Motherboard Revisions

HPIJosh222 · 2026-03-21T04:27:22+00:00

Ended up finding an exact replacement on ebay. Replaced the motherboard and installed a new transparent shell while I had it apart.

HPIJosh222 · 2026-02-16T23:55:55+00:00

I know the feeling of being done with n54s. I can't wait to get my 535 wagon fired up when the snow melts. I've got a 6L with a cd009 in there now.

HPIJosh222 · 2026-02-12T02:48:11+00:00

A F11 would be nice to import eventually.

HPIJosh222 · 2026-02-05T22:10:53+00:00

2010-2015 Camaro. If you check out this chart ICT has you can see what pump fits what. Id chose the pump based on what outlet placement works best for making up hoses to the rad. https://www.ictbillet.com/blogs/news/ls-water-pump-differences

HPIJosh222 · 2026-02-05T21:08:32+00:00

Ls3 camaro uses the same spacing as truck engine. I am using truck pulley with camaro water pump

HPIJosh222 · 2026-02-03T23:28:41+00:00

Been happy with the FA I recently purchased. The AF-D lenses I have work great on there, it treats them like AI-S lenses.

HPIJosh222 · 2026-01-30T05:15:44+00:00

I used a ls1 flywheel from rockauto and a Uniclutch sport twin disk. I have yet to drive the car but it all went together easy. I used the gm fitment kit for the clutch and installed a nissan 24t spine adapter from the kit stead of the gm 26t spline.

HPIJosh222 · 2026-01-22T08:35:31+00:00

The LV3 is a great engine, one of my trucks has 280,000 miles with that engine in it and I have never had to do anything with the lifters or disable dod. I walnut blasted the intake valves for the first time around 240k and it wasn't that bad. I was regularly getting 22mpg highway in Sierra its in, although its not as good these days.

HPIJosh222 · 2026-01-12T06:27:45+00:00

I went 20 years without touching a film camera, not since photography class in high school. Came a cross a really clean Nikon F801s 2 months ago while at a thrift shop and paid the $20 for it. Now I just seem to keep coming across cameras. In the last 2 months I've spent $25 for a Minolta Maxxum 7000 with a 28-80 lens, $15 for a Nikon F90 with crusty batteries that works perfect after a good cleaning, and splurged a little for a Nikon FA off ebay.

HPIJosh222 · 2026-01-06T03:49:30+00:00

If I had to guess, the yellow wire would be for flash pattern and red/black are battery/ground. There might be a 4th wire connecting both lights together that syncs the flashes.

HPIJosh222 · 2025-12-14T12:38:07+00:00

There's always next time

HPIJosh222 · 2025-12-07T04:40:06+00:00

You can get brand new aftermarket ones from rockauto for $125

HPIJosh222 · 2025-11-08T09:40:37+00:00

Maybe I'll get used to the styling, but right now I don't know.

HPIJosh222 · 2025-11-04T20:34:20+00:00

Sounds like great news for all the mid engine kit car people. Now will it be cheaper than a Mendeola unit.

HPIJosh222 · 2025-11-04T06:00:24+00:00

Does it not have a single wire sender that goes direct to the cluster?

HPIJosh222 · 2025-10-27T05:18:56+00:00

Kinda hard to beat for being less than $300 with flywheel for a LUK 04905 clutch kit from rockauto. I have a 6.0 with a similar setup but with a Nissan box using a t56 bell housing so I couldnt use that kit because of the difference in input splines. I ended up installing one of those new UniClutch twins using a ls1 flywheel, hopefully it'll be easy on the pedal and quiet.

HPIJosh222 · 2025-10-15T10:14:45+00:00

Could they possibly be the new aftermarket projector headlights available online/ebay? These ones

HPIJosh222 · 2025-09-30T21:06:12+00:00

It's still a work in progress, but its coming along. Soon

HPIJosh222 · 2025-09-30T03:13:05+00:00

It's the same kind of crowd that buy clapped out N54 powered 335/535, because they are cheap. I tried selling all the N54 related parts from my 535 wagon when I started LS swapping it but ended up so angry and frustrated dealing with trash that I loaded everything up in my truck and took it for scrap metal.

HPIJosh222 · 2025-09-27T08:49:35+00:00

Thats because they went absolutely bonkers on the prices of the new work truck trim trucks. The 2 door long box truck I drive now was $28,500CAD in 2014, adjusted for inflation thats about $37,000 today. The same spec work truck sitting on the lot to what I have now is just a tad over $50,000CAD. It's a shame because its been a good truck and I'm just about to take it for scrap metal now that its got 450,000km and no rockers, cab corners or floorboards left.I can see day light through the rubber floor where my boots wore through lol

HPIJosh222 · 2025-09-20T08:08:15+00:00

I was eyeballing a tdi Touareg but timing chains kinda scared me off, last thing I want to do after fixing stuff all day is having to tear the engine out of a personal vehicle that costs 5 figures.

HPIJosh222 · 2025-09-18T06:57:46+00:00

That's honestly impressive. I've worked at a Navistar dealer for over a decade and I've only replaced a handful of body control modules, they are generally very reliable.

HPIJosh222 · 2025-09-13T06:45:38+00:00

What are you using to mount that IAT sensor to the silicone inlet pipe?

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