it's going to be a looooong term project, but this LS3 will get blown apart, rebuilt, and shoved between the frame rails of the 04
























The car ran up on something and ripped a gigantic hole in the oil pan... It's not locked up, it will turn over by hand, but I'm giving it a full rebuild regardless obviously.

 

Very very nice!

 

What a find! Can't wait to see the completed project.

 

Suuuweeeet!

 

Been busy lately, so I'm a few days late on this convo lol.

got the lift kit installed over Easter weekend. I wasn' able to get the torsion keys swapped, but everything else is in. Also did the cv axles, tie rods, rear sway bar bushing, and a couple other small things.

 

BEFORE: -5 1/2" FRONT -6" REAR


AFTER: -7 1/4" FRONT -9" REAR


PASSENGER


DRIVER


STEERING STABILIZER


REAR

 

Keep an eye on those rubber boots on your axles, at that angle they like to fall off.
And that is quite the angle on them.

 

Looking good.

Two things I had issues with when I did my lift that did not include the new bracket for the IFS front axle:
1) The ABS cable for the left front tire got frayed and I had to repair it. This happened due to not being able to figure out how best to route the wire at first.
2) The inner lip of the inner boot came off on the passenger side. I was able to get it back on and secure it with a hose clamp. But do get it back on, I had to undo the torsion bar adjustment. It then went on fine. This was about 6-9 months ago and it is still going fine.

 

I was thinking about doing hose clamps. They are new cv axles so I rather now before then later after.

I noticed the angle, but I didn' think it was that bad considering the angle I had with the torsion crank and no lift, it was way worst then now. But duely noted.

as she site now the shop pointed out how severe my Pitman arm really is. A couple more days and hoping to have it done. I picked up a puller for 30$. So gonna test that out and hopefully I can do it without pulling the steering box out.

 

Not gonna happen, DonL - that box MUST come out. Thank GM for that brainstorm. They left about 3/4" between the lower nut and the crossmember. You can hardly get a wrench in there, let alone the puller. Been there, done that .. MANY times.

Pulling the box isn't all that bad. Hardest part IMO is getting the steering shaft off the splines if everything is rusted. You don't have to actually REMOVE the box. Don't touch the p/s lines - just maneuver the box around just so that you can get the puller on there.

Pic is from my old 1st gen, but the 2nd gen is pretty much the same.