My S13 240 : Ls swap, Corvette trans,ITB's, Widebody, Stupid wide wheels,

[laextreme5]

Had some unexpected free time today, so i cleaned up the garage a bit and threw out some things to make room for my buddys Cts-v that he is dropping off early this week for somebody work. Wait till y'all see this fucking thing.
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Also took the time to use some spare materials i had laying around to sorta mock up how i want to do the front tube work. The outside bar will be joining the downbar/dashbar through the firewall and the two angled bars will be going through the cowl and connecting to the dash bar as well. I fell this will be a very sturdy, structurally sound design. Of course there will be some bars connecting these upper bars to the lower rail. Ill figure that out once i come to it, but i already have a few ideas.
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Also picked up some 1/2" conduit the other day to mock up and try out some ideas for the age before i bend the actual dom tubing for the first time. dad recommended it and said ti was a good way to try new angles and such.
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[laextreme5]

Haha its just an upside down picture. The box was upside down on the table, and weighs like 90 lbs, so i was lazy and took the picture upside down.

[DER E30]

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What kind of shelf is this?!? It use magnets or what?

[laextreme5]

I was wondering what all that was, but didnt ask. Cant wait to see this when you get to make it look good inside. Never would have guessed that vettes had a rear trans.

Inside will be bare chassis and cage in a seperate color than the exterior. will be as minimal as possible.

As for the corevttes trans, its only the c5 and up that have them in the rear

[hinrichs]

I was wondering what all that was, but didnt ask. Cant wait to see this when you get to make it look good inside. Never would have guessed that vettes had a rear trans.

[laextreme5]

Here is a less sarcastic, decent response to your question lol Im running a c5 corvette trans and diff aka transaxle. It moves the trans to the back of the car, better weight distrobution, more traction, more fun times.


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[laextreme5]

Corvette transaxle.


DUH

[190Evan]

Yo what the hell is going in here

[laextreme5]

Favorite build right here.. Nice dude, keep us updated

Thanks man!!

What changes did you make to the length of the torque tube to accommodate the change in chassis length between S13 and C5?

Absolutely nothing. If i wasnt planning on cutting the firewall to allow the motor to sit farther back it would have had to been extended or the rear diff would have been a few inches too far forward. could have prolly worked but the angle of the axles would have been near that limit of comfortable travel.

[nsogiba]

What changes did you make to the length of the torque tube to accommodate the change in chassis length between S13 and C5?

[kevvy_dawg]

Favorite build right here.. Nice dude, keep us updated

[laextreme5]

Over the last few days i was able to get the everything bolted up, throw the stock suspension back on, and lower it down under it owns weight. The conclusion i have come to is this motor sits FUCKING LOW. The center of the heads sit even with my knee caps (I'm 6'1 for reference) needless to say its way down there.

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Also swung by my dads to pick up and borrow some tools vs just buying my own right now. saving money is good, who cares if your using tools that aren't your own. Biggest thing i picked up tho was his tubing bender. Saved me a few hundred bucks from buying one, and i dont have to wait for one to get shipped in either. Week or so ago i ordered a tubing roller. How this differs from a bender is the roller will give the tubing a nice radius bend, where as the bender gives short specific angle bends. Roller will come in hand for various pieces i.e. strut tower bar, some smaller wall roll cage tie in points maybe etc. Also picked up from dad a few angle finders and a tool to hold in place the tubing while you tack in place. Pretty usefull little tool


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I also have multiple parts on order currently, I'm quite excited. Heres a run down of what all is on order.

- Front and rear fenders
-Front and rear flares
-Roll cage tubing
-Bucket seat
-Hole saw bits to cut roll cage

Actual work itself on the car is going to slow over the next month or so as i have two large side jobs ill be under taking. So ill be tide up with those for a bit. They also are paying quite well so i should also in the mean time be able to get a few more parts ordered as well, namely rear inner and outer barrels to start mock up of the wheels.

Cant really measure for the fronts yet as i need the new knuckles, lca's and coilovers as well. So front mock is still a ways out. Hopefully my friend buys my Varis parts in the next 2 weeks as promised and ill be able to get the knuckles and such just mentioned on the way.

Busy times ahead. My bank account is really feeling it :/

[laextreme5]

do some HW and find out. GM does weird things like that sometimes. It may be routed internally within the pan (hardlines), my GTO front wet sump was like that.

The stock ls7 oil pan lines exit out the center of the pan, in fornt of the starter. The actual starter im using for mock up is one of my neighbors fbody camaro. He said truck starters are smaller, so sometime soon im going crawl under my truck and measure it. I really only need like a 14-1/2" less length and it will work just fine.

[nsogiba]

do some HW and find out. GM does weird things like that sometimes. It may be routed internally within the pan (hardlines), my GTO front wet sump was like that.

[laextreme5]

just google ls1 mini starter, they're all over the place from various brands. I found this one:

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Powermaster-9509-GM-LS1-Gear-Reduction-Starter,42269.html

Is this a stock LS7 pan? how does the factory solve the problem of starter interfering with external oil lines? more often than not it's best to follow how they did it, no need to reinvent the wheel.

Thanks for the link, and this is actually a ARE dyr sump pan, not a factory ls7. Im not sure how it is from the factory. Never seen any pictures of how is run or seen a setup in person.