Quick update - She's on the road

Wanted to post the latest in the conversion.

1987 Turbo, Corvette LS1 2000, RH Kit (Bell housing, Headers), Eric's customs work (everything else)
Conversion time 18mo. (My fault, 1st year was my time, then I had Eric's help, then we did it the way we wanted to to, no hurry up to get it running, lots of planning and redo's until we got it).

Current status - Running, in the first of a few weeks shake down.

LS1 - 2000 Corvette
5 Speed Turbo Transmission with 5th gear swap
Air Shocks on the rear
Moved battery to Rear Passenger wheel well

Created space in front of engine bay by:
Custom Headlight buckets - removed pop up
Custom Radiator mount, move radiator up 4" towards front of car for space and to use larger Radiator
Moved washer bottle to old battery location
Removed hood latch and put in hood pins (would not use this brand if we did it again)
Used original 944 fans

Brakes - Porsche Turbo calipers with Ford Hydroboost 99 Mustang GT
P/S pump - Kept blowing the Corvette unit so went with Turn 1 unit.
New P/S pump cooler
Power Steering - rebuilt unit from Zimm's

A/C After market Pump on F-Body bracket

Seats from 2003 996 - both sides full power

Wheels from 2003 Boxter

PCM Programming from PCM for Less (Brad)

replaced fuse box, discovered internal corrosion was causing electrical issues

Exhaust - Headers into 3" pipe to Dynomax Performance 17769 - Dynomax Super Turbo Muffler Very quiet stealthy ride.

Todo:

Class sunroof
Interior upgrade - rear seats to match front, custom console
Stereo and speakers
Fix power mirrors
Redo Door panels
Install sound proofing
custom rear hatch cover
paint - (when wife free's up more allowance)

I plan to do a more detailed write up on the parts and effort we put into this (Kent and Eric) we learned a lot on the way here and want to share.

So how does she drive.....Holy S*&6 batman, this is better than I ever thought. Words cannot describe just how quick, fast, smooth, it does answer the question of what happens when you marry HP to Torque.

here are the pics.
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Awesome job! So nice to see that this project can be completed

WOW those head lights do look goooooood
What's wrong with the hood pins, other than they are a pain.....

because they are a PITA and for the price they have chipped the edges of the black finish. I would not recommend this product to anyone.

Kent/Eric,
How well is the ford hydroboost working? What front rotors and calipers are you using?
Max
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so far, very nice.

Using stock 944 turbo calipers and rotors.

I really takes a bite, if you look at the turbo pad size and compare it to the other options, it is only 17% smaller than the lexus option. We tried the manual brake option and it only took one ride to give up on that option, now she stops on a dime.

nice job .very neat install i get finished with my 944 auto equipped car im gonna convert my black 944 turbo to ls power.i hope it turns out as nice as yours

Looks great!!

Great work. Your gallery is one of the most complete builds I've seen, showing even the "mundane" problems/solutions.

Glad to hear it turned out well! Wish I had the $$$ for some of your upgrades!

after seeing your build and how your headlights turned out .i might just try the fiberglass headlight buckets with the clear covers over the top of m like you did .i like the way they look .again very nice car.merry christmas to you to.

I'm still hoping to retain OEM headlight setup and hood latch... going to take some fancy air routing...

endrnet wrote:I'm still hoping to retain OEM headlight setup and hood latch... going to take some fancy air routing...

im going to retain mine on my auto 944 im building now but when i build my turbo 944 with my new knowledge from this site n my current build i might try the buckets.i like the idea of dual motors.with my big radiator i didnt have room for latch.you gonna do your headlights with small air cylinders i take it.

EXCELLENT!

Hydroboost kicks arse.

Love the fixed headlights too.

Hey, just reread the post...

What up with "air shocks in rear"?

Stopped the rear end squat. I had these made for my car, but my car is not on the road as of yet and Kent needed them more right now than I did, So he now has them.