2005 Grand Prix GXP Buid **Street & Strip**
06-08-2015, 08:39 AM
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You have no idea how badly I wanted that to happen! LOL
We talked about that for a while, but there is no way of doing it to come out of both sides without running a bunch of unnecessary tubing, but maybe I would be happy with it just coming out the drivers side I dunno....
On my turbo caprice, I did something similar. I dumped the exhaust out the optional front fender-mounted marker lamp. Made for one really loud blinker
We talked about that for a while, but there is no way of doing it to come out of both sides without running a bunch of unnecessary tubing, but maybe I would be happy with it just coming out the drivers side I dunno....
On my turbo caprice, I did something similar. I dumped the exhaust out the optional front fender-mounted marker lamp. Made for one really loud blinker
06-08-2015, 09:12 PM
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You, Sir, are my new hero! 
06-08-2015, 10:12 PM
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06-08-2015, 10:18 PM
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You realize that the bellhousing is located to the motor via dowel pins correct? Being that it utilizes the exact same pattern minus ONE bolt hole, with dowels in the SAME location....how on earth would converter alignment change? Crank center is crank center. if the pilot engages the snout staticly without any force, I can almost guarantee there will be next to no runout. And not for nothing...but this conversion has already been done in the 3800 world multiple times which again utilizes the same bell pattern and centerline.
06-08-2015, 10:22 PM
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Are you serious?
You realize that the bellhousing is located to the motor via dowel pins correct? Being that it utilizes the exact same pattern minus ONE bolt hole, with dowels in the SAME location....how on earth would converter alignment change? Crank center is crank center. if the pilot engages the snout staticly without any force, I can almost guarantee there will be next to no runout. And not for nothing...but this conversion has already been done in the 3800 world multiple times which again utilizes the same bell pattern and centerline.
You realize that the bellhousing is located to the motor via dowel pins correct? Being that it utilizes the exact same pattern minus ONE bolt hole, with dowels in the SAME location....how on earth would converter alignment change? Crank center is crank center. if the pilot engages the snout staticly without any force, I can almost guarantee there will be next to no runout. And not for nothing...but this conversion has already been done in the 3800 world multiple times which again utilizes the same bell pattern and centerline.
06-08-2015, 10:53 PM
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You literally just highlighted exactly what im waiting to find out, if the pilot engaged the snout with any force. I don't see any pictures of you checking alignment with the crank and a torque converter, and last I checked a northstar engine was not a LS engine. I'm glad you are able to get it bolted to it with little to no modification though. Hopefully it works out.
06-09-2015, 07:15 AM
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There was about a 3/4" long area of the oil pan rail I had to remove 1/8" of material from. Other than that, stock pan fits beautifully.
I have yet to try the front water pump manifold, but I suspect there will be no issues seeing how I did not move the engine from it's OE location.
I have yet to try the front water pump manifold, but I suspect there will be no issues seeing how I did not move the engine from it's OE location.
