Red Headed Stepchild-75 Swinger LSX Swap
Hope everyone had a happy and safe Turkey Day. I had some fun down in NC, saw my family, my kids and of course, picked up more parts and got some work done for the Dsrt.
For starters, i got the new all steel oil pan in the mail Tuesday night. It was a very nice piece and an all steel pan for only $160 I couldn't complain.
Only problem was it was a rear sump pan that interferes with the centerlink. Since i knew that prior to buying it and knew myplan ahead, it stayed nice for about 2.5 seconds.
Essentially i cut the sump out right at the welds and slid it back to the middle because I knew I would need a center sump pan, and the only one I found online was. From sikky, and they want $699 for it. Not really budget friend when that alone would cost more than my motor, turbo, and manifolds. So i went with this. Forgive all the blue tape but i wanted it as tight and secure as I could to check fitment.
Clearance on the stock, unmodified slant 6 kmember.
Depth of the pan, just above the back lip on the kmember.
Place of the sump has it 1" forward of the center link,
and allows for an inch(idk if thats accurate, but its a "my fat thumbs width)of clearance when wheels are turned at full locl on driver side, and even wider on passenger side.
Once everything was verified to fit, i cut the middle portion out and moved it to the rear. And started getting it all ready to weld back up. I also discovered that the camaro oil pickup places it right where I need it for this center sump pan, length and depth (happy coincidence and suprise).
Tada!!! Center sump LS pan that will clear the stock kmember and centerlink.
As if that wasn't enough work to get done, i picked up one of the earlier 6.0 intake/throttle body/fuel rail combos so i can have the factory regulator on the fuel rail and not have to buy another and run it separately.
I also picked up a starter, ignition coils, the camaro pickup tube, and a Ford 8.8 rear end and drive shaft to put under the back of the car. Sooooo lots of work ahead of me.
Hope everyone had a happy and safe Turkey Day. I had some fun down in NC, saw my family, my kids and of course, picked up more parts and got some work done for the Dsrt.
For starters, i got the new all steel oil pan in the mail Tuesday night. It was a very nice piece and an all steel pan for only $160 I couldn't complain.
Only problem was it was a rear sump pan that interferes with the centerlink. Since i knew that prior to buying it and knew myplan ahead, it stayed nice for about 2.5 seconds.
Essentially i cut the sump out right at the welds and slid it back to the middle because I knew I would need a center sump pan, and the only one I found online was. From sikky, and they want $699 for it. Not really budget friend when that alone would cost more than my motor, turbo, and manifolds. So i went with this. Forgive all the blue tape but i wanted it as tight and secure as I could to check fitment.
Clearance on the stock, unmodified slant 6 kmember.
Depth of the pan, just above the back lip on the kmember.
Place of the sump has it 1" forward of the center link,
and allows for an inch(idk if thats accurate, but its a "my fat thumbs width)of clearance when wheels are turned at full locl on driver side, and even wider on passenger side.
Once everything was verified to fit, i cut the middle portion out and moved it to the rear. And started getting it all ready to weld back up. I also discovered that the camaro oil pickup places it right where I need it for this center sump pan, length and depth (happy coincidence and suprise).
Tada!!! Center sump LS pan that will clear the stock kmember and centerlink.
As if that wasn't enough work to get done, i picked up one of the earlier 6.0 intake/throttle body/fuel rail combos so i can have the factory regulator on the fuel rail and not have to buy another and run it separately.
I also picked up a starter, ignition coils, the camaro pickup tube, and a Ford 8.8 rear end and drive shaft to put under the back of the car. Sooooo lots of work ahead of me.