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mamoun wrote:good luck hopefully you can make it this friday

hehe sure i can come ... - let's see how far i can get with a deflated toyota corolla ... wasn't it : "nothing is impossible ... toyoooootaaaaaa " ... Maybe i should put my STT's first on that car

MalteJK wrote:

mamoun wrote:good luck hopefully you can make it this friday

hehe sure i can come ... - let's see how far i can get with a deflated toyota corolla ... wasn't it : "nothing is impossible ... toyoooootaaaaaa " ... Maybe i should put my STT's first on that car

sure, SST tires, lift kit, re-gearing and you are good to go !!

ossme wrote:

MalteJK wrote: hehe sure i can come ... - let's see how far i can get with a deflated toyota corolla ... wasn't it : "nothing is impossible ... toyoooootaaaaaa " ... Maybe i should put my STT's first on that car

sure, SST tires, lift kit, re-gearing and you are good to go !!

LIft kit ???
this will be a toyota porkshop - just some spacers and a dana60 rear and front + portal axles ... and some cutting of the fenders

Ok ... sad news again :

the normal gmc alternator + power steering do not fit into the space left ...
So we ordered the corvette parts.

The car is still in the exhaust shop - and will be finished on saturday ( long tube headers, new exhaust + "extra muroor muffler" ) . I don't feel like laughing - but it cannot be helped, it will probably take another 2 weeks.

sad for you too...

maybe we both get back sametime....i want easy testdrive first up though...

Good luck...

Sean wrote:sad for you too...

maybe we both get back sametime....i want easy testdrive first up though...

Good luck...

oh? i thought for you it's now going straight ahead ?
I'm in for an easy test-drive as well ... but most important DRIVE ...

I thought hisham did his homework BEFORE !?

And I thought your 6.2 vvt (L92) comes stock as a truck engine with high mount alternator and SP ??!!?

Be carefull with all the corvette accessory mounts ... you NEED a different crank pulley as well! different depths!
(eventually new water pump ? )
If you put the corvette mounts on you basically have to change the whole serpentine system!

check out THOSE guys instead :
http://www.kwikperf.com/lsx_alt_ps.html

MalteJK wrote:Ok ... sad news again :

the normal gmc alternator + power steering do not fit into the space left ...
So we ordered the corvette parts.

The car is still in the exhaust shop - and will be finished on saturday ( long tube headers, new exhaust + "extra muroor muffler" ) . I don't feel like laughing - but it cannot be helped, it will probably take another 2 weeks.

I'm not feeling good about this. This is simply irritating.

MalteJK wrote:
oh? i thought for you it's now going straight ahead ?

All good my end, hopefully end of week or after weekend....which will be bang on the timeframe given, but trust me my fingers are crossed....

Ahmedhammad wrote:

MalteJK wrote:Ok ... sad news again :

the normal gmc alternator + power steering do not fit into the space left ...
So we ordered the corvette parts.

The car is still in the exhaust shop - and will be finished on saturday ( long tube headers, new exhaust + "extra muroor muffler" ) . I don't feel like laughing - but it cannot be helped, it will probably take another 2 weeks.

I'm not feeling good about this. This is simply irritating.

don't worry too much ... for the LSx engines you can get ALL stuff needed to make it work!
The shop simply forgot, that the front JK axle housing (on the powersteering pump side) is a HIGH PINION model ... which eventually means relocating the power steering pump ... the truck vortecs supposed to have the the alternator up high anyway!!!

The TJs have a low pinion axle housing ... might get around it ... but the F-body/Camaro style accessory mounts (which I have in my donor caprice) have both A/C (needs relocation!) and alternator (MIGHT need relocation) down low at each side of the oil pan

btw: Oil Pan ! make sure they put a REAR sump oil pan with windage tray and the right pick up tube in! and if you want it PERFECT: try to get a low profile Oil Pan for your Block (e.g. Cadillac CTS-V ) search ebay for LS1 swap oil pans!

in other words: Hisham is only doing research when he gets stuck ... grrrr ... I WILL GET ALL THE STUFF BEFORE HE EVEN STARTS TO SCRATCH HIS HEAD

a real corvette engine would have fitted like a glove perfectly ... but where to get ... and OUCH expensive

@ Malte: Bad bad bad bad news !

I was hoping to see your monster in the opening party !

@ Sean: Please press them. At least one V8 swap should make it to the party !!

@ SSS: Would you be interested in an LS7 engine ??

ossme wrote: ...
@ SSS: Would you be interested in an LS7 engine ??

LS7?

>500 hp ... > 600Nm ... it would fit ... but it would grenade my transfer case ... or my rear driveshaft or my rear diff ... and if it does not grenade anything then BOTH front wheels WILL lift off the ground EVERY time I want to start moving (until something grenades)

I would be interested in ALL the accessory mounts, pulleys, accessories, serpentine belt and the headers though

LS7 is also really nice ... but you also need a good tranny for this ... the 4l60e will not take it - minimum 4l80e ... or 6l80e

SSS wrote:
I thought hisham did his homework BEFORE !?
And I thought your 6.2 vvt (L92) comes stock as a truck engine with high mount alternator and SP ??!!?

yes i was thinking the same - now i don't know what he's building there.
I will visit him on saturday definitely (before makes no sense, the car is at the exhaust shop) ...
Maybe you want to pass by & take a look at the mounts

MalteJK wrote:

SSS wrote:
I thought hisham did his homework BEFORE !?
And I thought your 6.2 vvt (L92) comes stock as a truck engine with high mount alternator and SP ??!!?

yes i was thinking the same - now i don't know what he's building there.
I will visit him on saturday definitely (before makes no sense, the car is at the exhaust shop) ...
Maybe you want to pass by & take a look at the mounts

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