Well i guess i'll start a thread for the new build now that its finally coming together. As you might know, i busted my transmission pump when connecting the stock trans to the motor, which set me back some time. So i did what needed to be done anyway.... have the trans built. So i got the trans back Friday, shes loaded and warrantied! Woohoo! My buddies Mike and Eric came over later Friday to give me a hand as well which was a HUGE help, thanks guys! Anyways, when they got here on Friday afternoon, my car had no engine/trans/k-member, anything.... was BARE. Now shes finally taking form. Myself, Mike and Eric got the new engine bolted to the new trans outside of the car and managed to NOT break the pump this time! What a relief! Then we lifted up the engine/trans combo and dropped them into the car together through the top. Went in just fine but all 3 guys were needed to manuever the huge combo in there. We then tightened up the APS turbo assemblies and mounted them to the motor. Then we mounted the trans up while still keeping the engine held up by the picker. Then we wrestled the new BMR K-member for a few hours struggling. The following morning, i worked with it myself and finally got that SOB in. Today i wrestled the damn motor mounts into the k-member, what a PAIN! I ended up literally grinding down my one motor mount bolt til the end looked like a flathead screwdriver and jammed it in and slammed it home with a hammer! So now the Engine and Trans are MOUNTED in the car on the new k-member with the turbo assembled hung! Woohoo! I wrapped up the night bolting my power steering pump back up to the head, attaching connections to the trans and engine, moutning valley cover, knock sensors, etc. So here she sits!

Forged Shortblock


Longblock


Covers on


Turbo Assemblies


New Trans/Converter


New BMR K-Member next to the stocker


New Gauge set-up installed




And here is what my car looked like as of Friday


and





Now it sits....
















More to come soon!

 

Very nice. Can't wait till you get it together.

 

bad ***, thats exactly how my car sits lol. who built the tranny? what are you trying to get it to hold?

 

Very nice, looks like a solid build

 

lol I just want to say nice job installing that temp sender in that tranny pan because that's exactly how I did it on the auto in my old car

 

Hurry up and finish it! LOL

 

Thanks guys. Local guy non sponsor built it. Told me it will hold and is as good as he can build it. He is so confident in it he is backing it with a 1 year warranty under any circumstance. Said he built it to hold power and knows exactly what i'm doing so no matter what happens within 1 year of my car starting, he will fix it!

 

lookin good man!!

 

The guy who built that trans is VERY good, he built the trans for Val's car who won the all motor LSx shootout, and he has built converters and such for many friends of mine who are running around with 8 and 9 sec. cars.

car's looking good johnny!

 

sounds badass. I was asking because u don't see too many turbo guys who plan to make power and use the 4l60e still. I am

 

awsome job apple seed! all that's left now is to hook up wires top fluids off and do her maden voyage ya?

 

I do! I love my overdrive, cant drive a stick, and am too poor for an 80-e swap.... so i land here.


Thanks Reject, little more than that left but im on the home stretch..... gotta bolt the accessories to the motor, put my rad and stuff back in, hook up my AC if i remember how since it hasnt been in in a while Woohoo! And hook up the rest of the turbo kit!

 

looking good!!

 

thanks everyone! Starting to look like a car again now! Heres some new updates...

 

Looks awesome !!!!
Good luck finishing it up, it won't be long...

 

Looks amazing.

 

Looks good man. You are gonna need to unbolt that throttle body to get the intake tube on there. Nothing flexes so it will not go on easily. I remember that part of the install. You are making me want to pull my rocker covers and paint them up. Hmmmm, maybe I will do that this week since the weather turned again.... I drove the car last week and MAN was that fun. It has been a long winter without it.....

 

looks badass dude! cant wait for you to get it done and get some numbers.

 

goooo johnny go

 

Yawn! Are you done yet?