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bsgreenz
10-07-2012, 05:00 PM
I know this will not sit well with some people since this is a true LT1 WS6 car.

Well with my decision that i would rather have the WS6 then the hard top formy, and would also rather have my newly built forged 347 LS1 over the 99k mile LT1 i will be tearing both cars apart this winter. With being short on money i will not be adding any more power (unless i get a dumb deal on boost) so i should only be out stuff like coolant and maybe some oil so i will only have time into this which does not bother me since working on cars is a stress reliever.

So my 97 WS6 should be ready by spring with close to 400whp LSx swap, T56, 4.10 rear and some drag radials!

So with that being said the next thing to decide is what to do with the 96 Formy (really clean car). Some options i have is to keep it for my daughter and build it over the next 16 years lol or do the revers and swap her back to a stock LT1 6 speed car and sell, or take the 5.3 that is sitting in my shed and start a slow build?

Only issue i have is after the formy is stripped again i will need some where to keep it while i do the swap to the WS6 since i only have a two car garage and i really dont want the turbo car sitting out in the snow under a car cover not finished.

bsgreenz
10-13-2012, 09:01 PM
Made some progress today on the Formy.Radiator, intake, belt,cooling fans,coil packs and driver side header removed. Hope to have the engine out by next weekend and get the car moved so i can get the WS6 in the garage and start taking it apart to get ready for the swap.

bsgreenz
10-21-2012, 05:42 PM
Well with the help of the girl i got the engine and trans out the top in one piece. Will be doing little thing to it but the WS6 looks like it will coming into the garage with in the next week or two and getting torn apart.

Still deciding if i want to paint the engine bay, should probably do a good cleaning and then decide.

Badbird_96
10-21-2012, 06:32 PM
Atleast a buff job on it. Btw pics are needed