LS1 swap into the IROC underway

[MattODoom]

Lookin real good James

[SS4Matt]

Looks good! the guys at D&D in wixom rebuilt my T56 once before, they do a pretty good job!

looks to be coming along nicely, you should do something like jonny did to his FRC's!

[kammi10]

that engine bay is sooooooo sexy

[WMCCjames]

Few more pics....

LS7 clutch/flywheel. I wanted a good strong clutch that would hold up to some power enhancement in the future...but I also wanted a factory clutch set-up as to avoid hard pedal engagement for street driving....which is where my car spends 99% of its time.



New T56 and new updated hydro's along with a 4th gen LS1 pedal assembly. I already had the LT1 pedals in my car but it turns out the clutch pivot point is slightly different between the two. Some guys have problems with clutch engagement because of this. I wasn't too excited about having to swap pedals...again, but I want to do this installation proper....so out with the old pedals in with the new.



PCM and Speartech wire harness.....I found a good deal on this aftermarket wireharness........I was originally going to get a factory harness and modify it for this application...but this ended up being a better solution I think. It was a brand new harness I bought off of someone who went a different route with his motor.

[WMCCjames]

Just some of the emotions you will go through when trying to swap out a pedal assembly on a third gen car.



I gotta do what with that bolt????

[silver6_maro]

Looks like your commin along great James...cant wait to see it in person sometime...

[Bowtie-Bri]

Hey James,
It looks like ALOT of work there....But it will be worth it when it's
all done. Think of the fun factor you'll have next summer!
Try an stay on the right side of the center line next year.
When you get yours done, I'll bring mine over o.k.?

Brian

[96mikez28]

Looks great!!

[transampimp]

I've seen your car in the past and was amazed.... I want one just like yours.

[zmanrc]

Looks Great!!! 6 weeks till Autorama ... thrash, thrash, thrash!!!

[WMCCjames]

Thanks guy for all the kind words!

I wanted to get the motor dropped back in lastnight for the final time, but I ran into a snag. I couldn't find a dowel pin for the crank shaft flange. Hopefully I can round one up today and get the flywheel/clutch buttoned up and drop the motor back in. I started to run my new Speartech wire harness through the car. I wanted to run it just like the factory harness..ie..through the passenger side inner kick panel/fender but it turns out the harness is about 6 inches too short! So I will be boring a hole in the firewall under the heater box to route the harness.

[JoeliusZ28]

thats so bad ass

[MrMojoRisin681]

That looks really badass.

[1FSTBRD]

Looks really good gonna be alot of fun.

[WMCC Doug]

James, the project looks awesome! I can't wait to see and hear it once it's done. You're taking one of my favorite cars and taking it up to yet another level.