That looks great !!

 

In progress! Going to boost it right away too

More pics to follow once it gets closer to being complete

 

Could be better

 

very Nice, Hopefully mine comes out that clean

 

A few old ones, circa 2001/2002 swap in progress pics.

 

Pic is a little crappy, ill post a better one later. Painted the intake to match the hood.

 

It's later now. More pics!!!

 

Here is my 86 Trans Am! Cheers....

 

Love the bright yellow...

Heres my current project.. in the For sale section also.

 

Great pics......

 

Thanks man!

 

Lt1 Vert with a turbo. I wish

 

383 LT1 .. It can be yours. Its all in the F/S section.

 

Yea if you gonna trade for my lo5 lol

 

heres my engine bay finally got it back a month and a half later.

gotta replace this 93 alternator then its on the road

 

Lots of work left to do. Thinking of rewiring...again. This is an old photo. Ill get a better one

 

I didn't see anyone using the Corvette style(92-93) A/C & Alt mounting on top. Is everyone mounting the A/C compressor underneath?

 

I just removed it b/c I don't need it where I live. With a stock K-member, you need to cut a notch to mount the a/c underneath in the stock TA/Camaro location

 

What does that notch look like? Does it weaken the K-member?

 

??? mine is a complete corvette setup. A/C comp. just isnt mounted yet.
and I need to redo my turbo down pipe and put a ac box back in.

 

You are the man I need to talk with. Have you put the Vette brackets on to see if it will fit/work? If so, please take some pictures. The way my 83's A/C hoses run makes me think this would be the best way to go. I have a 92 Vette and the A/C set up seems easy to make work.

 

I would have to find the instructions on how to do it. I think I found them on here, but it suggested cutting it or pounding with a hammer. I chose not to both to preserve the K member and b/c I don't need it. I don't know if it would weaken it because the notch looked small. Ill see if I can figure out where I found it.

 

Well down here in South Carolina, A/C is a survival tool in the summer. I do remember someone talking about using a hammer to dent the K-member, but that didn't appeal to me. BUT, if I can't find a Corvette accessary bracket, I may have to do some notching and welding.

 

I noticed you have the A/C hooked up, you wouldn't have any photos of what you did to the K-member to allow the compressor to fit?

 

Yeah partially jealous, I love Charleston and the rest of the south. The corvette route would probably be better anyway.

 

Added an Electric Water pump; I'll never have to worry about a Failling water pump leaking on my OPTI ever again ! Now I just gotta' find some time to get the Strut Tower Bar installed.

 

Already planned on the Meziere HD elelctric water pump. I have it on my Vette. Love it.

Did you notch your K-member for the A/C compressor?

 

Wow!

You did an amazing job Making an LT1 look like a First gen TPI smallblock

 

How did you make that intake shield?

 

Upgraded to a 95 alternator 140 amp instead of 120 (think its the cause of my battery drain)
Fixed my loose kickdown cable issue. It was a universal grabbed some fishing weights.
Replaced the battery
Replaced the transmission
Replaced the oil with 10w30 to fix a lifter tick


A good and efficient cai is next any ideas? I need a really good intake shield.

And to remove the ac completely just don't know what it takes to remove it and keep my heat.

Spark plugs And wires coming this weekend hopefully. Still got look up how to fix my fuseable link and wire up my fan.

 

The LT1 is notorious for lifter ticking. Especially with roller rockers. I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Most guys on the Corvette forum just make their exhaust louder.

 

Well it's fixed now lol.

 

how did you hook up the heater valve in?

 

If you are talking about that plastic thing on the left side of the photo, I don’t remember. It broke at some point and I just ran the hoses straight to the water pump/radiator and capped any vacuum lines. Works fine.