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PolarBear 03-29-2013 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Featherburner (Post 876393)
LS6 is LS6. With a drill and lots of self tapping screws and RTV anything is possible.:shock:

OK, thanks for clearing that up. I would think though, that the chambers in the cylinder head hanging past the end of the deck would have me loose some compression, should I just use duct tape and RTV to account for that? Use the duct tape as a mold, if you will....

PolarBear 03-30-2013 09:34 PM

Parts on the car! The shelf looses some value!

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/r...330_152949.jpg

LTb1ow 03-30-2013 09:59 PM

You aren't gonna paint the frame?

PolarBear 03-30-2013 10:10 PM

I wasn't planning on it, but I am going to be verbally berated unless I do. Engine is probably going to come out soon so I will pull the sub, strip it down and then have my cousin do it for me. May fix and paint the firewall too, if I think I have time.

PolarBear 04-01-2013 07:44 PM

Got the other shock bracket cut off tonight. Decided to weigh the parts before/after.

Old setup weighed 87.2 lbs (for both sides), shock bracket, old end links, upper and lower control arms, shocks and springs.

New setup; 62.8 lbs, Using Speedtech tubular lower control arms, SPC uppers, AFCO coilover shock, Hyperco springs and Keiths upper shock bracket

I will also soon be doing some LS1 brakes with some aluminum hubs, so I should lose a few more lbs from that too.

JSPERFORMANCE 04-02-2013 06:57 AM

If the car loses weight that leaves more room for deep fried hot dogs for lunch with the JSP crew!! Win Win!!

BonzoHansen 04-02-2013 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by JSPERFORMANCE (Post 876750)
If the car loses weight that leaves more room for deep fried hot dogs for lunch with the JSP crew!! Win Win!!

did you miss the deep fat fryer being installed in place of the back seats?

JSPERFORMANCE 04-02-2013 07:52 AM

So deep fried hot dogs ANYTIME??!!??!!!

Jersey Mike 04-02-2013 07:56 AM

^ Now this is a build I can get interested in. :popcorn:

PolarBear 04-02-2013 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSPERFORMANCE (Post 876750)
If the car loses weight that leaves more room for deep fried hot dogs for lunch with the JSP crew!! Win Win!!

Should lose another 250lbs or so in the near future.


The deep fryer is on order, now I just need to fab up a splash shield so I don't get burned while driving around corners

JSPERFORMANCE 04-02-2013 08:28 AM

What about the pizza oven so we can have some sicilian too?

PolarBear 04-02-2013 08:41 AM

Pizza oven may be a bit of an engineering challenge. Maybe we can integrate using the heat from the exhaust to heat some bricks or something, imitate pizza that has been on the grill? And sicilian makes sense since it is square, less wasted space in the cooking area

BonzoHansen 04-02-2013 09:07 AM

And the obligatory soft serve machine in the trunk and chocolate sauce dispensing side pipes?

PolarBear 04-02-2013 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen (Post 876761)
And the obligatory soft serve machine in the trunk and chocolate sauce dispensing side pipes?

I guess I should get those Doug Thorley headers that Kevin posted, for the chocolate sauce. I don't know if there is room for the soft serve machine though.

Tru2Chevy 04-03-2013 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PolarBear (Post 876763)
I don't know if there is room for the soft serve machine though.

What kind of poor attitude is that? Xzibit would make it fit!

http://i.qkme.me/3qp8bc.jpg

- Justin

PolarBear 04-03-2013 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy (Post 876848)
What kind of poor attitude is that? Xzibit would make it fit!

http://i.qkme.me/3qp8bc.jpg

- Justin

I guess I don't need a passenger seat. Best effort to get it in the car!

Headers have arrived! :w00t:

PolarBear 04-05-2013 09:05 PM

I got the other side shock bracket welded on now and the suspension mocked up but the bolts I originally bought for the lower shock mount are too short, so I have to buy some new ones. I also decided I am just going to hit the bare metal with some rattle can paint for now. I have too many other things to buy to worry about getting the sub frame blasted and painted nice right now.

sweetbmxrider 04-06-2013 12:14 PM

You need to make room for a waffle maker :drool:

WildBillyT 04-06-2013 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by PolarBear (Post 877065)
I got the other side shock bracket welded on now and the suspension mocked up but the bolts I originally bought for the lower shock mount are too short, so I have to buy some new ones. I also decided I am just going to hit the bare metal with some rattle can paint for now. I have too many other things to buy to worry about getting the sub frame blasted and painted nice right now.

How gross is the subframe now? Rust and dirt or grease and undercoating?

PolarBear 04-06-2013 01:34 PM

It's not too bad, some of the factory black is still on it, light surface rust, some power steering fluid cuz one of the hoses leaked. Joe is going to clean and paint it now because I wasn't going to, lol.

WildBillyT 04-06-2013 02:32 PM

Gotcha. Undercoating is a bitch if you are blasting it.

PolarBear 04-06-2013 03:47 PM

Ok, David is painting the subframe now. The rest of the cast will look like crap, but not under the hood

PolarBear 04-06-2013 03:51 PM

He's not happy with it, it's too shiny. :rollseye: "I'm going to put another coat on it to dull it out some"

WildBillyT 04-06-2013 04:06 PM

What paint is he using? Did he reweld the seams while he was at it?

PolarBear 04-06-2013 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by WildBillyT (Post 877113)
What paint is he using? Did he reweld the seams while he was at it?

I would have been the one to re-work the seams. If he or Joe hadn't done the painting I wouldn't have. It was too much and I didn't feel like doing it. Now that it is done it looks really good.

The paint was Eastwood Chassis Black. I thought it would be really nice, but its waaaay too glossy. I didn't care what it looked like, but he couldn't get it how he wanted it :rofl: so when he went to the store to get paint for the engine he got what he liked for other car, and it turned out REALLY nice. I think it was semi-flat black? He went over everything again and it looks great.

A few things happened today :shock:

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/r...406_192957.jpg

Then this;

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/r...406_192806.jpg

Then this;

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/r...406_195122.jpg

And finally they are going to look great together;

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/r...406_195150.jpg

Not to worry, that balancer/pulley has to be replaced with another. The LR4 looked terrible. It was COVERED in grease/oil, I honestly didnt think it was going to turn out that well, but I was pleasantly surprised. I got the aluminum pretty clean with some scotch brite and some "mag" wheel cleaner with the acid in it. I would like to to be brighter and less stains, but I would have to take all the cast stuff off, then bead it and then clear. I can live with it like this for now. I have sooooo much other stuff to do now and that is low on the priority list since now everything else is going to look like crap next to a clean/painted engine and sub-frame. I have to clean and paint everything else that is going in the engine compartment and on the engine.

Joe and I also contemplated putting Mike's engine in my car instead, not like he'd know for a while :shrug:

:kneeslap:


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