LS1 Drift Build 'Nuff Said'

[Flashpoint_RX7]

Love the "follow allong at home" style. Also, Mississippi Mus is FANTASTIC. I just bought some a couple weeks ago because the bottle was cool and ended up loving it.

[RolledAndPulledG]

You can take your valve cover off and remove the neck for the oil fill and put the cap right onto the valve cover. It took a little milling on my ls3 but i think the ls1 will go right into place. good for some more clearance..Its sorta hard to see on this pic...

mikes8-1 by DriftBuild, on Flickr
I'm deffff excited to see this though!!

[powww]

Good beers, check out Festina Peche from dogfish, really good summer beer.

[roof_rack]

can we have boost pl0x!? cant wait to see it done man

[fromthelbc]

hey, do you live your life 9 seconds at a time?

[fizn]

Subscribed, good luck.

[Royal_T]

Sorry guys for the late update, was a crazy weekend.. Well back to the action

STAGE 1: Phase 3 'Front Drive Assembly & Accessories'



Beer of choice this week is Fischer Blonde, a blonde ale with a baright gold in color, this beer displays unique savour with subtle fruity accents. Beer is imported from France. Also has a pretty cool bottle top. Has a pretty good taste could be better but not bad with a good burger..



What we have to install today is a water pump with some AN fittings that I got from my good friend Stew, which also has a build thread going on with his LS1 S13 (check it out HERE), ARP Water pump bolts, Alternator, KRC tension pulley and a KRC drift power steering pump. Nothing but the best for my babe..

Water Pump: $150.00

ARP Water Pump Bolts: $37.00

Alternator: $97.99

KRC idler tensioned is: $178.75

KRC Drift power steering pump: $460.57

KRC F-body pump bracket is: $68.75



Stew had a -16AN welded in for the thermostat, but I will be changing this to a -20AN..



Here is a -20AN that I had welded for the inlet side..



More AN fittings thanks to Stew, other inlet was welded shut,,



New Gaskets and ARP bolts



Bolt it up, and torque to 11 lb ft (First Pass) and 22 lb ft (Final Pass)



next is the alternator bracket



And the alternator its self..



bolt it up





make sure you torque down



starting to come together



Next is the KRC goods,,



First up is the idler tension pulley.. KRC makes some nice products and would highly recommend them to any one.



Mount up the bracket first and follow the instructions for torque specs.



Already looks good.



Then mount up the bracket for the pulley itself and again follow the KRC instructions.



So pretty...



Then mount up the pulley itself. In this pic I have not fully installed the center bearing all the way, but you get the idea..



Perfect



Next is the KRC Drift power steering pump bracket



And the power steering pump itself too.



The craftsmanship of this power steering pump is damn good



Comes with all the fittings you need.



Mount up the bracket first, and be sure to follow the instructions.



Then mount up the power steering pump to the bracket. Again follow instructions for torque specs..



There you have it, almost looks like a complete motor. Coming together slowly but surely..

Total price so far: $4,070.02

Next week STAGE 1: Phase 4 'LS1 to LS6 PCV conversion'

[DeeAOne]

Just got caught up on this amazing build thread. Great stuff man. I'd love to do a build like this one day.

[FittedDownLow]

your build thread makes me thirsty and this is a quality build man! look forward to your weekly updates and GL with the build!

[Royal_T]

Thanks guys glad you like... More to come

[Littlejoey]

I like the way you explain everything. Helps people like myself without much experience.

[340i]

quality beers and quality car building. this thread definitely ticks my boxes.

[Mark Ostrowski]

jesus your religious about these updates, Im lucky to update my build once every six months

Just out of curiousity, how are you planning to mate it to the rest of the car? Are there custom motor mounts, driveshafts and such availible for the 350z like on popular swap canidates like the 240sx or E36 and such, or is it going to be all custom?

[Zic]

absolutely love it.

[Royal_T]

jesus your religious about these updates, Im lucky to update my build once every six months

Just out of curiousity, how are you planning to mate it to the rest of the car? Are there custom motor mounts, driveshafts and such availible for the 350z like on popular swap canidates like the 240sx or E36 and such, or is it going to be all custom?

Thanks bro I try to update every week..

Sikky makes a swap kit that comes with new motor mounts, tans mounts, driveshaft, oil pan and new shifter for the T56 tranny..