bigcloud

I just went through all 14 pages and I am super impressed with your fab skills, and engineering prowess. I have a 350z and will be undertaking the LS2 swap here very soon in my own garage. It will be a daily driver as well!! I can't wait to see your finished product.

venom ws7

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I can't believe I just saw this thread

Great swap Sam Keep us posted.
So is the DirtyZ ready for Bahrain?

1dirtyZ

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nope

the camaro is in 1001 paeices right now , but i'm slowly chipping away at the to do list . should have an update for it soon


on a side note ,,,,, i did nothing yesterday

xx_ED_xx

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Hmm, wonder if there is american military contractor jobs in your country. Gas prices like that i would enjoy my project alot more.

venom ws7

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Spoolin

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Subscribing!! Very cool swap. A guy on the truck side just swapped in a LM7 into a Porsche 944. Both these projects are really cool!!

michakaveli

Epic thread. Subscribed

Tuffguy610

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This may have been asked on this thread before, but how do you plan on making the car go forward when the engine is installed backwards? I would think that to make the car go forward, you'd have to put the transmission in reverse.

1dirtyZ

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the original transmission is designed to have the engine sit in the rear.
actually to use that trans in kit cars where the engine is mid mounted you would have to rebuild the trans ( flip the ring gear ) to have it spin correctly .

boostedinaz

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Holy crap Sam I forgot all about this. I am helping a buddy of mine who ownes a fab shop build a similar project. It's going to be his track car when it's done.

It's a Boxster S with a Subaru STI motor in it and custom flared fenders. It will weigh less thn 2500 lbs, have 315 R compound all around, and around 400 HP at the wheels when he is done.

Here are a few pictures of the turbo kit he build for it.

Adapter plate he had machines to mate the Boxster 6 speed to the STI motor.


Sub frame he made to fit the motor to the stock mounts.


Turbo setup


Turbo setup 2

1dirtyZ

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man that looks sweeeeet !
got any more pictures of that crossmember installed?
and you got to admire how much room those boxers have in the rear ( and cuss at how tight the engine compartment is )

that thing should rock on an auto cross course!!

Tainted

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that triple exit exhaust looks kinda goofy-cheap. maybe a nice big oval tip...

boostedinaz

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Here are a few.

This is with the fenders flairs bonded on. Once the mechanical, electrical, and safety stuff is done it will be time for paint and body work. It won't be show quality but it will be super nice for a race car. The STI motor is only 4 cylinder so it ends up being much shorter than the stock 6. He ended up having about 6" of space between the front of the pullys and the "firewall" behind the seats.



Here are a few of the sub frame in the car.





There isn't a lot of room to make a merge for all three and it would have added more time to the build with no extra benefit. From straight on it looks really good IMO.

LS1-450

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A lotta gifted fabricators in this thread...well done!
I like the look of the triple exhaust pipes. The look is different & as you've said, looks good straight on.

Irish350

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i like the tips, but id need a ****** diagram to figure out the piping. hahaha

seedling

Boy do you guys ever have some talent???

WOW!!!!

I have to say that this is some of the most creative/impressive engineering and fabrication that I have ever seen! And believe it or not I have seen a fair amount of it too!

Anyways I have been "lurking" around in the shadows of this forum for a few years now (as I've been studying up on some of this new school technology). As I have been slowly educating myself in preparation (I'm slipping an "LSX" into my old Jeep Scrambler). However, I just haven't had anything to contribute (so no real reason to join the forum either). However, I stumbled on your thread and it ended all of that!

SUBSCRIBED AND HOW!!! So all I can say is WOW! Keep up the great work! And you guys are some more talented that is for sure!! Kudos to all!

1dirtyZ

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thanks for the kind words seedling

and thanks boosted for the pics,,,, that sub frame looks niccccce makes me want to build another for my car

some updates to report :

clutch fork stuff finally showed up!!

i started working on the stainless coolant tubes ( i want to run as little rubber hose as possible ) should have it knocked out tonight.

i also mounted the driver side intercooler bracket / bumper bracket.



also got the original coolant hoses in place as well as the axles:



other than that ,,,,nothing

now that i got the clutch stuff i can get the engine inplace finally

more to come soon !

cloudfactory

omg i need to see vids of this thing on a track!!!!!!!!!!! beautiful build

1dirtybird

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I can see it now.... With all these people fluffing your ego You are going to start charging, just to hang out with ya..... When you come and visit that is


But anyways... Looking great man. You are a great motivator to all!


I get my project to my shop Saturday!!!! I cant wait to start plugging away.

1dirtyZ

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hehehehee, do you think $15 per hour is a fair price for hanging out time with me

which shop are you taking it to ?