Payne

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Got alot done this weekend and last-

cleaned motor
broke down motor
new plugs (TR-6s for the sauce)
new ram clutch
new motor mounts (polyurethane)
cobra shift lever and ****
prepped engine bay (pressure washed & polished with aircraft polish)
dropped in motor.

So I now have the motor and tranny physically in the car, I need to pay $20 to have my clutch line modified to finish up the hydraulics, and I only need to run one line for vacumn to finish up the brakes (with ABS)

Big todos -

Fuel system - going to have a custom fuel cell built out of a 98 camamo tank to fit and be smog legal

Exhaust - will be JBA chrome shortys into stock cats into a X-pipe with 2.5" duals all the way out the back

Wiring - Not tooooo bad, I have a bunch of writeups to help. Should be ~20 hours total

Little stuff to pass smog - AIR, EVAP, clearing MIL codes, etc...

The bad news is that I start school Thursday, so I have no time to run home and work on her till thanksgiving.

My goal is to have the beast running (not moving) by Thanksgiving, and on the road over my 3 weeks for winter break.


Pics-

Before pressure washing-



After-



New wheels (notice they are not on the car, Im waiting on new nuts)



Longblock ready to go in-



engine bay ready-



new clutch-



Swallowing the motor-



And its in-

5.7LImport

OOOOOHHH, AHHHH... SO beautiful!

I love those RX-7's and it looks SO pretty with that LS1 longblock sitting in there! That will definatley be one slick car once you're done! Good luck with the rest, I hope it all goes well!!!

-Vann

68birdls1

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i like the stance of your ex-wenkle lol looks real good

Keith

Freaking cool!

DaleMX

iTrader: (4)

Wow, nice job! Bet that will suprise a few ricers.

Those are the same wheels (monsoons?) that I want for my 280Z conversion.

Very nice!

Dale

SantaCruz163

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I'm curious to know what is involved with a swap like this? What do you do about cross members? That car looks dammn good. Can't wait to see it done.

Oscar Will

Just a little tip, if you need more room at the front you can use the new LS-2 water pump but you will need to move the skinny LS-2 pulley forward on the shaft to make the belt line up. I had to do this on my '35 Ford.....the LS-2 pump gave me a full inch extra clearance (..and it is "low mass"......whatever that's worth)

MustangSVT46

PAYNE... The pics look great. I hope everything works... I have the same car in the drive-way. I picked up a Corvette LS-1 ( 99 ) Last week... both are home. next buy is the K Frame.. I spotted the Hinson Conversion. I'd like ta take over the phone if you have the spare time. lol ..... MustangSVT46@AOL.com Howard