2001 Porsche 996 LS1 Conversion Thread by 1dirtyZ

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some updates to report :

i took everything off the car in preperation for painting the engine compartment and putting the real engine in there. i also just got the coolant hoses and engine mounts from the powdercoaters today ( the hoses are silverish in color but for some reason they show up white in the pics) :

i also just finished painting the engine compartment ( just need one more coat to make sure i covered everything):

and i finally cleaned up the old porsche harness and cut/removed what wires i don't need , now they are nicely tucked out of the way:

and to cap all that i installed the GT2 slave conversion from EVOMS that gets rid of the bulky original clutch slave cylinder ( which by the way uses the power steering pump to provide the "assist" ) , evoms basically sells you all original parts along with their adapter bracket for the actual slave:

off course there has to be a hitch .,,,, i ordered some clutch fork shaft needle bearings and bushings a while back , and for some reason i can not find them !

so i reorderd them again and am now waiting for them to show up,,,, which means no engine trans mating ( and lift up ) untill they show up 

i also finalized A/C hose and heater hoses routing , the heater hoses will be just like the 

original porsche design and routing ( waiting for the metal hoses to show up too) , while the A/C lines will be routed in a way that they go over the trans , but more on that later .

so , next up on the list :

- paint compartment 

- make a mini engine harness for the starter, porsche sensors , and other thingies 

- fab a stainless steel section of coolant hose to tie into the original hoses

- install adapter plate and clutch on the the engine

09.15.10

some updates to report :

clutch fork stuff finally showed up!! 

i started working on the stainless coolant tubes ( i want to run as little rubber hose as possible ) should have it knocked out tonight.

i also mounted the driver side intercooler bracket / bumper bracket.

also got the original coolant hoses in place as well as the axles:

other than that ,,,,nothing 

now that i got the clutch stuff i can get the engine inplace finally 

more to come soon !

09.16.10

finally some progress 

i had to build a new lifting cradle cause the first one i made was,,,well,,,, kinda flimsy 

this one is made from much thicker material. this is really important cause you can't install the engine alone or remove the tranny by itself cause of how the flywheel fits ( more on that later ) so you have to mate them both on the ground then lift them as one unit into the car. This will have castors installed to make it easier to move the combo around and will have a jack adapter welded somwhere near the center of weight of the combo :

almost finished product :

i finally finished the clutch fork thingy

and i took the engine off the stand to install the adapter and flywheel:

notice how the flywheel is larger than the adapter opening , which means you have to install the adapter then the flywheel , then slip the trans on to the adapter studs ( can't do that while they are in the car) .

and here you see the engine on the lifting cradle : 

so tomorow i have to:

- torque down the flywheel bolts 

- pop in the pilot bearing

- and bolt up the clutch and tranny.

- lift up the engine/trans into the car.

- install all the accessories on the engine 

- hook up clutch lines and shifter cables.

- install the powersteering pump and measure how long the lines need to be .