914turboford

I concluded that it wasn't good to have the oil pan 2" off the ground so I bought a C5 pan from an ebay seller for $150. Had to notch the crossmember I had made because the deep part of the pan is further forward. Wiring harness install planned for tomorrow.

Grendel

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I am stunned.

Interesting build, for sure. A Corveep. Cjorvette 7?

914turboford

Had to take it out of the garage to move a lathe so I took some pics with it on the deck.

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jfg455

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God I love it! it just pisses all of the purists off jeep people and vette people! You seem to have gotten the proportions right on as well. Good work!

Irish350

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such an absurd idea, every big update shows huge imagination/*****/amounts of work

cant wait to see it all ready to rock

are the battery-stick-outs going to be integrated into the fender flairs?

914turboford

Yes, that is the plan. Thanks for the kudos, men. I'm in the middle of a separation and possible divorce and it is hard to get motivated to work on it sometimes. I put in only about 5 hours on it over the weekend. Should have been more like 12. I made a mount for the fuse box and PCM. Plan to start plumbing the fuel system today.

FastKat

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It's really coming together well. A swap this involved really requires a lot of staying-power from the builder. Don't give up!

Jimbo1367

take the time to relocate the battery and take a welding class.

914turboford

Um, no.

Relocating the battery would be a piece of cake. Relocating the heater box would be pretty hard.

And KMA.

914turboford

Mounted an old Harrison shorty AC compressor where the spring loaded idler was. Got the radiator and heater hoses routed.
Started the engine for the first time today. I modified a truck harness and had a tuner do a basic tune, vats, rear o2's, etc. I cranked it for a day or two and finally realized I wasn't sending power to the ecu. I replaced the 3 ignition fuses with jumpers and supplied 12V to all three and it fired up. Sounds nice.

Project GatTagO

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Neat project, but bad idea using the BMW wheels. They will put a strain on your wheel studs that can ultimately lead to catastrophic failure, like a wheel falling off.

Andrew

AronZ28

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I 2nd that notion.

This has to be one of the craziest builds I've seen in a long time. Keep at it man, I want to see this thing at the Hot Rod power tour next year. **** off all those geezers with their 10,000 mile C4's.

JasonWW

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I think as long as the hub is fitting snugly into the wheels hub bore he should be okay. That's what supports the weight of the vehicle. The studs are then only under tension and not shear and can do their job just fine.

If a hubcentric ring needs to be used, make sure it's made of metal. The plastic rings available should be outlawed.

chaman

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Nice build very creative but those wheels are ugly as sin.

240dan

+4 ditch the wheels, the rest is awesome. You are definitely a mad scientist

svaras

I wanna see it with the grille on !

RATBOX

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Well, that is odd. +5 on the wheels, acky.

sikbrik

To everyone moaning about the wheels, you saw the daily civic and other projects, right? It's blazing yellow with a raked windshield sitting a few inches off the ground - do you really think the blingy wheels detract from it? I'd say this project is intended to get attention and it will with those (agreeably ugly but fitting to the project) reeeums.

Cool thread, great progress! Can't wait to see it done.

914turboford

It's a runner. Drove it up and down the street a couple of times. Sounds really sweet. Passed the 13 year old daughter test. Got the silverado gages mounted. Tach, oil pressure, speedo, voltage working. Not sure if temp is working. Thanks for the encouragement. I do like the wheels but I might get some 18" torque thrusts with black centers eventually. Here are some pics with the grille as requested. Also picked up some hard doors and a hard top. Plan to chop the hard top to fit the corvette windshield.