JP's LS1 Conversion

Awesome work on body panels! Any chance you can pm me some more pics of crossmember to header clearance on the passenger side once you get the motor in? Would be greatly appreciated as ur further along than I am.

Thanks! Although most of the credit has to go to my buddy Dan Jauch. He did all the filler and paint, but I did do quite a bit of sanding!

Happy to take some photos of passenger side header clearance. I should be working on it again this weekend.

Today after prepping many odds and ends, measuring, measuring and measuring, the engine is in! We would have gotten farther today, but we spent quite a few hours chasing a few missing parts and aligning the clutch slave cylinder. Both the bellhousing to pressure plate fingers AND the slave bearing face to torque tube adapter were measuring 2 6/16". So obviously something was off, as the slave/torque tube measurement should be .175 to .225" LESS than the bellhousing measurement. Anyway, after some grinding, and frankensteining of two different slave cylinders, we got the proper 1/8" clearance between the slave and clutch fingers.


Here was today's stack of parts for install, and the first attempt at the slave cylinder install. I don't have a photo of where we ended up, but I'm sure glad we took the time to measure, even though this particular setup was used on my last engine!

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Here's a shot of the pilot bearing adapter and 944 pilot bearing properly seated into the crank, as well as the SPEC flywheel and ARP hardware. As you can see, my buddies and I had some fun signing the pressure plate. The joke is clearly around how often I have to take my engine out

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Engine in...finally!

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Also, here are the images of the header to crossmember clearance on the passenger side. Hope these help!
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Also, one image of the drivers side.
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Looks like it all fits in there pretty nice! Looked to be pretty straight forwards at least.

JP,

Your project is coming along nicely!  Love the color you selected.

After about a year delay, I've finally begun to move my own project forward again and seeing your work has been motivating.  I definitely have some catching up to do!!

My rebuilt LS1 is ready to go and I'm looking forward to a garage floor test fit of the whole drivetrain before I put it all back in the car.

This week I'll be dropping my 944S AGP transaxle and torque tube.  I have all the parts to rebuild the TT and I have a Turbo 5P transaxle (Non-LSD) that I plan to use for this 1st time around.  I'm not sure how much HP/Torque my engine will put out but I see a C5 transaxle in my future.

Keep up the good work!