Jesus Freak

Thought I'd start a build thread on here as this site has been really helpful for general info so far.

So I started with this





New hart





First test fit





Made mounts and this is where it will sit



Had to massage the trans tunnel





Towed the car to my shop



And about 16 hours of work...







And that's how she sits! Pulling the mounts and headers off to make a jig so I can reproduce them, then having everything coated.

Any questions or comments are welcome!

nos487

iTrader: (4)

Very nice work and car is sharp!

chuckd71

iTrader: (23)

Headers look good.

GNCLONE

cool car. tight fit! which accessories?

Jesus Freak

There's lots of room except where the drivers side header goes. Lol
I'll be using corvette accessorie drive.

Jesus Freak

Got this today.

Jesus Freak

Headers are ceramic coated and should withstand 2k degrees



Took the mounts out to be powdercoated.

gnx7

iTrader: (28)

What year is the car? How will you integrate the CanBus system....

Looks good so far! I want to do one of these swaps next!

Jesus Freak

It's 2000. The only integrating I need to do is the tach and water temp, and that's pretty simple.

The GMPP harness I got has it's own OBD port.

LSCustoms

iTrader: (20)

nice!

Jesus Freak

Got this from the machine shop today, sorry for the crappy phone pics. Also got misc fittings for the trans cooler lines.

Chrome_Rust

iTrader: (4)

That should hold up better then the rubber guibos joint... lol

Jesus Freak

More goodies





And new Z8 engine mounts should be here today.

Jesus Freak

Pics of the mounts

84lsvette

iTrader: (3)

I love this swap, it should be one hell of a ride when you are done!! I DD a 2000 323i and it is a very nice car to cruise around in......this thing ought to be a monster!!!! GL with the rest of your build and nice work so far!

Jesus Freak

Just a couple cool pics I took yesterday after putting the engine in for the last time.

rotor vs. piston

iTrader: (3)

How's the steering rack clearance. Reading that BMW went w/ reciprocating ball steering for the V8's due to space put me off... but now I'm thinking it's just their DOHC v8's were just too wide and a LSx would have room for R&P steering.

Jesus Freak

The DOHC i6 that came out was bigger than the LS. I've got about 3/8" between the pan and the rack. And 1/2-3/4" around the steering shaft.
There's plenty of space in there, the R&P is why I chose the 6 cylinder chassis.

Jesus Freak

STEEPSS

iTrader: (30)

Oh to have that nice of a welder


Good job, keep it up!