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Now we're talkin! That's a lot of fab work and probably outside the scope of what I can do in the next year or so. I thought about the pickup thing, but you'd have to relocate the fuel tank. I suppose you could get a custom cell for the spare tire well and do the truck bed on top of it. I like the idea of having 4 racing style seats with harnesses to take friends hooning, though.
I've messed around with some Baja/Sand trucks in the past. Also everything I've listed above is the current plan for my Cruze along with a LS swap with a C5 drivetrain to minimize tunneling with the rear axle mount gearbox.
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Your car your money enjoy it. That being said not my style, but hey I do want to see pics!!!
I too am an engineer. Mechanical. Been so now for over a decade. I tune power plant for a living. I love the LS and want to keep mine original. I truly appreciate the extra over engineered touches in this car. It is a gem.
I too am an engineer. Mechanical. Been so now for over a decade. I tune power plant for a living. I love the LS and want to keep mine original. I truly appreciate the extra over engineered touches in this car. It is a gem.
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Your car your money enjoy it. That being said not my style, but hey I do want to see pics!!!
I too am an engineer. Mechanical. Been so now for over a decade. I tune power plant for a living. I love the LS and want to keep mine original. I truly appreciate the extra over engineered touches in this car. It is a gem.
I too am an engineer. Mechanical. Been so now for over a decade. I tune power plant for a living. I love the LS and want to keep mine original. I truly appreciate the extra over engineered touches in this car. It is a gem.
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Your car your money enjoy it. That being said not my style, but hey I do want to see pics!!!
I too am an engineer. Mechanical. Been so now for over a decade. I tune power plant for a living. I love the LS and want to keep mine original. I truly appreciate the extra over engineered touches in this car. It is a gem.
I too am an engineer. Mechanical. Been so now for over a decade. I tune power plant for a living. I love the LS and want to keep mine original. I truly appreciate the extra over engineered touches in this car. It is a gem.
The 4 bucket seats is a tough feat in a sedan. Rear seats are just a bench cushion, versus a rail system with a full seat attached to just the floor. This ends up with clearance issues when bolting seats onto the bench, unless you were to pan out the rear, but would require an external fuel tank to remove the stock one. Now, if you did the pick up truck idea, the new wall behind the front seats, and the triangle space between that, the bed floor, and the Baja cage is a perfect area for an external tank. Protected by a full cage, and outside of the cab to keep you safe; and you can always build a secondary firewall for the back of the cab to protect you and your passenger. Then mount a fuel neck that makes it easier to pump gas on the side of the cage.
I've messed around with some Baja/Sand trucks in the past. Also everything I've listed above is the current plan for my Cruze along with a LS swap with a C5 drivetrain to minimize tunneling with the rear axle mount gearbox.
I've messed around with some Baja/Sand trucks in the past. Also everything I've listed above is the current plan for my Cruze along with a LS swap with a C5 drivetrain to minimize tunneling with the rear axle mount gearbox.
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I'm clearly pissing off most of the members. C'est la vie. Here's an album of pics. Didn't get any of welding the diff, but that's not really special.
http://imgur.com/a/gSLXN
http://imgur.com/a/gSLXN
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Fellow Mechanicals and LS owners, nice! (I too tune and test power plants wolfy53!)
Welcome to the forum, I will definitely keep an eye on this one LOL. It is not quite my style either, as my '99 LS400 is the more typical "one-owner-retired-dentist-garage-kept-dealer-serviced-selling-to-buy-a-LS600-yadayada" example, so I have the preservation / light modification approach.
But like others have said, your money your car! So have at it. I agree that I'd much rather see this happen than it rust away in a scrap yard or getting smashed.
Welcome to the forum, I will definitely keep an eye on this one LOL. It is not quite my style either, as my '99 LS400 is the more typical "one-owner-retired-dentist-garage-kept-dealer-serviced-selling-to-buy-a-LS600-yadayada" example, so I have the preservation / light modification approach.
But like others have said, your money your car! So have at it. I agree that I'd much rather see this happen than it rust away in a scrap yard or getting smashed.
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Fellow Mechanicals and LS owners, nice! (I too tune and test power plants wolfy53!)
Welcome to the forum, I will definitely keep an eye on this one LOL. It is not quite my style either, as my '99 LS400 is the more typical "one-owner-retired-dentist-garage-kept-dealer-serviced-selling-to-buy-a-LS600-yadayada" example, so I have the preservation / light modification approach.
But like others have said, your money your car! So have at it. I agree that I'd much rather see this happen than it rust away in a scrap yard or getting smashed.
Welcome to the forum, I will definitely keep an eye on this one LOL. It is not quite my style either, as my '99 LS400 is the more typical "one-owner-retired-dentist-garage-kept-dealer-serviced-selling-to-buy-a-LS600-yadayada" example, so I have the preservation / light modification approach.
But like others have said, your money your car! So have at it. I agree that I'd much rather see this happen than it rust away in a scrap yard or getting smashed.
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It was definitely hooptie status when I picked it up. It was probably going to be some guy's next in a long line of beater cars that he couldn't fix so traded them around. I just found that one of the manufacturing engineers I work with has a Haas CNC mill at his house. Talk about a game changer.
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Heyo everyone. Just an update. The project is not dead, but it has been F@#$!NG COLD here in Michigan. As my garage is unfinished and I haven't one of those big heaters to keep me warm, it's been sitting in the driveway. I drove it a few times, and boy does it move when both tires hook up. It also does some interesting things when you give it a little Scandinavian flick.
I've had minimal luck on the wheel and tire front, but since the ones on it are junk, I don't feel TOO bad about spurring for some new stuff. I'm going to try and fit some 245 X 31" tires in there with the spacers.
I've had minimal luck on the wheel and tire front, but since the ones on it are junk, I don't feel TOO bad about spurring for some new stuff. I'm going to try and fit some 245 X 31" tires in there with the spacers.
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