Roommate putting an LS1 motor in 3rd gen RX7

[Matt-'00GT]

Thought some of you would enjoy these pictures...

RX7 motor -

Coming out -

LS1 w/ T56 -

Dash removed for wiring harness modifications -

New dining room decor -

Painted the engine bay a flat/primer white, similar to nascar -

LS1 is in! -

Still has a lot of work to do before completion. Cooling system, suspension, etc.. He is working on the wiring right now.

Should be fairly quick at around 2800lbs w/ 350HP or so. You can view more pictures here... http://buckfang.com/gallery/album26

 

[DHG BULLITT]

He's a good man.

 

[REPOEDsDIME]

Dang, looks like a shit ton of work. keep us posted

 

[ScrpnVNM]

sacrilegious!

 

[CraZeeSTanG]

thats going to be ***in awesome!!

Wait till he mods that LS1!!!

 

[04torchred]

Does he have to run manifolds or build his own headers? Looks like a fun project, just needs to add a good shot of juice or vortech/procharger, would be crazy fast.

 

[Slo65]

sacrilegious!

mmmm sacrilicious :rolling:

 

[formula87350]

He is more brave than I

 

[Easy]

thats cool

 

[MustangMike]

damn... that's gangsta... can't wait to see it run!

 

[ls1marine]

:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: now that is going to be one fast a$$ car.....i wish my car only waid 2700 pounds

 

[crashingSucks]

damn... that's gangsta...

word

 

[97TURBOCOBRA]

:rockon: there is a guy in huntsville al. building these kits now, he even offers them with turbo kits installed

 

[osyl2us]

yeah that is a really nice combo alot of people are starting to do it. there is a guy on one of our local ls1 boards that did this swap and it has huge potential. I wish i could do something like this.

 

[kirks5oh]

yeah that is a really nice combo alot of people are starting to do it. there is a guy on one of our local ls1 boards that did this swap and it has huge potential. I wish i could do something like this.

absolutely. back when i was stock, i followed one of these cars for a couple of miles and finally caught a light with him. asked him what he had done, since the car sounded remarkably nice. when he said "ls1" i almost shit myself.
he then proceeded to smoke the shit out of me. i love the lines of that car, it looked absolutely badass. with v8 power, that car is unbelievable

 

[Blown02]

i raced a rx7 with a ls1 and alot of nitrous when I had my novi 2k on the stock 2v gt motor. it either almost or actually did pull the wheels up on the 1-2 shift... it was the generation before this one though.. looked totally stock, with the little tailpipe and everything..

 

[sunburned]

Put a cam in it! I know a few guys with H/C vettes. Your buddy would destroy all with a cammed LS1 in that light car. Could you imagine pulling up next to an RX-7 with a loud lopey exhaust? Sweet car dude.

 

[baldurann]

www.hinsonsupercars.com has custom made LS1 headers to fit an FD, or even an FC, among many other things.

 

[stangd1909]

Dam....now thats going to be sick!

 

[jason2004gt]

That's alot of work, but it will be well worth it in the end.