anyone catch musclecar's alternatives for lsX into 1st gen camaro
01-29-2007, 07:13 AM
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anyone catch musclecar's alternatives for lsX into 1st gen camaro if you missed the install in to their nova a while back, they raised the engine higher in the bay so a stock oil pan could clear sub frame. this caused clearance issues w/ tranny & tranny tunnel. tunnel was cut out & refabbed.
another alternative was offered on this past weekend's show. they cut the crossmember out of the subframe & then welded a smaller/thicker crossmember in its place, along with a couple of diaganal supports @ each end. looked like crossmember from an aftermarket subframe. this looked like a pretty cheap reasonable alternative to fit in a stock oil pan. cheaper than $500 pan.
to address the headers/steering clearance issue, they installed a rack & pinion in front of the cross member (normally goes behind), swapped spindles for ones w/ linkage in the front, & cut a notch in subframe for steering shaft. not so sure about this alternative. looks like moving the engine further back would be a better fix.
another alternative was offered on this past weekend's show. they cut the crossmember out of the subframe & then welded a smaller/thicker crossmember in its place, along with a couple of diaganal supports @ each end. looked like crossmember from an aftermarket subframe. this looked like a pretty cheap reasonable alternative to fit in a stock oil pan. cheaper than $500 pan.
to address the headers/steering clearance issue, they installed a rack & pinion in front of the cross member (normally goes behind), swapped spindles for ones w/ linkage in the front, & cut a notch in subframe for steering shaft. not so sure about this alternative. looks like moving the engine further back would be a better fix.
01-29-2007, 07:20 AM
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musclecar I saw the episode. I thought it was a good idea to cut the crossmember and reinforce it. The bad thing about moving the engine back would be the problems with the firewall. I think it was a dumb idea to cut the trans tunnel on the nova. I think it could have been done without doing that.
01-29-2007, 08:59 AM
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I watched it too.. I was concern about how high the Trans ended up and what would the drive shaft/pinon angles be like ?
I think in most cases, using a T56 will require some cutting of the trans tunnel or getting the Engine very low in the frame. (Firewall and Oil pan mod'd most likely with this option).
I think in most cases, using a T56 will require some cutting of the trans tunnel or getting the Engine very low in the frame. (Firewall and Oil pan mod'd most likely with this option).
01-29-2007, 09:40 AM
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He talked about the bumpsteer issues and some steps to resolve them which I must admit impressed me somewhat. However, what did not impress me was welding bolts by the head to the crossmember to mount the Rack to YIKES! haha
01-29-2007, 10:03 AM
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Yeah.. was not to thrilled about that method of mounting. BRP Hot Rod has a kit they sell for F and X body LSx engine/trans mount and also market the kit to mount and move a 4th Gen Steering rack to the front of the Nova/Camaro. There are other kits from others vendors also. YearOne seem to work a lot with Phill of BRP.
