When I do end up doing the top swap, will the blower sit low enough that it won't hit the top of my hood. I have the WS6 Hood from andy's autosport and i'm wondering if any GTP's have this hood? I'm guessing the blower sits not much higher then the actual plastic intake on the GT, but that's my guess, would like to know if I'm even applicable to do a top swap with my current hood.

2nd Question is what is the experience level needed to be able to install a top swap?

Thanks.

No clue about the hood but it should fit. People have clearance issues with the Stage 2 I/C setups on aftermarket hoods.

Experience level:

A good set of tools
Torque wrench!
This site for torque specs:
http://www.fullthrottlev6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2466

You should have some experience. I mean its not crazy hard but its not easy either. The hardest part will be the balancer.

Top swap no IC no issues. Top swap and full size could have clearance issues.

Is the balancer hard because its hard to get off? I have an air gun if so (90 psi max).. but I have another question as well.

I'm sure this has been asked but while im posting about this I would like to know, is there a write up on the top swap conversion and how-to? I think I will def need instructions for this.

SEARCH! There have been multiple people on here doing top swaps in the past years. I can think of at least 4 right now and every single one of them had a thread where they posted a ton of useful information.

Oh god he is trying to just go at it with an air gun... This is not gunna end well lmao.

You wont have any rubbing issues. I had my full size IC from ZZP with a stock hood and didnt have any clearance issues. Youll be fine.

You might as well pay a local guy on MNCGP unless youre in Iowa and have good tools.

You want to know the torque ft/lbs for the impact. I probably wouldnt hit anything in the engine bay with a impact gun, an air ratchet probably, if youre lazy

EDIT: What happened to you not modding your car anymore?

ya good luck getting the balancer off with just the air gun...lol

Ben, dont do the top swap unless you have the proper experience, because as stated before its not hard but it sure as hell isnt easy. Also, what do you plan on doing along with the top swap? Headers, rockers? If you dont plan on doing any of that then just do the ssm90, BUT you will need to buy zzps fuel logs to use for your heads. I did rockers and headers and I am sitting comfortably with a 3.8 no knock, but if i wanted to I can go down to a 3.6 but i would just need to tweak the tune a little bit.

I forgot all about the tune, all the locals quit... so good luck with that.

That shouldn't matter. If he's serious about modding the car he should be getting a tuner and learning how to use it anyways.

Mod bug bites, and quite hard sometimes.

As for the top-swap, sounds like going SSM90 would be easier, so I suppose why not?

As for the SSM90 though ZZP is out of their modded fuel rails so I'm checking club GP forums for some... anyone know where I could get fuel rails for SSM90?

I think randall has some upside down ones lol

On the ZZP Website it says the fuel logs for the ssm90 kit are out of stock, is this for certain or is that the ssm90 fuel logs for i/c applications and they have normal ssm90 fuel logs?

Ben, they have the modded fuel rails for the "cleaner" look and also for ssic applications. The billet fuel logs are the fuel rails specifically used for the ssm90 setup