6.0L LSX/T56 in 1991 Z28 convertible *Almost ready to fire!*

[BlueZee28]

Aaron, the tank was $25 or $30 from the dealer.

Alejandro, I will get you a good picture once I have it mounted for good. I haven't drilled the holes to mount it yet.

[91RS305]

cool thanks

[BlueZee28]

Ok so I got a CRAP ton of stuff done tonight thanks to my bad case of senior-itis ( skipped my last class tonight haha ).


I got to work on the fuel lines tonight since my last fitting came in from Summit the other day. This is the saginaw fitting that goes on the hard feed line coming from the stock sending unit.



I had to use some imagination to get the fuel filter mounted. With the extra fittings coming off both ends, it made the unit way too long to mount in the stock position (which you can see where the stock one mounted in this picture, in the bottom right corner of the photo). I drilled a hole and put a self-tapping screw in to hold the filter here. I had to mount it vertically instead of horizontally like the stock one. This allowed me to also use the stock rubber line that is used for the return that would have gone into a hard return line. Instead, the rubber line goes into a Russel fitting then straight to the Corvette filter. I'll have more pictures of the fuel lines once I get the motor and transmission in the car this weekend. I didn't want to mess with the feed line coming from the filter because I don't know exactly how long it will be just yet.






This next piece also took some creativity. As you know from some previous posts, I am using 4th gen coolant and washer tanks, which the washer tank mounts in the front bumper. Well on a 3rd gen there is a black brace that mounts from the front bumper to the brace for the hood latch. I didn't want to toss the piece away because I want to try and use every piece from the stock front end as possible to make it as sturdy as possible. But in order to use this brace it needed to be trimmed down some to clear the top of the washer tank. Here you can see where I made the cut.




And you can see how well it clears the washer tank now.






And for mounting the washer tank, yet again, I used my imagination. If you mount it flush against the frame, it hits the hood latch support brace. Ideally, you want to mount an inch or so off the frame so that it's not in a bind, or hitting the brace support. Some people have used a longer bolt and a piece of fuel line as a spacer to keep the tank off the frame a little bit. I took the black plastic trapezoid shaped piece that was used with the stock battery tray to mount the battery in place, and cut it in half, and ground it down smooth into two oval shaped piece. It was just thick enough to meet my satisfaction, so I drilled holes in the two pieces and mounted it just the way it is.















And lastly, I'll end this post with a question. I found these two connectors on the headlight/washer side of the bulk connector, yet I don't remember where they go to. If anyone can refresh my memory that would be awesome. I know they're not the cruise control, I just yanked all those wires and connectors out tonight as well to clean up the bay a little.

[Justablur]

you are still gay

[BlueZee28]

What did I do? Haha

[BlueZee28]

Does this count as a "little" progress?



This is love at first site, if I have never seen it before:








Ok, I think some of you guys are going to be really jealous with this next part. The reason I say that, is because not only did I not have to loosen the motor mount pedestals, or the motor mounts themselves, I also didn't even have to jack the car up off the ground, well partially anyways. All I did was jack the rear axle up off the ground about 8", left the front tires on the ground, and did a lot of lowering and then man-handling the motor and transmission on the hoist and lowered them down together from the top. Both bolts for the motor mounts went in without much problem. In fact, the driver side one went in right away, and I just had to have my friend push down on the block a little while I knocked the passenger side bolt in with a rubber hammer. Easy as pie.


Sorry for the crappy BlackBerry pictures, I am definitely going to clean her up this week and take some really good ones with my Canon DSLR. I've been using my phone to take pictures of most of the progress because it's so handy to use instead of swinging around an actual camera.










Ok, and one more positive note before I begin with the negative that I found tonight.



The hole I cut for the shifter seems to be just right. I cut it in the correct spot, it could be a little smaller but I think the lower shift boot will cover most of it.






Ok here's the negative. Am I the first person to try using the Alston Racing sfc's and the Spohn T56 crossmember? The reason I ask, is because I haven't come across anyone else with this problem before. I'm thinking I will need to notch out a chunk of the mounting face of the cross member to clear the front of the sfc. You can see how bad it really is, there is like a 1/2" gap between the frame rail and the cross member, creating horrible ground clearance, as well as me not being able to bolt down the cross member all the way without breaking it. I'll wait to get some input from you guys before I start hacking away on it.


This should be sitting flush with the frame rail:

[Blue89RS]

That looks bad ass sitting down in there. Looks like it was ment to be. The hole for the shifter looks good. As I said in your other post about the boot, it will cover it all up, that looks like the size I made mine and had no problems covering it. Looking forward to seeing some more pictures.

[BlueZee28]

I'm so addicted to working on it now haha. I can't wait to put the headers on and finish the fuel line and the wiring. Too bad I have a birthday party to go to today or I would be out there right now

[Blue89RS]

Haha I dont blame you. I would too. You could always make an apperance and sneak out the back door j/k.

[Paulster2]

I agree, Nick. Looks like it belongs. That tranny mount and SFC issue is a bummer though. I'm sure it's nothing a torch and welder can't fix, though

[BlueZee28]

Originally Posted by Paulster2

I agree, Nick. Looks like it belongs. That tranny mount and SFC issue is a bummer though. I'm sure it's nothing a torch and welder can't fix, though

Yea I don't think I'll have any issues getting it to work. I expected problems like this to pop up with such a drastic project as an LSX swap. It's the nature of the beast.


It still seems so surreal to me though, I actually forgot that the motor was in the car while I was at work today. I had to see the picture to jar my memory because when I first got the car about 6 yrs ago I never could have imagined such a happy story for the car.

[jtt00z28]

Wow, that looks awesome! I had an RS in h.s. and your almost making me wish I had it back still! Like paulster said, the tranny mount and sfc is a bummer but it doesn't seem like you've had any major problems thus far (I may be wrong I can't remember all 15 pages of the thread!) It's been coming along nicely!

[We're Not Worthy]

Man I wish I would have the time to finish my 6.0l this is making me jealour lol. Engine looks great in the car. Hopefully everything goes smoothly as well.

[91RS305]

For the washer fluid tank what did you use as a spacer? About how long are they?

[BlueZee28]

It was the trapezoid shaped piece of plastic that is used in the stock battery tray, I think it was the piece that a bolt goes thru to hold the battery in place. I cut it in half to make two pieces and trimmed the rough edges, drilled a hole in each, and used them as spacers. They're about an inch wide.