Murphy's Law gets a 410
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Thursday
Big thanks to Choda helping me get my car down to Doug's shop
Friday
Had to modify my 302 fuel rails to fit the 351 lower intake, so I cut the hoses out between the rails and put in longer ones. Then the passenger side rail hit the front of the runner so I had to slot the mounting holes and move that rail slightly forward.
Thanks to Doug, my MSD is is wired into my factory wiring harness, and it quick disconnect so I can by-pass the MSD box and run off the computer if need be. Also, the entire MSD wiring has a 6 pin connector now that I can disconnect at the firewall to keep all the MSD wiring on the motor when pulling it in the furture
Exhaust ports
Intake Runners on the Trickflow R
Driver side acc. bracket
One last look at the front of the head
Passenger side acc. bracket
Put the headlights/corners anf some fresh bulbs back in the car.
Saturday
After a Morning of running around, I had most of my coolant hoses, vaccum lines, and Barbs for my intake.
Tensionor installed
Mock up for upper intake
Had to clearance the bracket the IAC sits in to it wouldn't hit the upper intake
Took the oil pan back off to seal it with some RTV because the gasket by itself was not doing the job.
On the cherry picker
After some concern over the part number on the flywheel, I determined that SPEC did send me the correct one, put the pilot bearing in, bolted up the flywheel, clutch, and pressure plate. Then the tranny slide nicely into place.
Then, after a little swearing, the motor and tranny were in their new home.
Sunday
I ran up to Rochester in the morning to see Adam to get a upper to lower gaskter for my intake since he had a spare. Also unexpectidley borrowed his LM-2 so I can use that when the car gets running. My alternator finally came in at Advanced, so I picked that up too along with the last of the vaccum barbs I needed for the upper intake from Hector's Hardware
Took the seats out and pulled up the carpet to intall me driveshaft loop
Just the car on the lift
You can see here the headers are installed (which are still giving us problems.) and the driveshaft loop, the driveshaft, and the tranny crossmember
Header issue: hits steering shaft, clutch fork, and sit too wide to mate up to the Prochamber
Alternator and power steering pump installed
Big thanks to Choda helping me get my car down to Doug's shop
Friday
Had to modify my 302 fuel rails to fit the 351 lower intake, so I cut the hoses out between the rails and put in longer ones. Then the passenger side rail hit the front of the runner so I had to slot the mounting holes and move that rail slightly forward.
Thanks to Doug, my MSD is is wired into my factory wiring harness, and it quick disconnect so I can by-pass the MSD box and run off the computer if need be. Also, the entire MSD wiring has a 6 pin connector now that I can disconnect at the firewall to keep all the MSD wiring on the motor when pulling it in the furture
Exhaust ports
Intake Runners on the Trickflow R
Driver side acc. bracket
One last look at the front of the head
Passenger side acc. bracket
Put the headlights/corners anf some fresh bulbs back in the car.
Saturday
After a Morning of running around, I had most of my coolant hoses, vaccum lines, and Barbs for my intake.
Tensionor installed
Mock up for upper intake
Had to clearance the bracket the IAC sits in to it wouldn't hit the upper intake
Took the oil pan back off to seal it with some RTV because the gasket by itself was not doing the job.
On the cherry picker
After some concern over the part number on the flywheel, I determined that SPEC did send me the correct one, put the pilot bearing in, bolted up the flywheel, clutch, and pressure plate. Then the tranny slide nicely into place.
Then, after a little swearing, the motor and tranny were in their new home.
Sunday
I ran up to Rochester in the morning to see Adam to get a upper to lower gaskter for my intake since he had a spare. Also unexpectidley borrowed his LM-2 so I can use that when the car gets running. My alternator finally came in at Advanced, so I picked that up too along with the last of the vaccum barbs I needed for the upper intake from Hector's Hardware
Took the seats out and pulled up the carpet to intall me driveshaft loop
Just the car on the lift
You can see here the headers are installed (which are still giving us problems.) and the driveshaft loop, the driveshaft, and the tranny crossmember
Header issue: hits steering shaft, clutch fork, and sit too wide to mate up to the Prochamber
Alternator and power steering pump installed
last night I got more of the wiring harness hooked up. I had to make the bolts shorter for the IAC because they were too long and hitting the throttle blade. Then I had to make the bolts shorter for the Throttle cable bracket. I hooked up the throttle cable and now I have a gas pedal again! WOOT!
Left to do before firing:
`Bend driver side header
`cut, re-weld, mid pipe to fit modify header
`set pinion angle
`mount MSD box and run wires through the firewall to the quick disconnect doug made.
`install barbs in upper intake and cut to length new vacuum hoses
`install CAI and cut hole in inner fender to fit.
`toss in the Radiator/fan/overflow
`serp. belt.
`install rest of wiring harness, prolly 10 plugs left to hook up.
`put seats back in
`fill tranny and radiator
`have mid pipe welded and then install it and mufflers
start motor.
Edit: hood should be in on Thursday, and front bumper cover should be painted on friday.
Left to do before firing:
`Bend driver side header
`cut, re-weld, mid pipe to fit modify header
`set pinion angle
`mount MSD box and run wires through the firewall to the quick disconnect doug made.
`install barbs in upper intake and cut to length new vacuum hoses
`install CAI and cut hole in inner fender to fit.
`toss in the Radiator/fan/overflow
`serp. belt.
`install rest of wiring harness, prolly 10 plugs left to hook up.
`put seats back in
`fill tranny and radiator
`have mid pipe welded and then install it and mufflers
start motor.
Edit: hood should be in on Thursday, and front bumper cover should be painted on friday.
Installed the barbs for the vacuum lines
Hooked up my fuel lines
Then it was off to the header, we hooked up a come-along to it to hold the header and heated the tubes...
It took three rounds of heating and pulling, but now we have clearance!
Next task was to make the MAC prochamber fit the collectors that were now more spread apart. Doug's patent pending spreader was used to pull the tubes while heating
And now the mid-pipe fits!
Full exhaust!
And here is the vacuum lines hooked up on the upper intake
Hooked up my fuel lines
Then it was off to the header, we hooked up a come-along to it to hold the header and heated the tubes...
It took three rounds of heating and pulling, but now we have clearance!
Next task was to make the MAC prochamber fit the collectors that were now more spread apart. Doug's patent pending spreader was used to pull the tubes while heating
And now the mid-pipe fits!
Full exhaust!
And here is the vacuum lines hooked up on the upper intake
Last night:
`Found a new mounting spot for the MSD since it didn't fit in the interior anywhere with easy access, so it's going where the battery used to be.
`Installed Radiator
`Installed Fan
`Installed overflow and rad hoses
`Changed the one barb on the intake that was the wrong size
`Bolted down the upper intake
`plummed vacuum lines for the charcol canister, Fuel Pressue Reg., Valve cover breather, PCV, and service line for the vacuum tree
`Checked the fuel system, no leaks and the new fuel pump is turning on.
Looking to turn the key tonight.
`Found a new mounting spot for the MSD since it didn't fit in the interior anywhere with easy access, so it's going where the battery used to be.
`Installed Radiator
`Installed Fan
`Installed overflow and rad hoses
`Changed the one barb on the intake that was the wrong size
`Bolted down the upper intake
`plummed vacuum lines for the charcol canister, Fuel Pressue Reg., Valve cover breather, PCV, and service line for the vacuum tree
`Checked the fuel system, no leaks and the new fuel pump is turning on.
Looking to turn the key tonight.
No Cervini's decides to be special and not advertise their hoods like everyone else so its not a 3.5" cowl, its 3.5" overall so It is only a 1.5" cowl. It is going back and I'm getting a Cobra RR hood. Car is running and I drove it home yesterday. I need a different serp. belt, I'm gonna cut a hole in my factory hood and put that on until I get this one returned and the new one comes in. Sending units for the new gauges that were left out of the orginial boxes are coming in the mail today, so I'll be putting those in.
This fucking exhaust blows. My ears were ringing from the drone. I am already looking for a FULL 3" catback to get the sound out from under the car since my buddy said the car is not too loud at cruising he could barley hear it following me. MAC and Flowmaster are the only companies that make a 3" catback so my choices are simple. Going to look for a deal but before long I'll just bite the bullet and get a new one before my hearing goes.
First tuning session is Saturday.
One more huge thanks to Doug for all his work on this car.
This fucking exhaust blows. My ears were ringing from the drone. I am already looking for a FULL 3" catback to get the sound out from under the car since my buddy said the car is not too loud at cruising he could barley hear it following me. MAC and Flowmaster are the only companies that make a 3" catback so my choices are simple. Going to look for a deal but before long I'll just bite the bullet and get a new one before my hearing goes.
First tuning session is Saturday.
One more huge thanks to Doug for all his work on this car.