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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 01:50 PM
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I am getting close to finally finishing this up and thought I would post a few pics of what I have accomplished. The car used to have a 350 that I put in it years ago so this swap wasn't too bad. Any guesses to rearwheel horsepower? The car will weight about 2300-2400 lbs wet.

- 1972 2 door 510
- 2005 L33 40K w/ 1-3/4" long tube headers, bowls were blended on heads (#799)
- 700R4 with Corvette servos
- 2003 LS6 intake and injectors
- R200 rear diff w/ 3:54 gears
- 4 wheel power disc brakes
- manual rack and pinion steering
- cold air intake
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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looks fun...any full car pics?
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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Love the car, BUT I THOUGHT I HAD A DEATH WISH!!!!!

I think we will need a lot of videos....
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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Yes! Awesome swap man
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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Right on! I'd like to do the same but with a 4 door.
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 06:31 PM
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wow kool i have one of these cars in the back yard may have to do the same to it
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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Good tune, 93 gas, and you should have 325-335HP at the rears with stock cam. The L33 has good heads and flat top pistons. The #799's are basically 243's. You might want to through in a cam as well.
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Old Dec 3, 2016 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1-510
I am getting close to finally finishing this up and thought I would post a few pics of what I have accomplished. The car used to have a 350 that I put in it years ago so this swap wasn't too bad. Any guesses to rearwheel horsepower? The car will weight about 2300-2400 lbs wet.

- 1972 2 door 510
- 2005 L33 40K w/ 1-3/4" long tube headers, bowls were blended on heads (#799)
- 700R4 with Corvette servos
- 2003 LS6 intake and injectors
- R200 rear diff w/ 3:54 gears
- 4 wheel power disc brakes
- manual rack and pinion steering
- cold air intake
Getting ready to do an LS swap into my Datsun 510 4 door. Did you get this finished up?
Did you do any upgrades to the suspension and brakes?
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob
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That's so cool.
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I'm getting ready to do a 1972 Datsun truck that had an iron 350 in it. We want to use a stock 5.3 or 5.7 for my Grandson to drive to school.

Nice job on the little 510.
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Old Dec 18, 2016 | 04:34 PM
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The OP hasn't logged in since June of 2015...

Andrew
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Old Dec 18, 2016 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Project GatTagO
The OP hasn't logged in since June of 2015...

Andrew
He's either dead or driving the pi$$ out of this thing with a BIG grin on his face!
I had a similar project in mind, too.

Doug
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Old Feb 16, 2017 | 12:35 AM
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nice project, was this finished? im doing same swap into my 69 2 door dime. interested in how you set up the steering rack.
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Old Feb 16, 2017 | 04:52 AM
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OP's is gonna be fun!

I'll just leave this right here for those interested in doing a bit more 'surgery'....

http://www.ebay.com/motors/blog/pete...s-510-at-sema/
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Old Feb 16, 2017 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Miguel Gamboa
nice project, was this finished?
See post #11. Still true.
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Old Feb 16, 2017 | 07:08 PM
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such a small world, I used to live a couple doors down at house #280. That's a cool project you got there
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