79 fairmont 4.8/th400/gt45 build
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got the front end back together and the car on the ground
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thinking about slipping this over a sheetmetal box and sticking some gauges in it on the dash
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hoping to get that motor/trans sat in tomm
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thinking about slipping this over a sheetmetal box and sticking some gauges in it on the dash
![](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/low87/gauges_zpsdf413426.jpg)
hoping to get that motor/trans sat in tomm
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thinking about slipping this over a sheetmetal box and sticking some gauges in it on the dash
![](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/low87/gauges_zpsdf413426.jpg)
hoping to get that motor/trans sat in tomm[/QUOTE]
Haha ...after you smoke someone you can offer them a Tissue!
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hoping to get that motor/trans sat in tomm[/QUOTE]
Haha ...after you smoke someone you can offer them a Tissue!
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worked on turbo placement today, think i found a spot
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exhaust will just exit out fender, ordered my 2in hotside piping and vbands saturday, radiator, intercooler and manual rack should be here this week
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exhaust will just exit out fender, ordered my 2in hotside piping and vbands saturday, radiator, intercooler and manual rack should be here this week
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its not going as fast as id like lol its nice i get to work on it about 4hrs a day when i have school, but also sucks at times not being able to work on it on the weekend or when i dont have school like last thurs/fri cuz of snow since its an hour drive for me. as long as its driving by mid summer ill be happy! hoping for track passes mid to late summer
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sorry about that, now im glad i didnt tho. i actually got screwed by the shipping place, they would never call me back and with working 6-noon then school from 1-6 it was just hard to get shipping qoutes. i pretty much looked for somthing to build just because i had this k member lol
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radiator and intercooler in place, need to bolt down upper rad brackets, and make lower intercooler brackets, u can also see the lower rad support i bent up out of 1 3/4
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got the hotside done with the exception of my wastegate which im hoping to do tomm
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was planning to have it tigged since ive never tried to tig but decided i didnt wanna wait so i just migd it, could of been better, a bandsaw would have been nice but o well im pretty pleased with how my first hotside came out will learn from my mistakes and try again on the next project i picked up for my brother in law, 96 s10 used to be a 6.0l nitrous truck, its caged with a moser 9 and coilovers in rear etc, plans are a 5.3 with cam,springs,studs, turbo (not sure what yet maybe the gt45 with the bigger compressor??) th400 or th350 etc etc
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got the hotside done with the exception of my wastegate which im hoping to do tomm
![](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/low87/fairmonthotside_zpsdf42cf6a.jpg)
was planning to have it tigged since ive never tried to tig but decided i didnt wanna wait so i just migd it, could of been better, a bandsaw would have been nice but o well im pretty pleased with how my first hotside came out will learn from my mistakes and try again on the next project i picked up for my brother in law, 96 s10 used to be a 6.0l nitrous truck, its caged with a moser 9 and coilovers in rear etc, plans are a 5.3 with cam,springs,studs, turbo (not sure what yet maybe the gt45 with the bigger compressor??) th400 or th350 etc etc
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this week is spring break at school so no work getting done on the fairmont, this week ill be working on my other 4 door project my 66 cadillac
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and another car in the shop thats getting a 5.3 is my bosses sons 54 chevy
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and another car in the shop thats getting a 5.3 is my bosses sons 54 chevy
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started on the exhaust the other day, pulled all heat and ac stuff out of it yesterday, only a couple pieces short on cold side piping, anyone know what size couple for cold side coming off turbo?
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engine bay painted with hok kandy rootbeer
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threw the interior back in
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waiting on my cut down oil pan to be welded, putting the motor/ tranny back in tomm. car has to be out of school by friday.
the s10 project has the cam, valve springs, and head gaskets changed and motor/trans sitting in it, hopfully get some more done on it this weekend and start mocking things up
![](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/low87/fairmontenginebay_zps7e6ea9b7.jpg)
threw the interior back in
![](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/low87/fairmontinterior_zps6af01c2b.jpg)
waiting on my cut down oil pan to be welded, putting the motor/ tranny back in tomm. car has to be out of school by friday.
the s10 project has the cam, valve springs, and head gaskets changed and motor/trans sitting in it, hopfully get some more done on it this weekend and start mocking things up
![](http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c224/low87/s10_zps3bc0248e.jpg)