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