E30-LS1 KITS now available!

[Massive Lee]

I said nothing about the engineering, looking at a part with a premium price, laser cut, and formed on a press brake, Id expect quality welds...

Well actually, you are paying $1200 for the engineering and development. They give you the parts for free.

[Wizard13]

Guys seriously, if you don't like it don't buy it and keep your opinion to yourselves especially if you don't know what your talking about. I've been a welder and fabricator for the better part of a decade and quite honestly all this stuff is hand made and it wont look 100% "pretty" for you nit pickers out there but taken into consideration the gauge metal and the amount of weld layed down on these components its more than plenty strong enough to handle the small task of holding up an engine and transmission. In other words its a bit overkill for the setup this is going to.
So apparently you guys seem to be really concerned with the pretty factor of the parts instead of the functionality. If you want something more "pretty" go out and pay someone else 2-3 times as much for your bling and leave these men and their fine products alone, and for the love of god, again, keep your opinions to yourself.

Guys, killer work here, its quite impressive and a killer deal. I've been following you guys for quite a while and i love your innovation and creativity and the cleanliness if you work. Great job keep it up!

[Sputnik]

As long as it holds and does its job, it shouldn't matter if it looks like helen keller did it...

[e30t5]

I will also add that maybe I could have put it more gently, but, I would want someone to point it out to me.

[e30t5]

Its not like I just landed on this planet, first of all.

I said nothing about the engineering, looking at a part with a premium price, laser cut, and formed on a press brake, Id expect quality welds, they look great otherwise. Even under paint, in a photo on a forum, its obvious they are passable, but, if they are paying someone to weld those, they need to find someone else, and if they are welding them themselves, they should get some guidance, practice, or pay someone with the skills to do it properly.

PS, not that it necessarily applies in this situation, engineering degree, or training, or whatever allows one to call themselves an engineer, absolutely does not give them the ability to make anything.

[e30polak]

For $1200 a kit, you should find a better welder.

And for a noob you shouldn't be posting such comments. If you would do some research, and realize what Garrett and his dad have done for the E30 community, you would see all the professional R&D that went into this kit. Just like any other vendor, you're not just paying for some hacked together brackets and mounts, these were designed and fabricated by 2 engineers. :roll:

[e30t5]

For $1200 a kit, you should find a better welder.

[iflytii]

Did you find your corner weights?

Here are the weights right after doing the swap. Note I had not done any corner-balancing since the swap.


Edit:
Here are the weights while corner balancing with the S52 setup. Note, I gained about 20lbs +/- with a camera mount, cool suit setup and a couple other minor things that were not in e car @ the 2228 weight.



Also note these weights are from totally different sets of scales. There could be some difference in accuracy, but as a ballpark they should work.

[garretvs]

Where did those 80lbs go? Front or rear axle?

Do you have any axle weights or corner weights?

The front. We weighed on a 4-corner scale (donated by Lockheed-Martin....:D) weights were:

1540lbs front axle
1320lbs rear axle

[kristov]

I think kristov was more concerned about where the weight was located than the overall gain. I gained a little more than 80lbs on mine and I've got corner weights both before and after - I just need to find them.

For Kristov, one of the major weight gains was the transmission. The T56 is a beast, and you definitely pay the penalty in weight. Good thing is the weight gain associated with the trans is (obviously) further back in the car.

I'll dig up my corner weights today.

Did you find your corner weights?

[kristov]

Our car weighed 80lbs more after the swap. The extra 200hp and 200lbft of torque pretty much makes those 80lbs invisible ...........:p

Where did those 80lbs go? Front or rear axle?

Do you have any axle weights or corner weights?

[svn2002s]

DAMM, so freaking tempting. New crate engines are going for 5k.

[garretvs]

Gerber Motor sports in Magnolia (suburban Seattle) is doing an E30-LS3 swap. They started about 2wks ago.

[cbouchez]

Its not an easy swap, so its taking time for people to complete it. We've sold about 25 CD's, and five complete swap kits. Some are doing the DIY route, and one guy is spending good coin on having a shop do the swap, with an LS3. That one should be quite something!

You guys don't do the swap?


Is TC Motorsports the best shop to do the job in WA?

[Massive Lee]

LS1 swap is so tempting.

The 2003 C5 came with 409hp. A friend of mine has such a Corvette, with the engine set-up for 500hp. ;-)