I will need to make some room for the dirty dingo low mount.

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I barely can get the belt on

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Good alignment


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made 2 of the 3 pockets. For the supercharger pulley clearance i wanted to keep in tack as much of the cross member as possible. Still need to do some finish grinding and make the alternator pocket but all in all i'm happy with it.

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I am doing the same swap in my 69 with the Speedtech sub. Do you have better pictures of what you did to get the Dirty Dingo Low Mount AC to fit? I have had the modified LSA FEAD on order since last Sept and I hope it won't require any clearancing on drivers side since it swaps the PS pump with the alternator location.

Thanks,

Dave

These are the best pictures of the interference I have. you can see there are 2 spots that come really close to the frame. It was so close that i could just barely slip on the belt onto the pulley. You can see the blue outline. I cut the 2 lines (one not shown in front of the pulley) going to the bottom of the frame and cut along the bottom just above the welds. I then used a hammer and punch to evenly move the metal back to make a pocket. I then welded it all up and ground everything smooth. I just looks like a soft pocket with smooth transitions. I'll take better pictures when i do the alternator side tomorrow. I think there may have been just enough room on the alternator side but since I got a good process i'll just make it to match the A/C side.

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Some better shots of how I made the pocket. There maybe better ways but this works for me.

Initial slices and pushed in

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Welded up

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Ground down

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I also started on my trans cover. It was backed up from a few different trans I had on there. I needed to make the speed tech one longer to cover the hole I had.

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Still need to work on fitment but here is how it well live in the car

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Thanks for the pics and explanation.

Dave

Anytime!

you're making me regret powder coating my subframe BEFORE even buying the engine

Everything is close but clear. I wanted the added insurance. Are you using the fbody accessory drive?

looks clean w a/c down low and out of the way.

I was planning to, but nothing is certain yet, I'm still trying to decide between dropout, crate ls3 376/525 or lsx376-b8

That's what happened to me, and I'm with you had to cut it.

nicks67ca, Nice fix, a lot easier then what I was thinking.Won't even know it was done.

Thanks Wayne.

I was looking at the b8 before I got the lsa

what was the deciding factor? the weight difference?

It was weight but I also liked the lsa oil piston squirters, it included the sc with the long block, and I got the assessory drive with my drop out.

Price too.

Its been a while! Nothing fun to post other than some scope creep.

I've been sanding a lot on the frame and firewall getting it ready to paint.

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Then i started to clean the rubberized gunk off the bottom with the plan to reapply a rubberized undercoating. Well after looking at Curtis and his nice raptor liner underside I took out my sand blaster and started hitting the trans tunnel when the gunk came off pretty easy it was all down hill from there.

I wrapped the whole thing
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Then started blasting.
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I then started picking the last of the old seam sealer off the cowl/firewall area and found some stuff festering. This will be cleaned the best I can then my paint guy will take care of the rest.

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I also scored a low mileage close ratio t56 Magnum!

Next up
Retro Fit 2011 Impreza rear seat (i hope this works)
LSA heads off to be CNC'd
Cam / Pulley swap on the LSA

You're Welcome

:captain:

Looks great :thumbsup:

thanks guys!

You'll be happy you did this. Keep up the good work!

I think so. The rubberized stuff is OK but I was this close that it just made sense. Added more time to the project but my paint guy really isn't ready for me anyway.

As part of the effort to make the car more usable I wanted a rear seat that was more modern. This is a 2011 impreza cloth rear seat assembly. I was able to retain most of the mounting hardware with some modification. They also fold down. Here are a couple pics.

Upper section was by far the most time consuming. The main rod that allows the seat to fold needed to be shortened about 1.5" per side. I then drilled and pins the ends like subaru did to allow for the slotted bracket to fit.

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The lower section was easier. It was a basic wire frame with padding. After some manipulation i was able to get about where i wanted it. I still need to add a small platform and filler foam to help level it.

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The contour is pretty good by the tub

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Raptor Liner
 

After spending what felt like an eternity on back sandblasting under the car the weather and my schedule were in agreement to spray the car with Raptor Liner.

I used the entire Upol line of Products:
1. 2002 Panel Wipe
2. Acid 8 Etching primer (no sanding needed)
3. Adhesion promoter (I'll use for touch up hard spots)
4. Raptor liner black
5. Adjustable gun sold separately (better than the supplied one)
6. Upol seam sealer - Probably my least favorite product used i feel like the 3m fast and firm stuff spreads better. I used it since it was all made to work together

I am really happy with it. If you want a finer texture you must buy the other gun. I am so glad I did. I have one or two spots that need a touch up but it came out better than i thought. I'm glad I took the extra time to do this.

Primer - The trans tunnel is ugly not my best work but its welded good, clean, and functional.

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Raptor liner sprayed the transition from the firewall will get cleaned up when my body guy does the firewall in black.

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Looks awesome!! Nice work!!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks!

Now I need to clean my shop. Then send the heads out for cbc work.

Nice job, especially for lying on your back! I hate working while lying on my back.

Well its been a while since my last update but progress is made. In the quest for power i wanted to make sure not one component was over powering another. Typical builds with LSA are big pulley and cam. While that is still the plan all that extra boost and cam won't do any good unless it get in and out head easier. So.....FED did their stage 2 cnc work with Manley stainless 2.180″/1.600″ intake and exhaust valve combination. This also includes their PAC spring kit. Cam will likely be BTR stage 3. My goal is 750-800 crank which seams pretty attainable without over boosting the crap out supercharger. The blower case and snout will be enlarged like most builds to help air flow. Car should be delivered this week to my paint guy to finish the firewall and frame.

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Full Head Detail here
https://frankensteined.net/shop/gm-l...4821823lsals9/

Firewall is all set. It never looked this good.
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Looks great in satin. Congrats!

Yes!! :D

Firewall looks great,keep updates coming:thumbsup:

Slow progress,

Cam Swap done, mast pan is on, ATI damper is on, supercharger case is getting ported.

Once the case is back i can put the rest of the engine together.

Clean everything. The Mast pan had remnants of the sand from casting.

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drilled and taped for a 1/2npt to 12an for blower lid

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Blower machining - This will help it breathe!

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Cleaned, Sanded, and Repainted the interior black.
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Assembled the heads, supercharger, and painted it. I left the Frankenstien logo visible
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Nice heads. Frankenstein is local here to me. He does some good work on his heads. The LS1tech guys love his heads over there.

Thanks! For the price and the flow its hard to beat. they have incredible customer service and a really nice product.

the goal was to over drive the lsa blower but not to the ragged edge. The head flow and cam swap will all work very well together.

Firewall came out great. That's a nice set of heads for sure. Who ported the blower for you? I have a BTR stage 3 in my LSA, the way it looks you'll be running before me. You'll need to post a video so we can hear it.

Thanks! It was a combination of me and a couple friends. We set the blower up in a mill and hogged it out then by hand blended the contours. The snout and injector bosses were all done by hand. All in all it was probably 12 hours of work and ton of cutting, but the difference is dramatic. I went with the JRE rough idle cam which has very close specs to the BTR3. The decision was purely based on JRE doing the tuning since they are local to me. If I have a it dyno tuned by Thanksgiving i'll be happy.

been moving forward....I have been wiring the car. I wanted everything loomed and clean and accessible.

Engine in.

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I used a C&R universal radiator with oil cooler. I made my own mounting bracket and running a spal fan with DCC PWM fan control.

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need to move around some wires but here are some of the looms everything is wrapped, taped, i used a combination of zip ties and plastic ring clamps that attached into bolt holes

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I have the VA condenser in. I will need to modify the hood latch and support to clear the supercharger hx. The ac dryer will need to be moved as well. I will also tape the core off and paint the sides and tab black. then lightly paint the core to help black it out.

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Whats next:
Rock Valley / Vaporworx fuel setup
Ubuild it Air Raid intake
Test fire.