Yes you do.

 

Thanks

 

One other question. Can I back the crank pulley I have off a bit to line it up with the belts? Or would that be a disaster?? I'm gonna get a truck pulley but temporary for a few days

 

That would be a disaster of the first magnitude. The crank pulley/ damper is put on with around 240 ft/lbs of torque on the bolt to hold it firm against the boss of the crankshaft. It would just slip otherwise and you will have a ruined crankshaft snout. You need to read up on changing the damper out. There is more to it than I stated depending on which bolt you use to hold it on with. Factory or ARP. Bottom line just get the truck damper.

 

Kind of figured it would be bad. Thanks for your help I will read up

 

Finally got all the wiring sorted out, my Drive by wire harness did not jive with my 2000 Computer. I had to repin the whole harness from SCRATCH, but after I got it all re-installed I got this!!!

 

Sounds awesome. Cant wait to get to that first startup in my chevelle.

 

Love the build. The GTO covers are a great touch.

 

Thanks!! It took some persistence. All I can say is MAKE SURE YOUR HARNESS MATCHES YOUR COMPUTER!!! I got the harness from one place and the computer from another. Thankfully after many hours one of my friends suggested taking the harness apart and going pin by pin. That did it

I love how they look, now I need a GTO hood with tach built in to complete it!!!

 

Congratulations! It always gives me a sense of accomplishment when I reach this point in a build. The next big step is the first drive.

 

Pics!!

 

First drive will hopefully be today, need to button up a few odds and ends!!!

 

So did you drive it today? How did it go?

 

Not yet. My TH350 is locked up. Basically stuck in park even though when I move the shift lever it moves the rooster tail internally. I thought the parking prowl was stuck but it didn't fix the problem. Kind of stumped!!!
Open to suggestions

 

Finally got this car rolling and drove it all over town today and beat on it, I mean tested it out....

 

Now to tie up all the details and take it for a longer cruise. You will be impressed.

 

Oldgoat69, yes I just the few miles I've driven it I've been grinning ear to ear. Only issue is the alternator was not charging my battery so it died on me. Luckily I was close,to home!!

 

Just to follow up on this for anyone doing this swap down the road. I got a truck crank pulley/damper from a junkyard for only $30 and another $5 for the new bolt. I also installed dirty dingo water pump spacer to get the pump pulley lined up with the rest of my accessories. I was able to drive it (and beat on it hard) without the water pump spacer, but after about 40 miles it threw the belt. I put it back on and had no problem.

So you can get away with truck accessories and crank pulley and F-body water pump I guess, the belt runs just sits toward the front of the water pump pulley. For me I was just checking belt alignment after driving it a couple times, and this worked until I got the spacers in.

 

Always Loved that body style, My Buddy had one in high school and we used to tool around in that car everywhere, Good times...Nice car

 

For me this has always been my favorite body style too. Well of course the gto hood too!! Thanks for compliment. Coming together nice so far