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Title: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 07, 2013, 09:51:41 PM

1992 Volvo 240
LS1
T5, soon to be TKO or T56

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Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 07, 2013, 09:54:12 PM

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Cobra rear brake brackets from Factory Five
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LS1 injector and pigtails to be installed
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Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ilovemybike on July 07, 2013, 09:58:53 PM

T5 will break.  :bacon: heh heh. Looks great.

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: digitalsolo on July 07, 2013, 10:04:02 PM

Frickin' awesome.   I love it.

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ilovemybike on July 07, 2013, 10:52:43 PM

Quote from: digitalsolo on July 07, 2013, 10:04:02 PM

Frickin' awesome.   I love it.

Now help me convince him to run a real trans.

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: digitalsolo on July 07, 2013, 11:06:46 PM

It said "soon to be (trans that doesn't suck)" in the post.  :)

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 08, 2013, 11:03:51 PM

Trying what I thought was a great idea on a junk 8.8

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Seemed like a good idea at the time, but I am going to follow through with it on the good axle tomorrow. Removing the long side, cut it down and then press back in.

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Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ilovemybike on July 09, 2013, 07:05:58 AM

Get the torch handy. Please cut the axle down in the lathe, just for bonus points.

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: Covert5150 on July 09, 2013, 11:44:26 PM

Your turbo manifolds are backwards  :secret:

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: spacevomit on July 10, 2013, 08:40:43 AM

Yay!

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 10, 2013, 09:00:02 AM

Quote from: spacevomit on July 10, 2013, 08:40:43 AM

Yay!

I agree!

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 10, 2013, 09:01:31 AM

Now, that I have this bit of shenanigans figured out, time to go ahead and do it on the good axle. I don't know why I always take the harder route  :scratch:

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Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 14, 2013, 10:16:53 PM

Fixed my mistake from earlier.....

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1 for the Brick and 1 for a jeep. Brick gets narrowed with two short shafts and the TJ gets lengthened with two long shafts.
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Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ilovemybike on July 14, 2013, 10:32:49 PM

Squirt gun in the background growing cobwebs.  :D where is the shot with the lathe in it?

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 14, 2013, 10:50:07 PM

Thats the sync in the background. The 252 hasnt been used in a long long time... lol. I did use the round maker to put a 45 on the bearing end to weld it back on. I should have taken a pic of the v blocks and the right angle block to set it all back up again. Its really nice having a legit welding table now to set stuff up on. Its knowing things are flat and square.

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ilovemybike on July 15, 2013, 08:16:47 PM

Sometimes I sweep the garage floor so I can make things flat too...

Title: Re: LS1 BRICK
Post by: ToEachTheirOwn on July 15, 2013, 11:31:22 PM

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I think I may turn a set of alignment pucks to double check the alignment....... I really can't see it being off from the press fit, but since I will be doing more, time well spent.