soo basily im going to put this 09 LNF

in to this sand rail



soo im going to have to pick your guys brains alil.

at the moment i have the rail.. and a transmission...and the motor.. and thats about it..haha.. my adaptor plate to connect the trans and motor should be here in a few weeks.. so i need to start really doin some research and collecting parts.

so first off.. 3 major things i need and could use alil help finding

ecu.. pretty important..lol anyone have one ??

harness..

injection harness..

should i just order them from gmpartsdirect.com

not sure what else im going to need yet.. any imput would be helpfull thanks alot guys

also.. these are fly by wire motors..right? soo to put a gas pedal in im assuming il need to find one out of a colbalt..?? anyone have a part number?

 

this is full of win!!!!!!!

 

try http://www.crateenginedepot.com/

 

probably should have researched this a bit more before buying the motor

 

I would talk to some Atom guys.

 

I forsee all kinds of tuning headaches once the electronics get hooked up to it. Wouldnt a n/a or s/c motor be better suited for this application??

 

One thing I can guarantee you will need if you really want to do this without wanting to kill yourself is the factory intake off of an LNF car. Fabbing up your own and trying to tune for it will give you endless headaches. I would have probly suggested the LSJ for this application. But if it does work out..that thing is gunna haul ass!

 

I spy oreos!


For some reason that jumped out at me. Good luck with the build

 

you totally need to make this a build thread with tons of pictures!

and buy a totalled LNF cobalt for parts.

 

holy crap
thats awesome

 

this could be full of epic win.
or
epic fail.

i'm really hoping for the epic win.

 

thanks for the positive reinforsment.. honestly i did to alot of researched before i bought this motor.. do i know everything.. NOO but i know it will work..its hard to do research about something that hardly no one has done yet.. im sure theres a few floatin around but i havent found one yet.
on a side not ive already been in touch with cbm motors out of cali..there building a harness and tuned computer right now.. should be off the run stand today( yes i just got of the phone with them) for about $1300 plus being a drive by wire il need a pedal so anyother 125 for that.. soo it will work.. its just a matter of workin out some of the small details and plumbing it up and finding odd and end parts

 

you will need both fuel pumps (cam driven and in tank) basically find a wrecked 08 or 09 ss/tc and pull everything out of it except the motor, trans, and seats.
these motors are very computer dependent. and even still there will be probably problems getting it to run. Very complicated setup

 

precisely. This will be amazing on such a light platform.

 

you should look into how the drift solstice was tuned..
Fast ECU and boost controller.

 

ahh.. see this is exactly why i joined..all these little things i didnt know about.. i didnt know there was 2 fuel pumps

im hoping epic WIN!!...

i think it should perform amazing also.. which is why im tryin to keep it light so i can hang with some of the bigger rails...those guys are close to 3000lbs..and anywhere from 400 to 1000hp

im tryin to stay under 1500lbs.. and be in the 300hp range

 

hey man, what i said came off a bit more harsh than i intended. this should be interesting, but probably a large amount of work!

 

i did look in to a fast setup.. but it just seem way to complex for my pee brain..lol i figure for now i should stick to as close to stock so it will actualy run the better..lol

i do have hp tuners.. but im still tryin to figure that out..once again ..pee brain..haha


its all good man..your right..its gonna be alot of work..but thats half the fun right?? either that or i loose my mind and go to the looney bin..

 

Ok.

GXPrix has spare ECU's for sale.

they are roughly 215 shipped

i have my 06 motor and shell for sale if you want to buy it all.



car still has pedals. lol

 

Not sure how set you are on the lnf...a lsj may be less headaches in the end....
But if you pull all the stuff out I'm sure you can do it.

 

haha.. i have a feeling that might be alil out of my price range

i knew GXprix had some ecu's ..but i think hes out of them.. il have to find out..

im tryin to deside if i sould buy the computer and harness and take it to a shop whos says the can build the harness and tune the computer and dyno it there..depending on what all he needs to do between 700 to 1100

or do i buy a complete plug and play setup from cbm motors in cali.. for 1300ish?

well considering the motor is already in my garage..and paided for.. i think im pretty set on it.. seems like alot of you guys either arnt a fan of the lnf or just think there to much of a headache.

i know its going to be alil bit of a pain.. but if i can get my hands on a plug and play setup it shouldnt be to bad of a deal.. and should make more power easyer..and will be easyer on the trans.. so i havent found any reason to try to talk my self out of it yet

 

oh its possible to swap i dont doubt that. I know a guy that swapped a MS3 2.3l disi into a plain mazda 3. The problem is just making it work and being one of the first to do it. Also with the fueling not fully hacked/understood/completed getting lots o hp'z is hard. But with HTP it should be easy to tune.

 

Oh we are HUGE fans of the LNF motor, but it is exactly as what you said for custom applications right now, a headache. They were just suggesting something to you that would be easier to tune in a custom project atm. The fuel tables haven't even been unlocked yet.

 

well i though so.. but hey things will never get figured out unless some one trys it and figures it out right???
i was going to go with a supercharged motor..but i found the turbo motor for about the same money . and it looks to be a better plat form for what im tryin to do so im just tryin to stay positive it will work out.

also guys remeber.. im not trying to make 400 for 600hp out of this thing.. im pretty much just going to transplant it give it a tune and be happy..well till next year then il probly want more power. haha..this rail should only weight 1500lbs.. so it sould be quick i would think

 

ah if you are just transplanting the engine...do you have the wiring harness, ecu? all that jazz?