Sold my turbo kit to another LS1/FC guy, and started a new, slightly larger setup.

Precision 76GTS, C6 manifold based hot side, 3.5" downpipe with an electric cutout to bypass the exhaust out the fender when desired. Will have dual 38mm tials, and the 76GTS is a billet.

A little progress so far:

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/turbo/newturbo1.jpg

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/turbo/newturbo2.jpg

Kit is all tacked up, will get TIG'd shortly:

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5702.JPG

Fender dump. Will get trimmed once I put my bumper on.

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5703.JPG

Torn down for final welding:

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5708.JPG

love the craftsmanship.

Blake --this make me so horny!!

Haha, thanks guys. :D

Got some stuff back from my friend who works the TIG. :)

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5710.JPG

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5711.JPG

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5712.JPG

Should have the last couple pieces shortly. w00t!

thats going to be the loudest MF of a thing when the valve open's :) hahaha awesome :)

It lives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsWjN0QZOxg

Hmmm to sell the REW and go LS...hmmmmm hahah looks GREAT!

This is boss.

Let's see some action

i like very much!

Working on a couple projects in the off season.

1. 2x FC oil coolers as a big ass transmission cooler. Rear mounted, ducted with 2x electric fans.

2. Replacing factory sheet metal "frame rails" under the car with slightly thicker boxed steel, including thick outriggers for quick jacking points.

I'll snap some pics when I get the projects going.

Your car is quite clean. Nice work!

Thanks. I figured out the layout for the rear transmission coolers. One will be ducted with no fans (first one in series), second one will not be ducted, but will have 2x 7" fans sealed to it with a shroud (1" standoff to allow for good airflow). Should do the job.

I also picked up the main materials for my new "frame rails" aka subframe connectors today. Might get zealous and start on that this weekend if my buddy brings my fab tools back soon.

holy cow man that things bad!

Thanks. I'll get some pics up of the new floor support/subframe connectors shortly. Going to try to finish up the driver's side this week.

Also got my oil coolers which are now tranny coolers welded up by my TIG master. Came out really well. I'll snap some pics of those ASAP as well. :)

Also ordering up some more leather to redo the wrap of my custom center console. I kinda whipped the current one up quickly to see if it was comfortable and what people thought. Everybody who has seen it loves it, and I like the feel of it (still need to add a raised arm rest though) so I'm going to go ahead and make some tweaks to get it "perfect". I am finding I still don't use the cup holder for drinks, but it makes a fantastic cell phone holder, since it is deep enough to keep it from flying around under hard acceleration, corners and braking. ;)

Finally, I think I am going to add an 8" sub to the rear hatch area, where the spare would be if I still had a spare tire well instead of a big tranny cooler hanging down there. Going to wire it up with quick disconnects and the sub/amp all in one, so that I can yank it out when I want to. Shouldn't be more than about 25 lbs in total, and the stereo could really use a bit more low end bass, not that an 8" booms particularly. ;)

edit: Didn't realize I hadn't added pics. Here are a couple quickies:

1. Custom center console. The buttons control various aspects of the lockup on the torque converter (2-4 lockup w/ WOT release, 4 only lockup with WOT release and 2-4 lockup with no WOT release).

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/7interior1.jpg

And my custom door panel inserts with Phoenix Gold RSD 6.5cs speakers. They are NOT optimally placed or baffled at all, but they are dramatically better than the shitty dry rotted dash speakers I had, and being nice speakers, are more than adequate for a car that doesn't get much stereo usage anyway.

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/7interior2.JPG

Thank ya sir.

Driver's side frame rail in; the front outrigger grabs the door bar plate and the pinch weld, the rear just grabs the pinch weld, though I'm planning to drop an outrigger from the cage down to the the frame rail also.

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5842.JPG

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5840.JPG

And my modified oil cooler, which will now be a transmission cooler (thermostat is bypassed). I will have a pair of these, one with 2x 7" fans on it with a sealed shroud, and the second run with a large air scoop to grab air when I'm moving.

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_5846.JPG

Tonight I fabricated a .063" thick aluminum tray that bolts to rivnuts in the frame rail pictured above. This protects and holds the fuel and transmission cooler lines.

Passenger side framerail work is almost done, just have to install the rear outrigger.

I'm currently gutting the engine bay electrical system; sold off my stock LS1 computer, wideband, injector driver, etc. and picked up a Big Stuff 3 stand alone unit. This computer should run anything I'd ever plan to do on the car in the future. Honestly, it's probably overkill, but that is kinda the "theme" of this project, so... :)

I'll be custom building a new harness for this system, so I'll put some pics up as I go. I'm also planning on cleaning up the FC factory wiring (the bits that remain) a little more also.

So what/how exactly did you do your frame rail? Just cut the stock one out and welded the new one in place?

Yeah, I cut out the badly smashed up stock pieces and welded a piece of 1.5" x 3" x .120" thick piece of steel in place. It overlaps the front of the stock rails by 4" and is seam welded in that overlap to tie it all together, as well as the outriggers to the pinch welds.

New toy came in the mail today:

http://www.norotors.com/images/bs3.jpg

Man that looks like it only has one speed...GO! Duh winning. Very nice swap, makes me miss the sight of an LS under the hood of my ol FC

Working on custom harnesses for all the new EFI control:

http://www.norotors.com/index.php?ac...=media;in=4105

Nice Ride

Thanks. Just got it up and running with the new engine management. Still need to verify timing pickup is spot on.

awesome car. every time i see an fc fixed up like this, i get the goosebumps. keep it up!

Thanks! Getting the bugs out of the Big Stuff 3 currently.

You sir, are more ftw then you know.

not a big fan of this chassis but nice setup. -wheels

LOL, thanks guys. I think. If someone wants to give me some fancy wheels, I'll be happy to use them. As is, these look alright, are round and it's just a street car. I put my money into going fast. ;)

With the changes this winter I had to relocate my overflow/puke tank. This will be placed behind the area where a foglight would sit on the passenger side:

http://www.ls1fc.com/images/1988t2/IMG_6453_1.JPG

The bung you can see is the bottom, which has a -4 from the surge tank. On the top is a 1" fitting that had a vent tube out the back of the car to puke if I ever pop a headgasket, that's the theory anyway. ;)

I have two questions. First, is the scoop replaceable on the T2 hood. Second, do YOU like the wing? I'm trying to decide whether or not to put it on, because I feel like just putting on the T2 hood will make the car look weird. What are the pros and cons of the wing?

The front of the scoop is replaceable, yes.

I like the factory TII spoiler, yes.

Sounds rad!!!

Just amazin...

Sick build man! I do have to admit, I do not like the big bulky V8's, especially the american ones with OHV, why do they stick with old tech? Ofc the timing belt is an issue, or can be, but there are other problems with OHV that are hard to go around.

What about a Lexus V8? See them in AE86 alot, aluminum engine weighs 20kgs more than the 4A-GE 1.6l in the AE86. Would be an awesome project for the future, eh?

Anyways, not dissing here, just giving you my two cents on american V8s ;)

Overhead valve pushrod engines are massively more compact vs. overhead cam motors. This means they fit lower/further back in the chassis and are generally lighter than equivalent displacement OHC motors.

Look at this picture of a Ford 4.6L OHC next to a Ford 5.0L OHV motor:

http://www.azrockcrawler.com/_images...4_6-4V-004.jpg

The iron 5.0 is lighter than the aluminum 4.6L, too.

Beyond that, I can turn 7000 RPM (well, I can turn 7500-7800 RPM if I had any reason to) and my heads flow 340 CFM at .600 lift. I don't gain much with an OHC motor and would likely not be able to fit my turbo setup under the hood.

FWIW, I'm a big fan of the new Ford DOHC 5.0L Coyote motor, it's really cool. It also won't fit in an FC. If I decide to do a classic Mustang at some point I may put one in it.

Beyond that, I have been working on resolving some engine management issues on the car lately, finally seem to be sorted out after going to an external crank trigger setup. Car pulls very well on low boost/low timing and a rough tune. Looking forward to seeing what it can do when I lean on it a bit more.

As I said, don't misunderstand me, you have done amazing work with your car!

But my reasons will stand till the next world when 7's come with V8's stock ;)

Anyways, 1UZ-FE is the Lexus engine I talked about.

Oh, I'm not bothered at all, no worries.

I know the Lexus engines, the 1UZ-FE is nice. Unfortunately it has a few issues:

1. Hood clearance
2. Strut clearance with the turbo setup
3. Sufficient strength to handle 900+ flywheel HP
4. Cost effective transmissions (particularly automatic) that can handle 900+ flywheel HP.

It's a nice setup, I believe there is a supercharged one on my forum in an FC, but failing to clear the hood is a deal breaker for me. For what it's worth I have considered doing a 2JZ powered FC before. That solves most of the issues and if you build like like a 1.5JZ you can keep it under the stock hood.

I am considering it if my rotary wont work. The 2JZ that is. I guess 1.5 is 1JZ head?

Yes.

nice congrats on the buy man

Screwing around with my buddy's GoPro:

Turned the boost up to 12 psi and appear to have hazed 2nd gear in my transmission. Going to swap to a Powerglide (2 speed automatic) and a solid rear. Need to do sweet wheelies.

Got some new floormats (FYI, these were made by forum member JasonS):

http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment...1&d=1340506977

I've got the lower control arm boxes built and finished up for the 8.8 solid axle setup. Lots and lots of work (about 15 hours into it so far). Hoping to get some good progress on the upper mounts tomorrow. :)

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1340984605

Some small tweaks to the rear end... :dragster:

very clean. have not seen a clean ls swap like that.

nice 7 dude

If you keep cutting and gutting, pretty soon you'll have a fighter jet!

Rear end closed up:

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1349187757

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1349187757

Finished up:

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1349187757

Custom aluminum center stack surround:

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1349187757