Project TNX
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Uhh, what's that?
Jammin the iTunes, a shadetree mechanics best friend (you don't want to know how many times I listened to Fergies "Big Girls Don't Cry.")
Industrial looking engine? Hell yeah
Do I like silver, take a wild guess.
Getting there
I'm digging the monochromatic silver scheme
It was a long day, I had no help which had me nervous, but most of it went smoothly. When I went to install the engine and tranny the tranny mount snapped right off in my hand, so that bit. I have to order one tomorrow, it's holding up the progress BIGTIME. The power steering pulley was a pain to reinstall. I found out my alternator pulley bolt is shot, so I need to address that. I had do redo the turbo shield holder twice (the shield is just bolted loosely on so I could gawk and snap a few pics) I put it on the wrong side of the exhaust housing the first time. The Gbodyparts.com downpipe bolted right up, plenty of space thus far, with most of the front clip off it should have plenty of space.
As for dropping the engine and tranny in, I took it slow and steady, and I lucked out, it was positioned perfectly the first time I tried it. I used a jack to keep the rear of the tranny where I needed since my tranny mount broke. So now I finally got past that hurdle. I will be ordering the tranny mount tomorrow and get it shipped overnight, once I have that I will put a marathon in on the undercarriage components (exhaust, fuel, driveshaft). In the meantime I will be installing the wiring harness and whatever else I can too. I'm hoping to get it into the paint booth within 2 weeks or die trying. It will be going there in non running condition, no way someone is dogging my car before I do. I don;t want to even think about tuning it right now, I just want to bask in today's glory, LOL.
I call it "the Battleship" because several people told me the pics of it reminded them of a navy ship engine, haha.
Jammin the iTunes, a shadetree mechanics best friend (you don't want to know how many times I listened to Fergies "Big Girls Don't Cry.")
Industrial looking engine? Hell yeah
Do I like silver, take a wild guess.
Getting there
I'm digging the monochromatic silver scheme
It was a long day, I had no help which had me nervous, but most of it went smoothly. When I went to install the engine and tranny the tranny mount snapped right off in my hand, so that bit. I have to order one tomorrow, it's holding up the progress BIGTIME. The power steering pulley was a pain to reinstall. I found out my alternator pulley bolt is shot, so I need to address that. I had do redo the turbo shield holder twice (the shield is just bolted loosely on so I could gawk and snap a few pics) I put it on the wrong side of the exhaust housing the first time. The Gbodyparts.com downpipe bolted right up, plenty of space thus far, with most of the front clip off it should have plenty of space.
As for dropping the engine and tranny in, I took it slow and steady, and I lucked out, it was positioned perfectly the first time I tried it. I used a jack to keep the rear of the tranny where I needed since my tranny mount broke. So now I finally got past that hurdle. I will be ordering the tranny mount tomorrow and get it shipped overnight, once I have that I will put a marathon in on the undercarriage components (exhaust, fuel, driveshaft). In the meantime I will be installing the wiring harness and whatever else I can too. I'm hoping to get it into the paint booth within 2 weeks or die trying. It will be going there in non running condition, no way someone is dogging my car before I do. I don;t want to even think about tuning it right now, I just want to bask in today's glory, LOL.
I call it "the Battleship" because several people told me the pics of it reminded them of a navy ship engine, haha.