decided to finish cutting my hood. gotta get some sheet metal from my pops to make the sides and some mesh for the front. also decided to put the car on the ground and see how it looks.








before height:


height now (might need to settle a little since its been up on jacks for a while):

 

Hood looks good!

 

put them in the car for this pic. still gotta pull it out to finish some wiring and the rest of the swap.

 

WOW how much where those over lays on the gauges?

 

Theyre a "test" set that i had made from a company. they sell them for about $150ish with like any font, colors or designs you want.

 

so the other day when i was testin the starter i noticed that the starter wouldnt crank if i put it in the "starter feed" plug on the c100 plug. i realized that the vats controls the starter and since my stock harness and ecu are gone i need to know how i can hook it back up the easiest way.

 

Nice build! Looks good so far!! Can't wait to hear it running!

 

Nice engine hoist!


Swap and hood are looking good. I'm excited to see it/ride in it.

 

so got my throttle cable done today. tryin to do some wiring but havin some issues with the C100 plug. anyways made my throttle cable out of a bicycle brake cable. actually worked out great.

 

Nice find on the brake cable.

The pedo-bear made me laugh.. lol!

 

after havin the coil packs on the wrong way i tried firing it up.

YYYYEEEAAAAAHHHH that feels good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5rZt1O0Ni0

 

sweetness!

 

how is the hood coming along? and what ignition coils did you go with?

 

i have to put the hood on and get some measurements. I think they're ls1 coils.

 

well didnt get to mess with my car much this weekend. helped my buddy try and finish up his 5.3l swap.

 

neat swap...not sure i'd have done the exhaust that way...

 

its just for one day at the track. after that hes goin to change it.

 

Cool Volvo swap. Glad to hear you got the car fired up!

 

its kinda funny cause the Volvo originally had a 305 TPI in it when he bought it. so guess its kinda a 3rd gen. lol

 

I remember seein that volvo on craigslist! It made me smile when I saw the TPI under the hood. Then i laughed when I looked @ the rest of the car.

Talk about sleeper

 

yeah the car is clean as hell. the guy he got it from just painted it, the interior is super clean. when the tpi was in it all the gauges worked.

 

think i pissed the neighbors off tonight. my buddy came over to do some tuning and um well it ended up bein 10:30pm and yeah the car is open header right now. we had to let it run for maybe 10-15 seconds. afterwards we were heading to go get some Denny's and as were goin through my neighborhood we see a cop cruisin through with no lights on at all. lol

 

alright well besides some minor things. its goin to get the exhaust tomorrow hopefully. yay.

 

well car drove. need more trans fluid at the moment. its prolly goin to the exhuast shop tomorrow afternoon and maybe be out by friday.





this guy stopped by:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZhuUIVBoko

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwg7YceqW9E

 

funny how u said this build was going to be slow, looks like you finished pretty fast. U beat me, my car is just awaiting the dyno at the dyno shop seems like it is taking forever. hope i make to the la invasion looks like u will make it! Are you going true duals or a y pipe exhaust?

 

well i thought it was goin to be slow. ended up bein axactly 1 month to the exact day from when i pulled it apart to when i fired it up. still unsure about invasion. if i can get some money i might go to show. if anything i think im rollin with a buddy.

exhaust is just goin to be a Y pipe. nothing special at the moment.

 

Great job on the build man! I live in san fernando so ur pretty close by. Maybe you can give me a few tips when it comes time to do my swap.

 

thanx. yeah anytime. its a real easy swap.

 

Damn that was quick swap. Around how much did you end up spending for the whole swap?

 

Good stuff!! Did you get a power steering reservoir ?

Isnt that ls3 powered c4 that used to be on tech? Guessing he's from your area

 

wow I love the look of these. I want some.

 

the reseervoir is on its way. yeah he actually lives in torrance and has owned many 3rd gens. he still has one and is actually a mod on here.

think im only in it like $1500-2000 if that

 

Wow thats pretty cheap im at $1500 for my sbc and im gonna be nowhere near as fast as yours

 

Man, that was a very fast swap. And it looks great too. And Im really lovin that Hood. I was being stubborn not wanting to buy any f-body stuff.(brackets, intake, and water pump). Of course I got the oil pan. But i was modding my hood but it didnt turn out like I wanted so I started over. Looking at your hood makes me want to try that.

 

took it up the street this morning. got on it a little and it seems to move pretty good for not havin o2's hooked up right now. if things work out it should be gettin exhaust tomorrow and i got an interview in the afternoon that i hope goes well.

 

i didnt go for anything special.

 

hey bro not bad at all!! is this the welder guy you recommended me to a while back?

what piping is that 2.25 or 2.5? post some sounds clips when u get a chance.

 

yeah thats the guy i was tellin you about.

its whatever size comes out of the factory manifolds. think 2.5" until it gets to the cat then its 3" back.

bad thing is i think my rear main seal just took a crap so might be pullin the motor this weekend to fix it.

 

cant really tell how it sounds on the vid but it actually sounds pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiIyMacX7hA

 

nice dude, if i had the money id be all over that!

 

that's nice bro love the way it came out i want to do mine now i just keep going back and fourth ls1, lq4 i have both sitting in my house..I just feaR the wiring bro I'm getting nitemares about it . j/k

 

INTIMIDATOR Z, how did you line this up

 

dunno ive never touched that part.

 

When I had the car I never even messed with that part. I remeber when I had my RS it will go up everytime I would put the windows back up but the ones on the Z28 always stayed put on both sides.

Tony.

 

I guess imma have to move to So Cal so you can help with my projects & part shipping will be easier....ahahaha

 

yeah think im finally actually goin to be able to drive it. its been down the past coup0le days cause the cheap vette filter regulator i bought took a crap. (happened to my buddies volvo too) so since he works at a VW dealership he was able to get this filter that is pretty much the same thing as the vette one. took the car up the street and besides the tune being off it seems to run pretty good.

 

not sure if I missed it, but what are you doing about smog here in CA?

 

top secret. classified

 

Ready to roll on sunday?