G Atsma

I just looked at his site. Closed until Jan 2022
Looks like he makes some nice stuff!

LS480

yeah he does I've looked at his site around June or July but it said sold out to I'll have to email him at the beginning of the 2022.

LS480

Got the radiator fitted just have to make some mounts.




Also messed around with my belt alignment, I've been having issues with it. Both the truck and ls1 tensioner doesn't fit 100%, the truck is spaced way to forward and the ls1 is way to back. So I used some washers to dial it in and going to make some spacers.




Here goes the turbo placement I want to use. Run the oil drain to the top of the canton pan and hole saw the side of the inner fender to run the charge pipe.

Plan on usong the studs below the tubro for a t4 bracket mount

Hole saw area

Then a top down view of the area i have.

I still have a bunch of packages being held hostage by usps... hopefully it'll get here soon

LS480

Fedex just dropped of my radiator fans I'm using a fan shroud from a 2000 camaro. Looks some trimming and it'll fit it nicely just have to find a away to secure it to the radiator.



Have to trim the bottom to

LS480

Did some research and came across the ford contour fans as an option for the swap. Possibly more cfm and less retro fitting.

LS480

Had some time to test mount the radiator and fan for clearance. I know the relay is supposed to be at the bottom but my crossover pipe might hit it. Ups & usps are finally dropping some packages today whoop whoop.

LS480

Clearance the tunnel for the trans cooler fittings and started to redo the hard lines on the power steering rack. I'm probably going to cut the tunnel to clearance the electronics plug for the valve body I don't see no way of making room with just pushing the metal back. Here goes some pictures enjoy.






Pinched lines from the engine and trans.

Ran the lines under the rack instead of over the rack.

LS480

Took some time today to finish running the P/S rack lines and pushed/cut some of the tunnel to make room for the transmission electronics plug, still have some more trimming to do unfortunately. Taking some of the crossover piping to work to cut and start on the hotside routing. Please mind the cave man like markings on the tunnel lol I was blindly marking where I needed to air hammer to fit... almost making me regret not going with a manual swap.

LS480

Made the lower radiator brackets at work today and the a/c condenser came in yesterday, more parts will hopefully show up Friday for the radiator mounts.

G Atsma

I like your supervisor! Not to be messed with.... lol

LS480

Thanks haha that was one of the first things i printed when i got my 3d printer i love that show.

LS480

Have to go back to drawing board on the radiator mounts, but I did find a good spot for the oil filter relocation just have to drill and install rivnuts.



It is higher theb the body rail i had to bend down a good bit to get this shot.

Filter is slightly higher then the pan bungs hopefully that doesnt mess with flow to much. I will be using a melling high pressure pump.

LS480

Messed with the radiator mounts....I don't know how I feel about these might have to come up with something else. I got this 22 gauge sheet metal to mess around with.

LS480

Ok I think I finally figured how I'm going to do the radiator mount/brackets. Going to work on it this weekend then bring the pieces I need welded to work to do so. My goal this year besides finishing this project is to learn how to weld.

1/4" flat bar across the top is going to be bolted in so i can remove it if needed.

For the top mounting make these brackets alittle wider so it grabs the fan shroud so it won't rub a whole in the radiator. Then get them welded to the top bar and afterwards I'll coat them in some flexseal so they are rubbery.

For more bracing I'll get another 1/4" flat bar and have it welded to the top bar and bolt in at the bottom. Also add some brackets at the very bottom to hold it also

LS480

Ok think I can check off the radiator mount, going to use the side brackets and this top bracket with some thick rubber strips to keep it sturdy.

Side brackets will be stuffed with rubber to. Have to bolts in at the top (will be a total of 4) and one at the bottom.


With rubber

Without rubber to show wiggle room. Might bend the brackts in more to put my pressure on the shroud to hold it.

Thick rubber at the bottom to prevent any metal on metal contact.

The stock location for the fuel feed and return. Didn't like how high they sat (on the strut tower) and close to the exhaust manifold.

Trimmed it back to the firewall and added AN to tube adapters.... these where fun lol. Looks like im working on the fuel system next or the turbo hotside who knows with my ADHD/ADD.

LS480

Did some messing around with the trucool 40k and ac condenser.......Iets just say it's getting cramped. The radiator has a 3/4" air gap from the condenser, then the condenser to 40k cooler is 1/4".




Should be plenty of room for a thic intercooler.... lol

LS480

Condenser

40k cooler.... kinda want to paint it black but I'll have to do research to see if that would mess with the cooling ability.

In the above pictures you can see the stud below the radiator support i went that route on mounting vs what i was trying to do.

Spot for the FPR

Going to make a bracket to come of the stud on the firewall to mount it.

AAIIIC

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Search for "radiator paint" and you'll find what you want.

LS480

Thanks I will look into it, just worried about being in the south and our summers can get hot.

LS480

Well I made a cardboard mock up the treadstone TR1045 intercooler to check for fitment....looks like I might have to find a smaller one.



Maybe if I move this assembly up some it might fit...

This bumper is shaped a tad bit weird....

oh well my fuel line stuff should be here soon so I'll start on that next.