another rx7 from lt1 to ls1
another rx7 from lt1 to ls1 well i never had a build thread so i figure i make one since i am going to update my car over the winter i might as well document it from the begining to now 
So here is the story
My RX5.7
So here we have the Block
it was nasty! needed to be cleaned and honed and the block needed to be decked
Here are the NASTY pistons and rods
The intake before it was washed and all those good things
O what fun that was. So after about 500 in parts and labor I started working on the motor
So here we have the block nice and cleaned out. Bored 30 over because two cylinders had some bad marks on it
and here is the other side
Here are the new pistons and rods
So now that i have all this cleaned up and new stuff i started to put it all together
so the crank was polished and checked no major damage done to it and all together and all clearance checked i was happy
So here is the storyMy RX5.7
So here we have the Block
it was nasty! needed to be cleaned and honed and the block needed to be decked
Here are the NASTY pistons and rods
The intake before it was washed and all those good things
O what fun that was. So after about 500 in parts and labor I started working on the motor
So here we have the block nice and cleaned out. Bored 30 over because two cylinders had some bad marks on it
and here is the other side
Here are the new pistons and rods
So now that i have all this cleaned up and new stuff i started to put it all together
so the crank was polished and checked no major damage done to it and all together and all clearance checked i was happy
the heads are stock and i had the intake cleaned and painted new cam bearings and the stock cam met the specs so i was able to put it all together
New pushrods and all the goodies
and here it is all together
now not pictured is my fully built T56 from Six Speed Inc. It was built with CF syncs gears to match my 4.10 rear end gears bronze pads, and all the great stuff in it!
Well i don't have many pictures of putting the motor in but i have a few pictures!
Lets start with the mouting bracket for the motor!
As you can see i beefed up the sway bar and tried my best to clean it up.
Whats not pictured was the rattle can spray job i did to the whole engine bay
Shifter in place looks like its Stock
So after a few hours and a lot of getting pissed off i i got the motor in!
Sorry for the blurry pics
new valve covers
Here is the video of the day I finally got it together and running!
YouTube - V8 FC
well the shifter was really tall so i got a short shifter and a hurst shift ****
So after all the work i finally got the chance to play it took me almost a full year to get everything together including losing the tranny and having to getting everything rebuilt cost me $1500 after the core so here is some
Here are the pics from the FC getting its new t56 it was so scary driving it home I had it at my Dads house and he helped me put it in!
I thought it was going to be a mess but we worked out pretty good and got it done fast!
New pushrods and all the goodies
and here it is all together
now not pictured is my fully built T56 from Six Speed Inc. It was built with CF syncs gears to match my 4.10 rear end gears bronze pads, and all the great stuff in it!
Well i don't have many pictures of putting the motor in but i have a few pictures!
Lets start with the mouting bracket for the motor!
As you can see i beefed up the sway bar and tried my best to clean it up.
Whats not pictured was the rattle can spray job i did to the whole engine bay
Shifter in place looks like its Stock
So after a few hours and a lot of getting pissed off i i got the motor in!
Sorry for the blurry pics
new valve covers
Here is the video of the day I finally got it together and running!
YouTube - V8 FC
well the shifter was really tall so i got a short shifter and a hurst shift ****
So after all the work i finally got the chance to play it took me almost a full year to get everything together including losing the tranny and having to getting everything rebuilt cost me $1500 after the core so here is some
Here are the pics from the FC getting its new t56 it was so scary driving it home I had it at my Dads house and he helped me put it in!
I thought it was going to be a mess but we worked out pretty good and got it done fast!
So after all that i didn't to much to it but then i bought a house and she needed a new home
But when I got her home i got her some new shoes too, yes the shoes are right off a 2002 Mustang GT
So here is a video that my wife made famous, but I installed new shocks, springs and the new wheels and tires
YouTube - RX7 wih new wheels and setup
When i got it home I had a custom box made for my trunk and then I found some tail lights to make it look a little better
So I finally got the chance to play around with her on the track. So here is my first time Auto Crossing
YouTube - My first time Auto X
YouTube - First time at AUTO cross part 2
And then once I really got the hang of it this was my best time yet!
YouTube - my best first auto cross runs
So I can tell you I was a little scared and this was my first time racing! please the girls recording didn't know we can hear them
So I got use to it and I made a second run
look at that roll
What a blur..lol
But when I got her home i got her some new shoes too, yes the shoes are right off a 2002 Mustang GT
So here is a video that my wife made famous, but I installed new shocks, springs and the new wheels and tires
YouTube - RX7 wih new wheels and setup
When i got it home I had a custom box made for my trunk and then I found some tail lights to make it look a little better
So I finally got the chance to play around with her on the track. So here is my first time Auto Crossing
YouTube - My first time Auto X
YouTube - First time at AUTO cross part 2
And then once I really got the hang of it this was my best time yet!
YouTube - my best first auto cross runs
So I can tell you I was a little scared and this was my first time racing! please the girls recording didn't know we can hear them
So I got use to it and I made a second run
look at that roll
What a blur..lol
ok so i origanlly got myself an lq4 to toss in to the fc but i came across a great deal for an ls1 i couldn't pass up. an even trade block for block for an ls1 with 40k on it!
the lq4 the day i got it
so it left my house and i got my ls1 and i was super happy about it!
inside the vally
inside the valve cover
with the ls1 intake back on it!
ported ls1 TB (thanks jamie)
fuel rails and lq4 turck coils on it
maf and water pump bolted on
ls1 flywheel bolted on with arp flywheel bolts and apr pressure plate bolts
the things not on yet!
f body crank pulley, because i don't have a puller for it yet
f body altenator, because i don't have the mounting bolts yet
and the wiring harness and pcm in the box not ready to start modding it yet..lol
the lq4 the day i got it
so it left my house and i got my ls1 and i was super happy about it!
inside the vally
inside the valve cover
with the ls1 intake back on it!
ported ls1 TB (thanks jamie)
fuel rails and lq4 turck coils on it
maf and water pump bolted on
ls1 flywheel bolted on with arp flywheel bolts and apr pressure plate bolts
the things not on yet!
f body crank pulley, because i don't have a puller for it yet
f body altenator, because i don't have the mounting bolts yet
and the wiring harness and pcm in the box not ready to start modding it yet..lol
got the wiring harness as much together and apart as i could in the bay
headers are unbolted
oil pan, tray, pick up, and dip stick all came in the mail
as to much suprise i had another knock on the door today and it was my race proven racing baffle with trap does on it!
so i said let me clean the oil pan up and get the new baffle in it
before
after
headers are unbolted
oil pan, tray, pick up, and dip stick all came in the mail
as to much suprise i had another knock on the door today and it was my race proven racing baffle with trap does on it!
so i said let me clean the oil pan up and get the new baffle in it
before
after
sitting in the working out room
radiator sitting in the background
half way out
out just need help steering it out
out and trans is off
the motor is ready for the new owner
playing with the slave cylinder to make sure that i can use my setup
i took the stock quick release from gm so i can use my SS line from the lt1
happy to see that it fits well and i am going to buy a new fitting so is 180 not 90 degrees
thats all i can do for now until i get some parts solds so i can buy more parts to finish off the swap!
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Verdad Gallardo i love this one to give it up i did have it for sale for a year and i had no bites or stupid trades had one guy try to offer me a saab for it i laughed o and he wanted cash on top of it...lol but i figured with an ls1 in it would be a whole new monster
its been a while since i updated
my long tube headers!
and my t56 for the ls1 is here!
how to convert the ls1 slave cylinder
rusell fitting
out the box
aparts
with the new fitting installed
stock bleeder with the remote bleeder
all together
on the t56
on the face plate
my long tube headers!
and my t56 for the ls1 is here!
how to convert the ls1 slave cylinder
rusell fitting
out the box
aparts
with the new fitting installed
stock bleeder with the remote bleeder
all together
on the t56
on the face plate
some more stuff showed up in the mail
i got new mounts too because i noticed my old ones looked like this
and for 8.44 i got two new ones
i had to sneak away from the wife and take the 25 mins to get it together!
Hi i am Shaun and i approve this swap!
now get in the car mister!
i got new mounts too because i noticed my old ones looked like this
and for 8.44 i got two new ones
i had to sneak away from the wife and take the 25 mins to get it together!
Hi i am Shaun and i approve this swap!
now get in the car mister!
Some stuff done today!
ran my fuel lines today! and put in my vette fuel filter and ran the lines the way it needs to be. I ran it the same way Granny shows on the website
ran the line from the master cylinder to the slave cylinder
and installed the oil pressure sensor
things not pictured the water temp sensor is in
I think all that is left for me to do is the headers, get the lines from the heater core to the water pump. mine are to short so i am going to route that this week!
ran the hose for the PCV,
if you guys can think of anything i need to do please let me know. if not i think i am almost done. all i need is headers done, a small pipe from the headers to the exhaust, O2 sensors, starter bolts and bolt the starter to the block. wiring and ready to go!
ran my fuel lines today! and put in my vette fuel filter and ran the lines the way it needs to be. I ran it the same way Granny shows on the website
ran the line from the master cylinder to the slave cylinder
and installed the oil pressure sensor
things not pictured the water temp sensor is in
I think all that is left for me to do is the headers, get the lines from the heater core to the water pump. mine are to short so i am going to route that this week!
ran the hose for the PCV,
if you guys can think of anything i need to do please let me know. if not i think i am almost done. all i need is headers done, a small pipe from the headers to the exhaust, O2 sensors, starter bolts and bolt the starter to the block. wiring and ready to go!
greg doing what he does best! wiring
then busting a groove on the welder!
but getting welds like this!
Chris finally getting off his *** and doing some work!
he did a great job on my gauge cluster!
then busting a groove on the welder!
but getting welds like this!
Chris finally getting off his *** and doing some work!
he did a great job on my gauge cluster!
grinding down some of the welds from the tack fittings
ANGERED!!
but they turned out good!
passenger side ! DUMB easy to do!
driver side OMG what a pain!
greg had to put all 125 pounds on it to get it in place! LOL
still not there yet!
you can't see the hammer but i am beating the hell out of the firewall for about 1 inch of room for the header to get in there!
finally got it to line up right!
now i have to figure out what i am going to do with the pcm
finishing touches before we start it up
and finally this!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxMMeBqUF4
ANGERED!!
but they turned out good!
passenger side ! DUMB easy to do!
driver side OMG what a pain!
greg had to put all 125 pounds on it to get it in place! LOL
still not there yet!
you can't see the hammer but i am beating the hell out of the firewall for about 1 inch of room for the header to get in there!
finally got it to line up right!
now i have to figure out what i am going to do with the pcm
finishing touches before we start it up
and finally this!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxMMeBqUF4
finally off jack stands and moving under is own power!!
well i worked on it some today. i spent yesterday and today trying to find some intake piping so i can make a nice cold air intake but i couldn't find anything that was 3.5, since my MAF is 3.5 i figured i would be able to find something man was i wrong. A & A had only ricer intakes that where2.5 or 3 inches but no step downs so i could at least put the 3inch intake on. So i ended up going to home depot and went to the PCV section and i fould a 3 to 3 but when i messured the inside of it, it came back 3.5 on one side and 3 on the other side. so i took it home and used all my old LT1 stuff and came up with this
what do you guys think?
i am proud of myself! i actually sat there with a wiring diagram and found the illumination wire so when i flip the headlights on the gauge turns on
now all that is left is to put the rest of my interior back together mount the pcm,wheel alignment and exhaust. I should have my interior back together this week I hope
thats all for now i still have to get my headers to the rest of the exhaust and figure out how i am going to mount the pcm, clean up the rest of my interior and i am ready for some auto cross and some time at the strip!!
i thought about it a lot and i spoke to many friends about it and we all came to the conclusion that taking the lt1 out and putting the ls1 was the better way to go. I wanted 350 rwhp and the cost of what i wanted to do to my lt1 was more then what the ls1 was going to cost me. I sold my complete lt1 swap and didn't spend 1 penny out of my pocket to get the ls1 in. i am just getting to spending money out of my pocket and i think i have a total of about 300 bucks in it. new slave cylinder a few sensors some wires some clips and that was about it. the lt1 is a 2 bolt main and the lsx is a 6 bolt main, its lighter, easier to work on, and obd2 which means easier to tune. Tuner cat was great but not as good as HPtuner. So thats why i went ls1 instead of lt1 build up!