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I would be interested also, just getting ready to buy the jtr's but I will hold off for now.

The last parts will be in my hands by the end of next week and I am about to go on temp. layoff til the next wind turbine jobsite is started so bring on the fun. I will be sending pics of my final engine drop in later next week. I have found ls2 corvette manifolds that I am going to use instead of headers and Im going single 3" with a cutout for the strip. My wiring harness should be in from SSP on wednesday so that will be fun. Thanks

77 280z 1. 2005 5.3 L33 93k, electric corvette throttle body, ls1 intake, 2. 2002 camaro built t56, stage 1 clutch, chromoly 15lb flywheel 3. jci all the way 4. electric throttle body clears the truck water pump outlet, 300lph inline fed from stock tank, aftermarket 3 row stock aluminium radiator, 3" single exhaust with cutout for fun, SSP wiring with drive by wire setup and 411 ecm, more to come 5. Aug 09 til hopefully before the end of this year

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Mine was really tight so I gave the bracket a couple of dings and the spacer went in fine. I also beveled the leading edge of the bracket so the spacer wouldnt get pushed over as hard. Everything lined up after that.

I got the engine in this weekend, its just a trial run because I didnt have the flywheel or oil pan. It fits real nice and looks drop dead sexy. I will be posting pics in a few days after I get them loaded to my computer. The blind nuts that come with the JCI kit for the trans crossmember didnt work at all so I had to bolt through the frame but other than that the swap went well. The shifter lined up exactly with the existing hole so no problems there. The drive shaft seems a little long though. Its almost bottomed out in the slip joint, about a 1/2 in away. If thats what everyone elses is like then Im fine with it, but I would like to know. Another little tidbit about the l33 truck motor, if you go with a electronic throttle, there is no need to change the water pump as it clears just fine. I will get some pics to show how close it is. That is one less part I have to buy. Now to get the pulleys figured out.

I think it wont be too hard to lose some weight and get a few more ponies. Ive got about $3000 in it now, so I think Im doing pretty good on that end. I have around 2k to go for a good base setup, including radiator, wiring, ecm, fuel lines and pump, headers and exhaust, flywheel pp and clutch setup. I also need a new rear end as mine is whines like the inside of a roots blower. Is that less than what other people spend or more? thanks for all your advice so far.

looking forward to definitive answers on this one as well.

wow, you answers most of my q's. Thanks. how load is that 255 inline, cause Ive ran inlines before and hate the whine thats louder than the engine. now on the exhausts, are they long tube, mid, or shortys? Whats the outlet size? how much hp is your engine putting down? I dont know how soon I will be hit by the hp bug but if I can keep up with my dads z51 c6, I may be upgrading sooner than I think. He gives me so much crap that Im wasting my money, and even though I know he's joking, I just wanna rub it in his face. I know my car probably wont ever equal his car in class or refinement, but if I can pull away from him just once, and still get the good fuel mileage that he gets, I will be happy to see the look on his face.

ok, so maybe I was shooting a little high on my rpm goal. simple over exaggeration on my part. Can we get back on topic? My engine showed up on Tuesday, but still no pics of how nice it looks. I think that this build is going to go really nice. I am shopping for the lightened flywheel, clutch and pp now. What do you guys do for the clutch cylinders? From what I understand, the stock slave from the camaro is the way to go, and then a tilton or equal 1" bore master? can I go less and still manage? I would like a decent amount of engagement, not just an on/off switch. Also, has anyone come up with another solution on the headers? What are the options there? I know about sanderson custom headers and the jtr headers(i think they have ls1's). On the fuel system, I plan on running the stock tank for the time being. I have seen a few guys that have stock tanks for a while now, with little to no trouble. I dont plan on racing the car on roadcourses for a while, Will I be alright with just replacing the stock pump with a high pressure, high volume pump and filter. I plan on plumbing in a corvette filter with built in regulator for ease of installation. Does anyone suggest using a pre pump filter? Hope to have some good pics up soon. Thanks

Please, let me explain. Im not trying to get into it. I have been hodrodding since I was 14 with my dad and I will soon be 22 on saturday. We have built quite a few sbc's over the years and none all that extreme, just your run of the mill street motors. After we break in the cam for 30 minutes, we take the car on its shakedown cruise and see what rpm the motor quits pulling at. My dad strongly believes that you break in the motor like your going to use the motor, and the last couple of cars we built get ragged on pretty hard. Anyways, the last one we built hit around 6800 before it started to float the valves. I figured just off these sbc's that I built, with a newer motor like the ls series it would be easier to get more rpm out of it. All that being said, the only reason why I want a high rpm motor is to stay along the same lines as the original datsun motor. Thats also the reason I am going with 3" single exhaust, but going elect. cutouts for performance situations. Its all about the feel of the car to me. I hope we can all get along. Later

ya, the 8000 is after I get the motor running the way I like it and get the car set up to go fast. I need suspension work and much wider, stickier tires before I am ready for the motor to run like that. Ive got a comp cams xr281 in store for this motor later, along with the rest of the go fast parts. A fast intake will compliment it nicely.

I just bought my ls1 intake from a 2000 Corvette with ported Elec Throttle Body and MAF. It comes with the stock 26# injectors and fuel rail so I am getting closer to having all my parts. The motor showed up today but I wont have pics of it until this weekend. The tranny should be getting shipped out this week. I will be buying a lightened chromoly flywheel and stage 3 clutch/pressure plate assy. soon, which should help in the rpm department. I am hoping to break the 8000 rpm boundary on this motor. More to come.

well, steven told me he has everything to make the drive by wire work with the ls1 harness. Im using an ls1 intake, but I have been struggling back and forth between going elec throttle or not. I think that my first idea of going elec throttle was that I would have better throttle response but now Im thinking with this much hp that a touchy throttle might not be the best idea. I am just not sure.

The parts are raining in and the old tired motor is out. John at JCI sounded really cool on the phone when I asked my 20 questions about his motor swap. I sent out all those money orders, first one for my 2005 5.3 l33 with 63k on it. In case you don't know what the l33 is, here is an excerpt from GM "RPO L33, a lighter, higher output variant of the Vortec 5300 that became available on short bed, extended cab Silverado and Sierra models in 2005, features an aluminum engine block; cylinder heads from the LS6 that were originally developed for the Z06 Corvette; and a high-lift cam." Then, one for the 99 camaro t56 with new 2nd & 3rd gears , shift pads , carbon fiber blocker rings , syncros , upgraded aluminium shift fork to steel and output shaft seal. Custom shifter Internal springs modified so you wont ever miss 3rd gear. Steven at SSP wiring is hooking me up with a base ls1 harness with the addition of the drive by wire setup and a custom hp tuned ls1 pcm which was a modification to the drive by wire parameters to gain about 20 hp from stock.

I have a 77 5 speed that I would be willing to sell. I am getting ready for a ls1 swap and would like to recoup some funds. Let me know.