538awhp

After I sold my 95 FD the buyer put an LS6 into it only a month later. awesome build thread thanks for sharing.

ferfont1

yeah, i feel he got the good end of the deal after finding all the "surprises". I didnt fit good in the fd though @ 6'4, but i made myself fit, it was a cool little car.

Imo000

Cool build!

dmw996

Are you planning to run power steering?

PORCAR

The fenders really set it off. Can't wait to see the finally.

cbracerx

Best of luck, looks like a really fun project

C4911

Looks like an awesome build, thanks for posting!

ferfont1

More parts showed up! Got my ls6 headers w/ AIR delete plates cleaned up and painted. Coolant sensor, TB elbow, and header install hardware arrived. Headers took all of about 5 mins to install! I did run into the problem that i got a 99-02 ls1 coolant sensor which is a 2-wire, but my 98' ls1 harness has the pigtail for a 3 wire sensor, so now i have to get a 99+ pigtail.

Imo000

Unless it's a relly high temp/quality paint, it will burn off.

ferfont1

Not too worried about it, this is just a temporary exhaust to get it running. The previous owner of the manifolds left them outside so they had alot of surface rust so i pretty'd them up!

ferfont1

Got some work done! Re-installed the motor/trans, ran a few coolant lines, ran the steam ports. Still need to work on the driver side coolant hose to waterpump, passenger side is done.

I got my new 2 wire coolant sensor pigtail soldered in.

Need to trim a little more off the body/motor mount to fit the heater hoses onto the waterpump.

Ran an oil catch can for the vents in the driver side valve cover.

There is a shot from underneath, shows the ls6 manifolds and it still has the f-bod pan on. I still need to install the batwing pan. I picked up an ls6 mid pipe with pre cats and cats, going to figure some way to fit all that. It still will be crazy loud i'm guessing.....hopefully we'll find out in a couple days!! :devil:

ferfont1

Initial idle startup teaser, should have some running/driving vids within a couple weeks.

rustymon

super sweet - gotta be great to hear it come to life like that! Looks like a fun project with a great reward in the end!

ferfont1

Oh yeah thats for sure!! Especially with no funny metal on metal noises! lol. Took a couple trouble shots to get the eletricals right on the harness. At first i was just getting power to one bank of coils/injectors.....but its firing on all 8 now!

Going to fab up an exhaust and finish putting the body work on and i'll have some driving vids.

Kdon

Buddy is doing an LS swap as well. been a long project. Looking forward to seeing it run!