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Ahhhhh yes ... The battle goes on between .... Doing what I want on the car -vs- Doing what I can afford -vs- Doing what won't take for ever ! LOL ! An old hot rodder once told me .... It will always be more work than you thought ... It will always cost more than you thought ... And will most...

Decided on a "Hurricane" HVAC unit. Fits all the way forward in the pass foot well. Lines exit out front. The mock up looks good so far.

Pedals are in ... Nothing special. I'm a tall guy, so decided no slider, just as far back as I can. I was thinking about notching the front bulk head to allow even more room. But the work would have been extensive and I didn't want to risk stuctural issues. To save space, I mounted the throtle...

I have been concerned about heat in the drivers compartment. So even though I had the cooling tubes jet hot coated, I decided to wrap them. May be over kill ? Not sure ... but it only took a couple hours. Fran also suggested boxing them. Should be a nice spot to run lines and wires.

My best guess so far on blower clearance is that the hat will hit by about 1" I may look in to having a plastic shop heat the window and make a "bump" of some kind. Fran has spares so I'm not worried about goofs at this point.

Made cooling tubes from stainless tube, then had them Jet Hot coated to try and keep the heat in. Added additional heat insulation at the passenger compartment.

Trans is in and fits nice. The dental floss idea works great for getting the clutch installed !

I made this adapter to move the TB. After talking with guys at Lingenfelter Performance, they felt in a manual shift application, the elbow "should" not hurt performance. We will see ...

Thanks for the compliments on the shop. I admit to having many OCD moments ....

And you know how it goes ... Things just never seem to fit the first time ! A little nip and tuck off the pan rail.

Time for a couple changes to the LSA. Stock oil pan was too low so a custom pan was made to the SLC dimensions. Pan still holds 6Qts, with filter, cooler, and lines, ends up right at 8Qts. Changed upper and lower pully, changed over to the ZL-1 blower hat, and installed LS-9 injectors.

Once the LSA was out you can see the "V" shape mod for the accessory drive. The real issue was the TB .. (air intake) the LS9 has a different angle. This LSA just wouldn't clear the stock configuration. Installed a bulk head, sheet aluminum covered in Lava Shield.

So It's time to get started ! I have been working on the car for a few months but have just now got the courage to try and start a log ! This is how I received the car from RCR. The LSA was fit in the car along with the required frame mods to make it fit.

Thanks guys ! My work PC may be blocking them .... Didn't think of that ! DUH

Must be user error ? as I look at all your old posts .... All I see is the text ?

Ken, I'm new to the site and a new SLC owner. How do I see your pics ? Thanks

Hi Ruth ! I also just got my car ! Maybe we will get to chat some time as we will be probably be at the same point in our builds ! Bob