Tom R.

and I got shyt from this board when i bought a Z28 with some mods when my first S2 was stolen.

mulletman loves you guys!!!

DVC

Tom knows the conversion

xsboost90

lets leave some more room for progress pics and less talk about whose mullet is longer.

gt1scca

Hey Tom,
I'm sending you some "printed material" for review when I ship your firewall plate. Additions and editing are still welcome...

DVC,
Agreed. He da man.

...Keepin' me motorv8d for the Power Tour in June.
How old is this one, Tom? (Pat's car)

Rogue_Ant

Haha - no I think a Hayabusa motor'ed mini would be more her style

I don't have a spare AFM at the moment, but will in a month or so...

Rogue_Ant

No, but my sister could

What year M3? I can take a look at the software...

V2Rocket

dont tell me....LS1? lol.

Rogue_Ant

lol - no. If I was going to swap a motor, I would do something interesting.

vt951

Like Dan said, can we keep this thread more technical, please? There are already plenty of threads debating the lsx vs turbo engines. We'd like this one to show what is involved in doing the swap, not argue about whether or not its better than alternatives.

Here's a pic of Tom's car and engine bay. He is "the father of the 944 LSx" and absolutely an awesome person to work with.

marky522

Very nice. In the middle of my own swap, trying to do mine a little different than others, I modified the factory crossmember to drop the rack slightly, and allow install of the engine without shimming the crossmember OR modifing the hood. Basically fits in the origonal space... I may have to get a bump steer kit later to correct the dropped rack.

Good Luck,

Mark

lovemyp-car

what are you guys going to do about a radiator? planning on running the original turbo radiator and fans? Are you buying the adapter plate and going with a C5 bellhousing? or are you going to try to fab one up? have you talked with greg ^^^ and some of the other guys on 944hybrids.forumotion.com? They're very smart guys and will help a lot with the conversion if you have specific tech questions.

Good luck on the build, it's going to be an amazing machine when you're done with it! Just make sure you paint that engine bay!!! that's one thing i didn't do that i regret all the time.

odurandina

should i install the supercharger and enjoy the final 80 - 100 k miles, or just run the 968 n/a until it croaks before doing my LS2 conversion ? life's questions.

xsboost90

well as far as clearing the crossmember you should never shim it out from the frame. We just bought an aftermarket oil pan w/ better clearance and the LS motors dont have issues clearing the hood. Rack sits in the factory location.

We are using the factory radiator and fans- never heard of having any real issues with this beyond "theoretical". We have a factory bell housing w/ an adapter plate.

lovemyp-car

you're right, with the perfect oil pan you can put the engine in without touching the hood...because i built my pan and didn't have the time or skills to really make it fit tight i had to cut up a spare hood to make it work. Over the summer i'm planning on reworking my intake elbow and some other stuff so that maybe i can fit a stock hood over the engine...that's my hope at least.

there shouldn't be any problems with the stock turbo radiator and fans, especially if you remove the a/c condenser in front of it.

some day i'm going to do an ls1...maybe to replace the engine i have in the car now, i don't know...but i do know that i like the idea of the ls1 a little more than the lt1, even if i love the sound of the lt1

xsboost90

believe me- an LS1>LT1 all day. Intake is much shorter to clear hood and power output is much easier to make.