The Blue Lagoon - LS1 Content

[NC325iC]

shouldnt there be a big washer on the subframe bushing to hold the lip solid?

[Iain]

You can remote mount the coils fairly easily. Just make sure your leads are well insulated from grounding on other stuff in the engine bay and won't chaff on anything.

This build it giving me some motivation :) Also I found it interesting you used V-bands to clamp the exhaust together - why is that?

[Ian Bowers]

Dude. The fuck? That's bullshit.

[E30Nova]

So jealous. :(

Matt

[Blip Bavarian]

Hey guys, after much delay, I have made some progress.

Added some more heat shielding out onto the firewall





Also gave my headers another coat of silicone



put in a PS delete



Nick cut me a plate to mount the MC directly to the firewall. We had to chop up and flare some donor brake lines, cause the stockers weren't long enough anymore..



then i brought the car home for the final assembly

finally got my fucking half shafts out from the hubs. It took 3 people and a monster sledgehammer



installed the new shafts





check this bs out! my powerflex bushing inverted up into the subframe. WTF?





dropped the motor/tranny in



the brake MC interferes with one of the coils. Im gonna figure out a way to remote mount the coil. More on that later.



After alot of trial and error with wiring, and with the help of my friends Julian and Brian, we got it started. Hopefully this video works...

VIDEO


More progress on the way. Thanks for looking. -Matt

[MR 325]

Does any body know if I can just cut the airbag sensors off?

I did! lol.

[movementality]

awesome!

[TeXJ]

loving the thread!! and as many are, wishing i could do this to mine :(

[greanthumb]

very nice job on the engine bay!! keep going.. im following.

[Blip Bavarian]

Good choice on engine bay color! Did you re-weld your shock towers?

Nope didnt reweld em.

Excellent thread.

thanks.


Does any body know if I can just cut the airbag sensors off?

[Danny]

Excellent thread.

[FreedS4]

Good choice on engine bay color! Did you re-weld your shock towers?

[Blip Bavarian]

sanded

cleaned and prepped

primed


painted satin black


added heat insulation

[greanthumb]

Thanks. The brake setup was the biggest question mark for me too. I decided to go boosterless, so time will tell how it works out. Ill let you know how mine feels soon.



Ive been poking ass lately. Been working a ton in the hot sun, so its hard to motivate myself to spend the weekend in the garage when its 105 degrees.

We pulled the engine/tranny yesterday for the final time. Im gonna paint the engine bay this week. Any suggestions on color??

cant go wrong with black. i feel ya.... the sun will take it out of you. thanks for the update. give us another soon

[FreedS4]

Thanks. The brake setup was the biggest question mark for me too. I decided to go boosterless, so time will tell how it works out. Ill let you know how mine feels soon.



Ive been poking ass lately. Been working a ton in the hot sun, so its hard to motivate myself to spend the weekend in the garage when its 105 degrees.

We pulled the engine/tranny yesterday for the final time. Im gonna paint the engine bay this week. Any suggestions on color??

Your opinion on your booster-less set-up will be much appreciated. As for the engine bay color, go black. It's an easy color to paint and "hides" dirt/grime well. My best friend painted his RX-7 (MY old 87 TurboII) engine bay black while he was swapping in his LS1/T56 and it came out looking real good.