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Old Sep 16, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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LS1 Powered FD's

Guys... seems like a decent amount of people are asking us to convert there FD's to Piston power. If your thinking about doing this swap give us a ring or stop by the shop and we can show you and discuss different options!

... heres a small video of a LS1 Powered FD that we did at the shop. sounds nice and we buillt it to 500HP. The video is not the greatest but you can get the idea! We will have more vids soon.

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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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that sounds like sex.... very nice job, if u guys ever take it to the drag, make sure to post ur quarter mile times, i would also like to c more vids. keep up the good work
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Old Oct 24, 2006 | 12:03 AM
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That thing sounds beastly! If I had the money I would do the swap without thinking twice.
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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what rpm range are you seeing in that car, when i build my ls2 im going low compression single turbo, (cut down on torque) cars gona be light enough as it is, lol dont need a torque monster for my daily driver, nice job guys, great work considering it isnt somthing you have been doing for awile, your in chicago correct>? ill be driving threw next year and would love to stop by and talk shop for awile, and check out the facilities,
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 11:46 PM
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oh and what did you do for the exaust? sounds amazing
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 10:46 AM
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I made dual 3" that y's into one 4" with a magnaflow can. Not too fun but it was worth the headache the car just sounds mean.
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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if we had all the parts, the engine, the car....what type of price would people be looking at for the conversion. im sure it would be competitive with hinsons right? 9k for the conversion seems outrageous to me. great looking and sounding car though! awesome job!
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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beautiful stuff.
nice to see your shop is supporting these swaps and using quality craftmanship.
props.
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Zero R
I made dual 3" that y's into one 4" with a magnaflow can. Not too fun but it was worth the headache the car just sounds mean.
I've been for a ride in this car. Pretty impressive. The exhaust sound in the video doesn't quite do it justice. Its really loud! The whole car rattles with the exhaust note.
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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was that gold injen fd built by you guys? i think ive seen it at the shop a couple of times
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by fcdriver
was that gold injen fd built by you guys? i think ive seen it at the shop a couple of times
Ill answer for them. No pretty sure it was built out in Cali.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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Did you make your own subframe? If not who's did you use?

I would rather buy locally.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by fcdriver
was that gold injen fd built by you guys? i think ive seen it at the shop a couple of times
The Gold Injen FD was not built by us but its currently here for some work.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 10:51 PM
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Anyone else thing that car is stupidly low lol? Is it not tucking at all? I don't know, maybe it's the kit that is giving me the illusion of it being really really low. By the way, what kit is that, I like it.

Love the video/sound of the car. What did you do to get the 500? What mods etc.

Hood not down all the way?
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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With all the debate about rotary vs. piston, who could not love that exhaust sound! I can't wait to get mine done.
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Old Dec 30, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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I was there durring the makes of that video. I was picking up my car after I it got tuned! that car sounds sick in person.
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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Yep the LS1 FD is an awesome beast!
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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I want to have both!
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Old Feb 4, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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Man that sounds great, makes mine sound wimpy
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Old Feb 17, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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This morning I heard a car driving up Van Ness Ave in SF that sounded like TORQUE. It was an LS-series engine, so I turned to see what kind of Corvette it was. When I looked it was a Montego Blue FD.

The sound and thought of an LS1 in my FD stuck with me for the next hour at work.

And how the driver didn't have to rev the engine to accelerate up the street from a dead stop....

Having owned half-a-dozen Cadillacs - including two 500ci Coupe DeVilles - Im used to IMMEDIATE TORQUE, and I love my FD, but it's frustrating waiting til 3000 to feel like Im driving a fast car.

Mazda should have made the FD with a 20B.

Just my thoughts on this topic....
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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LS1 Rx-7s are tons of fun. (I just finished my swapped FC) I may be at the shop dynoing with some Neon friends this Saturday, do you have any Boingin' 7s at the shop right now to check out?
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Old Apr 26, 2007 | 09:27 AM
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 01:56 PM
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How much would labor be to do the ls1 swap? Where can you get it done?
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Old Apr 29, 2007 | 02:37 PM
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Does anyone have an fd with a ls1 for sale? I love my fd but I need a daily driver. I think an fd with an ls1 would be perfect for me.
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Old Apr 30, 2007 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Zero R
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I was there and dynoed my LS1 FC with the SRT-4 club. You guys are definitely top notch.
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