meinthe73

I put this in the Conversion/hybrid section in June but i thought Id share with my fellow Texans. The car when I got it was a slow beauty queen. She looked fast but was not nowhere as fast as she looked. So I pulled the old 350 and th400 for a LS1/t56 swap that couple a months and finished it late August. The only thing mechanical wise I plan to do is get a good dyno tune. This month I will start on the body adding l88 flares and hood. Im waiting on my Vintage Wheel Works V48 to come in. I got them in 17x9.5 and 17x11 for the rear.












I dont have any good engine pics yet but will post soon.

-Ross-

iTrader: (2)

Very nice! I'm not sure what L88 flares look like, but I like the way the car looks right now. Get you some more updated wheels and tires and you've got yourself one sweet vette.

performinnorman

iTrader: (7)

Looks good. I used to have a 73. Love the rear bumper on those cars. Best looking Corvette *** end Evah.

meinthe73

This vette has the same wheels and the flares I plan to use

Except Ill redo the black or change it to an onyx blue

454navyss

iTrader: (47)

looks good. IMO you need to lower the rear a couple of inches, make it sit level with the front. did you get all of your gauges to work after the swap?

Nine Ball

iTrader: (38)

Are you sure the 11" wheels will fit the rear on that car? I had a '68 and it didn't have enough room for a 295 tire. Had to get offset control arms to clear more than a 275 rear tire on those.

imma_stocker

iTrader: (19)

Good looking car! Those retrofit projects look like a blast.


That's a similar project to what I was planning... but with a cheaper early 80s C3. If I knew my car was going to be down for a year and cost the same either way I'd have gone that route.

meinthe73

Thanks.. Yeah i stills a little high im waiting for the new wheels to come in to adjust the height

meinthe73

Well the flares that I plan to use will add at least 3" per side. So I can run a 17x11 with a 335/35/17.. If you look at that picture with the yellow Vette those are 17x11 with the flares that I will use.

thesource

iTrader: (60)

Looks like a stock Vette with a hood. I bet you will surprise more than a few folks out on the streets.

meinthe73

Yeah thats what i was hoping for. Hopefully it would change to drasticly when i get my paint and wheels.

meinthe73

Here is the build thread in case anyone was interested.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...-73-vette.html

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good stuff man

SuperSam

iTrader: (7)

Nice...very nice.

meinthe73

I just ordered my wheels and tires.
17x9.5
17x11

Toyo proxes tq
275/45/17
345/40/17
Should be installed with flares in two weeks.
Thanks for all compilents!

meinthe73

17x11 Vintage wheel works v48






Ill be picking up my flares tomorrow in Houston. The flares add 3 or inches per side on the rear and 2" in the front .Just waiting on my 345/40/17 and front wheels and tires.

meinthe73

I will start installing the flairs on thursday hopefully.

tmiller

Any idle clips? I'm curious as to what the side pipes sound like.

meinthe73

In my opening post at the bottom there is a video of it runnin

tmiller

Missed that, sorry. Sounds good! Checking our your build thread now.