Wire harness..

So I was looking at my harness and trying to figure out what I wanted to do. So figured hey need to find out what wires got smashed in the wreck. Few need to be fixed but overall look good.

I also took out the AC connectors since I will never be putting that in. :)

Also got the motor mounts bolted and had to re work the tunnel a bit and the trans mount. But the wire job is first. So I hope to finish it up in the next two weeks going to hide all the wires if I can. :P

MOTOR is IN!

Well here we go on another installment, I figured I would give myself a B-day present and put the motor in.

At last got the pump in and the mods done and put the deep sump pan on, Looks sweet!
Before mating the trans and motor together I put the 3500 stall converter in, and filled it with 3 quarts of trans fluid before installing.
Slowly dropping it in. It seems like I made a ton of room in the tunnel for the bell housing. I now will be able to reach up and take the trans bolts out by hand easier than the 4ft of extenders on a 3/8 drive. The main goal was to have easy access to trans and motor area with out tearing the whole thing apart.
I think it took about 15min to Jockey it in. It has been a while but only few concerns but will take care of that later.
That pan is hanging pretty low. its bit lower than my cross member so might have to make some adjustments to make it fit little closer to the tunnel.

It seams its about 2 inches lower than the front cross member not too bad, worth the extra 2 quarts for sure and the finished product is sweet!

I think things are going to move a bit faster now. going to work on the power steering pump lines and trans cross member. I don't know if I will do a tube one or not depending on how much room I have. Will post with in the next week I hope with updates.

Finally progress

So after saving up for a few months and partial birthday , aniversary , fathers day, I was able to get this Hughes Aluminium deep sump pan. I really did not want to make one and the finished product in the end would be much nicer.

As in my last post the parts I needed to put in the pump tube came with the converter. I was a little nervous about drilling the holes but it was not as bad as it seemed.

The only problem so far was getting the front pump out. So called up my brother John and he walked me through pulling it out.

Once it was out, got to drilling. The drills supplied are just the right size so everything fit good. I did add some JB weld to the connections to make sure it does not leak as suggested on the Turbo Buick site.

Here is the five disk 3600 stall Vigilante converter that is waiting to go in after I get the trans back together. Then mate the trans and motor and put the motor in. The reason I went with a five disk. First they are suppose to handle about 1200 hp and second the ability to lock it up at WOT!

Almost forgot, I put a new belt on and fixed the bent alternator fins from the wreck. I used some dial calipers to set the fin distant, yeah with in couple thousands. I am a nut when it come to finished product.

Got the MSD rev limiter plate on too. Had to go get some bolts as its 3/4 thicker than the stock setup. I might have to mod the fire wall to make it fit but, not a big deal.

This box will allow me to have a 2 stage rev limiter. Five pounds + of boost on the line. This plus the the 3600 stall, I can not wait to see how this thing screams.

On a side note, we just got a new tube bender at work. So I am going to put a 8pt cage in. If I can just get the main hoop done, that is the only part that I really need the bender for. Till next time :P