87 442 project

[northern]

Car has been working great on all summer roadtrips, even did a good job towing a caravan

But, now it`s time to improve the fun factor. Lq4/t56 😀

 

[northern]

Haha, got lazy and stopped updating this thing for some years. But the car is still very much alive, and it has been behaving nicely for 3 years now with the ls swap. Aside from the engine and trans stuff the suspension got som attention also, the ride sucked! Bouncy and unpredictable. It had hotchkis springs and kyb gas shocks, got some moog springs and varishocks, night and day difference, also i changed out the balljoints to some taller ones from proforged.

The car in its current state

 

[northern]

Ahh lets see.. i slapped on a new oilpan and gave the engine a little cleanup before dropping it in

Some cryptic message was found on the firewall after removing the 350, somethingsomething plug one woman.. Looked important so i thought it best to document it well before painting over it🤔🤣

Modified the crossmember and everything went in nicely

 

[olds307 and 403]

I was going to say stop driving it in the winter but now that it is LS powered, drive it everyday. Enjoy, it is a nice looking car.

 

[northern]

Haha, i kinda enjoy driving it in the snow

 

[northern]

Soo, i drove it like this for about a year, happy times👍👍 But if i have understood the internett correctly, if you have a ls swaped car you might as well get a turbocharger for it🤔 So i ordered the usuall stuff and got the welder ready haha

Making the turbo manifold

I almost regrett going for a 4 inch downpipe, space was an issue. Anyways, its in, it works and it is a whole lot of fun😎

 

[mclellan83]

Awesome to see the update, very jelly