Gum it up and run it 
So that's what I did and it is working great lol. Some fuel tank repair epoxy and it is back on the road.
I must say every time I open the garage at my new condo and I see the FD sitting there I get a little fluttery in the chest. It is a beautiful sight both literally and figuratively. It is nice to have the flexibility to take it out whenever I want vs having to commit to driving it as my only car for extended periods of time.
That worked for mine too! Love the car only thing better then my black FD is your white one! Sick!! Happy New Year!
Looking forward to a detailed write up of your ls7 build! Not that I want to copy it or anything [emoji6]
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Happy New Year man!
...is it time to start posting engine details??
May of 2018 I purchased a low mile LS7 shortblock. The previous owner of it was going to build a track car out of this C6, but came across a built 440 short block for a steal and so he didn't need it.
The thing was crated up and freighted to my dad's work in Riverside. Literally all I wanted was crank, rods, and the block. I wound up also with pistons, timing set, oil pump drive, lifters and balancer all which just got pitched.
What I liked about this short block is that a legitimate racer and car builder was going to use it for his own race car, and it had also never been disassembled. Yes, sometimes it is nice to see what is inside...but it is also nice to know that it hasn't been f'ed with and have a backstory.
After I unpacked it this is what I was looking at. Description was pretty much on point. A couple cylinders had some marks that needed to be honed out, but I wanted to put forged pistons in it anyway so no harm no foul.
I've been around some really neat engine builds before, but as far as LS engines go the LS7 has always been a dream. This engine build in itself is kind of like its own project. I get a little giddy working on this thing. I was hyped as a mofo when the LS7 came out originally.
Getting the engine built will be done first. This is something that I expect *maybe* to eventually install into the car - I do have a plan for that - but I also fully expect to take back out and put it in something more racey like the Fiat, maybe a 67 Nova street car with a lot of chassis work done to it, or a drag car I buy/build for myself one day. It is going to be
extremely rowdy. This is a race engine that might go into a street car. No illusions of it being anything else.
I fully expect to drive it one block in California and get arrested.
Good news is whatever is done to the FD to make the LS7 work will just make the car better in the long run. List of big ticket items - new front end package including air intake, vented hood, radiator, oil cooler, and oiling system (dry sump for sure). New dual 3" stainless exhaust. It is getting driveshaft shop pro level axles. It's getting a RPS carbon clutch. I'll fix the trans reverse issue, and leaking shifter. It is getting a Holley standalone ECU (huge deal). I'll fix the fuel slosh issue. I might give the brakes an overhaul and put 18's on it but as usual that is at the bottom of the list.
This will either be the eventual swan song final form for the car before I finally move on in life, or it'll be a hell of a foundation for the next decade of ownership. So far I really have no desire to get rid of this thing.
I set out on this idiotic journey so that I can go 200 mph in one standing mile, and I am pretty sure that maybe it will definitely happen.
My other goal that I want to work toward is to be able to reliably and purposefully use the performance of the vehicle for indefinite periods of time. I want it to feel robust and capable, not like a glass cannon. It is pretty good right now with a major weakness in thermal management - brakes and engine. To that point, I want it to feel engineered and purposeful like an OEM supercar and not cobbled and built in a garage. With the absurd power of the LS7 I'm not sure if that is truly possible in a streetable vehicle, but with whatever engine winds up in it the chassis should be ready for a nice ~500-600 horsepower powerplant.
Engine porn and progress pics coming next
