Swapping SBC into LT1 F car
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
The SuperRam upper plenum is a piece that the late, great, John Lingenfelter made for testing but never sold. It was reduced in height slightly and the throttle body is on a bit of a downward angle to fit it under the cowl. He used it on an LT1 engine, of course. I happen to get ahold of one of these when I was at his shop for work one time, about a year before he died.
Here are links to pics and more info. It's somewhat incomplete at the moment, since I'm not finished yet. The car is on the road now, runs well. Right now I am dealing with all of the electronics incompatabilities, such as speedo, tach, etc.
http://nostar.net/?q=node/2
http://nostar.net/gallery/vroom
Doug
I like what you have done in that route of decision making. My water pump **** out already for some reason ,i was just testing it and it died...
I also have some questions and comments about your swap:
What did you do about the motor mounts? Are you using a tube cross member from BMR or otherwise made for small blocks? Or did you decide to take your chances with 2 out of 3 bolt holes?
(I thought about it for quite a while)Have you, or are u planning on making a rear support bracket for the alternator and A/C compressor? I'd like to see what you made if so.
FWIW, I was able to use the LT1 radiator with no problems. Engine cools fine and I have heat.
Last edited by nostar; Nov 8, 2008 at 08:18 PM. Reason: more questions
I have had a few people say they had no problem with the motor mounts so i chanced it, it is a street car with maybe 425 HP and will see verry litle use at the track with radials.
I might try something later for the bracket support, i have a couple ideas.
I could not find hosed that would allow me to use the stock radiator and reduce from the 1 and 1/2 size to the smaller LT1 hose, so the third gen radiator was just a quick fix, i got tired of not finding what i needed to make it possible, which sucks since the fans are hel din place with zip ties now.





