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I probably haven't made enough progress yet to start a build thread, but whatever, i'm bored. I picked up SunnyZ's old cam/intake 5.3 for another mustang project that I decided not to do (I've built too many). Picked up this 240 wagon at the beginning of the year to DD and I fell in love with it.

*Plan
-Modded 5speed pedal assy to go hydraulic
-Narrowed 8.8 (96-00 Explorer)
-Flipped truck manifolds for single turbo passenger side mount
-Stock 14" steelies - rears widened for DR's


Some progress so far (Car is still my DD, so i'm waiting a little while longer to pull the motor)

Finished the motor mounts today. I have about $25 in them. Everything aside from the poly stuff is recycled from stuff I had lying around.

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Here's the 245 next to a bobber I just finished building


Update:
Made a little progress today. Pulled out the 4 cylinder today, fitted the lm7, finished the motor mounts, and should have the crossmember finished tomorrow.

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That should be fun.

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Motor is in. Mounts are finished aside from paint. Just need a bellhousing and trans to get the final fitment of everything. Also, still hunting down accessories :/



They are overkill, but better safe than sorry.


Painting mounts now (because I'm cheap and don't want to powdercoat this stuff). So i'm putting a bunch of coats of tractor enamel on them.

Moter

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Should be fun. Did you know a Volvo hood can straight up with out unbolting?

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I'm guessing it could, if you removed the springs. Or is there another way?

White Out

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awesome swap!

I've had a few 240's and would love an LS1/T56 swapped car.

Nick

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I bought it to DD at the beginning of the year and fell in love. They are awesome cars, and the wagons weight in at 3,0xx lbs so it's going to be a fun car.

Is it worth trying to find a cable driven lm7 harness/pcm, or should I just go ls1/fbody? Motor is going to need a tune anyway, just trying to keep costs down. I only have like $100 in the build so far.

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Progress pics



Test fit


In and mounts finished
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In, mounts finished and back on the ground



Mounts


Mounts


Bottom of motor going together


Manual pedal swap + Hydraulic conversion


Box mounted, pedal relocated, pedal extended nearly 3", Wilwood 3/4" MC


Lift pump after pulling it out


Bulkhead connectors (I'm cheap, and a bulkhead harness is $$$)




DW300 installed and wired

White Out

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sweet!!!!!!

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Currently waiting on UPS man to bring me the following:

Fast rails
Fast -8an filter
Fragola -8an lines

Welded the -10an tap in the oil pan today for turbo return line. Then moved the car to my new shop. I need to pull the factory hard fuel lines out of the car tomorrow.

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Pulled the hard lines out of the car today. Still trying to find a t56. I was hoping I could find a plastic mock, but they make just about every other trans but.

Waiting on a pcm, then I'll start building the harness.

brewster240

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where are you located? i have an empty t56 case that was cracked in an accident.

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Manhattan, Kansas.

Willing to let me borrow it to do a mock? I can paypal you a deposit, pay for shipping etc.. I am dieing to get the trans mount finished and do some final stuff and can't without a trans :/

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Starting to look like a motor again. Picked up the pan from the welder today. $40 to have the bung welded on! :/

Pan is back on, and fast rails are mounted (no injectors yet, just wanted to look at them )

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T56 arrived last week. Motor and trans are in the car. Now to finish up the small stuff.

Brainstains

Nice!! I just bought a 91 240 to put a LS1/TH350 in. I have a couple questions for you. What oil pan did you use? And what are the poly mounts from?

Btw, are you on turbobricks.com?

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How much of that room is going to vanish when you attach everything else to the engine? I mean, it looks like you have an acre to spare in there.

WildRidez

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Bought some generic poly off ebay, and made the rest. Everything on the build so far has been made in house.

Yes, I'm on turbobricks. My build thread is on there as well - W00dst0ck.

Won't be losing much room, this engine bay is huge!

68steiny

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Awesome build and nice fab work. FYI..and please correct me if I am wrong, but I was also going to run my fuel pump next to my return line, but a fab shop said you want your return to be as far as possible from the fuel supply due to aeration issues.