Great progress and looking really nice. In this process, why did you not change the cam or some other internal parts. Just curious. Looks great.

didnt want to do anything major to the car. plus i figured the power increase over the ls1 and the fast intake and full exhaust should make it a pretty fun car for now. i just want to drive my car again lol.

TRANS IS OUT!
 

well i had enought with the putting off really working on the car so i stopped at sears after work to pick up a few extensions and spend some time and finally got the trans out of the car. just another hour or 2 before the motor is out of the car.

but for now here are some pics from today.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...n/IM000995.jpg
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hahahah 4th pic down i just noticed the sad face that someone put on the rear cover! classic

looks like as long as i stay on track with her every one will see her at the njfboa august meet.

haha that face is awesome

Coming along beautifully. Im not much of a ls guy but I got 2 questions.

1.) does the ls motor mounts match up so you can just drop it in without welding in new mounts.
2.) can your struts handle the weight of the new motor ?

the ls1 and the lq9 are based off the same design. just the new one is cast instead of aluminum.

and we will find out lol.

I looked into getting a lq4 for my build and did some research and found out the the front struts will hold with stiffer springs but with stock springs and struts it will sag any where from .5-1inch in the front.
Dunno if you looked into the supporting mods of dropping the heavier iron block in or not but that's a little of what I found out.

did you have to drill and tap the block for the alt bracket bolt in front?
also make a lil more power with 5.3l heads on it.
don't forget to pull the crank spacer off the back other wise when you goto line up and pull the trans together it will shove the converter into the front pump and break it.
i got a set of 5.3l sittin around if interested pm me.
i just got done building a iron block 6.0l in my car, charged/methed
& of course all the bolt ons

i figured it would lower the front of the car a little. ill be getting suspension after im done and get the car running. not trying to break the bank to bad right now lol.

and i have not got around to tapping the one whole in the block for the alt bracket yet. im just leaving the motor mostly stock except for the fast intake and full exhaust.

also i have the t-56 in my car so i dont need to worry about breaking coverters or front pumps lol.(just rears)

put some squeeze on that baby,,,, i put together a 6.0l for a buddy of mine all stock except for bolt ons, 200 shot everyweekend still aint broke !

na im not into the whole bottle thing. lol ill run the car with the new motor for awhile and go from there lol.

twin turbo FTMFW

:headbang: or a nice magnacharger sitting on top

yeah these iron blocks can take some nice boost hits and keep on going and going.

lol can we get a wager going for 'how long before the car gets modded again'

lol sounds like a plan bill.

Engine is out!
 

i got the ls1 out today! im now at the halfway point but now am waiting on my gaskets, sparkplugs and wires to get here. didnt even have to unhook the a/c. if i would of taken the balancer off it would of came out even easier than it did.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...90715-1848.jpg

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Nice progress....gonna clean up the engine bay while you have the space?

- Justin

yea the engine bay is getting a nice cleaning. my car is going to be spotless when its done lol.

well i unbolted the heads and omg. my piston is missing! not a sign of it i hope my pan isnt all f-ed up. but yea if your gonna blow up your motor you better do it big lol. :headbang:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...n/IM000008.jpg

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so did you find what you dropped into it in there?

no i have yet to pull the pan off. but im going to take a guess and say its down in the pan along with the rest of the piston lol

after seeing those pics all i can say is ouch haha. awesome progress on the new engine and looks like a great build