring it into my work and work on it here. i just have to have the engine mounted first hehe. im going to buy my steel today for the mounts and stuff.

wheels are a 17x9 +17 all around, i love em. tires in the pic were a 225/45/27 up front.

Slo_240sx

iTrader: (17)

Looks great kamin! About time! I wish I had a Kouki S14. Are you located in Cleveland? I'l not to far in Detroit, and I usually cruise to Youngstown to visit family.

Kamin

nope im way the hell out in arizona.

Kamin

finally opened her up tonight, so far so good. lots of varnish in oil areas but no sludge. all water passages look amazing. no signs of corrosion or anything. water and oil pumps look good. gonna do a Katech oil pump tho. cheap insurance.





tommrow the crossmember gets notched.

LS1POWERED240

Nice looking build

Kamin

crossmember notched and back in.

disclaimer: i only have a gasless 110v mig welder. so i apologize for the crappy weld quality





hopefully oil pan will be here in the next few days so i can build the mounts and finally drop her in.

jrocslider

good lookin build.. and those mb's look good on ur car

owen v8litew8

nice crossmember work, hope you can move this project along fairly quickly.
yeah what are you going to run for tires now?
same sizes or go a bit wider?

Kamin

things are going to get a SERIOUS kick in the ***...now.

sold the RB finally last weekend, ordered a metric ton of parts today ive got less than 4 weeks to try and get this thing back on the road haha. pictures to come later this week when parts arrive

tire size: im definitely going up, between a 255 and 275 depending on the event and whos paying for the tires

owen v8litew8

cool. congrats on selling the RB!
with 275's out back you will have crazy grip, hell even a 255 will be okay if youre not too much of a leadfoot but you could spin a sticky 255 with no effort most of the time.

Kamin

not much of a leadfoot...well unfortunately a motto we live by in the drift world is "never lift" so yea. theres your answer haha.

im also being plagued with part backorders! i might be pulling an all-weeker to get it driveable the week of the event. man i hope all my parts are right haha.

stupid question for the day: anyone have a link to download a service manual for the ls1? i dont want to pay $200 for a helms when all i need is engine specific assembly/disassembly procedures.

okis14

We are almost in the same boat. Same car, same rims (18's here), same tow truck, same swap, and need to get it done in a month. I'm going to be starting my own thread soon. Keep on updating yours as I'm getting a lot of information from here.

Kamin

we are both sponsored by cooper too


so ive run into a snag. the gentlemen i won my oil pan from on ebay hasnt shipped it. i havent had contact with him since monday and i am in dire need to build these mounts this weekend

so, in a short flash of brilliance, i am going to use this picture



and make a cardboard template. tape it to the engine and tack mounts together off of that.

anyone verify those dimensions? lol

Ted J

iTrader: (4)

I feel for ya man for welding with flux core sucks!

Kamin

it may be ugly but it sticks 2 pieces of metal together tho! haha