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Welp...Finally got around to building my (affordable) dream car. I'm originally a gm guy but I've found a soft spot for the imports over the years! Used to have a Camaro and Trans Am and loved the power out of those cars but the sloppy chassis and handling got pretty old....The 350Z is just a much more nimble car with a much better feeling chassis except could use an upgrade in power....so obviously there is no better choice than the almighty LS1!
So far....got everything taken apart and awaiting on the final parts this week!
I went with the Fueled Racing kit and so far all the parts seem to be of excellent quality and the guys over there have excellent customer service!
I'm going with the good old 5.7 LS1 and T56. I will be keeping track of all the costs of the build including old parts sold. I want to give people a real idea of what a build like this costs because I've been wanting to do this for years but held back because I was afraid of the cost and couldn't find a straight answer on what I was getting myself into.
Finally got a few updates for you guys! Oil pan came in and now I can actually start putting this thing together!
Got more pics coming but having a hard time getting them off my phone because it broke...but as of right now motor and trans are fully bolted in the car as well as headers and driveshaft. I have to say though, this project has been a nightmare as far as fitment issues and any possible thing that could go wrong has!
Got my power steering situation figured out but man was it a bitch...This is what I had to figure out.
Spent all afternoon trying to rebend the power steering lines by hand for the most part and screw them back into their original holes to fit over the oil lines. And this is what I came up with....
Then I needed to drill holes in the frame to mount the oil filter housing.
I was able to hook up the rest of the power steering lines to the pump without too much trouble however the length of the pressure line to the pump just barely made it.
And finally the finished product with the pump oil lines and alternator fully installed! I will however have to move the oil filter housing back an inch or two because it hits the radiator fans when trying to install them.
As of right now I have most of the front end put back together and am currently trying to figure out a solution to running a throttle cable and hooking up the clutch line to the master cylinder which does not reach. Really unsure of where to run the throttle cable through the firewall to make things work properly so if anyone has any suggestions on the subject i'd love to hear them!
Had my buddy come over last week who has built a TT LS swapped Porsche. He looked over the whole car and I showed him what still needed to be done and we came up with a game plan to get everything finished up. We decided to trailer the car over to his new garage so we could have a better place to work on it and access to all the specialty tools that I don't have. In the mean time I put the rest of the front end together and man does that motor look nasty in there.
Whats left to get this thing running is to run the throttle cable and modify the gas pedal, wiring, cooling hoses, drill hole for the clutch line, bleed the clutch and setup an intake. Just a bunch of little things left to do so I hope to have it running in the next two weeks!
We got it trailered to the new shop earlier tonight so the battle continues on this week!
06-29-2015, 12:25 AM
DD LS 350Z Build! 
