LS2 in a XR4 Underway /Pics Update...

[merkurdriver]

have you received the Red car yet?

Yes, its here in sunny Ohio now.

[grve66]

well got the seats test fitted as most of the work was done without the car being present.

this picture I need to finish the bolster.



bolster started on drivers side





pics of the gap that need to be filled



drivers side gap

[whitelx]

where are you getting the foam and are you using a spray adhesive to attach it? How are you cutting/finishing the foam? I have always been curious about seat building.

[grve66]

You can get the stuff from http://www.miamicorp.com/

I have a friend that did it with my direction.

I have found lots of youtub-e video showing how to cut the foam. mainly you can use a electric cutting knife( think turkey) and a spray adhesive.. it much easier than you would think. the hard part is making it symetrical..

[grve66]

I miss my car.. getting that itch and still have crossmember but don't have the space right now to build another

[Esteban]

Coyote motor Brett!

[whitelx]

wish it wasn't damn near impossible to get one of the 5.3L truck engines through the referee.

[nathankershaw]

Who knows as my mind seems to change from one second to the next, but buying a LS/T56 2000-ish? onwards Camaro or Firebird seems to be the way to go for a CA V8 swap.

[grve66]

wish it wasn't damn near impossible to get one of the 5.3L truck engines through the referee.

I agree. if I could just do a truck motor it would make the swap so much easier and tons cheaper. of course it would have to have a turbo on it.

technically the light duty truck motors were also able to pass smog as long in a car as long as it had the smog equipment. according to CA bar rules.

[Mike McCreight]

I miss my car.. getting that itch and still have crossmember but don't have the space right now to build another

I miss your car too....

[nathankershaw]

I miss my car.. getting that itch and still have crossmember but don't have the space right now to build another

I miss your car too....

It's funny. After I sold my last car I looked around for projects that would be a easier ie. PRE-SMOG but nothing really scratched the itch that the XR does.

Unique engine
Unique body
Good to drive out of the box
RWD.

It ticks a lot of boxes.

[XR4Tim]

That crossmember will work with L33's, right?

[slo_ryd]

Tim it should work with an L33, in my research the mounting points are the same on all the ls blocks.

[XR4Tim]

That's what I figured.
I've cleared room in my budget to get one.

[Longitudinal]

I'm beginning to read this thread. It's a damned shame that Photobucket is what it is now. Pics don't load, but an endless stream of ads does.