LS1/t56 swap

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1/8" steel. Upol copper weld through primer on the left, 3m zink weld through primer on the right. friend thats a bodyman had some laying around he let me try out. Im going with the copper, Its in the mail. It doesnt weld perfect, but its a TON better than the zink.

Alignment fun.. Caster was Not where I expected! I put about 5* in, and it moved the wheel back about an inch lol. so.. front end gets a 1" shift forward, which is always good! I decided im going to make the front subframe a bolt in, with slotted holes for adjustment to move the wheels back to the center after changing the caster. I have that about 95% designed on how im going to do it.

40' of 2x4 .120 wall (1/8").

It begins

Terrible picture. Kinda sorta like that. thats a scrap piece I tossed up for the picture

disassembly of the pinch weld..

Rest in peace..

black line is the top of where the frame is going

cleaned up for the most part. Just need to order some rustmort to kill the rust, and prep the metal. Minor fitting to do still also.. and get a for sure plan for the left turn up front.


I have started on one frame rail, I have the design mostly figured out, few little details to dial in but hey nothing too crazy. just trying to REALLY plan it out to get it how I want the first time.