Project: X-Raided
GOOD GOD MAN...put the turbo on it or you will hate yourself!!!!!!! Plus once its done you guys can advertise for the ''WORLDS FASTEST RAIDER'' think about it when you go to the track or when you talk about ''Yeah its just a ls1turbo raider oh and its the fastest one in the WORLD''.
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It will be the fastest whether it has a turbo or not. I don't have the funds now for the turbo. So I am piecing the kit together and I should have it on the truck by December
Little update for you subscribers out there...
We made good progress on X-Raided this week. Fortunately for us, the stock fuel system operates at a constant 63 PSi at the rail, so we should be good at least for part throttle operation. WOT may be a different story, but that's what swaps are all about, problem solving! Worst case scenario we change pumps, but I doubt we'll have to do this on this build. That stock pump really hums and makes good pressure sooo
We also got the harness in. We bought the harness from a company on eBay that makes really nice aftermarket harnesses for like $400. Top notch for sure. Even comes loomed and heatshrunk. Really nice stuff. Now we just have to figure out what we're going to do with the trans harness to the 4L60....might be tricky, but we'll get it!
We also adapted a stock fbody gas pedal into the truck using the factory pedal mount. We're going to run a Lokar 36" throttle cable through the firewall and onto the TB. Sould work perfectly.
As far as exhaust goes, we found that 1 3/4" Fbody Pacesetter Longtubes worked perfectly on this truck on the driverside. The passenger side will require modification, so we will see. I am thinking that we're going to have to clearance a bit of the frame, or the primaries. We'll see. Should be good.
We also got the column shifter hooked up to the trans with some modification to the bracket near the pan. Works like a charm.
We'll be able to use stock driveshaft in this case, but we will have to shorten it about 3-4 inches and swap the yoke to a 4L60 yoke to fit the output shaft. No biggie.
Radiator is back in, and now we're going to wire in a custom Deraile e-fan. Should work well with stock shroud and cooling system on this swap. If not, a larger RAD will be used.
That's about it for now...more work and updates coming this week!
Erik
We made good progress on X-Raided this week. Fortunately for us, the stock fuel system operates at a constant 63 PSi at the rail, so we should be good at least for part throttle operation. WOT may be a different story, but that's what swaps are all about, problem solving! Worst case scenario we change pumps, but I doubt we'll have to do this on this build. That stock pump really hums and makes good pressure sooo
We also got the harness in. We bought the harness from a company on eBay that makes really nice aftermarket harnesses for like $400. Top notch for sure. Even comes loomed and heatshrunk. Really nice stuff. Now we just have to figure out what we're going to do with the trans harness to the 4L60....might be tricky, but we'll get it!
We also adapted a stock fbody gas pedal into the truck using the factory pedal mount. We're going to run a Lokar 36" throttle cable through the firewall and onto the TB. Sould work perfectly.
As far as exhaust goes, we found that 1 3/4" Fbody Pacesetter Longtubes worked perfectly on this truck on the driverside. The passenger side will require modification, so we will see. I am thinking that we're going to have to clearance a bit of the frame, or the primaries. We'll see. Should be good.
We also got the column shifter hooked up to the trans with some modification to the bracket near the pan. Works like a charm.
We'll be able to use stock driveshaft in this case, but we will have to shorten it about 3-4 inches and swap the yoke to a 4L60 yoke to fit the output shaft. No biggie.
Radiator is back in, and now we're going to wire in a custom Deraile e-fan. Should work well with stock shroud and cooling system on this swap. If not, a larger RAD will be used.
That's about it for now...more work and updates coming this week!
Erik
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Alot more room then your IS lol.
Hopefully we can start it this weekend. we picked up the driveshaft today and put it in the truck it looks great. Also ordered the exhaust components today so it should be wrapped up soon I cant wait
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