DRYSUMP's Yet Another Restoration Project...Project

[mcalus]

Looks cleannnnnn

[DRYSUMP]

Looks cleannnnnn

I'll be in touch with your in the near future for some pods

[Blue04ss]

That looks sweet!! Man your not going to want to even turn it on or much less drive it cause you'll get it dirty!
Great Job man!!

[DRYSUMP]

That looks sweet!! Man your not going to want to even turn it on or much less drive it cause you'll get it dirty!
Great Job man!!

ha just the opposite actually

[DRYSUMP]

Tank has been mounted!

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Now I just have to work through some issues with the engine/k-member fitment. First issue is the damn oil pan is ever so slightly hitting the power steering rack and one of the rack amounts... Second issue is the steering shaft is hitting my headers....

[c0ncEpT]

I see you got the swaybar bracket back in place

[meissen]

For us newbs not familiar with LS setups - is the tank your external oil reservoir or something?

[DETROITMUSCLE]

For us newbs not familiar with LS setups - is the tank your external oil reservoir or something?

yes.helps to keep the motor fed with perfect oil pressure not having to worry about it moving away from the pickup due to G forces.

[DRYSUMP]

yes.helps to keep the motor fed with perfect oil pressure not having to worry about it moving away from the pickup due to G forces.

This combined with the piston squirters and high scavenge/pressure pump I should be running at about 90 psi

[Lucky SOB]

It's called a Dry Sump oil system Brian

[meissen]

It's called a Dry Sump oil system Brian

I know that much, but I didn't automatically equate that that's what the picture was of since it just said "tank" - for all I knew it could have been some fancy coolant overflow since it's in the same spot.

[Lucky SOB]

I know that much, but I didn't automatically equate that that's what the picture was of since it just said "tank" - for all I knew it could have been some fancy coolant overflow since it's in the same spot.

You're so smart! You think scraping your TA is butt puckering? Wait until Kolin snags this tank on something and loses all his oil

[meissen]

How low is it hanging? It's hard to tell from the pics but it looks like it's lower than the swaybar?

[DRYSUMP]

I can adjust the height of it. It's not THAT low... If I were to bottom out or hit something to rip the tank out, the tank would be the least of my concerns lol

[DRYSUMP]

The weather is getting nice and I'm getting close to turning the key... moar update pics below (there is a good amount of craptastic pics and I do apologize)

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New poly motor mounts

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Oil cooler lines have been routed and figured out - horrible pic sorry, you can see the lines better in the pic above.

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Oil tank clearance, second pic is horrible again. The tank will be moved up about another inch or so

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And just more general progress pics

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Issues that are still screwing me over: (please feel free to offer suggestions)

• Steering rack fitment sucks... steering shaft is hitting the first primary and even if it were to fit, the steering shaft knuckle closet to the rack has minimal clearance to the actual k-member motor mount arm and I'm not happy with that
  • Possible solution - machine two pieces to shift actual steering rack over to the right about two inches and adjust for the change with the end links on the rack
  
  
• Need to make a radiator cover/shroud similar to the popular BMR one but have it extend an additional 2" to cover the front cross member
• Need to make a new air intake system, something unique - waiting on Jonny to bounce my ideas off of and see if we can make what I have in mind work
• Had to remove the driveshaft loop due to it hitting the exhaust, might just modify to support the exhaust more