RosharonRooster
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This weekends update
My buddy came over Friday and helped me.
Reminder I've never done a fuel injection swap , I've always been a carb guy, so this stuff is all foreign to me. But 5yrs ago I got a phone call from a guy I didn't know, asking me my opinion of tilt columns. We ended up becoming good friends and I offered my shop to help paint his car, which had this exact motor swap. When I saw his engine I knew I wanted one. This was in 2019. So, he knows exactly what needs to be done to get it on the road. So he came over and helped me install the wiring harness I got from swaptimeusa.com. after him going over the harness with me, I learned that the entire thing is literally plug into sensors and done. We installed the harness in about an hour. Still need to tuck some wires here and there. And do something with the engine covers. The computer is mounted under the dash. I also finished up the brake lines to the master cylinder. After that I started body working the wheel wells. I had to do some patch work on them. Then I had them powdercoated. The powdercoat job was $100 for both wheel wells. To me that is totally worth it, it would take me 2 days to prep them for epoxy. So I'm bodyworking over powdercoat then I will paint them. No pictures of those yet.
Also debating on what to do with power steering lines. I really wish the return on the reservoir could be clocked in another direction....
My buddy came over Friday and helped me.
Reminder I've never done a fuel injection swap , I've always been a carb guy, so this stuff is all foreign to me. But 5yrs ago I got a phone call from a guy I didn't know, asking me my opinion of tilt columns. We ended up becoming good friends and I offered my shop to help paint his car, which had this exact motor swap. When I saw his engine I knew I wanted one. This was in 2019. So, he knows exactly what needs to be done to get it on the road. So he came over and helped me install the wiring harness I got from swaptimeusa.com. after him going over the harness with me, I learned that the entire thing is literally plug into sensors and done. We installed the harness in about an hour. Still need to tuck some wires here and there. And do something with the engine covers. The computer is mounted under the dash. I also finished up the brake lines to the master cylinder. After that I started body working the wheel wells. I had to do some patch work on them. Then I had them powdercoated. The powdercoat job was $100 for both wheel wells. To me that is totally worth it, it would take me 2 days to prep them for epoxy. So I'm bodyworking over powdercoat then I will paint them. No pictures of those yet.
Also debating on what to do with power steering lines. I really wish the return on the reservoir could be clocked in another direction....