Project lhd to rhd Lsx v8 Swap

AshTheScaff

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Well shell is all primed now, few small body work areas left to sand down before main paint. But next Friday shall be doing a full dry test build of her, finally start to get to see what she’ll look like when it’s finished…I’ll be so close yet so far 😂
But saving the best bit till last..that first turn of the key to the Lsx 👹
 

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Rushingphil

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Your shell is looking really great!
Can you list the process you used to get it to that stage please?
Full blast and then grey primer, or just a manual sanding? Is that 2k primer?
Love the idea of the dry fit first.
 

AshTheScaff

Club Member
Your shell is looking really great!
Can you list the process you used to get it to that stage please?
Full blast and then grey primer, or just a manual sanding? Is that 2k primer?
Love the idea of the dry fit first.
Thank you.

Basically full strip down of the car, sorted all the main welding out ie floor pans, boot etc. Then went off to be shot blasted to show any other areas that needed some more metal glue. It came back in a epoxy primer which is a long life hard primer so it doesn’t matter too much if for any reason there is slight damp on the car as it won’t cause rusting.
Once it was done with repairs it then had the body work done, filler all round and mainly just hand sanding back, especially on the roof to get it perfect as it’ll be the highest point of eye contact etc.
Then it went into the booth for another prime coat which is also a epoxy one. As I am bringing it home to do the full dry build it’s going to be sat in a normal garage so it’ll help to protect it once again.
When the dry build is done and all areas covered it’ll be stripped, sent back for full spray and any other small bits of welding ie roll cage etc!

Hope that helps 👍🏼
 

Rushingphil

Club Member
Thank you.

Basically full strip down of the car, sorted all the main welding out ie floor pans, boot etc. Then went off to be shot blasted to show any other areas that needed some more metal glue. It came back in a epoxy primer which is a long life hard primer so it doesn’t matter too much if for any reason there is slight damp on the car as it won’t cause rusting.
Once it was done with repairs it then had the body work done, filler all round and mainly just hand sanding back, especially on the roof to get it perfect as it’ll be the highest point of eye contact etc.
Then it went into the booth for another prime coat which is also a epoxy one. As I am bringing it home to do the full dry build it’s going to be sat in a normal garage so it’ll help to protect it once again.
When the dry build is done and all areas covered it’ll be stripped, sent back for full spray and any other small bits of welding ie roll cage etc!

Hope that helps 👍🏼

That's excellent, many thanks!! Hope to progress with mine one day, but will be doing it all at home in my garage.
 

AshTheScaff

Club Member
Quick little update on the LSX 240, dry built the car to see how it sits…and damn I love this thing and what it’s coming to be. Like to think it’ll turn heads at shows..yet to see one!
The Apex engineered suspension went together like a dream, shall be purchasing the front cross member and also the track attach upper brace to help keep it all square.
Using their cd009 gear box mount too which gives so much more room for exhaust etc. only being wafer thin it looks cool, shame it won’t be seen. Running Silverimine motors big brake kit on the front and their discs on the rear, along with 280zx callipers and pads, Nissan Maxima calliper mounts.
Cars home and I’ve started to remove all the under seal, removed the front wings to check the inner wing and pleased to report they are solid.
So a good scrape back, buff and primer sprayed on. Also mocked up then cut a big enough opening to eventually weld the Apex fender braces in place. Little by little it’s getting there 😊
 

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AshTheScaff

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Drivers inner wing cleaned up
 

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AshTheScaff

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Shell is looking good.

I like the LSX, doing it properly, none of these weedy 300HP LS motors.
Thanks Ian 🤜🏼
Yeah I wanted something proper to go in and different for over here as haven’t seen many at all. And as far as I know I this’ll be the only 6.0 right hand drive one 🤞🏼
 

IbanezDan51

Well-Known Forum User
Good luck clearing the starter motor/steering rack with the manifolds! I speak from experience on a RHD car :D Its tight!
 

AshTheScaff

Club Member
Good luck clearing the starter motor/steering rack with the manifolds! I speak from experience on a RHD car :D Its tight!
Ohhhhh I’ve already made a custom set of manifolds, we designed them so two outlets go over the rack two go under and pass the starter to the collector 👍🏼 We also cut the manifold vertically between outlet 2-3 so can whip it off for change of plugs etc for ease.
But thank you for the heads up 🫡🤜🏼
 

ALN

Club Member
Hey Ash,

The build is coming along really well and looks great!
Just a quick question on the engine - is this an engine built by Chevy themselves?
The reason I ask, is that the LSX 454 designation was 454 cubic inches, which is 7.4L and not 6.0L.... with a steel block and alley heads.

Also keen to know what profile BTR cam you have installed :)

Just wondering if this was a home build engine?

Thanks,

Lionel
 

AshTheScaff

Club Member
Hey Ash,

The build is coming along really well and looks great!
Just a quick question on the engine - is this an engine built by Chevy themselves?
The reason I ask, is that the LSX 454 designation was 454 cubic inches, which is 7.4L and not 6.0L.... with a steel block and alley heads.

Also keen to know what profile BTR cam you have installed :)

Just wondering if this was a home build engine?

Thanks,

Lionel
Hey Lionel

Thanks mate, it’s getting there slowly.
No this is a home brew engine, so you are correct on the Lsx side of things. But here we used steel block and iron heads as in case I ever ( not that I will ) wanted to boost it the engine will be fine. This has all Lsx internals, along with the ls6 truck intake as each port is single fed and a whopping 102mm throttle body. So without the 7.4l stamp it is near as damn it the Lsx, but as you can see explaining it is a little long winded hence why I’ve just left it titled as is. But top kudos to you sir for knowing your engines 🤜🏼
The cam is a stage two, so it’ll be pretty choppy on idle 👹
 

ALN

Club Member
Hey Lionel

Thanks mate, it’s getting there slowly.
No this is a home brew engine, so you are correct on the Lsx side of things. But here we used steel block and iron heads as in case I ever ( not that I will ) wanted to boost it the engine will be fine. This has all Lsx internals, along with the ls6 truck intake as each port is single fed and a whopping 102mm throttle body. So without the 7.4l stamp it is near as damn it the Lsx, but as you can see explaining it is a little long winded hence why I’ve just left it titled as is. But top kudos to you sir for knowing your engines 🤜🏼
The cam is a stage two, so it’ll be pretty choppy on idle 👹

Nice Ash,

So I am assuming you kept the 4 inch bore on the block?
Love the 102mm TB, im running a drive by wire 90mm TB on a boosted setup.
That cam will be nice and have a decent chop.
Did you do any head work at all?
What stamp is on the iron heads?

Cheers, Lionel
 

moggy240

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What are you using for the rear end as that is a lot of power to put down.
 

AshTheScaff

Club Member
Nice Ash,

So I am assuming you kept the 4 inch bore on the block?
Love the 102mm TB, im running a drive by wire 90mm TB on a boosted setup.
That cam will be nice and have a decent chop.
Did you do any head work at all?
What stamp is on the iron heads?

Cheers, Lionel
Yes mate it is.
The engine had started to be rebuilt by the guy who’s done the fab work for me, then when I said to him i wanted to do this type of conversion he mentioned he had a 6.0l block, so then we went from there. Head was skimmed from memory and ported & polished. I can’t say what stamp is on there, the ls platform is brand new to me so it’s all still a learning curve for me.
 

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AshTheScaff

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What are you using for the rear end as that is a lot of power to put down.
I’ve got a few mates who drift, run ls engines and beat on 300zx tt rear diffs all day. They don’t often fail them, but if it does at any point they are cheap to pick up, easy to service and bolt straight back in. Going to need to have custom drive shafts made to take the power.
Using Apex engineering rear suspension to dial it all in. 10.5j rears which will be matted to toyo R888r’s.
 
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