Building an LS1 Powered Widebody Porsche 911

[Camos]

Can't help with removing the Vats but I can save you a bomb by helping out with the harness of you have the standard ls harness and haven't already paid to modify it.

Justin from ultimate conversion wiring can do the vats and auto/man swap but he's not the most pleasant and helpful guy to deal with - In my experience.

[MrRPJ]

Yeah man I'm always down for help. I'm in brisbane tho

[MrRPJ]

sorry and to answer your question yes I have a full auto loom i need changed to manual. The easier the better i just wanna give it power and fuel and make it run. I have a question tho for the ls gods. do i use the ls to control fuel pump or just run a stand alone full time. second question is if i use the ls to control it does it make it a returnless system and if i fun a stand alone pump do i need a return line? cheers

[Tre-Cool]

the factory ls1 ecu has a 12v output you feed to a relay for pump/s.

[MrRPJ]

Cheers Tre-cool SEATS! Im not to sure if ill keep these in or go to something like a sparco 2000 pro. Being 6.1 I might need something thats almost sitting on the floor! Has anyone got some 2000 pros installed that can tell me how they are for head room?

[feistl]

If you're on the bigger side I suggest the cobra seats. I am 6"3 and a bit heavier and no hope of getting in the sparco 2000.

Ended up getting a set of cobra Suzuka GT seats from revolution race gear. Really good quality and very comfortable... IIRC I paid $1250ea last year (negotiated with them). I can measure height if you like...

[MrRPJ]

New vid is up

[whitels1ss]

That's coming along great,

Should be amazing when it's all done.

Keep the updates coming mate!

[MrRPJ]

Ok so I have cut out my factory seat mounts and made new ones and welded them in over the weekend. I gained about 3" of head room which doesn't sound like much but made a world of differance to where my knees meet the dash.

Got most of the car in high fill



I got new plates for the car

I brought a jeep radiator and the fit is perfect. it fits the front bar like it was made for it. Because water cool LS now

and i think once its complete this wrap will be the perfect touch!

[MrRPJ]

Small update. I had a delay on the left fender. the one I found he decided the shipping was too expensive and pull the plug on me after 3 weeks of stuffing around. So I ended up finding a mint NOS fender but as my luck would have it. It was Run over by a forklift and pancaked the nose. Lucky for me I know when I'm outta my depth and I didn't want any filler in the nose of the fenders as they do hold the bumper and take a bit of flex and a crack was the last thing I wanted. lucky for me I know an amazing metal guy who file finished the finder to brand new


Now that was sorted I could move onto fitting the turbo extensions. This what I thought would be an easy job turned into a nightmare. But you can see I got them fitted with the help of the Co. whos a gun with the tig. while we were at it I did a indicator delete.

I finished the last of the rust repairs on the doors and got them in highfill as well

I got my roll cage back from the power coaters and im pretty happy with how it turned out for my first time.

I got my plate welded in and my tilton pedal box installed.

Im still unsure if the wheel centres should stay silver or go gloss black

sanding sanding and more sanding. getting it down to 800

Paint arrived

[MrRPJ]

I started the last test fit and wasnt happy with a small bit so i changed it.


This corner needed more trimming out

the air dam for the radiator is done

shout out to the old man for helping out for the day

my mint right fender. ditching the fiberglass was the best thing i ever did no more cracking worries or worries from people leaning on it when your not around, the front feels so much more sturdy now too

By By shit box fiberglass! it was a big hassle and really big cost to change the fenders but i feel it was worth it as ill be keeping more genuine parts on the car

Getting the last of wetsanding done. Paint goes on this weekend

look at that shine

Looks Like my type of christmas presents haha

We have Paint!!!!!!






wheels are on

panels lightly bolted on


Now to start installing the cooling system and V8!!!!!

[whitels1ss]

You have done heaps of great work there mate

Thanks for the updates, looking forward to seeing it completed.

[Jason01]

It looks great man, lots of work.

For what my opinion is worth, I think I'd leave the wheels as they are with silver centres.

Jason

P.S. I hope Micks didn't see that pushie in the background of the living room picture.

[MrRPJ]

Ok So i have been pretty busy over the last week or so I got the roof liner in




i got the decklid and wing on




I painted my gated shiter




i got my fuel tank in




i got the rear bar on




Radiator installed Because LS




Door glass and rear flares on




rear quarter glass in




Back window in




rool cage and RS carpet kit in




Im pretty happy with how the roll cage turn out. It was my first time ever making one. More to come as i keep assembling

[MrRPJ]

Got me harnesses installed
https://i.imgur.com/IIMTh5U.jpg

Now on the fun stuff

The motor




And sorting out this mess. Any one wanna help. I need to strip this to a bare bone set up. Like the 5 wire haresses you see for hotrods ect I would like to run the motor prior to fitting it.