# Forget the LS1 swap FD, FDSM is way cooler! - Update post 152! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 19, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326 "2009-08-19T09:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/1 "2009-08-19T09:42:30Z")
Brought to you from the guys who made my downpipe, MAP did it again! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32GpO9fVw8E](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32GpO9fVw8E) 4g63 powered FD, street legal, 8.81 letting out. :party2: ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/2 "2009-08-19T09:49:10Z")
Neat! ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/3 "2009-08-19T09:59:04Z")
Not a V8 :tdown: But not a rotary :tup: ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/4 "2009-08-19T10:00:26Z")
Doesn’t matter what motor you’re running. That’s fucking fast and cool ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/5 "2009-08-19T10:02:03Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > Not a V8 :tdown: > But not a rotary :tup: LOL this is about what I thought. However I didn’t want to knock a 8sec car. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/6 "2009-08-19T10:03:45Z")
IB4 it’s a DSM it’s going to break. My 2 cents…fuck that mentality, that car is stoooooopid fast and drive to AND from the track. Sick. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/7 "2009-08-19T10:14:34Z")
fucking siqq and holy slick track ---
**Author:** ![turbociv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@turbociv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbociv)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/8 "2009-08-19T10:16:23Z")
wow, i like it alot. fucking sketchy as hell on that track. ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/9 "2009-08-19T10:18:26Z")
That whole track was sketchy that day. Here is another video of an Evo, still AWD, skating just as badly that same day ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/10 "2009-08-19T10:23:34Z")
you can’t go wrong on a FD swap TPI 305 would be better ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/11 "2009-08-19T10:25:36Z")
> [@Studderin](#): > > you can’t go wrong on a FD swap > TPI 305 would be better :wiggle::wiggle::wiggle: Hell ya. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/12 "2009-08-19T10:28:08Z")
God I can’t wait to swap mine. Im holding out to see if I can get my hands on a ls3 out of a wrecked car. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/13 "2009-08-19T10:34:57Z")
Totally worth holding out for an LS3. Just buy a wreck and part it. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Studderin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/studderin/32/7197_2.png) [@Studderin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Studderin)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/14 "2009-08-19T10:37:51Z")
[http://www.camarohomepage.com/ls3/index.htm](http://www.camarohomepage.com/ls3/index.htm) LS3 is one bad hunk of foil ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/15 "2009-08-19T10:42:55Z")
> [@brent\_strong](#): > > Totally worth holding out for an LS3. Just buy a wreck and part it. :tup: Im just worried about it making the swap more complicated. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/16 "2009-08-19T10:54:19Z")
him leaving 1 or 2 seconds after green isn’t messing with his time? Ive seen this on Pass Time and wondered the same thing. WOW at his 55 PSI plans on a prepped track ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/17 "2009-08-19T11:21:34Z")
Pure and simple tits. ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/18 "2009-08-19T12:01:45Z")
> [@dreid](#): > > him leaving 1 or 2 seconds after green isn’t messing with his time? Ive seen this on Pass Time and wondered the same thing. > > WOW at his 55 PSI plans on a prepped track Nope, your time doesn’t start until you cross the beam. You can sit at the light all day if you want. ---
**Author:** ![dreid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dreid/32/7388_2.png) [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/19 "2009-08-19T12:05:41Z")
> [@neonglh](#): > > Nope, your time doesn’t start until you cross the beam. You can sit at the light all day if you want. I thought about this but didnt know for sure. good to know ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326/20 "2009-08-19T12:13:43Z")
It’s annoying when people at the track try to tell me how their times were so good because they cut a .650 reaction time -\_- [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/forget-the-ls1-swap-fd-fdsm-is-way-cooler-update-post-152/72326.md?page=2)