Guys... seems like a decent amount of people are asking us to convert there FD's to Piston power. If your thinking about doing this swap give us a ring or stop by the shop and we can show you and discuss different options!

... heres a small video of a LS1 Powered FD that we did at the shop. sounds nice and we buillt it to 500HP. The video is not the greatest but you can get the idea! We will have more vids soon.

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that sounds like sex.... very nice job, if u guys ever take it to the drag, make sure to post ur quarter mile times, i would also like to c more vids. keep up the good work

 

That thing sounds beastly! If I had the money I would do the swap without thinking twice.

 

what rpm range are you seeing in that car, when i build my ls2 im going low compression single turbo, (cut down on torque) cars gona be light enough as it is, lol dont need a torque monster for my daily driver, nice job guys, great work considering it isnt somthing you have been doing for awile, your in chicago correct>? ill be driving threw next year and would love to stop by and talk shop for awile, and check out the facilities,

 

oh and what did you do for the exaust? sounds amazing

 

I made dual 3" that y's into one 4" with a magnaflow can. Not too fun but it was worth the headache the car just sounds mean.

 

if we had all the parts, the engine, the car....what type of price would people be looking at for the conversion. im sure it would be competitive with hinsons right? 9k for the conversion seems outrageous to me. great looking and sounding car though! awesome job!

 

beautiful stuff.
nice to see your shop is supporting these swaps and using quality craftmanship.
props.

 

I've been for a ride in this car. Pretty impressive. The exhaust sound in the video doesn't quite do it justice. Its really loud! The whole car rattles with the exhaust note.

 

was that gold injen fd built by you guys? i think ive seen it at the shop a couple of times

 

Ill answer for them. No pretty sure it was built out in Cali.

 

Did you make your own subframe? If not who's did you use?

I would rather buy locally.

 

The Gold Injen FD was not built by us but its currently here for some work.

 

Anyone else thing that car is stupidly low lol? Is it not tucking at all? I don't know, maybe it's the kit that is giving me the illusion of it being really really low. By the way, what kit is that, I like it.

Love the video/sound of the car. What did you do to get the 500? What mods etc.

Hood not down all the way?

 

With all the debate about rotary vs. piston, who could not love that exhaust sound! I can't wait to get mine done.

 

I was there durring the makes of that video. I was picking up my car after I it got tuned! that car sounds sick in person.

 

Yep the LS1 FD is an awesome beast!

 

I want to have both!

 

Man that sounds great, makes mine sound wimpy

 

This morning I heard a car driving up Van Ness Ave in SF that sounded like TORQUE. It was an LS-series engine, so I turned to see what kind of Corvette it was. When I looked it was a Montego Blue FD.

The sound and thought of an LS1 in my FD stuck with me for the next hour at work.

And how the driver didn't have to rev the engine to accelerate up the street from a dead stop....

Having owned half-a-dozen Cadillacs - including two 500ci Coupe DeVilles - Im used to IMMEDIATE TORQUE, and I love my FD, but it's frustrating waiting til 3000 to feel like Im driving a fast car.

Mazda should have made the FD with a 20B.

Just my thoughts on this topic....

 

LS1 Rx-7s are tons of fun. (I just finished my swapped FC) I may be at the shop dynoing with some Neon friends this Saturday, do you have any Boingin' 7s at the shop right now to check out?

 

Stop on by.


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How much would labor be to do the ls1 swap? Where can you get it done?

 

Does anyone have an fd with a ls1 for sale? I love my fd but I need a daily driver. I think an fd with an ls1 would be perfect for me.

 

I was there and dynoed my LS1 FC with the SRT-4 club. You guys are definitely top notch.