The Blue Lagoon - LS1 Content

[Iain]

Im glad you've done some testing. Cant believe you can stick with that rear end. GOOD SHIT! Perhaps the chassis weight?? Ill be making sure you get away with it again before I go ahead and run your setup. I already have a 12 bolt chevy sitting around(id love to keep it that way..LOL)

What gears you gonna run?? 2.??..... id be interested to know.

Add a Nissan R200 diff and driveshafts, then get the shafts resplined to suit the BMW hubs. With the M-coupe bracing in the trailing arm frame, good bushes and stronger welds for the trailing arm mounts you should be thoroughly engineered.

Leave the Chev 12-bolt for the guys afraid of corners

[greanthumb]

Wow I love everything about this car! Will be one of the sickest on the forum when it's done for sure! :D

what up dude? Lets get grinding on my swap soon! Gotta source that tranny. otherwise i think its a green light:D. Hype Chris!

[greanthumb]

Stock rear end has held up so far on my swap and a couple others I try to keep tabs on. Swapping to something else would require quite a bit of surgery, trumping the difficulty level of the motor swap for sure. If you haven't seen it yet, search for Multiplex's C4 Corvette Dana 44/IRS swap. Beautiful job but a hell of a lot of work!

edit: Blip, you have that beast on the road yet??? :)

Im glad you've done some testing. Cant believe you can stick with that rear end. GOOD SHIT! Perhaps the chassis weight?? Ill be making sure you get away with it again before I go ahead and run your setup. I already have a 12 bolt chevy sitting around(id love to keep it that way..LOL)

What gears you gonna run?? 2.??..... id be interested to know.

[iflytii]

YOU KEEPIN THAT REAR END???? No ford 9in./12 bolt chevy?
what are you gonna do for air intake?

Stock rear end has held up so far on my swap and a couple others I try to keep tabs on. Swapping to something else would require quite a bit of surgery, trumping the difficulty level of the motor swap for sure. If you haven't seen it yet, search for Multiplex's C4 Corvette Dana 44/IRS swap. Beautiful job but a hell of a lot of work!

edit: Blip, you have that beast on the road yet??? :)

[e30polak]

Wow I love everything about this car! Will be one of the sickest on the forum when it's done for sure! :D

[greanthumb]

YOU KEEPIN THAT REAR END???? No ford 9in./12 bolt chevy?
what are you gonna do for air intake?

[greanthumb]

I likey..... going this route with one of my 318is. didnt realize how many people were doing this swap. VERY COOL. Ill be using this tread for some reference when i get around to my swap. still considering a muncie 4spd. ill be checkin in to see the progress/reviews(from you). let me know how that six speed treats ya.

[///M Powered]

awesome thread , that color is awesome

[Blip Bavarian]

We mounted the radiator last night, and pulled the wiring harness to wrap it.

Had to cut the oem radiator mounts off to make the Mishimoto clear. This radiator could not be a better fit. It fits perfectly between the frame rails, and sets down on to the little lip in the first pic.

Im gonna run a pusher fan setup, so no need for the LS2 water pump or CTSv tensioner.

[Blip Bavarian]

Got some work done Yesterday. Spent mothers day at the shop instead of with my mom. :tsk:

Anyway, Ive been worried about the rear end of my car being able to hold the torque of the LS1, so we did some reinforcing.

welded in some triangulated pieces to the diff mount






w/ diff bolted up


We also did some reinforcement from the top (trunk). We originally were going to setup the angled braces symmetrically. We decided it would make more sense to have them come down directly above the diff mount.














Im starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This week we plan on pulling the harness and cleaning it up, and clearing room and mounting the monster radiator i got.

Also, Im having a custom driveshaft built. There is a good chance it will be here before the end of the week. Should be good to about 600 whp (not that ill get there, but dang )

[delatlanta1281]

So rad.

[Blip Bavarian]

[JoeyBones]

holy jeeze...what a beast!

[SamE30e]

Videos!!

[iflytii]

Congrats on getting it running! Now go drive it!!! :-)