shhh. I hope I don't
E36 BMW M3 LS1/ M6 has begun
Yea, I have known Boyer since 8th grade. Dan is my stepdad....
Never saw that coming!
Sorry Cyipher... I guess you arent e-famous! Not yet anyway!
Where do you guys work?
I definetley did not see Tappan becoming a nhp officer. Thats a little weird.
I'm surprised you guys hadnt heard about the car before. I am always in there buying stuff for it. Hopefully not as much now... nearly complete. Are you in phone sales or????
Ok guys, the alternator died on me! A GTO alternator is a pain in the *** to find, so I went with an F-body style. I have to change the support bracket and the wiring plug, but I was able to get a 145 amp alternator for 60.00 less than a stock GTO 130 amp. I also installed the new O2 sensors and the low rpm miss went away. Thank god! The exhaust now consists of 2 additional mufflers- total of 3, it is finally toned down to where it is acceptable. Now we get to fabricate an alternator support bracket....
Project update:
I finally got the alignment done, the car handles just as it did before. I have to be much more careful not to stab the throttle and loose the rear tires now...
The aluminum drive line is gone, it was too big in diameter. It was rubbing the floor board in 2 or 3 spots- annoying as hell! I went with a standard steel shaft that is closer to 2", so far so good.
I also decided to modify a set of corvette fuel rail covers instead of the GTO or G8 covers. Too many people look at me weird when I tell them it has a "Corvette" engine as it is... when they look under the hood and see it for themselves they cant argue...
Next up is making the cruise functional. I already have the cable connected to the throttle body, but it doesn't engage. I'm not sure if its missing a speed sensor signal, or maybe a combination of things. Off to the garage....
I finally got the alignment done, the car handles just as it did before. I have to be much more careful not to stab the throttle and loose the rear tires now...
The aluminum drive line is gone, it was too big in diameter. It was rubbing the floor board in 2 or 3 spots- annoying as hell! I went with a standard steel shaft that is closer to 2", so far so good.
I also decided to modify a set of corvette fuel rail covers instead of the GTO or G8 covers. Too many people look at me weird when I tell them it has a "Corvette" engine as it is... when they look under the hood and see it for themselves they cant argue...
Next up is making the cruise functional. I already have the cable connected to the throttle body, but it doesn't engage. I'm not sure if its missing a speed sensor signal, or maybe a combination of things. Off to the garage....
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I have about 1500 miles on the car. Its been a ton of fun to drive! I'm still working on a few small issues... the P/S whine is annoying me to no end, A/C needs to be functional with summer coming, etc.
I have already converted the alternator to an F-body type, and I am in the process of converting the P/S pump as well. The GTO replacement parts are very hard to find and very expensive. Its cheaper to swap it all over.
Thats it for now!
I have already converted the alternator to an F-body type, and I am in the process of converting the P/S pump as well. The GTO replacement parts are very hard to find and very expensive. Its cheaper to swap it all over.
Thats it for now!
I know some others have asked for this, too, but can you post some pics of the steering shaft mods? I see what you did in the passenger compartment to move the column, but I would like to see the engine bay side of things.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Looks good bro.
I didn't modify the column in the engine bay. I made a custom steering shaft... I'm not sure what exactly you are asking to see. Are you after a pic of the steering shaft?
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this thread cracks me up. all you ************* know james and you dont even know it. kris he used to hang out with boyer all the time when we hung out at longley. youd know him if you saw him.
It is good to see other people out there doing the LS1 swap! As for your question, yes it is possible to trap 116-118 mph in the quarter mile. I have done it many times with my best time 12.3 @ 116 mph! I have a comp cam Extreme XER-273HR14 and a good tune and ran that with street tires, an open diff (3.91 gears) and about 180 lbs of stereo equipment in the trunk (not including the spare tire) for traction! Nitrous sounds like a good next step to get into the 11's for sure!!!
Good Luck!
Luke
Good Luck!
Luke