92 Mtech vert LS daily driver swap

[z28]

Nice work and lots of pictures .... I need to learn to weld.

[jon volk]

Made some good progress today. Finished the driver side header modifications. Extended it to the sway bar area because messing with bolts or vband clamps right next to the steering link is just stupid.





Started on the y pipe to mate up with the rest of the exhaust.



Welded in the new battery tray. Going to spray it with Duplicolor Arctic White for a close enough match.



Finally starting to look like a car again.



Surprisingly the ride height hasn't changed at all even with the iron block.

[jon volk]

Started working on a coolant expansion tank. Stole the idea from Samberg and making a tank that will bolt to the passenger side cylinder head.




Also bought a Paxton blower inlet to use as a throttle body elbow. Its 3.5" in/out and just over 3" tall. I needed something super tight due to the added intake length of the nitrous plate.

[jon volk]

My old exhaust happens to fit as well, so all it needs is a y-pipe to the headers. With making my own mounts, the block hugger header will fit on the passenger side so Ill have a total investment of $150 into the headers. Need to order a shift kit and deep pan for the trans to get that all squared away.

[lemansguy]

that looks really good, much better than I thought it would actually. I assumed the shifter would be at stock height so was expecting to see hackery, but you made it very sweet. well done

[jon volk]

Installed the B&M Quicksilver shifter today. Had to make a recessed housing in order to get it low enough to clear the stock console but it worked out well.










Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErS2FT-PGYc

[Pootis]

I'm with you that I wish when I built my car I didn't wait for a kit to be available and just built the mounts on my own. There isn't much to them

[jon volk]

Another shot showing steering shaft/mount clearance.

[jon volk]

Much happier with this fitment....

Motor is 1.25" further back than it was before. Just waiting on some 1/4" laser cut mount plates to finish them off. Did t have enough scrap material to make my own today.

[z28]

Subbed, liking the build so far.

[jon volk]

On a positive note the transmission fits with room to spare after drilling a center mount hole and trimming some extra material to get it to sit flush against the floor.



I'm just going to make my own motor mounts now that its positioned in the car. I'm sure they work with the canton pan but I prefer the cast OE pans with the integrated filter mount.

[jon volk]

I'd hardly call that a lot of power. The e30 vert is probabaly still stiffer than a t top fbody.

[Bmwdayz]

Lots of power for a vert chassis....

[jon volk]

Any of the "ls1 block hugger" headers on ebay. The passenger side wont work with these mounts but one of the generic truck header ones should on that side since the cast iron truck manifold fits. The block hugger I made a cut on the underside of each tube and angled it closer to the block. Took all of 15 minutes but probably not something the average swapper is going to do. Cost will end up being a little less than $300 for both sets so its not really a cost savings over the Sanderson. I just cant deal with mild steel exhaust components.

[Pootis]

Do you have a link for those headers?