Drove the car for the first time in 2 years this afternoon. Goes alright

Nice man. How'd you go?

There are still a heap of little things to fix or put back together and its not idling properly but other than that its good fun

So the motor and box are out again. Box got stuck in 4th gear and wont come out. Hopefully something has just come loose and it will be all good once its back together. I'm a bit pissed off and over things breaking but at least I can use this as a chance to clean up the bay even more and fix a few more little things on it. Going to be a big update coming up in about a month and a half for it

Looks like its going to cost about $1300 to get the box fixed and im going to go through with it just for peace of mind so that I don't run into the same problems gain. After all, the whole reason I went LS in the first place was reliability

(http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/10452303_10155674338070576_7478979489600177360_n_zps9eiebhu0.jpg.html) Pulled down the rooted first ls1 I had and this is what I found. The motor was still running with these in it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol. eff that. i cant believe somone would keep running an engine like that. must hae made some epic noises

Believe it or not, it sounded fine. It was only the when we went to start it for a second time and it wouldn't turn over because a valve had snapped off and was jamed between the piston and the cylinder head and it wouldn't turn over that we found out something was wrong haha. I now pull off rocker covers before buying engines

Cool build man, love the ls1.

Cheers mate. I got the gearbox back this morning ( would have been a month ago but I have been working in Egypt) and then got off my ass this after noon and dropped the motor and box back in again. With any luck it will be running again tomorrow

Subscribed to this build, nice work man

Got my **** together and (mostly) finished putting it back together today, put some fuel in it, have it a kick in the guts and it fired up first flick of the key. Haven't driven it yet as I didn't have time to put the bonnet back on (excuses I know) but hopefully I get a chance to tomorrow morning. It's off to get the exhaust finished off on Monday and then I'll take it to get the idle fixed in the tune and then I shouldn't have any more excuses not to drive it any more

Finally finished the exhaust all the way to the back of the car tonight. I hope I never have to do it ever again. Biggest **** of a job. Also, upgraded the rear sway bar to a sedan one and putting in a set of boxed control arms tomorrow. Should be getting the speedo working soon as well

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wEwBlpuaf7w" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/01636994-EEAA-41BC-A555-D41A88C3BAFC_zpsrjz4ytdw.jpg.html) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/E42A13AA-A84A-481C-8EA6-EFAB9B172E40_zpsltusdsew.jpg.html) Finally got the hardware to put the roof racks back on. Ended up replacing all the rivnuts in the roof as they were all knackerd (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/942D5A2D-2664-43E0-B86D-6D9DECCB69A2_zpsgjhp8jdz.jpg.html) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

---------- Post added 02-09-14 at 20:54 ---------- [/COLOR]Oh yeah, It now has an LS1 and TR6060 in it as well.... ---------- Post added 02-09-14 at 20:56 ---------- For thoes interested, I have used Pacemaker engine and gearbox mounts, Pacemaker Extractors and CRS Starter conversion[/QUOTE] All i read with ls1 conversions is issues with the starter and exhaust and retaining power steering. Howd did you find this. ? Do the pacemaker and crs bits do the job?

yeah I used the CRS starter kit to swap the starter to the passenger side. its a tight squeeze to get the steering intermediate shaft through the headers but it does fit

Quote: Originally Posted by VLWAGONIT [View Post] yeah I used the CRS starter kit to swap the starter to the passenger side. its a tight squeeze to get the steering intermediate shaft through the headers but it does fit Do you have any pics of that?

Quote: Originally Posted by priceysVL [View Post] Do you have any pics of that? (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/5585D53F-E719-46AA-A367-0DD054DCD6F9_zpsi0umjdl0.jpg.html) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/29322A49-57C4-4086-AAF4-50AC2575E6E2_zpss8fswzol.jpg.html) Thats about as good as I could get ---------- Post added 08-09-15 at 09:59 ---------- Scored a set of FR18s that need some restoration action on the weekend. (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/D6DF2595-2484-4FF5-975A-A33838868A2D_zpsxfojacvf.jpg.html) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/03AC5C60-B6D9-49A8-80F2-0460C5568B77_zpsqfuu17gd.jpg.html) (http://s94.photobucket.com/user/vlwagonit/media/E0AE13CD-2B27-4A60-AD5C-641ACB9CB4D6_zpsiatg0oax.jpg.html) I only got 3 lips with them, 2 of which are stuffed and the other one needed the valve stem removed and the hole welded up to match the centers and barrels. I have purchased 3 brand new lips and 4 brand new center caps for them and should be getting the 3 lips on Friday so I'll start rubbing back the centers for paint some time soon. Not in a huge hurry to get them done just yet. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

<3 I'm still not sure which Simmons I like more though... do you still have the gold set of 15s?

Quote: Originally Posted by TheChad [View Post] <3 I'm still not sure which Simmons I like more though... do you still have the gold set of 15s? Nah I sold the V5's about 6 months ago. Wish I had kept them and just horded sets of rims for it though. Got the speedo connected up with other day with the box I bought from Summit Racing and it works mint! The needle doesn't jump at all. The only issue is it is reading out by about 25% or so untill I calibrate it properly but its still better than no speedo at all