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Old May 8, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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Default Another LSx in my nova.....

WEll after my car sitting for a lil over a year i dealed into a new drivetrain for it.

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07 6 liter with 7k miles, has L92's on it.
Liberty Faceplatted T56 Spec 3+ clutch, Spec billet steel flywheel.
9" rear Stange 31 spline Pro race axles, ??? gears, detroit locker.
XXR 18x8.5's and 18x9.5's 275/40R18 front 295/35/18 BFG brag radial rear
Coil overs on all four corners
Custom Torque arm rear suspension
Mini tubbed

Work is coming along slowly but i should have it together and driving in the next 2 months. Heres a few pics of the progress.














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Old May 10, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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Sick looking build!
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Old May 10, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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love the stance and the color scheme!! You have done everything i want to do to mine suspension wise!

now only if i could sell my LT1 and do an LS2 swap!


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What tire and rim combo is on the car in the pic?
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Old May 13, 2010 | 08:46 PM
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What tire and rim combo is on the car in the pic?
XXR 18x8.5's and 18x9.5's 275/40R18 front 295/35/18 BFG brag radial rear

They are 6 1/4 backspace. Also my rear is narrower than stock.
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Old May 14, 2010 | 08:19 AM
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Don't the front wheels rub on the fender and then on the frame when the wheel is cranked all the way (either left or right) ?
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Originally Posted by Chicago TDP
Don't the front wheels rub on the fender and then on the frame when the wheel is cranked all the way (either left or right) ?
No, With the 275's on the front it doesn't rub anywhere.
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I used to have a faceplated T56 in my RX7. Good stuff!

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Old May 19, 2010 | 08:07 PM
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I used to have a faceplated T56 in my RX7. Good stuff!

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Did you street drive it much? If so how was it?
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Old May 20, 2010 | 01:26 PM
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Did you street drive it much? If so how was it?
It was my daily driver. If you search under my name in the manual transmission forum you can read my whole write up.

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Old May 20, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Project GatTagO
It was my daily driver. If you search under my name in the manual transmission forum you can read my whole write up.

Andrew

Just read thru that... Thanks for the link. I actually bought mine from Fitz98ta in that thread after his car got wrecked.

Can't wait to get to drive this thing.
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Finally did some more work this last weekend.

Painted Frame, suspension parts, firewall and dash.
Installed rod bolts.
Re-installed engine/trans in car.




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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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That's one good looking Nova.
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 08:39 AM
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Well finally some more progress. Got the drivers side header all tacked together last night...Should have the other one tonight.


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Which mounts are those? I would like a set

Also how much did you trim off the truck pan to clear the steering linkage?

I have a ctsV pan but havnt decided which one i want to hack up for my swap.


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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 08:55 AM
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Which mounts are those? I would like a set

Also how much did you trim off the truck pan to clear the steering linkage?

I have a ctsV pan but havnt decided which one i want to hack up for my swap.


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I built these mounts myself. THey put they engine closer to the firewall than everyone else's.

I only shortened my pan height wise. It clears the steering stuff as the engine is farther back.. Ill get a picture of it when i go back out to the shop.
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Those are very nice, indeed. Would you be willing to share the deminsions? I can make them. I will be using the truck intake for now as it shouldnt hurt much with boost. It would be great no to have to cut the oil pan, thats for sure. I would like the easy part to be getting the engine in so i can started on the hot pipes.

I am running 6 cyl springs in the front and had clearance enough for a SBC 7 qt pan. I was thinking id even have enough room for the truck pan.
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Ordered my cam yesterday from texas speed. 229 236 .624 .615. Also ordered the rest of my gauges, mufflers shifter handle and a bunch of other odds and ends.
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Originally Posted by 1dirtybird
Those are very nice, indeed. Would you be willing to share the deminsions? I can make them. I will be using the truck intake for now as it shouldnt hurt much with boost. It would be great no to have to cut the oil pan, thats for sure. I would like the easy part to be getting the engine in so i can started on the hot pipes.

I am running 6 cyl springs in the front and had clearance enough for a SBC 7 qt pan. I was thinking id even have enough room for the truck pan.
The truck pan hangs low. I trimmed about 1.5 inch of the bottom. It is the lowest part on my car. I don't see anyway you could run it without shortening it.
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