3rd Gen T/A with Turbocharged LS1
01-03-2005, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by badjuju342
MrDude , you're using the Hawk's Kmember , correct? Are you using the stock steering or getting the rack & pinion?
im using a profab Kmember... i bolted hawks mounts to it (it only uses the two rear bolt holes on each side)..
then i bolted a plate to the underside of the hawks mounts, and used a tubing to weld it to the Kmember... basicly i made my own LS1 AND SBC k member so i could swap in whatever motor i feel like. everything is setup to plug and unplug like stock. more work, but it doesnt lock me into anything... someday my plans may change yet again.. lol.
im using the stock steering.
01-04-2005, 12:08 AM
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Oh ok, I have the Hawk's k member, but another guy found out the engine will have to be raised up about 1.5 inches because the stock steering doesn't clear the alternator or A/C compressor with this particular k member. I was hoping it was just a one time mistake . Bruce has already told me he'll make it right , I didn't really want to send it back but I will have to.
01-04-2005, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by badjuju342
Oh ok, I have the Hawk's k member, but another guy found out the engine will have to be raised up about 1.5 inches because the stock steering doesn't clear the alternator or A/C compressor with this particular k member. I was hoping it was just a one time mistake . Bruce has already told me he'll make it right , I didn't really want to send it back but I will have to.
yea, i think i saw thoes pics on Thirdgen.org.
i was thinking about it.... even if it did clear, i kinda wondered about the driveshaft angles... i mean its close to flat already, tipping the front down could make a nasty vibration...
01-06-2005, 04:17 AM
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Yea those were my pics on thirdgen.org. I just got my power rack and pinion today and I hooked it up for the most part, just have a few things to work out, but it seems like it should work alright. Im hoping driveling angles wont be an issue...but we will see. But that just goes to show you that unexpected things come up in a motor swap, even in one that has been done numerous times like a third gen ls1 conversion.
01-06-2005, 09:41 PM
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mrdude.. i wouldnt mind to see some digi pics all around the exhaust.. and some of the steering stuff.. temps dipped to -40 C here so id need some pretty big motivation to try and get the ls1 in there.. but id like to see some pics just to see if i could get mac's in there 
01-07-2005, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Dj92GTA
mrdude.. i wouldnt mind to see some digi pics all around the exhaust.. and some of the steering stuff.. temps dipped to -40 C here so id need some pretty big motivation to try and get the ls1 in there.. but id like to see some pics just to see if i could get mac's in there
i'll take some pics tonight, but i donno if that'll help you... im running a tubular Kmember and tubular A arms, so i have more room then most people do.
01-07-2005, 01:18 PM
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not more room then me.. i got exactly the same setup sitting there waiting to go on, thats why im peggin ya for info i got more room then anyone right now cause the car actually has no k-member at the moment
i got more room then anyone right now cause the car actually has no k-member at the moment
01-07-2005, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dj92GTA
not more room then me.. i got exactly the same setup sitting there waiting to go on, thats why im peggin ya for info i got more room then anyone right now cause the car actually has no k-member at the moment
i got more room then anyone right now cause the car actually has no k-member at the moment
01-08-2005, 08:03 AM
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If you like third gen T/A's and from your first post sounds like you know what a TTA is, You should just save up and get a TTA. Or get a third gen and instead of doing a LS1 swap do a LC2 swap (3.8 231 Turbo V6) GN & TTA motor. With the amount of money you say you have to play with you can get a transplant that will hall @ss or even a higher mileage TTA and do a few bolt on's and say hello to the 11's. My buddy has a TTA with 4 mods... TA49, 3" THDP, 2800 Vigalante converter & a Hotwied Walbro 340 and he went 11.2 at 118 mph
01-08-2005, 02:00 PM
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My reasons for doing the swap are a little on the weird side side . I REALLY wanted the six speed before I wanted the LS1 . I suppose I'll be wanting the latest and greatest when the swapped drivetrain wears out.
01-10-2005, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam's89FormulaLS1
ttt for the pics
i dont have a garage so im using a friends shop thats a good drive away.. since i never got over there, i didnt get a chance to take some pics. sorry.
but, i sent my friend a PM and he has a digi cam, so he may be able to take them for me.
