typical ls1 fox swap
typical ls1 fox swap So I finally picked up the roller I traded a set of heads for about a year ago. It's an 87 GT that needs some work for sure. Has a wolfe 6pt, 90/10's up front, subframes, and 3.55's in the rear (that will come out when I put in the narrowed 8.8 with 9 in ends on it).
Have in my garage an ls1 with a spun bearing, a TH350 with a neal chance converter. Should be painfully obvious what I plan on doing (if it EVER gets completed)
But anyways here are a few pics from day 1 of the car being home. I hope to make some progress through the summer/fall and maybe having it running winter/spring. But who knows...
And the car is always for sale for the right price if anyone wants to make an offer as it sits now. Clean title, have an extra hatch (some rust in the one on it) and the car hasn't been wrecked.
There was a tarp over it for a year or so...just haven't scraped off the lil bit that melted onto the car.
Have in my garage an ls1 with a spun bearing, a TH350 with a neal chance converter. Should be painfully obvious what I plan on doing (if it EVER gets completed)
But anyways here are a few pics from day 1 of the car being home. I hope to make some progress through the summer/fall and maybe having it running winter/spring. But who knows...
And the car is always for sale for the right price if anyone wants to make an offer as it sits now. Clean title, have an extra hatch (some rust in the one on it) and the car hasn't been wrecked.
There was a tarp over it for a year or so...just haven't scraped off the lil bit that melted onto the car.
Why not use Strange or Moser C-Clip eliminators on the 8.8?
http://www.strangeengineering.net/catalog/index.html
http://www.strangeengineering.net/catalog/index.html
It's a rear end that was pulled out of an outlaw 10.5 car that went to a fab 9 in, so I'm going to just drop it in as it is. Was good enough to go 5.0's at 150 mph so what I throw at it will be just fine. It's got brackets on it for a ladder bar set up if I decide to go that way for rear suspension as well. Came with axles, and a lightweight spool and I have a spare set of gears so I'm going to go ahead and put a bullet proof (well for a small tire car) rear in it and never have to worry about that piece of the puzzle.
The chassis guy I use (great work wouldn't let anyone else touch it in my area and that's saying something because i'm only 20 miles from Wolfe) has done a few rears like this (he did this one) and it has had no issues with them holding up with power til about 2000 rwhp and a 33 x 10.5 W tire until the tires shook...and tire shake destroys things lol. I might not even put the rear in the car until up and after it's running first.
It's a rear end that was pulled out of an outlaw 10.5 car that went to a fab 9 in, so I'm going to just drop it in as it is. Was good enough to go 5.0's at 150 mph so what I throw at it will be just fine. It's got brackets on it for a ladder bar set up if I decide to go that way for rear suspension as well. Came with axles, and a lightweight spool and I have a spare set of gears so I'm going to go ahead and put a bullet proof (well for a small tire car) rear in it and never have to worry about that piece of the puzzle.
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You can run them on the street without issues. My dad has a 67 BBC Chevelle with a 12 bolt that has them. A friend Jim Murray has them in his 65 GTO 6 speed car. Never had a problem and niether are stock big blocks.
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I've never seen the bottom side of an engine so I'm assuming this is the spun bearings (5 and 1) in order and then the crank has a bit of a groove on those pistons.
There's two other bearings that have some damage but not grooved all the way around.
Any experts think this crank is ok to re-use?
(5 and then 1 again)
There's two other bearings that have some damage but not grooved all the way around.
Any experts think this crank is ok to re-use?
(5 and then 1 again)