another project started

[bigz28man]

Thank you sir, I'll be buying the block tomorrow and picking it up next saturday after the ttp car show, which the Z28 will be in.

[bigz28man]

here are some photos of the wheels being stripped and repowder coated and the motor i'll be getting the block from and I mounted the proxes r888 on the the other set of Z06 wheels I have.







the wheels repowdercoated



next weekend Ill be removing the front end from the car

[bigz28man]

here are some photos mark sent me of those SS wheels being stripped and re coated

[bigz28man]

Well I finally got this home yesterday it may not be much right now but come the winter months it will be

[sweetbmxrider]

Lookin good

[bigz28man]

So i decided to go with a 408 stroker kit on this build, I'm looking at options for heads and intake? Mike over at ttp says afr heads are not the way to go and suggested at looking at trick flow heads. Any opinions out there? Also what intake should i be looking into anyone running a fast 102? Or should i be looking at a stock intake. And lastly cam options? I like the torque that my lt1 has so i want something that will throw me back in the seat but i also want a ***** load power (700's rwhp) and still be able to get into the car and drive it to the food store. Keeping this also in mind the motor will be running boost.

[bigz28man]

got the fenders and headlights off the car. I'll be finishing it this weekend

[bigz28man]

I figured I would post some updates on my progress with the car. I have to block sand the sheet metal interior fender to get rid of some rust, then I'll spray with some silver primer. the front wheels are done and the fenders are now silver and no longer black. all I really have to do now is wire brush the mounting brackets for the fenders and some of the other various mounting brackets that hold this front end together, paint, and reassemble.

driver side


passenger side


fenders before


fenders now




front wheels all done also

[bigz28man]

I was able to clean up and spray a few parts yesterday to help prevent from future rusting but I have a have few questions on where some of the of this mounting brackets go
here are the fender mounting brackets does anyone have any photos of where they are bolted on to the frame of the car
before

after

the next two are these, there are obvious a right and left one but where do they mount at
before


after


here are a few other various parts i cleaned up




Other then finding the location of those four brackets I'm ready to officially swap the front end out

[greenformula92]

Lookin good so far

[bigz28man]

sat down with Mike and Matt at TTP yesterday after dropping of the 6.0 block. So the build will look something alittle like this 408 stoker kit, trickflow heads (specifics not determined) D-1 supercharger, 10:1 compression, cam specs, also not determined, Both Matt and Mike informed me "this car will make a easy 750 rwhp w/o sweating"

here are some photos of the ls1 after disconnecting the air box, its not pretty and its on the primitive side but it gets the job done for now and allows me to swap out the front end.

[Blackbirdws6]

Sounds like a good plan.

[bigz28man]

looking to remove the SS badges off the ls1 fenders to place them on the lt1. i figured heating the back side of the fender with a hair dryer would soften the double sided tape holding them on. what / how to i do i get them to stick on the lt1 fenders? my guess is the old double sided tape will be no good.

[Blackbirdws6]

Go buy 3M double sided tape. You should clean off whatever is still stuck to the emblem and then apply the new tape. I believe I bought some good stuff from home Depot or Lowes that worked great.

Also, use the hair dryer to heat them up and use fishing line to get them off easily.

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6

Go buy 3M double sided tape. You should clean off whatever is still stuck to the emblem and then apply the new tape. I believe I bought some good stuff from home Depot or Lowes that worked great.

Also, use the hair dryer to heat them up and use fishing line to get them off easily.

the fishing line is a great idea thanks

[bigz28man]

Well i used the fishing line to chisel off the SS badges after heating up the back side of the ls fenders worked perfectly took only 10 minutes per each fender and the badges came off intact.

Also got the ls nose completely off, just need to get a few more screws that are holding it on from the under side and that will be finished and time to start mounting the lt nose on.

[donnj]

when I did the LT conversion to my 02 I had to trim underside of hood cause the LT cars are different than the LS cars where the rubber threaded hood adjustment stud is mounted to the body, take notice the first time you lower hood when you start to align things, other than that its all bolt on.

[bigz28man]

I got the Ls bumper cover and bumper absorber off, all the brackets, lights, and everything else that goes along with Ls nose. I was able to mount the Lt bumper absorber. All I have left is to do is sand and paint, bolt on the Lt headlight assembly, connect all lights and start putting on the Lt nose.

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by donnj

when I did the LT conversion to my 02 I had to trim underside of hood cause the LT cars are different than the LS cars where the rubber threaded hood adjustment stud is mounted to the body, take notice the first time you lower hood when you start to align things, other than that its all bolt on.

Are you speaking about those hood bumps to the very front right and left corner of the engine bay? If so I have them being replaced with the Lt1 style, which sit a bit lower to give the hood more room to lower down.

[bigz28man]

finally got the headlight assembly on and all the the lights connected and working. now all that is left is to sand, spray after i tape off a few things. then i can finally get the body panels back on. this swap has been extremely easy, time consuming but easy.

[Blackbirdws6]

Coming along nicely. Hope you have a warm place to work. Lil chilly out.

[V]

its coming along nicely.

so when are you selling me the ls1 shortblock? lol

[bigz28man]

Originally Posted by V

its coming along nicely.

so when are you selling me the ls1 shortblock? lol

lol, i was thinking of putting that ls1 in a 3rd gen in the near future

[bigz28man]

polished and waxed up the other Lt1 SS hood this morning. The Ls1 SS hood, lights, fenders, and nose will be up for sale this weekend.

[V]

Originally Posted by bigz28man

lol, i was thinking of putting that ls1 in a 3rd gen in the near future

the funny thing is that I have a 3rd gen in need of an ls1 lol

and if i had a 4.1 gen, id buy that front end in a heartbeat, thats a great price you are selling it for.