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Starting to find a location, needs to go up about another 2"
Old school stock racer look:
versus something new:
I really like the old school look, but those 15" rims will not clear the big vette brakes. Big tire will need more space to clear the turns and the fat tire wall will eat most of the riding improments.
So the tyre/wheel combination will probably be something else...
Luckily I have a friend that owns a shop which is specialized to metal fabrication. Otherwise this would be one of those projects that never gets finished.
Engine is also getting some fresh parts from corvette connections.
c5 oil pan, c6 exth.manifolds and cats. Nice and low.
(Cause the hell will break loose, when the purists hear about it)
When I found your thread this is the first thing I thought of. Lol and its oh so true. I think build it the way you want it.
This is going to be a great car when your done.
It has been a while and the progress has been slow. After the x-mas the daylight hours starts to grow by several minutes every day and that seems to affect to the work progress
I got a 68 satellite sport and I love lsx power but I don't think I could do that to her.
A basic engine swap would be a walk in the park. Case in hand including also a C4 crossmember swap makes this completely another story. I would probably stick on a base engine swap, if I was starting now
Unfortunately a point of no return has gone a long time ago
But I agree, its gona be fun to see how this turns out
Cool project!
I like the stance and amount of rubber contact patches with the modern wheels and tires!
Will you use a power adder of some sort? I noticed you are from Finland... correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all the Finnish install turbos on their LS swaps?
Cool project!
I like the stance and amount of rubber contact patches with the modern wheels and tires!
Will you use a power adder of some sort? I noticed you are from Finland... correct me if I'm wrong, but don't all the Finnish install turbos on their LS swaps?
Doug
Thanks Doug!
A lot of things are still undecided. Wheel and tire combo is probably going to be 15" police steelies with thick rubber, at least for starters.
There would be more than enough space for a small turbo (or two) at the front of the engine The new firewall would also support Eaton or Lysholm type of charger in top of the engine.
We will see. First driving season (this coming summer, hopefully) it will be N/A for sure.
10-02-2015, 04:58 AM
Probably just road salt from winter...
