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The white one?

The in house crew sold you, not the $78/sqft? Kidding, but seriously, that price is crazy. We make money when we build for twice that.

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Yes and no. There are good subcontractors and bad. Expensive and cheap. Some GCs will take the lowest bid no matter what and others take the lowest bid they know will do a good job.

I got a similar deal on mine. I ended up selling the snow tires that came with them for more than I paid for everything.

Yikes. The duplex I am working on will market for $190/sqft.

I told you BMW wheels were cheap. Mine is gone and I can honestly say I don't miss it, but that is probably because I am having way too much fun with its replacement.

Yeah, are you sure that's right?

Minus land cost what is your ballpark $/sqft?

Has anyone ever used one of these? http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-duty-drill-powered-pump-650-gph-62145.html That ported into the block using an oil pressure gauge to make sure I am getting sufficient pressure?

The motor was in running condition with low miles, but has been sitting for as long as three years. Is turning it by hand still safe?

That is a very clean car, much cleaner than mine will be. I want to put 5 digit miles on this thing yearly. Here is question for the group. The motor has been sitting for a few years (2-3). What is the procedure to lubricate the motor before the first fire?

Piecing together a proper cluster for this car. Redline closely matches LS1 capabilities, 4 cyl coding plug will feed the tach properly, and the odometer is 'rolled back' so I can keep track of how many miles I personally put on it.

I know you are joking, but Chicago is a big city. Anywhere worth going is safe and if you are driving through just make sure you get gas a couple dozen miles before Gary.

Lies - You won't approve until I put a big single in there. I'm likely going to drive it for a year then start marketing the exhaust system. See if I can get someone to fork over $3000ish and use that to fund the single.

By exhaust I mean manifolds back. Custom made manifolds made to fit the chassis and beautiful full exhaust. Motor mounts, trans mounts, headers, and exhaust were all done by a guy in Green Bay. His company is Arc Asylum. I'll snap some pictures.

I've never seen it tied into the power harness. Typically the chassis is ground and there are 1-2 wires the go from motor to chassis. But yeah, I am sure I'll have no problem using it and grounding the motor.

First question for the LS1 gurus. The wiring harness did not come with the battery, starter, alternator wiring. I did find this in the OEM wiring, but confused as to what the black wire is for. I assume the red goes terminal - starter - alternator, but can I eliminate the black (ground?) wire? http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dQUAAOSwPc9WyQvI/s-l1600.jpg

This is what trolling craigslist, search tempest, and forums daily for 2 years looks like. I'll be sad to see it go. I hope the buyer cheap out on some of the interior parts that I can use on the M3.

When I purchased this car the guy basically said I want XXX and here are a list of parts you could buy up to include. There were easy choices like $500 for the carbon fiber wing, but he wanted $2500 for the BBK. Wilwood 6 piston front/4 piston rear kit that looked fucking sex. I looked it up and could buy one new for around that amount so it was the only 'extra' I did not. I was trolling craigslist and some kid had the exact same kit brand new with extra rotors for $600 - stupid good deal and made me feel really good about my decision. The kid before me dumped a bunch of money in this thing. I have to get pictures of the exhaust, but I'd bet he spent $5000+ on the manifolds and exhaust alone. The BP Automotive kit will make wiring much easier, the hardest part is figure out the wiring in the 88 M3 chassis right now and the inputs/outputs I need to interact with the wiring kit.

None of it driving. I never get around to buying a gopro, but I'll get a cell photo potato shortly. The only thing I have left to do is wire in the coolant temp gauge and maybe clean up the wiring a little more. I started on the M3 because I dropped it off yesterday to clean up my horrific attempt at an exhaust. Here is a before/after interior shot. Ill get some exterior/engine bay/videos soon to be followed by better ones when it goes up for sale.

So I figured I would start some documentation on this since I finished my M62 318is. This is half my wanting to keep track of the project and half asking for assistance since there are a lot of LS people on this forum. Here is the car as it sits now: I can already tell I will need some help figuring out the fuel routing and alternator/starting wiring.

Here is a good place to start: http://www.brokenkitty.com/zcar/zcar.htm I just finished my M62 swapped 1991 318is and am starting on my 1988 M3 LS1 swap now. The LS1 swap looks to be MUCH simpler due to the available wiring kits.