Tom
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Update for those who care ha,
The lsj Heat exchanger I bought came with no Brackets and fabing them would of been a major pita, I went to the dealer and they cant look up parts without a vin, Came home went on carmax got me a ss vin,went back the next day...Tuned out only one dealer in Texas(Hour away!) had these brackets @ 54bucks a piece, what could I do I needed them + it was worth it, the way it looks is great and major + is it mounts stock with no fabing..
The oil dipstick broke while trying to remove it, so we machined a new fitting for a custom setup, but found out the diameter we made the barb was not of the hole of the oilpan, but a portion of the dip stick still lodged in.So we drilled it out(grease tipped bit and ran a magnet to collect any possible shavings)...I called up a buddy and he had the actual LSJ dipstick tube, and what a beautiful fit it was, once again it required no modification,it looks stock and bolts down into the oem provision on the Intake mani, I highly recommend those doing this build to get it, instead of pissing around with the stock one.
Custom made the option B bracket to mount like stock and also made up some brackets for the secondary cobra heat exchanger, which I found interesting is made by Garret, not bad ford not bad...
Finished wiring the gauges and welded in the o2 for the wideband. The only electrical left the MAP sensor and throttlebody rewire, it turns out the l61 is not a 8pin like every other ecotec lol, so I had to drive another hour away to pick up a harness for it.
Im no longer saying when I think it will be done, its done whens its done Im in no rush, it needs to be done Right.
I work tomorrow a fairly long shift, I cant wait to continue building
The lsj Heat exchanger I bought came with no Brackets and fabing them would of been a major pita, I went to the dealer and they cant look up parts without a vin, Came home went on carmax got me a ss vin,went back the next day...Tuned out only one dealer in Texas(Hour away!) had these brackets @ 54bucks a piece, what could I do I needed them + it was worth it, the way it looks is great and major + is it mounts stock with no fabing..
The oil dipstick broke while trying to remove it, so we machined a new fitting for a custom setup, but found out the diameter we made the barb was not of the hole of the oilpan, but a portion of the dip stick still lodged in.So we drilled it out(grease tipped bit and ran a magnet to collect any possible shavings)...I called up a buddy and he had the actual LSJ dipstick tube, and what a beautiful fit it was, once again it required no modification,it looks stock and bolts down into the oem provision on the Intake mani, I highly recommend those doing this build to get it, instead of pissing around with the stock one.
Custom made the option B bracket to mount like stock and also made up some brackets for the secondary cobra heat exchanger, which I found interesting is made by Garret, not bad ford not bad...
Finished wiring the gauges and welded in the o2 for the wideband. The only electrical left the MAP sensor and throttlebody rewire, it turns out the l61 is not a 8pin like every other ecotec lol, so I had to drive another hour away to pick up a harness for it.
Im no longer saying when I think it will be done, its done whens its done Im in no rush, it needs to be done Right.
I work tomorrow a fairly long shift, I cant wait to continue building
