starting my motor swap !

[dentmasters01]

out with the old and in with the new.....

 

[dentmasters01]

decided to pull the 6 yr old worn out motor.....bad leakdown, beat and abused, and just...well..tired......the old coming out !

 

[dentmasters01]

the new waiting in the wings.....3.8 simese bore stage II champion R heads with bowling green customs. Gonna have to do some major fuel up grades too so it may take some time....

 

[pmoore4321]

looks like fun

 

[U ONT 2]

Im in the middle also.

 

[Bruce Urie]

That new engine of yours! Now I won't be able to sleep tonight.:frown:

Bruce '87 Grand National

 

[dentmasters01]

side by side....starting to transfer parts !

 

[dentmasters01]

ok, so I haven't had much time to work on the project with softball, working, honey doo's, and well...just life happening. I did manage to swap over some accessories and now its almost ready to go back in.....well, once I get the engine bay cleaned up that is....

 

[Red C5]

Looking great. I love white turbo Buicks.

 

[dentmasters01]

just about got the motor all buttoned up and ready to go !

 

[dentmasters01]

Had a little time and managed to get some things done. The engine bay was a mess. About 100 foot of new wire loom and two rolls of electrical tape later it looks much better. Oh, and not to mention the extra room from removing the heater box ! Got the fuel rails sand blasted and painted and set the whole contraption in the car last night. More to come !

 

[aminga]

Just a suggestion but don't use Electrical tape, use Harness tape it won't get gooey sticky a year from now.

 

[dentmasters01]

Where do you get harness tape ?

Well had some more time so here is what I was able to get done. Got the entire body bushing kit in. The right rear body nut stripped out and I had to do a little "re-nutting". Got the new gas tank in as well.

 

[pmoore4321]

Where do you get harness tape ?

Caspers has it.

 

[berserker6]

subscibed and a lil envious:biggrin:

 

[dentmasters01]

Got the breather mounted and the lines fab'd up.

 

[aminga]

Caspers has it.

Bingo!

 

[dentmasters01]

A little more time and got a few things done...
Fab'd up all the different fuel lines and ran them where needed to go.
Mounted the individual egt boxes and the fuel press. Reg.
Mounted the fuel filter up front, dead center. Thought it looked cool there.
Used an old drive shaft loop to create a protective "cage" to mount the fuel pump in.....
....more to do still ....

 

[Squid4life]

Damn nice work brother, it looks great!

 

[dentmasters01]

Ok. The last of the project was the wiring....and it was a pain in the ass but it is now complete ! Ran 1G. Wire from the trunk where I mounted the battery box, to the front. I bought a isolated battery terminal and ran all the hot wires to it. I welded a bolt to the frame front and back, and created two solid grounds for all the ground wires. ( I'll get pics tomorrow of that) . Ran all the egt wires to the boxes. Ran the vacc. Lines. Wired up the fuel pump, filled it up with gas, made the changes in the fast program ( from 235 ci. To 264, 83 lb inj to 160's ) and FIRED IT UP tonight ! ! Man o man it sounds wicked ! I'll get more pics tomorrow. Here is what I have now.