RH4motorsports' S13 Fd Drift car LS1 swap.updates9/7 VIDEO!

rh4motorsports · Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject:

haha Billy Madison Rocks! haha, happy madison! haha, anyhow, yeah it's all good! i'm just trying to write in everything i can, maybe help someone else out, or make for an interesting thread, hopefully draw some more attention to the ls1 swap.

as far as money haha you probably don't want to know haha, but i've spent about 26k between the car and the engine (when it's complete) ALL my money goes into this setup, i figure if you wanna run with the big boys, gotta have the big toys. Honestly, i've been beat by that slightly more expensive part on the race track for so long since i was a kid, so i have no problem goin all out, plus it's fun to spend hard earned dough, i think my lowest recent paycheck has been 100+ hours on it (for 2 weeks)

yeah i talk alot about it because i get alot of the jealous type, that's why i hope to maybe shed some light with my swap, maybe it'll help someone else with theirs.

thanx for checkin in alot and stay tuned, monday the tranny comes in.....

the saga continues.....

slapwig · Lv2 Member Joined: 17 Nov 2006 Posts: 62

they're just jelous because your car fucking rocks! i can't wait to see more...keep on posting.

lewroe · member Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 686

Are you gonna weld those engine mounts to the sub frame or frame rails?

rh4motorsports · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject:

oh thanx guys! yeah i didn't get didly squat done this weekend ended up working but i got my shop all cleaned out and ready to go, tomorrow the tranny comes in so yeah i'll post up pics of it too. yeah it's coming together nicely.

yeah i'm going to cut the stock engine mounts off the stock subframe and weld the universal ones to the same spot, like this pic, but with my mounts, this was off of ls1tech.com a guy posted,

that's the same idea, but i'm using these mounts,

i think it'll be much easier to access the 1 bolt through the mount then the 4 on the block when it's in the car, plus the mounts i have already have some hard rubber bushings so there's some vibration absorbtion.

nani · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject:

awesome.... keep the swap going brah Cool

rh4motorsports · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject:

yeah in about 40 minutes i'm going to go down and pick up the tranny, i'll take pics of it also, yeah hopefully i can find an easy way to mount this universal kit, so that others can use it too, seems like it'll save a lot of money in the long run for guys

cnichols · Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:08 am Post subject:

I'm also using those mounts...

If using the Hinson headers, you can't mount them the way you want to without modification. You have to mount them with the flanges forward, making it harder to mate to the subframe. Granted, if you cut the flanges off and weld them in a different spot, you'll be fine. But, here is a picture of what I did. I still need to add some gussets for support, but you get the general idea. Thought you'd want a heads up of what you're going to run into. Might save you some time.

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0100 · Founder Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 295

Awesome build rh4!!! Your car is fucking insane. cnichols thanks for the detailed photos. They are a huge help, but what do you mean by cut the flanges off? Flanges on what? Thanks!

What if you made new mounting plates with the ears moved on the plate so they just clear the headers. You would still be off of the crossmember but not as much as if you just flipped them.

In the photo below it looks like you have room for the mount to go toward the header maybe 2" before hitting it. I don't know hard to tell from the photo.

cnichols · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:47 am Post subject:

0100 · Founder Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 295

Ok I see what you are saying now, thanks for the clarification. Yeah I am not worried about the way you have it mounted. With gussets supporting the plate it's not going to go anywhere.

lewroe · member Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 686

Haha, I'm using those mounts too. I just ordered the 3 qt. accusump, should plumb right in to the oil galley. Not as nice as a dry sump tho.....

rh4motorsports · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject:

WOW thanx for the pics! yeah i was planning on cutting the hump on the subframe off flat, then welding a plate, justliek you did, but i'll have a longer shaft, yeah i was looking at the plate adn how it's offset won't work. yeah looks great man! I'm a little more relveid that somone else did the swap this way, but yeah i was heading that way also. how'd your tranny line up, i mean the shifter location? I'm going to try to get it moved back to make up that common 1/2" forward. yeah thanx!

rh4motorsports · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject:

oh and cnichols, your quote is awesome in your signature haha!

cnichols · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:27 am Post subject:

Mine might sit a little further forward than some of the others, but I don't mind that. I can access all the sensors back there (MAP, etc.), I can get to the bellhousing bolts, and the headers have plenty of clearance.

Here's a pic of where my shifter sits...

rh4motorsports · Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject:

ahhh! Ok, thanx for the pics man! yeah i'm going to try to get it back that 1/2" maybe, we'll see i'm slated to drop it in saturday, thank god for the 3 day weekend! Yeah i'll post up pics of my setup also, we're going to spin off of your design, hope you don't mind Very Happy

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