My new drag toy. 93 lx coupe carbed LS1/th400. (pics)
11-06-2008, 07:03 AM
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Guys, I need a little advise on the plug wires. I'm mounting them in the cowl and buying a custom set of wires to cut to length. But the MSD super conductor wires I was looking at have the boots for a HEI/Distributor. How do I get wires like these to fit on LS1 coils??????
11-10-2008, 11:28 PM
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I got the plug wires figured out. I'm having a sponsor build a custom set.
I made coil brackets today out of a 1/4 all thread and aluminum spacers with 1/4 lock nuts on the ends. Then took 22 ga sheet metal cut to 4"x2.5" sheets, drilled two holes in each end for the all thread to slide through. Then welded them to the bottom side of the cowl. They are right above the trans tunnel.
I also got the brake lines all worked out. I put a wilwood manual master cylinder kit on. Reused most of the stock brake lines, had to clean them up with a scotch brite pad. I did away with the stock portioning valve and I have a 10psi residual valve on the rear with a ford motor sports adjustable portioning valve.
I have to cut and shorten two lines and get one fitting that did not match up to a tee I have for the fronts. And my buddy is bring home the flare tool.
I will get pics tomorrow, I forgot the camera today.
I made coil brackets today out of a 1/4 all thread and aluminum spacers with 1/4 lock nuts on the ends. Then took 22 ga sheet metal cut to 4"x2.5" sheets, drilled two holes in each end for the all thread to slide through. Then welded them to the bottom side of the cowl. They are right above the trans tunnel.
I also got the brake lines all worked out. I put a wilwood manual master cylinder kit on. Reused most of the stock brake lines, had to clean them up with a scotch brite pad. I did away with the stock portioning valve and I have a 10psi residual valve on the rear with a ford motor sports adjustable portioning valve.
I have to cut and shorten two lines and get one fitting that did not match up to a tee I have for the fronts. And my buddy is bring home the flare tool.
I will get pics tomorrow, I forgot the camera today.
11-11-2008, 09:27 PM
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OK, here are the coil brackets I made to hang the coils on.
I also mounted the MSD 6-LS box down on the trans tunnel were it will be out of the way and easy to get to for tuning.
I found a nice spot to mount the painless pro street fuse panel. I will end up cutting the glove box off to make way for easy access of the fuse panel.
I also mounted the MSD 6-LS box down on the trans tunnel were it will be out of the way and easy to get to for tuning.
I found a nice spot to mount the painless pro street fuse panel. I will end up cutting the glove box off to make way for easy access of the fuse panel.
11-11-2008, 09:36 PM
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I got the brake lines finished up. I will admit, it does not look as if a race shop did it, but it will get the job done. I topped it off and pumped some pressure on it to look for leaky fittings. All is good so far. I need to bleed them really good over the next few days.
11-11-2008, 09:49 PM
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Also managed to POR 15 the bottom side of the floor. I hate messing with that stuff. It's difficult getting it off your skin if you drip it on you.
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11-12-2008, 06:29 PM
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I got the starter clocked, made sure it cleared the headers fine.
The headers are for a 351W with LS1 flanges welded to them. I ported the inside of the tubes were the weld were and painted them with POR 15 header paint. We'll see how it does.
The headers are for a 351W with LS1 flanges welded to them. I ported the inside of the tubes were the weld were and painted them with POR 15 header paint. We'll see how it does.
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11-12-2008, 06:44 PM
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The hole in the fire wall on the right side is were the plug wires will go through. I only drilled it big enough to get the string through it to measure. I will enlarge it when I find a good size grommet I will be using.
11-13-2008, 09:39 PM
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I got the coan th400 put in today and checked the fitment of the crs shield. It fits really well with a lot of room all around it in the tunnel. But the shield needs trimmed around the cooler lines, one of them will not line up.
The crossmember the guy made me is tucked up high like I wanted it.
I called Patterson's drive shafts, a local shop here in Indy with a very good rep. They are making me a 3.5" steel shaft with 1350 joints, th400 yoke, and a billet 8.8 at the other end. It was a bit more than I expected but worth every penny, I'm sure.
The crossmember the guy made me is tucked up high like I wanted it.
I called Patterson's drive shafts, a local shop here in Indy with a very good rep. They are making me a 3.5" steel shaft with 1350 joints, th400 yoke, and a billet 8.8 at the other end. It was a bit more than I expected but worth every penny, I'm sure.
11-13-2008, 09:52 PM
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Then I put the headers back on and now there's a problem. The headers were on this car with a T56 not a th400. So the headers are hitting the tranny pan due to how the flanges are welded on. so I cut the welds loose and turned them were I could still get the bolts in and will re weld them there.And the trans brake noid is up against the right side. Also the o2 bungs are very close to the pan. Gotta plug them up and weld one on the out side for my wide band. And the last hurdle is that the right side exhaust pipe hits the cross member pretty good. I need to use some heat and massage it or do some cutting and welding there.
11-13-2008, 10:00 PM
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I know it could use some custom headers made for it and new exhaust but I'm going to have to wait on that and focus my money were it counts right now. Like getting it running. So I will do everything I can to make it work lol.