I am not an engineer, but I am not new to cars either. I am the type of person who can see the end result and work my way backwards to make sure I obtain it.

I wanted this swap to look natural and not hacked up, yet I can not perform some of the work I wish I could do to the noise it would create, so I had to change how I did things, and I learned more in return.

Thank you for the kind worlds,
Time to hit the garage.

 

So this weekend was excellent.

- Both O2 sensors were installed, I only had to drop the pass header; I also had to man handle the fire wall a bit to let it clear since these headers are designed for a 350 so its slightly different shape.

- 0 gauge batter cable was run through the car but a good friend that came to help for a bit. back seats were removed and the cable was run away from any chaff areas.

- Power distribution was actually 100x easier than I hoped as the batter terminal can be unbolted from the fuse block. So power line was bolted directly on the block and done.





- Front brake lines were removed and new lines bent and installed. I should have done this much sooner as with the motor in, it was a pain.... Live and learn.







- Heater core lines were cut and combined as well as installed; they were also used to secure all lines and harness behind the intake plenum.









Getting so close!

 

Looks super super tight.

 

Awesome when you wanna do mine??

 

If your in CT I am open to meeting people and getting garage time in.

I'm always looking for a second hand since the wife has no interest.

 

Glad to help Scottwax

 

I'll ship my car to you

 

This was not an over night project and I am still working out some details, like power steering. Pump will not fit unless I destroy the strut tower, so options might be electric or relocate. If I relocate than no A/C. Rack and pinion needs to be altered. The rear half of the front subframe, "the triangular piece" needs to be altered. Not sure if I am gonna chop that up, or make a new one; basically 2 triangles on each side.

 

Don't stop, keep going !!

 

Absolutely no intension of stopping.

 

So Good news, Bad news and Disappointing news.

Let me give you all a word of advice on another company to stay away from. Brett Collins and Collins Adapters. If you are gonna buy some in stock sh*t, go for it. If you are gonna believe him that he can make something happen for you, You will be sorry, as am I.

I outlined above my issue and conversation with Brett Collins of Collins adapters and how little he cares about anything but getting your money.

I finally get my shifter, It is not a modified stock unit, which I sent him off my trans. No I paid to ship that to him and he butchered it and F**ked it up, because he is an idiot and doesn't take notes.

I get this completely custom unit, which at first I am excited for, because hey for twice the price.... It better be good.







Alright, so far so good huh. Not bad it mounts to the trans dead center just how I asked for it.

Now look at this sh*t.....







FYI, that picture is in neutral, I think.

So yeah, from good to sh*t.
But here's the kicker, I had to disassemble the entire thing from underneath the car in order to put the center garnish around the shifter. That completely pi**ed me off. So I write an angry e-mail to Brett.
I also write to the e-mail address on the bottom of the instructions that came with it.

It was outsourced to another company with no addition instructions I asked for!!!
Even better is, the guy who made it told me to heat it up and straighten it!!!

What the hell is with people.
Why is everyone constantly making this harder for me.

 

OK, the shifter can be installed and removed from inside the car, no need to wait on the driveshaft and exhaust....







And the exhaust so far. I noticed, I am missing a gasket and hardware. So this is it for now.







I am gonna play with the piping to adjust height.

 

very nice, starting to come together. Btw what are you doing for the electronics/harness/ecu?

 

Ecu is uprev with nats disabled and slight tune mods. Harness was the first thing I boughts from zfever long time ago. It is a combined vk and vq harness. Supposed to keep everything working like stock. Haven't added power yet, so we'll see.

 

So for all those wondering about A/C. Here is a little teaser, and my answer.