This Weekend Is It!!!!!

[DrFishbone]

This weekend I'm FINALLY going to put my rebuilt motor, performance goodies, and low miles 5-spd in the ole' black SC. Although it's only been about 2 years since I drove the car, I've been waiting for this for over 4 years!!!! Hopefully my back doesn't start acting up again and further delay this momentous occasion!

I'll finally have a car that I'll be glad to take to the shootout, dragstrip, wherever! Maybe after this weekend I can stop saying "When I get my new engine and trans in my car...."

Anyways...I'm pumped

[kenewagner]

Originally Posted by DrFishbone

This weekend I'm FINALLY going to put my rebuilt motor, performance goodies, and low miles 5-spd in the ole' black SC. Although it's only been about 2 years since I drove the car, I've been waiting for this for over 4 years!!!! Hopefully my back doesn't start acting up again and further delay this momentous occasion!

I'll finally have a car that I'll be glad to take to the shootout, dragstrip, wherever! Maybe after this weekend I can stop saying "When I get my new engine and trans in my car...."

Anyways...I'm pumped

Good luck. Keep us up to date on your progress

Ken

[XxSlowpokexX]

Good luck dude!

[DrFishbone]

I hope to get the engine and trans in at least most of the way by Monday...hopefully before too much longer, it'll be moving...then I can start pretty-ing it up too. AND...then I can go ahead and get my QH, etc! I've been putting off on buyin all the tuning/datalogging stuff until I have a fun engine to mess with.

I'll take some before pictures of everything to document the work, but I gotta warn you all - it's a pretty dirty boy right now. I'll have to scan my parts list that I've been adding to in the past 4 years too. Once I'm finished, I'll add up the total cost, then throw up. Nah, it shouldn't be too bad...been on the "buy-it-cheap" budget since day one, but haven't been willing to sacrafice quality parts.

[Dangle]

Originally Posted by DrFishbone

I've been waiting for this for over 4 years!!!!
Anyways...I'm pumped

Wow! I would get inpatient not putting that in after a month...4 YEARS? You must be pumped. I hope it's all you hoped for and more. What sort of perf. goodies are we talking about for this re-built motor?

Good luck dude.

[DrFishbone]

Yeah...it's been a long wait. I finally knew the time was getting close when I started becoming uninterested in the "Parts For Sale" forum.

It's not going to be one of the Whipple or AR cars by any means - I hope to use it as a semi-daily driver. I've got a Magnuson S-port blower, raised top, MP inlet, 75mm Professional Products TB, 76mm MAFS, homemade aluminum 3" intake tube, double IC (to be upgraded to a custom FMIC at a later date), I did some port work on the intake manifold (porting around the inlet, and gasket-matched and smoothed all runners), home-ported heads with 3-angle valve job, .520 lift reground cam, 94-95 windage tray, 42lb injectors, adjustable FPR, 255lph hi-pressure fuel pump, b&m short-throw, spec II clutch, aluminum flywheel, 3.27 rear gears, aluminum stock-size pullies, 5% OD jackshaft pulley, 5% OD SC pulley, AC delete, ported exhaust manifolds, dual 2.5 exhaust w/ dynomax superturbos, and a NOS sticker. I think that's it...but probably not. The next phase will be the suspension / brakes, but I can do that piece-by piece if needed. Someday I may think about an MP3 or MPX...but hopefully I'll be happy with the change for a few years

[Jeff Bratton]

Hey Matt,

Good luck with the install man...I'm actually going to be out of town this weekend or I would stop by to lend a hand, can still do so next weekend if you need a hand on finishing up whatever, would be happy too!

I'll give you a call later....


Jeff

[DrFishbone]

Originally Posted by Jeff Bratton

Hey Matt,

Good luck with the install man...I'm actually going to be out of town this weekend or I would stop by to lend a hand, can still do so next weekend if you need a hand on finishing up whatever, would be happy too!

I'll give you a call later....


Jeff

Appreciate it Jeff!

I'm hoping to get the big work done this weekend, but we'll see! Finally...I won't have an excuse huh?!

[David Neibert]

Sounds like a good solid combo, that should be great on the street and run some good numbers at the track too. Take your time and do a good job of sealing everything up and zip tie or clamp all of the vacuum hose connections. Leak test your fuel system before installing the supercharger.

David

[DrFishbone]

Originally Posted by David Neibert

Sounds like a good solid combo, that should be great on the street and run some good numbers at the track too. Take your time and do a good job of sealing everything up and zip tie or clamp all of the vacuum hose connections. Leak test your fuel system before installing the supercharger.

David

Thanks for the tips...it's easy to get excited and forget the little things. I did take some "before" pictures, but they're on my phone, so I'll have to see if I can download them at home and post them. So far, I haven't had as much work time as I had hoped, but it's a mess in my dad's garage with the old engine and trans out of the car, and the new engine, trans, and parts all over the garage...so I can't stop now. Which was my plan all along... Maybe in the next few days I'll at least have the new motor and trans sitting in the car.

David, I read a thread awhile back about pulling the motor and trans together, rather than separate - is that how you'd done it before? I was thinking that you recommended doing it that way. Anyhow, that's was I ended up doing. I thought I might be able to leave the custom exhaust and driveshaft bolted up (except the obvious), but that didn't work out, I had to unbolt the driveshaft to get the motor/trans up high enough to pull it forward. It did work quite well, and saved alot of under-the-car work, which is less fun!

[David Neibert]

Originally Posted by DrFishbone

Thanks for the tips...it's easy to get excited and forget the little things. I did take some "before" pictures, but they're on my phone, so I'll have to see if I can download them at home and post them. So far, I haven't had as much work time as I had hoped, but it's a mess in my dad's garage with the old engine and trans out of the car, and the new engine, trans, and parts all over the garage...so I can't stop now. Which was my plan all along... Maybe in the next few days I'll at least have the new motor and trans sitting in the car.

David, I read a thread awhile back about pulling the motor and trans together, rather than separate - is that how you'd done it before? I was thinking that you recommended doing it that way. Anyhow, that's was I ended up doing. I thought I might be able to leave the custom exhaust and driveshaft bolted up (except the obvious), but that didn't work out, I had to unbolt the driveshaft to get the motor/trans up high enough to pull it forward. It did work quite well, and saved alot of under-the-car work, which is less fun!

I've done it both ways, and I think it's a little easier to only remove the motor.

David

[nickleman60]

Originally Posted by DrFishbone

Yeah...it's been a long wait. I finally knew the time was getting close when I started becoming uninterested in the "Parts For Sale" forum.

and a NOS sticker.

Just a sticker, no juice?...........................

[DrFishbone]

Originally Posted by nickleman60

Just a sticker, no juice?...........................

j/k No juice, maybe meth injection in the future..who knows.

[XxSlowpokexX]

Now I knwo why those poly bushings lasted so long..ITS BEEN ON JACKSTANDS! hehehe

[DrFishbone]

Originally Posted by DamonSlowpokeBaumann

Now I knwo why those poly bushings lasted so long..ITS BEEN ON JACKSTANDS! hehehe

harharhar... Actually I guess that's part of why they've lasted 4 yrs. The car hasn't been PARKED for four years though...I've just been accumulated parts for four years. I guess it's been parked for around 2 years. It started right up and ran just fine when I moved it last Friday. Kinda makes me sad to take out the original motor and trans...no telling how long it could have lasted now.

Well Damon, I guess those diff bushings will get a good testing now...maybe then I'll say "Damon was right - these are junk!"