It's going to be a pita getting the oil pan in from the pics but I'm sure it'll work fine.
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It's going to be a pita getting the oil pan in from the pics but I'm sure it'll work fine.
Also while you're in there if you want to convert your fuel module to AN lines I got some pics of how I did mine
I believe what hes saying is you need to shove a bruce/catilyn jenner in the trunk as a spare tranny.......
I cant wait to see how this ls4/4t80/turbo monster comes together!! A lot of good things happening in the wbody world right now! Maybe the platform isn't dead!
I'm sure at some point, someone told James something wasn't doable and he proved them wrong. It's good to see people taking a moment and trying things to ensure others were right/wrong. Afterall... most of us aren't lemmings.
yeah people told me that the SI and SII dont share parts...they do, told me the 80e couldnt work with the 3800 pcm, i found a workaround.
you cant make a twin engine car work....did it...now clean-sheeting it. couldnt delete the bbv on a whipple kit...did that, actually ran cooler, less idle issues.
where there's a will, there's a way. but considering the cost premium of the ls4 cars...sure as **** makes you wonder why GM didnt do it....
when i measured a charred to hell ls4 the distance from the crank centerline to the skirt looked like the engine and trans would both be fighting over the same .5 inches of real estate and it looked like it was right at the thin part of the block skirt, not a meatier area like the main web...
is there room on the blocks bellhousing face to drill and tap the block for the new "***** bolt" location?
Thanks for the help and pointers. I am not sure what I am doing with the fuel system yet. no matter what it will be dynamic, but I might just fabricate a cell in the stock location with an Aeromotive Eliminator pump, or maybe a Holley Dominator.
Not even close!
We are working on a few other tid-bits as well.
As far as modification to fit the motor, the crap bolt on the block needs to be removed. There is no room to drill/ tap to add the bolt hole back. If you loook at this picture of the motor on the stand, you can see the recessed area around that bolt location. I literally used that as a cutting guide to remove the material and it fit like a glove. It's like GM included a dotted line LOL.
The other area that needed modification was where the differential/ output shaft cover bolts to the transmission. Right at that spot I removed roughly an 1/8" of material from about a 3/4" long area of the oil pan rail and one little stub on the block.
The finished product obviously looks a little nicer.
Next on the list is to make a template for the starter pad so I can cut the bellhousing, index the pad and weld it on.
Either way, at this point it is a very promising conversion.
Thanks!
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Set the driveline square last night and started building the mounts. Pretty busy at the shop, most likely won't be back on the project until Sunday unless I get one good solid late night during the week. Time will tell.
For some reason I think these pics are making my shorts grow..........
Excellent once I see a started bolted up ill be convinced this is a go!
I have the same welding helmet at work.
Actually they are. We have used them on a few builds. I cut them back tight at the collectors and reduce them down to 2.5"
They work, but for a turbo application, the primaries and collectors are huge right out of the box.
Here is another twin turbo package I put together that had china GT45s using those headers as well...
just a heads up but dont lock in the axle centerline yet. youll want to set it so that the axles go upward towards the tires slightly so that at wot/hard acceleration you keep em straight. depending on how lowered you are, you may still have to raise the ass end of the motor/trans
We are actually making our mounts modular. The concept is to have 2/3 piece mounts all the way around. This would allow us to run an isolator in-between (read polyurethane) for street cars, or a solid insert for race applications. As you mention, that will also have the added benefit of being able to adjust drivetrain height in relation to axle centerline which I didnt even think about. Awesome point.
I would like to offer this package as a full conversion if I get all the details squared away, so I am trying to think a few steps ahead haha
first time i looked through this thread. awesome. do work, man. make us all want your car.
because all we ever wanted was a high horsepower FWD car that we can't stop breaking, hah.
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