By the way, does the weight of the LS motor effect the frt end adjustments, more than normal? To correct the camber, did it need quite a bit more?
The weight of the LS is no different than the weight of the big 4 banger we took out, so no. Same weight, twice the power (or more). Got to Love it!
In Chicken news.
She still comes here every evening. She roosts on that top concrete block with her butt against the window. Getting a lot of Poop build up"
This evening I gave the right front a tweak more positive on the Camber. The Koni Yellow struts have 2 mounting bolts. The top one has eccentric washers on it that act as the Camber adjustment.
The weight of the LS is no different than the weight of the big 4 banger we took out, so no. Same weight, twice the power (or more). Got to Love it!
-Don
The 4 sillywinder weighs the same as the LS!? Holy, moly, I didn't know Porsche used Caterpillar engs in their cars. That's saying the 4 cyl. is built like a brick sh!t house, or the 8 cyl. is made of cheese.
The 4 sillywinder weighs the same as the LS!? Holy, moly, I didn't know Porsche used Caterpillar engs in their cars. That's saying the 4 cyl. is built like a brick sh!t house, or the 8 cyl. is made of cheese.
Well,,, at least an Aluminum sh!t house.
It's really the difference between 1970's, low production number materials and techniques verses modern large scale production materials and techniques. After doing this hot rod thing for over 40 years the thing that I find amazing is the LS is the strongest, lightest, smallest and most powerful V8 and there dirt cheap!
I wish I would have had an LS to dump into my 240Z back in 1981!
Now we have much better turn in than before. This is a lot of work but at least I can make changes if I need to. We might do an Auto Cross this year and that will require different settings.
Roll the video!
Also, now we can fit those bigger brakes on there!
Before.
Track test? Well, that will be in the future some time. Summit Point, Pocono, Watkins Glenn and Lime Rock are a good 2, 3, 5 and 6 hour drive just to get there. Then you have to drive around the track all day and hope nothing breaks so you can make it back home.
Wow, our Hillbilly Wheel Alignment really woke up the handing on this car! OK, so now it GO'S and it HANDLES. Next up is the BIG BRAKES!
Yee Hahhh! Now that was fun, Don. Car sounds really sweet, and looks like a blast to drive. You mentioned some chassis flex, but I guess that's expected from a uni-body car, W/O a cage or frame. Wondering if you really need big brakes, for what you'll be doing with it. So you say the motor doesn't weigh anymore than the 4 cyl. that came out of it? Does the balance feel good, or does it have an under-steering tendency? Hey, if you plan on heading to Lime Rock, let me know. I live less than an hr from there, and would like to see you, and the car. Thanks for the excitement.
It's not really the chassis, it's just the firewall. One thing you have to give up with a V8 conversion is the brake vacuum booster, there is just no room for it. Then you re-drill the brake peddle to change the pivot point. This gives your foot more mechanical advantage but you still have to press the brakes pretty hard. Hard enough that the firewall flexes.
That's a little unsettling when your braking hard before a turn. The fix is the big brakes and a brace either from the firewall to the shock tower or from the master cylinder to the shock tower. This will minimize the firewall flex.
Hey, if you plan on heading to Lime Rock, let me know. I live less than an hr from there, and would like to see you, and the car. Thanks for the excitement.
Wow Awesome! I wish I lived that close!
Back in the 90's I used to go to Lime Rock once a year with the Aston Martin Owners Club. The shop I worked at specialized in Aston Martin's and we supported the club event with race prep and tech inspection.
I would drive my 924 Turbo Carrera GTS replica up there for the weekend. It was technically and business trip but after tech inspection was done, I was free to run out on the track!
That Carrera GTS is one of the main reasons I built this car. I drove it to work every day, I drove it to Lime rock, I drove it out to Shelter Island many times for work. I even drove it to Montreal once. It was a great car but with 180 HP it wasn't quick.
I was over across the road where they work on the trucks, screen and load the coal for delivery. Ben was fixing the AC compressor clutch on one of the Tri-Axle dump trucks.
After I was there for a while, I noticed the huge stock pile of bagged coal. I don't know how many pallets that is but it's a lot!
They are currently at $345 a ton delivered. I ordered 2 ton.
The car worked perfectly. It was pretty warm out, about 80 degrees or so. Coolant temp stayed right in the middle and the air intake temp stayed between 80 and 85.
Yesterday I shot some video to test the camera in my Samsung phone. My Canon video camera is getting pretty old and starting to have problems so I am looking into other options.
The camera video seems to work pretty good. I'm not happy with the in-car audio though. I've heard that I can Blue Tooth a head set to the phone that has a microphone to get better audio.
Another problem I ran into was using the front facing camera. I didn't know that it inverts the picture. It looks like we are sitting on the wrong side of the car and driving on the wrong side of the road.
OMG. That's hysterical Don. Damn electronics. (Give me a gear and a chain any day.) All you need-ta do , is start talking German, and you can tell us you're on the Autobahn.
Yesterday, we did some of the more mundane jobs. I had pulled the glove box out early on in this project to get to the fan wires and install the Tach Adapt unit to run our stock 4 cyl tach. We cleaned up the wiring under the dash, put the carpet, glovebox back in and made a lanyard for the glove box door.
Now someone can actually ride in the passenger seat without getting their feet stuck in wires.
In other news,
The Big Brake kit has finally been shipped! It should be here next week sometime.
Oh, the joys of working under the dash. (It would be so nice to be 20 again...(maybe). With the seat in, you really need-ta be a contortionist. Been there also these days, working under the dash of my 84 T/A.
Good job getting your tach working like factory, Rob. Very classy.
