5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
nice wish i had time to work on mine again....
you'll love that converter i got the 4c on my TA and love it
you'll love that converter i got the 4c on my TA and love it
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I hope I like the converter. Im unsure on how its gonna drive
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recieved my stuff to make me a new cai. just a referance of how big a 4' pipe really is.
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Thanld. I made my new cold air today. Should get the converter installed next saturday and the nitrous kit sometime this week. got to put a full exhaust on a friends 97 cobra. Oh joy
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circle d 4000 converter and nitrous outlet kit got installed this weekend thought the one pic was funny.
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Ya, those things are freakishly huge. That converter at all of a pain to stoplight to stoplight with?(when your not stepping on it)
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started my transmission crossmember build yesterday. alot of hate here. you can see just how much i scrubbed.
subframe connectors came in also.
subframe connectors came in also.
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
i like sport coupes more and more everyday, its gonna end up as my next third gen. haha
very nice build and ur car looks sick bro
very nice build and ur car looks sick bro
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
Man, i hacked up the same x member, that spohn piece was a turd.
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Im thinking of buying the one from hawks third gen and just fabbing up a torque arm bracket. hmmmmm
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If you find out how to do that to use the Spohn torque arm with the hawks cross member I will pay you to mod mine too. I'll go buy a hawks cross member and send it to you... Dead serious, this is my serious face
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Hawks double hump transmission crossmember has been ordered. When it arrives the plan goes into effect
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So what are you considering the 'double hump crossmember'?
This one? http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/tr...66speed-1.aspx
This one? http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/tr...66speed-1.aspx
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So what are you considering the 'double hump crossmember'?
This one? http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/tr...66speed-1.aspx
This one? http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/tr...66speed-1.aspx
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I'm very interested to see what you come up with. I can see the passenger side being fairly easy but there has to be some reason no one has made a crossmember with this particular design yet.
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Plans are to make a brace from the top of the driver side "hump" to the front of the driver side "leg" where to bolts to the car and another brace from the back of the "leg" to the lower side of the hump. It should hold up to the torque arm.
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ok here are the plans. crossmember came in today and i want ALL OF YOUR OPINIONS/TIPS.
as you can see in the first photo the spohn torque arm mount fits pretty tight up in the tunnel. plans are to buy a u channel like the original and use one side for the right leg of the mount and the other side to be where the actual torque arm bolts to. and cutting off the left side of the u channel making it basically a 90 degree angle iron. BUT! another brace shall be welded from the rear of the transmission crossmember to the piece holding the torque arm mount to add support. the right side of the u channel gets welded to the trans crossmember and the flat part of the u channel gets welded to the flat part of the crossmember. more than likely im going to weld a complete plate on the side where im cutting the leg off the u channel to make it a solid connection between the crossmember and the u channel. its hard to explain exactly whats its going to look like but im confident it should hold AND give awesome exhaust clearance.
as you can see in the first photo the spohn torque arm mount fits pretty tight up in the tunnel. plans are to buy a u channel like the original and use one side for the right leg of the mount and the other side to be where the actual torque arm bolts to. and cutting off the left side of the u channel making it basically a 90 degree angle iron. BUT! another brace shall be welded from the rear of the transmission crossmember to the piece holding the torque arm mount to add support. the right side of the u channel gets welded to the trans crossmember and the flat part of the u channel gets welded to the flat part of the crossmember. more than likely im going to weld a complete plate on the side where im cutting the leg off the u channel to make it a solid connection between the crossmember and the u channel. its hard to explain exactly whats its going to look like but im confident it should hold AND give awesome exhaust clearance.
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Have you made a post in the fabrication section yet? Might be a start.
Hmmm...this will be an interesting looking piece when finished. I think my first idea would be to add gussets to each bend in the piece.
Hmmm...this will be an interesting looking piece when finished. I think my first idea would be to add gussets to each bend in the piece.
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finished the mount today. im very happy with it! semi gloss black finish.
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got some exhaust work done today..... pita to get all the right bends!!
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very nice work the car looks great!!
Back when you had the turbo which model and year manifolds did you use? Why did you decide to ditch that setup? It looked pretty well put together
Back when you had the turbo which model and year manifolds did you use? Why did you decide to ditch that setup? It looked pretty well put together
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figured id post up some new pics. forgive the duct tape in the first pic.
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Can you post more pictures of your car at different angles? I'd like to see more of the hood because I'm considering selling my steel cowl to go with one of these to save some weight. Not sure if I like the look just yet, but the Sunoco does match lines nicely with the rest of the native lines to the car.
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sold the kit. didnt want to rish what ive invested soooooooooooo much money in.
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Looks awesome man! Can't wait to see it in person next Saturday! The weather is supposed to be nice!
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You guys with your nice weather make me sick...we just got 4" of snow today, and it's still coming down.
The new wheels look really good. I LOVED the old ones though, I'm not sure if it's because the car doesn't have ground effects but the smaller wheels seemed to make it look really good. Either way you can't go wrong with either set.
The new wheels look really good. I LOVED the old ones though, I'm not sure if it's because the car doesn't have ground effects but the smaller wheels seemed to make it look really good. Either way you can't go wrong with either set.
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had a few races last night. Got outran by a new bolt on 5.0 on a 100 shot and outran a 2011 gt500
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Nice kill on the GT500! Are the 2011's using the new 5.0 block or are they still using the supercharged 4.6?
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New block. 5.0 makes 419 on motor and 556 on spray. Gt500 makes 486 rwhp before the catback was added.
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