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Rob and Jen's Aerocoupe Lt-1 and t-5 swap
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This is what started with 87 aerocoupe that i had for 12years. I put a  Hotchkis TVS system. With kyb shocks and running 245/45/17 ft and 275/40/17 rear.  12"brakes up front and s10 wheel cylinder in the rear.


My cousin came Mike drove from upstate NY to help me out.  Made some roller to help move the car around .  We removed the computer. Pulled  out the yucky 305 and 200r-4 to make room for 355  backed by  t-5 Pulled to motor out of the Trans Am (355 and t-5)


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Lots of work ahead! But looking good so far, Man I wish I had an aerocoupe!

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looks good Rob!!! are you runnign anything else becides the TVS setup? the stance looks pretty good

-- Edited by Donutboy97 on Tuesday 1st of September 2009 10:12:55 PM

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you doing a carbed LT1 or a EFI LT1?

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The 355 and t-5 need to clean up. Time to clean up the engine bay.  Filling in all the holes in the firewall and prepping it for paint. Making the the new mount for a third pedal.  The f-body pedals were 1" too short.  With a little cutting and a little welding now it is is the right length and angle.  Just a set fit before I weld it all up.


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The motor is a 70 Lt-1 that was just rebuilt with 882 heads  Y.   They rebuilt the heads Big waste of money and put in 2.02 valves.  The motor will have a carb on it.  I have a the full Hotchkis system in the springs upper control arms sway bar the hole nine and it handles like a dream.. 


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that thing will SCREAM ! i love old lt1's

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Looking Good Rob! Keep up the good work, and keep us updated with progress...Geez with all these porject monte threads, makes me really wanna get one...lol...

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The progress is looking good Rob.

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very nice keep up the good work.

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awesome more pics please

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Great Rob.............gotta LUV aerocoupes!..............keep postin pics of your progress.


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OOOO real nice work on that pedal fab!!

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Well the f-body mount and pedal are finally  finished.   The clutch pedal hit the fuse box by about an 1/4" and I made the them about an 1 1/4 longer on the brake and clutch. This is my new mount that I made from an f-body.
This is the the mount I made .  I cut the mounting bratchet off the f-body.  Then I monted the g-body pedal mount to my bench.  Run a rod through the f-body and g-body so they sit the same way.  Place a piece of light angle and mark it cut and weld it.  Making the f-body pedal sit right was real fun. Here are some pics  brake pedal added 1 1/4 and cut a relief to change the angle  After hours and hours of tacking and test fitting the clutch pedal is now welded. All cleaned up and ready for paint   here is the brake pedal all welded up Just have to paint them now.smile

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Save that pedal as a template and start mass producing them.

The money you make will pay for your cars upgrades


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very nice work Rob

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They look good!

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Great work Rob. Keep the pics and progress reports coming.

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I  was thinking about  making a few sets.  I just need more pedals and mounts and a piece of the firewall to check them.  I also corrected angle for the clutch link. clap.gif

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The pedal u need to make is one that uses the stock G-body firewall mount.

This way it is a direct bolt in.

So far there are 2 different types that I seen and both sell for close to 200 bucks.

I am sure you can sell them for cheaper and still make a decent profit.










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John do u still have a g-body  pedal?


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NIce work, Rob!!! Ya gotta love those "bolt-in" mods. hmm

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aeroocoupe wrote:

John do u still have a g-body  pedal?


 I should have one lying around in all my junk



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just bolts right in.  lol   not mine.  can't wait to drop the clutch and fry the tiresfurious

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looks good! can't wait to see it all bolted up!

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Did a little work on the firewall today.  Filled and welded- getting a little closer.   Also filled in holes in the chassis too. Order the paint for motor.  Jen can't wait see pick her favorite color

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HEY Nice touch filling in those holes!!!!!

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thanks biggrin love that welder headbang.gif

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Rob, love the smoothed fireawall Idea! Wish I had thought about that when the motor was out of my car.

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looking good Rob.

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Mike T. came by a painted the firewall. from http://www.visualimpactpaint.com/
I filled in more holes on the other side.
Painted the motor in Jen's  favorite color plum purple

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Looks cool I like the idea of painting the runners a different color.

I did that on one of my older Malibu's with a TPI setup.







I think it would look better if the heads were purple too... so it would look like the runners are flowing into the heads as it they were all one peice


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Looks good Rob, I think I would have painted the heads to match though. And please tell me thats not the intake gasket hanging out between the intake and block!

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a purple hornie smile.gif... awesome.... looks cool

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yes it is. I have to fix it. The original builder did it. The pan is the same way. I just wanted to paint something. lol

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looks good Rob
now get those gaskets fixed..lol

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smileMike T. Just finished painting the firewall.  Soon I can start putting it back together. xd.gif

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PICS!!!!!!!!!!!

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here is some pic's of the firewall  It was a pain to paint. We used P.O.R-15 and it's very thick and can't be wet sanded.  

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Looks great.



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That looks great!! Nice Job!

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very very nice

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almost there.looks good

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if you want that intake let me know

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Nice job on that firewall!

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I started to remove the front end,  so we can add some black paint.  I also noticed  that the body  bushing aren't  looking so gooddisbelief .

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Looks great Rob! Keep us posted.

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Well thank u for all the feed back and here are some more pics.  New motor mounts are in and holes are filled.  The frame rails are painted but I still have a lot  more to do. 







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looking really good Rob, Might suggest I suggest some stainless brake lines? Yours look pretty rusty, LOL!

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sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

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