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Offline fearnopiston

ls3 fd build
« on: February 20, 2011, 12:33:28 AM »
Hey guys, always wanted to start a build thread and now I can  8). I decided last October I would part with my perfectly running rotary for a few reasons. 1. it was sadly cheaper to do this swap then to go single turbo with all supporting mods(if I included part out money) and 2. peace of mind. The car made 317 rwhp on a dyno dynamics on stock sequential twins and managed a 12.8 @ 114mph, but of course I wanted more.

I decided on the ls3 seeing as it will get me to where I want to get for power. I am going to throw it in with bolt ons for now and see how I like it and maybe a cam down the road. So here is to the start I will update as I progress...and of course when I have questions  :D.
 
Here is some pics, I am basically waiting on parts to arrive should start showing up this upcoming week. I will update as they arrive.


made one last cruise before I started, with a supporting wife...well kinda haha

sold/pulled the old motor

made a mess and started parting out the rest

pressure washed everything I could reach, figured I might as well while its all apart.

before

after, I couldnt believe how clean everything came so quickly.

ls3 with 48 miles on it  :)


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Offline FC3S Murray

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2011, 12:44:29 AM »
SWEET!...LS3 will be awesome, I wish I would have gone this route before I jumped on the LS1. Either way, good luck and you are blessed to have a supporting wife lol :)
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Offline mdpalmer

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2011, 12:56:34 AM »
Dude. LS3 FD FTW. So sick. Sweet car, motor, and chick. Subscribed for updates  :popcorn: BTW 12.8/114 mph is very respectable for a street driven car, as far as I'm concerned. Best of luck, keep us updated.  8)

EDIT: one more thing: looks like your running RPF1 wheels. What size (width, diameter, offset) and tire (width, aspect ratio, brand/model) are you running? I'm considering getting a set....
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Offline fearnopiston

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2011, 01:20:02 AM »
Quote from: mdpalmer on February 20, 2011, 12:56:34 AM
Dude. LS3 FD FTW. So sick. Sweet car, motor, and chick. Subscribed for updates  :popcorn: BTW 12.8/114 mph is very respectable for a street driven car, as far as I'm concerned. Best of luck, keep us updated.  8)

EDIT: one more thing: looks like your running RPF1 wheels. What size (width, diameter, offset) and tire (width, aspect ratio, brand/model) are you running? I'm considering getting a set....

Thanks, I feel I could have gotten a better time out of the car with better tires, it was when I was on stock rims. I love the rpf1's they look way better in person(have more depth to them than I thought they would) they are 9.5 +45 all around I do wish the back was a little more agressive so I will probably add a little spacer. 
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Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2011, 03:40:25 AM »
Welcome aboard! It'll be nice to have another swapped FD in the great Northwest. I'm in Eugene but travel up to Portland for meets ect.
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Offline fearnopiston

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2011, 04:06:09 AM »
Quote from: 93silverbullet on February 20, 2011, 03:40:25 AM
Welcome aboard! It'll be nice to have another swapped FD in the great Northwest. I'm in Eugene but travel up to Portland for meets ect.

Thanks! its great to be here. I met you once at Marc's shop last year, very clean fd!

-Chance
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Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2011, 05:20:01 AM »
Excellent start, good lookin car (and wife!) and as was mentioned, 12.8 quarter for a rotary with stock twins is nice!  LS3 is a fantastic start, what'd that low mileage pullout cost ya?

Lastly, do a cam/springs/retainers for the love of all things beastly.
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Offline fearnopiston

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2011, 05:54:29 AM »
Quote from: Jordan Innovations on February 20, 2011, 05:20:01 AM
Excellent start, good lookin car (and wife!) and as was mentioned, 12.8 quarter for a rotary with stock twins is nice!  LS3 is a fantastic start, what'd that low mileage pullout cost ya?

Lastly, do a cam/springs/retainers for the love of all things beastly.

Thanks for the compliments! I picked up this ls3 for 3800, the swap should be complete with about 12k(or atleast I think) so this swap minus parting out my car will cost me roughly 5k but I am sure I will get 50 and 100 dollar'd to death near the completion.
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Offline BrownBoy

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2011, 01:26:06 PM »
Car and engine look super clean, this looks very promising!  8)
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Offline RX7what

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2011, 02:13:53 PM »
Nice car. I look forward to your build.

Where did you find the LS3 for that price? If you find any more that price PM me  ;)
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Offline 7StarrsSin

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2011, 03:05:55 PM »
^^^ what he said......Where did you source that engine for that price? Subscribed to the build 8)
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Offline fearnopiston

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2011, 12:09:00 AM »
A guy local bought a new camaro and pulled the motor for an ls7 swap so that left me with a motor with 48 miles  :D.

No real update yet, I got by ls3 controller kit but still waiting on other parts to show up.

-Chance
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Offline fearnopiston

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2011, 10:11:02 PM »
update!

Samberg kit all powder coated and ready to go in.



close up of the color, I am really happy with the choice.



ls3 controller kit, I plugged it all in to get an idea of where everything goes and how exactly I am going to extend it to the rear bins



everything is labeled and it comes with fan and fuel pump out puts, even an led if a code pops up.



wilwood modified clutch master and a new slave from Hinson great guys minus their packing skills.


Well hopefully next post I have these all in the car, all this stuff kinda came at once so I now have my hands full  :D
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Offline fearnopiston

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2011, 12:22:18 AM »
Well finally have five days off to continue working on my project. I got most things removed for painting the engine bay(still more to do), which is happening this Sunday. I got a drill bit made for spot welds from harbor freight for the side brackets, it worked really well, not bad for five bucks.  Here is some more pics of my mess.....



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Offline fearnopiston

Re: ls3 fd build
« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2011, 02:42:24 PM »
paint!
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