Sweet dude. Say, what cubic inches is a 4.8? Like a 290?

 

LR4 4800 4,807 cc (4.807 L; 293.3 cu in)

 

Hey. I was pretty close.

 

new part acquired!:
Top secret

 

Top Secret!?!?!? Is it an intake manifold????? LOL

 

awesome that you got your old vehicle back, i'd kill to get one of my old camaro's back

 

Subscribed! I was thinking about an LS1 swap, but I might take a different route now....

 

in progress of doing the same thing in my 89. except I put an ls9 cam in mine and I am running a mpt76 turbo and a 4l60e. where do you plan to mount your turbo? good luck on your build!

 

Its goin to be pretty close to where the battery was. Battery is goin the back

 

Dam dude another reject good luck. I read that you sold my old baby. Till this day I miss it, just the part of the memories I had in it. Memories I will never forget.

Tony.

 

new part acquired!:
edelbrock low profile elbow


new part acquired!:
Edelbrock fuel rail kit


new parts acquired!:
starter and alternator


new parts acquired!:
box O sensors


used dog acquired!:

 

Looks like fun. Think the single plane will fit?

I got a kitty-in-a-box recently too

 

yeah i think itll fit. with the cowl hood and the low pro and considering how low the motor sits in there.

 

almost got the motor/trans out of the 91. fixin a leak before my boss takes it. might be doin a couple other things and i still get to drive it lol.






time for thanksgiving food!

 

motors out of the 91. gotta change the rear main and put it back in.



did some small things today on the iroc.

sorta painted the engine bay flat black for now and started to smooth my valve covers. think im gonna fill in the lines too.

 

well mostly been workin on the 91 this weekend but did get some work done on my 87.

installed my new slave cylinder, mounted the bellhousing to the trans, intstalled the oil pan and finished shaving 1 of the valve covers.

 

Valve covers look good. What'd you use to fill the holes in with?

 

JB weld. seems to work pretty good and its sandable when its hard.

 

Good job on those valve covers, they turned out real nice.

JB Weld is amazing stuff, I have fixed a number of dirt bike cases in the past with it and they always held up very well.

 

i have two questions on the 87 what did you use to hold that mesh grille in place. and is the whole interior of the 87 black with red carpet? if so can i see some pictures of that?

 

um id have to check on the grille. i didnt do that one my body shop did. the interior is all black but ive been thinkin about doin some red accents.

 

cool build so far!

 

in the one pic the carpet in the rear is red and the panels are black though

 

Nice work.subscribed.

 

i lied it was the metal truck area that was red. sorry bout that

 

got bored so threw my intake together real quick. should i paint it black?

 

gunmetal

 

well the theme of the car is red,black and silver.

the engine bay is goin to be black the motor is pretty much goin to be all silver and i think the valve covers are goin to be the only thing thats goin to be red.

 

I'm thinking puse. But black would be cool to. So long as you can do it pro.

 

leave it like it is. nice build

 

It does look good the way it is. The matallic grey is a good look.

 

i guess ill see when i put the motor in which will hopefully be by next weekend.

 

leave it..the black will make it blend into the engine bay.

 

very nice build! good work!

 

ya i say leave it. you could paint it,but then you always have to worry about it peeling off. are you going to upgrade the cam on that motor?

 

Oooooh why would you paint that piece of awesomeness?? Leave it as is!

 

Stock cam. Stock long block

 

especially since the engine bay is black like mine. trying like heck to add contrast to my engine bay short of pulling, painting, and reinstalling my engine.

 

keep it aluminum. and look to see if you can find an ls6 cam or something man, those 4.8's don't like to go over about 5500rpm before they fall flat, and that turbo is going to want to live around 6800 or higher.

 

I've gotta see pics of those gauges when you're done I've gotta ditch the mechanical speedo too and will prolly get all new gauges as well. Those look pretty solid!

 

thanks to TPI TERROR

new part acquired!:
t56 swap crossmember

 

got a little bit of work done today. still gotta finish the 91z. just goin to put the trans mount on tomorrow and then finish up the 91z to give it to the guy that bought it.lol

 

 

Are you gonna leave the bay primer black?

 

i thought that was por 15

 

Well if it was primer i would paint it but since its satin black its gonna stay for now.

 

gettin to work on the interior a little.

 

does anyone have a drawing or a pic for reference on where to cut the hole for the shifter?

 

Install the engine/trans without shifter and tape covering the hole. Mark the 4 corners with a sharpie. Drill and use cutoff wheel to connect the 4 corners