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Old 08-08-2018, 11:00 PM   #201
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Re: LT1 GenV swap

Was excited and then bummed at the same time about the L83 swap headers from speed engineering. E-mailed them and asked what did they mock them on, what mounts.. basically LS swap headers with L83 flange. I've already bought all the exhaust bends, custom flanges and collectors so I wont ne buying them. Based on their reply, passenger side will should look like this:



And didn't snap a picture of the driver side cause it just wouldn't bolt flush, hit the frame. So I would be curious if someone buys them and posts up how it fits.

Got the electric fan shroud all cut out and mocked up, just need to break it down and fully weld it. Took a 19" 600 watt PWM fan , rigged up a surfacing fixture and used a router to make the edge pretty flat. Pleased how it turned out, now the cooling portion of the swap will operate like factory. Tested it and man it moves some air!



End is near.. planning on October ish hopefully.
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