piston Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 been working on this thing for a while now, about 1 year. alot of time and labor put in, everything done little by little and sometime a whole lot at a time. it starts and runs but no exhaust yet. heres the pics. injoy lt1 nuts...feed back welcome! jtr radiator mounted... passenger rear view bottom radiator view..sorry, kinda blurry... rear view of my hybridz...sanding the rest comes last! driver side rear angle view top jtr radiator and racket/fan view...notice pcm is mounted under intake held by bracket onto the wall...using a carpice harness.... radiator hose/ghetto t and notice i cut my frame rail to clear the a/c delete pulley. driver side view...using 14" fans at the moment. hopefully it will hold. draws a good amount of air throught the radiator... top front view...love the jtr radiator supports... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Lookin' good! The fact that you brought it to the point of an actual running engine means you're nearly there for a completely drivable car You should be proud at this point and looking forward to melting some rubber on the tarmac. Mmmm, the smell of tire smoke in the morning Also, I can't tell if your notch has been welded shut or not. You might want to consider that if you have not done so already... Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9t4ss Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Looking awesome! I wish my motor was off the stand and in the car like yours. Hope to see it going down the road some day. When I get my engine in I'm sure i'll have some questions for you,as I'm also using a caprice motor and harness. Keep up the good work Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno74Z Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Piston, What you have accomplished so far is great! I need to crank up on my HybridZ LT1 this spring. Great Job again and thanks for sharing the pictures - keep moving forward. Danno74Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Looking good, very clean. What cold air inlet is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravRMK Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 thanks for the comments, dayvyz, ill be welding the notch as soon as i get this thing perfectly running, right now, im focused on having it run perfect before anything goes, but i will be welding the notch..and yeah im proud and excited...i moved this thing out of the garaged the other day and all the neighbors stuck their head out of theer fences and looked at the car like what??? i had to grab a few beers for myself!!! 9t4s, my motor was on stand rotating back and forth while i bought new parts, and did my harness, everytime i look at it, it gave up hopes cause it just seems so much more and a long ways to go. as soon as it sits in your engine bay, its a whole different story...more confident... deja, the dold air intake is a custome peice..ehehe, the elbow is a cold air elbow i got off of ebay a couple months backfor lt1s, it was actually really cheap, i got it for 45.00, came with 2 couplings and they even threw in a air/throttle foil insert piece. im not sure if the company still sells it or not but at the time i bought it, they had 4 or 5 listings. now the center piece, i found in the garage. dont know what it came off of, found it laying around, so i just tested it, works on the curve, so installed it. the end piece in the front is the stock 280z cold air intake that came with the car. i slapped on a k&n filter for a tahoe on their cause i coulnt imagine using the small z filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 deja, the dold air intake is a custome peice..ehehe, the elbow is a cold air elbow i got off of ebay a couple months backfor lt1s, it was actually really cheap, i got it for 45.00, came with 2 couplings and they even threw in a air/throttle foil insert piece. im not sure if the company still sells it or not but at the time i bought it, they had 4 or 5 listings. now the center piece, i found in the garage. dont know what it came off of, found it laying around, so i just tested it, works on the curve, so installed it. the end piece in the front is the stock 280z cold air intake that came with the car. i slapped on a k&n filter for a tahoe on their cause i coulnt imagine using the small z filter. LOL somehow I knew you were going to say that. I've been looking at that "cheap" package on EBay and will probably get it to start with. I also found someone on EBay that sells intercooler aluminum pipe and pieces parts in different sizes that doesn't seem too horribly expensive. http://stores.ebay.com/pctrading888_Intercooler_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ19QQftidZ2QQtZkm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 piston, congrat's on getting the LT1 in and running. LOL somehow I knew you were going to say that. I've been looking at that "cheap" package on EBay and will probably get it to start with. I also found someone on EBay that sells intercooler aluminum pipe and pieces parts in different sizes that doesn't seem too horribly expensive. http://stores.ebay.com/pctrading888_Intercooler_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ19QQftidZ2QQtZkm Our buddies at JTR have ducting as well:https://shell7.tdl.com/~jags/AirDucts_Order.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 i got the couplings on ebay as well. they have different sizes from 3 to 3.5 or any size you need. its like 6 or so bucks a piece. the only thing i got from ebay is the lt1 intake elbow(black piece)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 i got the couplings on ebay as well. they have different sizes from 3 to 3.5 or any size you need. its like 6 or so bucks a piece. the only thing i got from ebay is the lt1 intake elbow(black piece)... That elbow is an expensive thing. Too bad GM didn't make the throttle body inlet round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 i got the elbow for 45.00 on ebay plus the air throttle insert thing included for free..and 2 couplings. not bad at all actually for 45.00. the couplings on the mass air flows were seperate..those were the ones for 6 bucks a piece.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartman Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Summit has several elbows available. Just go to their web site and search for "LT1 air elbow". JTR has rubber elbows as well, and they have very reasonable prices: https://shell7.tdl.com/~jags/Pages/Parts_AirClean_Ducting.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Summit has several elbows available. Just go to their web site and search for "LT1 air elbow". JTR has rubber elbows as well, and they have very reasonable prices:https://shell7.tdl.com/~jags/Pages/Parts_AirClean_Ducting.html Wow, I did not see those on JTR's site, thnaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1noel Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 Piston- Looks really great, bet you can't wait to get her screaming down the street. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80LS1T Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 NICE JOB so far! Looks very clean! Might what to think about a heatsheild fo the PCM since the header is only a few inches away. I made a cold air intake just like yours out of a 3" u-bend that I bought from summit. I just cut the pipe in half and positioned it where it needed to be and welded it up! For the pipe to MAF sensor I used a coupler from a 98' Dodge Caravan airbox(cheap!) and then slapped on a K&N. I also made a bracket that goes from the pipe to the radiator support for extra strength. Then I drilled a hole in the end of the K&N and ran a bolt through it to a bracket also mounted to the radiator support. The only significant cost for this was the filter! The pipe was less than $20 and teh coupler was like $12(new) and then it was just my time to put it all together! I can get pics if you guys want them.... Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 sure 80lt1, why not, lets see some pics...i looked at your pics on your website but not sure if youve updated to any of your latest pics yet. my stock datsun intake is mounted right next to the rail where the top hose goes to. ill be wraping the pcm with thermal batery wrap from work. yes, i cant wait to get this thing on the road and tear up some tires. i havent drove a fast car in years since the last time i blew my old car 3 years ago. this is the most ive done to any car i had in the past years. the more you spend, the more you apreciate and love the car. i want to get it moving so i can take it to my buddies body shop, then you guys will see me in the body/paint forum. ill be doing it myself on spray and everything, have all the equipment i need plus a booth. trying to not let anyone work on this but myself. so far, ive dont everything myself w/ an extra hand from my older bro. im going on vacation for a week and cant wait to get back to finish this thing up. its like my other girlfriend!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 heres better pics of the front. shows the intake and radiator overflow bottle and stock caprice oil cooler. isnt it cool how it just mounts perfectly in the front of the car! i was thinking about mounting a mini fan on it just for kicks, but that might be overkill..i couldnt think of a better place for the radiator bottle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 heres better pics of the front. shows the intake and radiator overflow bottle and stock caprice oil cooler. isnt it cool how it just mounts perfectly in the front of the car! i was thinking about mounting a mini fan on it just for kicks, but that might be overkill..i couldnt think of a better place for the radiator bottle... Wow, that is one big ass filter, no restrictions on that system for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 i thought it was big to when i bought it. yes, no restriction. lol... took it for a test drive around the block with crappy rims. sounds like somethings loose under the car. might be my sway bars or something, when i turn, it makes a ticking noise sometimes...hopefully nothing major but man this thing sounds sick and has some serious rpm climb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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