LS1 Swap Crew: This is my Supercharged LS1 swap thread
10-02-2013, 08:26 AM
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Lets not get into the cost. lets just say it was a surprise....
The work quality is definitely top notch. Alvin and Kelly were right on about that!
I ditched the stock hood years ago. First post shows I have a ram air 1 hood which has about a 2.25" cowl if I remember right
The work quality is definitely top notch. Alvin and Kelly were right on about that!
I ditched the stock hood years ago. First post shows I have a ram air 1 hood which has about a 2.25" cowl if I remember right
10-07-2013, 10:57 AM
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Fabricator is done with my car and its going to the tuner today! Here are some more pics I got
-4thgen washer bottle is between the headlights now
-next to radiator cap is a silver overflow cylinder
-far left is the supercharger overflow
-CAI will be removed and powdercoated black to match everything else
Here you get another view of the engine bay...its a little more completed now
After my car is done, it goes to the body shop for some touch up under the hood and it will be finished.
I'm going to see the fabricator thursday and settle with him, and go to the tuner to see my car.
-4thgen washer bottle is between the headlights now
-next to radiator cap is a silver overflow cylinder
-far left is the supercharger overflow
-CAI will be removed and powdercoated black to match everything else
Here you get another view of the engine bay...its a little more completed now
After my car is done, it goes to the body shop for some touch up under the hood and it will be finished.
I'm going to see the fabricator thursday and settle with him, and go to the tuner to see my car.
10-08-2013, 01:19 AM
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Wow...that turned out nice! I'm sure that work was well worth the money. Once you get your powder coating done...your under hood will really look badass!!
Now your off to the tuner...what kind of numbers are you hoping for?
Now your off to the tuner...what kind of numbers are you hoping for?
10-09-2013, 04:00 PM
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Went to see my car today. Fabricator ended up raping me for $4300 in the end. Traded him a T56 I had towards the bill so its not TOO bad but damnit I wish he told me how much it was going to cost. Between RPM transmissions quote going from $350 to $3000, and this magic fabrication bill of $4300 I'm WAY overbudget....but I think the car is in the home stretch.
So, on to the good news. The work looks amazing and couldn’t be better. I’ve taken some pics:
Aftercooler for the supercharger
Passenger front fender. This is where the cold air intake starts, and you can see the supercharger coolant pump. This will all be covered by a plastic valence
Crossmember is complete, painted, and installed with a new mount
Custom driveshaft loop
Fuel pump relays
So, on to the good news. The work looks amazing and couldn’t be better. I’ve taken some pics:
Aftercooler for the supercharger
Passenger front fender. This is where the cold air intake starts, and you can see the supercharger coolant pump. This will all be covered by a plastic valence
Crossmember is complete, painted, and installed with a new mount
Custom driveshaft loop
Fuel pump relays
10-09-2013, 06:47 PM
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I did. The crossmember is the same with an LSx but where I had trouble was getting the massive 4" exhaust around the spohn crossmember. The old crossmember was the lowest point on the car and would drag everywhere but there was nothing I could do about it...its how it was designed. This new crossmember is much tighter fitting and the lowest part of the car is a tiny section of the over the axle pipe where it goes from oval to round tubing. I don't think a stock thirdgen at stock height would have as much clearance as I do now.
10-09-2013, 08:16 PM
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Beautiful car. It is SO hard to find clean 3rd gens. I love the firehawk/Ronal wheels.
It looks like you had a nice SBC. Before i swapped to a LS i looked into putting a LT1 intake on my Nova like you had. Alot more work than i would have thought.
It looks like you had a nice SBC. Before i swapped to a LS i looked into putting a LT1 intake on my Nova like you had. Alot more work than i would have thought.
10-09-2013, 08:23 PM
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Thank you sir. I enjoyed the SBC and it ran amazingly strong. I just got bit by the horsepower bug, but this one is much more expensive than the last,
