you gotta leave the outside of the truck stock, it looks good as is too

BTW who's 5th gen tercel out in front of the house??

 

You're not talking about the black one i've seen all over youtube are you?
Yes, it's a very tight fit for 2 reasons... serpentine system w/ the a/c compressor, frame is ussually notched (i'm not using), the other two clearances are by the firewall... the coil packs because it's not a distributor engine. It's coil on plug. You can either squeeze it in, or get coil plug extentions and extend the harness. the other issue is the Heater Box on the firewall of the passenger side. LUCKILY, my truck doesn't ahve a/c... therefore there's no heater box sticking out of the firewall, and it's kept flush. makes everything MUCH more spacious!
Lastly, the space for the exhaust headers... i have some pics i'll post up of how close they fit.


with the 8lbs i plan on running, numbers should be around 600whp... But i also have a cam, and underdrive pulley... so maybe 620-640 guessing to the wheels.

The ONLY thing you'll be able to tell from the outside is the 12" wide Hoosiers on the back heh heh heh. Otherwise, you'd never know... UNTIL I STARTED IT and the cam goes Blap Blap Blappity Blappppp blapp blappity Blap!
Like it did when i took it OUT of the vette: YouTube - GM Hotcam, with X PIPE, cherry bombs, straight pipes FAST FORWARD TO :20 SECONDS!

 

Damn. goodluck. Nice project

 

No I don't think it's the black one on the internet. This was about 10 years ago, it was white. I supposed someone may have bought it and redid the whole thing. Don't recall if he had a/c or not. I remember the headers were fabbed in the vehicle and the tubing actually went around the frame. When you pulled the motor the headers stayed in, only way to get them out would be to cut them.

 

The LS1 only came out about 10 years ago lol.
97 in the vette, and 98 in the camaro.

 

Well, never said it was an LS1, just said it was a vette motor. Not sure which one.

Watched that vid you linked to earlier. That little truck is going to be downright nasty! Love the sound. How's it coming, any more progress?

 

Can't wait to see videos of this project when it's done. Good luck on the build.

 

Wow sick truck.

 

Sweet project. The truck is going to be a monster.

 

looks awesome sir...LS1's do look fancy in there.