LSJ Supercharged Ecotec Swap (Page 41/45)
Austrian Import DEC 13, 07:46 AM
bump for news.
j bf1 DEC 28, 11:17 PM
Any progress??
ccfiero350 JAN 09, 10:08 AM
It's been a long time and I've been busy with my daily gig, but I got to spend some time with my favorite personal project this weekend. It was shorts and t-shirt weather and I needed to install the big lugs and nuts.



The lugs that come with the Vue hubs are the standard 12mm that come on most GM cars, but they are a little short and a little smaller then the Ford 1/2" lugs that are on the mustang.



As you can see there is a big difference.


The old lugs were pressed out and the holes enlarged for the bigger pressed in ARP lugs. So the finished hub looks like this. I'll do the fronts the same way.


When I last worked on the car I installed the new custom knuckles but I did not get to install the trailing links. So before I re-assembled the rear suspension I set it up at ride height and pulled it into a known alignment and tacked on the new pick up point for the trailing link.



The end links are pretty cool, die cast stainless and they give me just the right kind of flexibility I want. I will have to undo the front of the link when I want to drop the sub-frame.


The new position does increase anti-squat from stock, I'm going to put another pick-up point on the bottom side of the sub-frame to take out most of the anti-squat if I want.




It did go all back together really well.


At ride height the trailing links clear the 315x17 flat tire with room to spare.




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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger

Austrian Import MAR 07, 05:04 PM
Did the motor fire up yet?
Dough19 MAY 08, 11:30 PM
bump. Interested in the progress and also wondering which type and class of racing you are planning on running this in??
ccfiero350 MAY 09, 07:26 AM
Not much progress to post other then I fixed the flat so I can roll it around.

The next thing on my list is upgrade the wheel studs on the front and install 475# springs.

With all the suspension mods and engine swap, I'm no longer certain were the car would be classed in SCCA. I like doing the DE with the local BMW and PCA clubs at Texas World Speedway, loads of fun.

Once I get to the point of installing a roll cage, I serious need to determine what class it would belong to and make a legal cage.

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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger

BMTFIERO JUN 12, 11:53 AM
bump
Austrian Import AUG 24, 01:20 PM
updates?
ccfiero350 SEP 01, 09:11 AM
Not much has happened since the last post. I've been hobbled by an old spine injury and has kept me in a chair longer then I've wanted. Looking forward to some surgery this month and get back my mobility.

I've been really wanting to do some foam and fibor glassing sculpting on the front fenders to finish out the full IMSA look.

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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger

Bloozberry SEP 01, 10:30 PM
Looking good there ccfiero350! It's been a while since I've checked out your thread so I hope you don't take my post as a "hit and run".

I found the forward mount of the trailing link interesting, though I'm not sure I understand why you've chosen that particular configuration. I'm sure you've taken in to consideration that all of the (massive) tractive forces are going to be transferred to the chassis through the trailing links, so do you mind expanding a bit on why you chose the double jointed clevis over a simpler hemispherical rod end? To me, it appears as though the system places the small looking vertical clevis pin in double shear (unless the pin is torqued to pinch the end of the trailing link tighly). If it's allowed to pivot though, then I'd be concerned that the repetitive application of power and braking forces will quickly increase the amount of play in the joint and eventually shear the pin. I'd be worried that if that happens you'd lose directional stability in a heartbeat.