What are yoir goals with the car?

 

Just making a road race car. My z has been stripped down for years and getting by with NA VQ power. Finally spun a bearing...

Going with LS3, T101 combo. Batwing oil pan and accusump, will swap the cam to shed some of that torque. Already swapped the final drive from 3.91:1 to 3.31:1 for the four speed.

Will make a cross member, mounts, and exhaust. Want it as low as practical.

Hoping to keep the low end torque under 450 Whtq. I fear it will be in modulatable if more than that. Don't care how much HP I make up top I can modulate that.

 

Got offered 12.5 for my ls6 swapped 350z.

It didn't hurt my feels but when I counter offered that his offer with 12.5 no wheels he said my wheels were garbage

 

Thanks for the awesome thread!

 

my roller is up for sale if anyone is interested. clean title. pm me and i can give you my cell number if your serious about it

 

We do not advertise in the US sorry.
You are correct the stock GTO shifter is what we designed the kit to use.

 

Slight update. Modified the X-member for the RHD rack, we flipped the Xmember and mounted the rack on the front side. Mostly to leave more room for the rear sump, we are planning on running the batwing oil pan. I just ordered heim joint and clevises to make tie rod pickups.

The motor and tranny will be solid mounted so that will help with the structure of the car. Once we get the mock up motor and such we will modify the "V" bar to work or just get the roadster reinforcement bars. have welder and will use it. just taking our time and working friday nights.





Completed so far:
rear sub frame bushings swapped to SPL solid
Diff bushings swapped to SPL Solid
rear knuckle bushings swapped to SPL monoballs
SPL lock outs
X-member flipped and notched.
RHD rack installed.
edit: swapped final drive gear from 3.91 to 3.31 for the T101 transmission

To do: a LOT!

 

I've done a few TT events now with my swap. I was draining the oil last night and noticed my magnetic plug is full of metal shavings. So I'm going to pull the motor and see what I've destroyed now....

I've had a ton of blow by so I'm guessing rings. Hopefully the cylinder walls aren't a mess.

 

8000 for my sikky swap kit and ls6 swap everything from the ecu wiring harness long block everything I have into.the swap! Hell of a deal

 

I think I ran across some differences in the c5 t56 tranny somewhere in this thread but I'm having trouble finding it again. I have a line on one for a good deal. Can anyone fill me in on if I can use it in my swap?

 

You. Cannot use a vette tranny it is diff mounted tyranny vs a block mounted ...

 

Fafonfoe pm me I'm in Lafayette

 

Can you send me details and some pics?
6512698646 please?

 

Hey guys havent been back in this thread for awhile. Z was on hold for a bit as a did a swap on my lotus anyways, things are coming close. Did anybody ever find out a solution for the ac? How about coolant an oil pressure gauges? Mind i am usin the gm ecu only.

 

RHD conversion - basically flipped the front X-member and swapped a JDM steering rack into place. Bolted right up, had to notch Xmember for pressure lines to clear.













18 Gal Fuel Cell Only had to slightly notch the rear subframe, just the two front corners of the cell was hitting the subframe.



Mock up block + T101 trans + Batwing oil pan. We since we made room by flipping the Xmember and steering rach, we now have room for the batwing oil pan.



The motor and tranny are sitting in there, the crank pully is flush with the sway bar , but I still need to clearance the tunnel for the external shifter linkage on the T101, plan on the motor going back another inch or so and down 1/2 inch or so lower.

 

Looking good! A bit further back and you will be set to go!

 

Thanx, I need to pull it back out and clearance the tunnel, the external shifter linkage of the T101 is hitting the side of the tunnel, once that is clearanced and we can center the motor in the engine bay, we are pretty certain we can get at least 1 inch if not 2 inches further back and probably 1/2" or so lower, I'd like to reuse the OEM front cross bar (suspension pickups) and not have to re-invent that. Also today I found out that the JDM steering rack effectively turns the front wheels opposite (since i mated the tie rod ends to the front of the hubs), hopefully I can stuff the USDM guts into the JDM rack to straighten oout the steering, if not a gear box is in order....

 

Hey dewd, hate to ask cuase I know its in here somewhere but do you have a pic of your motor mounts? I see lots of potential ways to make these, just curious as to your M.O. please

 

im having the same issue with my chasebay harness also. there **** sucks!!!!
dont buy there harness

 

First off, it's crazy how much info is in this thread. This and ls1tech =

So I really got into the idea of swapping an LS into my G about 2 years ago, I even flew to New Orleans to go for a ride on a guy's LS2 G (the only one at the time), but I ended up doing a Vortech setup... blew a motor within a week, had to buy a new one but then I was good for a solid year 'til I accepted a new position within my company, and moved to Brazil for a 2 year work assignment

I parted a lot of the car out (at least all of the FI stuff, most engine bay bling, audio components, and some of the misc aftermarket stuff ), but I couldn't make myself sell the car, so I ended up parking the car for these 2 years and finally going ahead with the swap plans.

I decided that I will start about 6 months before I move back, and I will have a shop that I trust very much (Danny - Greengobblin, owner of Slammered Inc and friend - a lot of you know who I'm talking about) install it for me. That way, the car is done when I get back. I would love to get more DYI into it, but I know I won't have the time when I get back, since I'll be so busy catching up and transitioning back into whatever position I take upon my return. And I want to enjoy the car with most of the kinks worked out when I'm back.

The plan is to have a fully functional DD - that means AC is a must, power steering, traction control for rainy days, even cruise control .... read expensive add ons so of course I'll have to compromise once the wallet starts being beaten. I'm assuming I'll end up doing some bolt ons such as Fast intake, street friendly cams, and headers, since these engines respond so well to them.

Anyways, the original plan was to do a ls2 from a defunct GTO with a t56 tranny, as those were the go-to parts when I was in the market in '11, but nowadays the other options are becoming more feasible. I think that the ls3 might be worth the bump in price now as they are cheaper than then used to be a few years ago.

I know a guy selling his ls3 with 6 sp tranny straight out of this 18k mile camaro, and he would do it for 5.5k. How do you feel about that price?
With the low end torque from these engines, I will be happy with 475 hp, so I don't think I'll need to boost it (I've said that one too many times before but this time I thiiiiink I mean it), so no need for Iron block, and it saves on weight.
Also read that these transmissions are better than the T56s from the LS2s.

When taking into account weight, strength, quality, and price, what do you guys think is the best LS based engine for my goals?

Thanks