Car died at VIR on monday. Time to start the LSx project
03-30-11, 09:54 AM
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Finally an update...
Got the subframe mounted along with the diff brace. Damn some of those bolts were on there. The nuts holding on the brackets for the steering rack were on so tight, the brackets bent. I'm going to have to find some new ones I think. Anyway, on to the pics
Before shot.
So empty
It's in!
old subframe
Rear diff brace in place
That's it for now. Hope to get my suspension back from my buddy in WV soon with the new bushings. I just ordered all the pillow ***** and had them sent out there too.
I have the wiring harness on the way to the house and looking to pick up the engine mount brackets locally this weekend - man what a pain in the *** those are to find.
Got the subframe mounted along with the diff brace. Damn some of those bolts were on there. The nuts holding on the brackets for the steering rack were on so tight, the brackets bent. I'm going to have to find some new ones I think. Anyway, on to the pics
Before shot.
So empty
It's in!
old subframe
Rear diff brace in place
That's it for now. Hope to get my suspension back from my buddy in WV soon with the new bushings. I just ordered all the pillow ***** and had them sent out there too.
I have the wiring harness on the way to the house and looking to pick up the engine mount brackets locally this weekend - man what a pain in the *** those are to find.
03-30-11, 10:08 AM
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Now would be a great time to add some heat shielding to the firewall and tranny tunnel. I'm using this stuff in my Spec Miata and it keeps the car much cooler.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-050503/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-050503/
03-30-11, 02:34 PM
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Now would be a great time to add some heat shielding to the firewall and tranny tunnel. I'm using this stuff in my Spec Miata and it keeps the car much cooler.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-050503/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-050503/
04-01-11, 07:26 AM
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I'm hoping so, but no promises. I'm on a big push to get all the bits but then i still need to get it built. Fortunately my work travel has died down significantly of late, so that is helping me have time to work on this and plan stuff out.
04-09-11, 11:33 PM
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FYI, that's not an OE modified harness, we built that harness from scratch, brand spankin new. You must've bought Carl's harness. Anyway, PM me at norotors if you have any questions. I'm not over here very often.
04-10-11, 08:13 AM
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Just stumbled across this thread while looking for some race car build tech info for our car and found this.
FYI, that's not an OE modified harness, we built that harness from scratch, brand spankin new. You must've bought Carl's harness. Anyway, PM me at norotors if you have any questions. I'm not over here very often.
FYI, that's not an OE modified harness, we built that harness from scratch, brand spankin new. You must've bought Carl's harness. Anyway, PM me at norotors if you have any questions. I'm not over here very often.
04-19-11, 10:07 AM
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Nice work so far! Plan on doing this swap myself pretty soon for my race car project. Got a couple of questions for ya:
1 - What subframe kit are you using? Looks like the Samberg
2 - Is the LS6 you got drive-by-wire? Are you going to stick with that or convert to DBC?
1 - What subframe kit are you using? Looks like the Samberg
2 - Is the LS6 you got drive-by-wire? Are you going to stick with that or convert to DBC?
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04-19-11, 08:45 PM
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I'm using the Samberg subframe kit, it is really well made.
My LS6 has a prototype DBC TB, so I don't have to convert - which I would do my best to do if it was DBW.
My LS6 has a prototype DBC TB, so I don't have to convert - which I would do my best to do if it was DBW.
