Rene, lol, thanks seeing your project definitely gets me motivated to keep on going. Same here, my little ones are tired of pretending driving on the car and making bruum bruum sound and they want to go for a drive on this car
I am working on a side subframe and suspension right now. I am modifying the subframe enough to run air suspension, plus going with Global upper control arms and a few more tricks. Basically will tear up the front subframe that is there and roll it out, and pop the other one in.
For kicks, (Pontiac purists please forgive me)I ended up deciding going in a LS1 direction on Lolla even though I have a nice 400 Pontiac and 4 speed Muncie I as planning to put in. I have another Firebird project I am keeping Pontiac 400 power, so should appease the Pontiac Gods For my plans on the car, just make sense right now, plus the powertrain will be close to zero cost as I have been parting the donor out and recovering the investment. My buddies have just followed the same direction on a few cars (69 Firebird, 67 camaro, 70’s Nova etc), and the outcome was great. I am VERY surprised more people are not doing something similar here to keep projects more within budget. After all a free LS1 and tranny are hard to beat
It has been a hard back and forth decision, but a lighter alum block, fuel injection, greta performance along with good fuel economy and high and easy mod performance options (cheaper to modify an LS1 than the Poncho engine), along with a manual 6 speed will do the trick.
Here is a pic of the donor….
You have been warned……
Not easy on the eyes………
DONK!!!!
Don’t be hatin!!!!
It is a 2K Z28 Camaro Ls1 T56 6 speed. The engine and tranny definitely need some dignity. On the plus side, there are extra parts I am putting to good use on the swap, including radiator and fans, and LS1 big brakes. I am swapping in a LS7 clutch, and the engine will undergo some “minor” mods, goal is to stay in the 400HP powerband and keep the car very streetable still
Wish me luck a the madness to remove the engine is about to get started
Gui