LS1/t56 swap

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had a few hours to play around today. Got the car leveled.

clearance for the tires.. still need to cut more but it clears everything with bald tires. I dont think hoosiers will fit..

one downside to the c4 steering setup is the angle. It doesnt have much! hopefully this will do. I guess I could go crazy had have some knuckes CNCed later down the road if I needed more. But it was good enough for the vette, and many great cars dont have much angle, so we will see. I plan to leave it as is tho.

I know ive posted the brakes before, but come on.. how badass does that look..

Rear rotors! first test fit actually. Been in a box for quite a long time..

thats a terrible picture.. but I had a problem! first test fit of my rear calipers also.. I can buy an adapter to run ctsv calipers on this (go figure right?) but the c6 brakes dont seem to work.. the factory bracket hits the caliper before it rests on the rotor in the right spot. The solution? yes, I have one!! The 240 guys like to run dual calipers, how? 1/4" steel plate lazered out and bolted on between the hub and the rear upright. Ill just have the same thing done (possibly cnc if the offset needs to change) for my c6 calipers. Then cut off the factory caliper mounts for clearance. Problem solved! Now set that on the back burner till I need them..

I was determined! waiting on a new fan for my air compressor.. but I got it! turns out I need a part from Nissan to make my ball joint fit on the 300zx uprights.. thats ordered.

Ive been planning out my chassis a bit more, still not 100% sure on frame rail size or thickness.. probably going to end up going with 2x4 .120 wall. I have some .120 wall scrap and my little welder seems to just fine on it now that hooked to real power, I have no reason to buy a bigger welder yet I guess like I was expecting. Nothing holding me back now!! well aside from my air compressor.. time.. and money.. but its a damn good start! hoping ill be ready to start on the frame in the next few months. It will give me time to go over the suspension geometry again and mockup the shocks.