I'm bastardizing my herbie...

 

Your golf bag looks a little light. You haven't been using those as hammers, have you?

Is there enough space to put aftermarket headers on the LS1?

Yes, but for now I am going to run the stock manifolds.

 

Your golf bag looks a little light. You haven't been using those as hammers, have you?

Those are just waiting to be picked up by one of my nephews. Clubs are usually kept in the basement, and I have a walking bag now. . . or I'm just so good that I only need two irons.

Yes, but for now I am going to run the stock manifolds.

 

 

Those are just waiting to be picked up by one of my nephews. Clubs are usually kept in the basement, and I have a walking bag now. . . or I'm just so good that I only need two irons.

 

You must hit one hell of a long iron!

Wish I had that much garage space. Glad you're having fun!

 

Disregard hate mail. Acquire fun.

 

I wish I had a neighbor like you. The evil projects we could create, muahaha!

Today's update:

 

LS1

Installed: front cover, front cover gasket, front main seal, and crank pulley.

Cleaned: engine block

 

Good news! Valve cover gaskets are in.

Bad news! Valve cover gaskets don't fit. WTF...

 

G96.00

Drained fluid out of the trans, it was nasty and was flowing like molasses.

Filled with new fluid.

 

 

Front cover and crank pulley on, pre-cleaning:

More updates, pics and detail or ban.

Wow! Very detailed and great build!

Thanks!

I'm currently in LA and I was sent a picture of this delivery to the office today from Renegade. Woo!!!

 

I'm back in MI, picked up parts from the office, and am planning on a busy weekend.

 

 

Best parts runner ever:

Very cool Nick!

Today I dug into the parts!!!

 

 

I installed new OE GM valve cover gaskets and bolts:

 

Pulled the old clutch and flywheel:

 

Swapped the coolant crossover from the front to the back of the engine:

 

Installed the Renegade Porsche to LS1 oil pressure sender. Pretty straight forward swap:

 

Front engine mount installed:

Tonight I got down to business on the swap.

 

Cleaned:

Alternator

A/C compressor

 

Installed:

Fuel injectors

Fuel rails

Coilpacks

Alternator

A/C compressor

Engine mounts

Clutch

Flywheel

Throwout Bearing

Starter

PCV hoses & block offs

Wiring Harness into car

Electric water pump to mount

 

I couldn't get the slave cylinder off the car, so I repaired it.

 

How the night started:

 

Clutch/Flywheel/Adapter Plate

 

New vs. Old

 

Look at how clean the a/c compressor is!

 

Removed fan from engine cover:

 

Deleting the rear bumper bumperettes; had to drill out the mounting brackets:

 

Routed the LS1 wiring harness through the factory wiring harness grommet:

 

Mated the Engine and Transmission:

 

 

 

 

After a few hours it was time to pack up and go home. I walked outside to this:

Those pictures make the offset on your murci look strange

 

Can't wait to see the finished product.

and then you put the doors up and drifted your way home in the snow

Recap on yesterday;

 

Pulled remaining coolant hoses from engine bay (about 10ft of metal hoses)

Trimmed rear sheet metal to clear LS1 & Painted

Attempted to remove A/C lines, which seem to be rusted on.

 

Any suggestions on how to get these bolts to break loose without spinning the aluminum housing?

- The fitting looks like this:

Recap on yesterday;

 

Pulled remaining coolant hoses from engine bay (about 10ft of metal hoses)

Trimmed rear sheet metal to clear LS1 & Painted

Attempted to remove A/C lines, which seem to be rusted on.

 

Any suggestions on how to get these bolts to break loose without spinning the aluminum housing?

- The fitting looks like this:

 

Get a brass drift, set it onto the bolt and wack it with a hammer, the brass is soft and shouldn't hurt anything. You can get them anywhere if you google it, here's a set from amazon http://www.amazon.com/Tool-Aid-Piece-Brass...t/dp/B0014DIK36

 

Or freeze it out with this stuff: http://loctitefreezeandrelease.com/instructions.htm

Their motto is "Rusty nuts? Freeze'm off"

 

 

I have never heard of the loctite freeze & release. I'm definitely going to try that.

 

Do you use the brass punch to knock the bolt loose from the corrosive bond or to punch the bolt out of the threaded hole?

I have never heard of the loctite freeze & release. I'm definitely going to try that.

 

Do you use the brass punch to knock the bolt loose from the corrosive bond or to punch the bolt out of the threaded hole?

 

You just use it to generate shock to knock bolts or cone washers loose. Line the drift up straight on or laterally, then wack the drift with a mallet.

Thanks for the heads up, I might try both.

Well, instead of using all the methods suggested for removal of the a/c lines, I went with the route nobody suggested.

 

The A/C lines are going to need to be fabricated to work with the LS1 compressor, so the old lines were junk anyways.

 

Recap on yesterday (no pics):

Removed fuel filter

Designed new fuel routing

Ran ignition wiring from LS1 ECU (back of car) to Porsche keyed ignition (dashboard); total PITA.

Ran wiring from electric water pump to LS1 ECU

Installed new MAP gasket

Double checked and adjusted a few misc things

 

Drew a diagram of the coolant system:

This project is so awesome!

 

Porsche fanatics probably want to burn you at the stake. LS1 fanboys want to tar and feather you.

 

And now any engineers who would attempt a project like this and document everything with elaborate CAD programs just had their brains melt down at your sketch with red coolant scribbling (inside the lines though....I'll give you that!).

 

This is pure gold!

 

Porsche Uterus Cooling System or PUCS for short.

 

 

 

 

Great Mechanical skills...

 

 

love the drawing of the cooling sistem

Awesome thread. Following this and checking back every day for updates