In my case, it was money. I started out with what "I thought" was well enough to complete the build. Planned an LT1 2004R, had the trans, tried to buy an LT1 on ebay and almost got ripped of by some scammer. That sucked big time! Then I found an LS1/4L60E. Little more money then I planned on spending for Motor and trans( like $2500 more!) but in the end it was well worth it! That part though was what really set my timeline WAY behind! Another year and a half later I managed to raise the $$$ to finish it up. 2.5 years total and so far I got 3800 miles of pure enjoyment!

Now I'm lookin for more HP lol.

A big part of my $$$$ shortages came from not having this site for info though. I didn't find it til I'd spent a ton on wasted efforts to make things work. Then I found this site and well? Now I'm done! For now HEHE!

My biggest delays have been having to wait for parts. First, it took a while to get the basic stuff like the subframe. Then I started putting thing together and decided I should install a new clutch and flywheel, which took about two weeks to get. I installed them and my clutch slave while I was bleeding it on the bench and then it took a week to get that.

Then it really comes down to simply having (and/or taking) the time to actually work on stuff and then the backlash you get from friends/family when you're spending all this time out in the garage.

The most time-consuming part for me, though, is reading through the forum and googling around to figure out how things go together and figuring out what I need to order. For every hour I've spent in the garage, I've probably spent 5-10 on the computer doing research.

Cleaning things up and painting the engine bay took me the longest...aside from the obvious 'waiting on parts' I ordered my subframe from Hinson on April 1st. I received it July 25th (5 weeks later, ) I just counted...actual time was 17 weeks of waiting. I had a knee surgery (ACL reconstruction) August 8th and that held me up.

Waiting for parts and doing the little things to make it nice. The first one takes forever but I feel like I could do the second one in a weekend if I had everything ready to go.

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88 LS1/T56 Vert
11.84 @ 121.70
Needs a bottle!
CRUIS'N USA STYLE

My first big killer was that I ordered a subfram from Granny's. It took forever and he never even finished it! It put such a negative vibe on my project and at that time there were no other vendors doing anything for the fd. After chugging along, I finally fabbed the rest of it myself and am now on a roll. Hoping to have maiden voyage by EOY. Woot!

Money, paying for it all in cash now. I wish I would have just saved the money and brought a completed car.

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My own laziness...

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Ha Ha, that sounds a little bit like my adventure so far. I put in the LS1/700r4, but the LS1 was no good, never got to drive it. So I put in a 5.3/700r4 and then the 700r4 sucked. Then I put in powerglide and turbo, now the turbo is no good. I never got it over 5 pounds of boost. Waiting to buy a new turbo now.

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86 RX7,5.3 LM7,T6 Turbo,Glide/brake/4k stall,8.8 rear
Link to LS1 MegaSquirt Install Notes

My hugest delay has been sourcing a decent subframe. Blaine (aka deadbeat) ripped me of ~$1k+ in parts. The subframe I got is bunk and unusable without a lot of repair work. This is what has caused such a huge delay.

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LS1/FD swap in full effect!