The factory crimps (clamps) short lengths of rubber hose to hard pipe at both ends. Getting the assembly out with assembled engine in the car is a real pain in the ***. Remove the whole assembly now before putting the engine back in, cut the factory clamps with a cut-off wheel and replace the ends with same length hose from local shop. This will only cost you a few $$ versus a new assembly and give you peace of mind it won't blow later and roast your new expensive engine.

With the engine out, getting the hose assembly out is a 5 minute exercise, loosen clamps on heater core and remove one torx bolt on the hard pipe. With engine in the car, you will be taking a bunch of stuff apart and cussing the whole time. When GM put it together the first time, the engine was not yet there.

 

Well I painted my headders today (Not the ARH one's) Once I get the rest of my parts she'll go back together. Hopefully work will slow down just a bit once I'm ready lol

 

Well finally a bump being noteworthy. My alt. bracket got machined so its good to go now. I'm still waiting on syncros for the trans and then she'll go back together very shortly. Bob said the blower brackets should be on their way within a week or so. The only "big" thing I have left is to weld the nut on the plate we welded onto the motor. Basically I only have a few more parts to go and she can actually start going back together. Hopefully within the next week or so I can start stuffing that sucker back into the car, meanwhile I should be receiving my last few parts. I also need to send in my McLeod clutch in to get rebuilt, but I have a tex to use meanwhile. Hopefully I can give you guys some more updates and pics soon. We've been working A LOT of hours so fitting the car in my free time is rough lol

 

Well still working a lot but the blower bracket came in about a week ago. I should be getting my trans next week as it should be done soon. All I need to do is weld that nut and that should go down this weekend assuming I don't have to work the whole weekend (I know I know don't assume). Hopefully I should start making progress soon.

 

faster move faster....... scream i sir!! lol

 

Ok I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel! Work is slowing down a bit, I should be picking up my trans this week or weekend and all that is left is to weld the nut and drill/tap the block. Break in time and tune are on the horizon! This build has attempted to kill me from the start! This **** better be worth it lol

 

Ok bump with pics! Got quite a bit done the past few afternoons. Only a couple small things left to do and in she goes.

 

Looks like its coming together good. Wish mine was a F-series blower

I might have missed it, but if your still looking for 80# injectors pm me. These are what I have.
http://fuelinjectorconnection.com/sh...&productId=199

 

Well another bump. Motor is in and shes 95% complete. I'm just waiting on a few last pieces and she'll be ready to start!!! Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.

 

Looks good, Cant wait to see some numbers

 

Its ALIVE! She's running without the blower at the moment though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNzyElNmUPQ

 

congrats on the progress!!! so far....

 

Very nice chris! Alot of hard work paid off right there.

 

way to take a vid at night so no one can see you junk d-bag lol
gald its up and running bro

 

Who cares what it looks like lol. I should be putting the blower on tonight. Hopefully I can get her tuned this week.

 

Very nice sounding Chris. I can't wait to see how this build comes out.

 

Thanks man! I bought two belts today. I got a 51 and a 51.1 so we'll see how it works out. Hopefully one of them works from the get go! lol

 

Well its coming along nicely. I should have my camera in hand shortly so I can take better pics and vids. I need to redo a couple of small things and then she'll go to get tuned/dynoed. Does anyone know where I can get a female 3 pin connector that the 3bar map sensors use? My 3bar wasn't working and I had to use the one from my boost gauge. I hope with my pulley combo I should be in the 16psi neighborhood but I bought a few different sizes.

 

Congrats man, i remember talking to you about this build in san marcos when my car was still on the road.

 

Ok so I have dyno results. I'll see if I can get a graph tomorrow. She made 663rwhp and 607rwtq on 13psi. Fuel pressure is dropping off to 40psi so I need to finish my fuel system. It made over 625 from 5500 up to 6700. All in all I'm pretty happy. There pretty decent numbers on a dyno dynamics dyno which has been known to be a little stingy...so only way to tell is to run her *** at the track....she pulls hard for sure though! My ultimate goal is to make high 700's on this dyno on 18+ psi so we'll see where that goes. All dynos are different but this one's a little conservative so I'm pretty happy! My buddy took vids so I'll post them when I get them. And now for the bad....the rear main seal is leaking so it looks like I'm pulling the trans tomorrow and fixing that lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPaV81J0Oew