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Look at you building your own trans. That is one place that I don't go. Next you will tell me you do paint and body work too.
Ha Ha, I have built Ford C4's and Powerglides for almost 30 years..... You will not find me messing with any other trans..... By the way, I don't like to but I do paint and body work.....
I was sitting around doing nothing so I decided to go back to the shop for a little while..... I managed to get the reverse piston seals, springs and clutch pack in..... Then I put the planetary assembly in..... Next I assembled and checked the clearances the 6 clutch front drum assembly, put it and the input shaft in..... Forgot my phone so no pic's.....
Finally today I got the transmission put together..... All I need to do it put the shift linkage and back up light brackets I made/modified and painted today..... After that I will test fit the converter to the engine and get the trans in the car.....
The trans is in, and it only took 3 tries..... I test fitted everything I could think of, but the first time I put it in I found the back up light switch to be a little close to the tunnel for my liking(it didn't hit but close)..... The second everything cleared fine, but I could not get all 6 converter bolts to go in, I had to adjust 3 of the holes slightly with a die grinder..... So in it goes the 3rd time, happy day everything bolted up properly this time..... I went ahead and mocked up another piece of the exhaust and measured it for the drive shaft.....
I got the driveshaft made this week, so I put that in first thing to make sure it fit ok..... Then I worked on some of the pieces for the exhaust..... I also looked at what fittings I will need to make the trans cooler lines from the strut tower to the trans.....
Yesterday I also put a flywheel lock on the motor and torqued the ATI balancer to the ridiculous 230 ft lbs they request..... Today I got the hood out, and mocked it up to check for hood clearance..... After that I bolted my custom export brace in place and mocked up the not yet finished Monte Carlo bar..... I test fitted the LS1 intake manifold, I have been trying to decide if I will use this intake or go with the spider style with a 4150 throttle body and carb hat..... I like the look of the 4150 set up and it will fit, but I think I am just going to use the LS1 intake set up(just makes more sense)..... Sense I am going to use the Ls1 stuff I went ahead and bolted the valley cover on, and put the new knock sensors and harness in for now.....
I also looked at where I want to mount the Holley ecu under the dash and decided I need to rearrange some stuff..... And sense I need to rewire most of it anyways I removed the radio and instrument cluster..... Next week I'll remove the rest of the wiring and get the ecu mounted..... I need to get the ecu mounted so I can route and put the connector on the shielded crank, cam and wideband sensor wires(I want to get the crank sensor plugged in so I can put the starter in and not have to mess with it again)..... The rest of the Holley harness will go through the firewall feed connector on the driver side, but I don't want to take a chance on routing the shielded ones through that connector.....
Here it is with the intake and one of the fuel rails mocked up.....
and here with the valley cover and knock sensors installed.....
Coming together very nicely! Like the aluminum exhaust, seeing more and more of those. Cannot wait to see how this car performs, I think you'll surprise a few people
Coming together very nicely! Like the aluminum exhaust, seeing more and more of those. Cannot wait to see how this car performs, I think you'll surprise a few people
Thanks..... I like the aluminum too, it's a little on the expensive side to build but it weighs so little..... This is a street car that will get driven and I don't want the exhaust out the damn fender or turned down under the car..... It will go all the way out back where it belongs.....
This is a street car that will get driven and I don't want the exhaust out the damn fender or turned down under the car..... It will go all the way out back where it belongs.....
06-05-2016, 05:46 PM
