SHARPSHOOTER280Z Posted February 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 felt the need for some motivation today, so i mocked things up and took some measurments! should have more real updates in a week or so. stay tuned! 1 Quote Link to comment
SHARPSHOOTER280Z Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 ladies and gentleman, the swap is accelerating at full speed now! we got some snow here in the high desert, so some fiends and i went up in the woods to play with their trucks, heres my best friends twin turbo... this little outing and talking to a buddy of mine got me thinking, i have an indoor shop in my basement, theres just tons of shite in the way (houses previous owner left some stuff behind). so, the next day, i woke up at 6, and spent till 4:00 cleaning. all i got clear was the inside when a buddy called me, desperate for my SU carb setup, so i sacked it up and crawled my pickup over the remaining mess! had to clear some snow to get the bastard started because my friend who was supposed to come over and pull the truck into the shop with his chevy never showed up. got it running pretty easy, deafening motor knock and all. road down to the shop. FIT FOR A 4X4! target in sight This was not as fun as it looks, had about 6" to squeeze in on either side, having to crawl my way in BACKWARDS made it stressful! oh god... its in... its a cozy fit, but it works (pardon the tools and turned over tool box, zman73 finally showed up and decided to dump all of my tools and his all over the floor...) :thumbup: finally in the disassembly stage, just waiting on a cherry picker to pull the ol motor and trans in one fell swoop. 1 Quote Link to comment
dat77sun Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 need to update! Quote Link to comment
ratsun73 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 yea x2 on a update this thing will rip when done. :devil: :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
SHARPSHOOTER280Z Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 You asked for it! heres an update so my heads are currently still at the machine shop :confused: but i did get the 4-banger pulled. here's some pics to tide you girls over till engine is hanging in the bay. so i lost some fluid and ended up separating the engine and tranny after my friends and i had the chain slip and almost kill us... its a heavy bastard compared to the V8 :rofl: engine bays are so weird without motors... so... removng the dash was an unholy b!tch. ended up stripping the screws on the top and removing the windshield, which I DID NOT want to do! tonight ill be cutting the firewall, just had to decide on a tool. 4&1/2" cutting wheel should do the trick. until next time ladies. going through some personal stuff, so ill be spending more time with this lady. Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted February 21, 2014 Report Share Posted February 21, 2014 Much hate over this truck, because I am jealous! But seriously, that is going to be bad ass when you're done! 1 Quote Link to comment
ratsun73 Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Hahaha no, 33X12.5R15 for now, later im going to upgrade to 33X13.5R15 Nitto Mud Grapplers. My discount at work should knock the price down to just under $200 per tire i want $200 doller 33's :sneaky: Quote Link to comment
SHARPSHOOTER280Z Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 no turning back now! stuff cut like butter! looks so very wrong, but its for the better. heres whats leftassemble the top end of the motormake motor mounts and a transmission crossmember using this method: http://www.how-to-build-hotrods.com/custom-motor-mounts.html drop motor in to test fit modify tail of oldsmobile transmission to accept the t-case to the driveshaft have t-case driveline modified to fit length assemble auto-trans shifter auto trans cooler install drop in the engine and trans wiring :crying: new fuel lines annnnd some other things i'm sure i'm forgetting until next time! Quote Link to comment
ratsun73 Posted April 6, 2014 Report Share Posted April 6, 2014 whens next time?!? <_< :mellow: Quote Link to comment
SHARPSHOOTER280Z Posted May 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 Ladies and gentlemen, an overdue update from yours truly! It's been too long! But I've been working quite a lot and waiting on parts... the good news is that the motor is finally ready to drop in!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
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