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That would be best but I really don't want to pull all that stuff off again.

That's a thought, thanks. I was looking all over your website to see where you ran that hose and of course couldn't find it, LOL.

Ok that solves that. Figures, 3 different pumps and I get the wrong one, LOL No way am I removing everything again to change that. Scary at this stage of the game to attempt pulling that out and tapping it without removing it from the engine! We may have to work around it, maybe another "T" from JTR would be the way to go.

Ok there are way too many water lines on this engine and not enough places to put them. There are three small hose fittings and two large ones on the LT1 water pump. I am eliminating the throttle body pass through, just plugged the input and output on the throttle body. From the manual it looks like the heater hoses go to #1 and #2 on the water pump. I have the "T" fitting from JTR but I'm still one connection short. If the steam hose from the heads goes to the "T" fitting on the lower radiator hose where does #3 from the water pump hook up? I am obviously missing something critical here.

Congrats. 11 months of hard work looks like it payed off really well.

For sure, we can't get too serious about this stuff. After all its supposed to be fun. But I sure wish I was able to bring my car, LOL.

Good luck and I want to get the hood prop on video!

That's some progress since we spoke yesterday, maybe there is light at the end of that tunnel after all. good luck.

Thanks Jody, that will help. The Taurus fan would certainly be easier but I think the Z28 twins will draw more air.

Very nice, as if that 10.629 wasn't fast enough, LOL. Can't wait to hear the new times.

I really am getting tired of moving these damn things, LOL. I just spent an hour routing them up and over the valve covers. But it took all the longest wires and what is left will only do 1 on the passenger side. I have the "L" bends too, I see how that works tomorrow.

I wonder if my JTR aluminum radiator mount will support that much weight. I may have to mount them the the Datsun radiator frame, that's what I did on my old setup.

LOL, I totally misread your post last night. In the ideal world that is what I'd like to do too. Keeping them away from the belt and pulleys is scarier than keeping them away from the headers. The 8mm wires don't fit too well into that plastic.

Looks like I have little choice. I'll see what I can route with the wires I have, hate to have to buy new ones again. BTW Jody, do you have a good shot of your fans setup? I just can't see how those Z28 fans are going to fit on the JTR radiator even without the shroud which I alreay have removed. How close to thr radiator are your fans?

Thats pretty much my plan too. Maybe adding a piece of 1/8" angle to the ears might help too, if there is room. I'll post what I come up with too.

LOL, I'm gald to hear I'm not the only one who loses stuff in their own house!

Man, and I thought I had problems. Good luck to all of you guys. It won't be the same without the small block beast of yours Wayne and I want to see Warren make a real run this year. I of course am not even trying to get my car ready for SEZ8, way too much to do yet, but I'll be there anyway.

Yep, the new aluminum JTR mount.

Hmmm It didn't look like I had room to do that, I'll check again. I even have brackets to run them along the covers. thanks for that link. Dale

If I pull even slightly forward or aft on the top of the radiator I can see the aluminum flex. I don't think it will hold up over time, its might thin aluminum.

No I don't see the spark plug wires, unless its that black thing that looks like a hose coming up between the bellows and the alternator. If so did you just wrap them with something or use spilt loom?

It seems like I worked my butt of this weekend but really didn't get that much accomplished. I got the headers mounted and the plugs installed. But when I tried to connect my new Accel 8mm wires I ran into more optispark "what were they thinking" issues. The LT1 has a little plastic wire guide sitting on the accessory mount to keep the wires away from the belt and pulleys, mine is broken, dammit. I guees I'll have to go to the Chevy dealer for that, grrrrrrr. Plus because I now have the Bower AC mount on the other side the rear wires won't reach, grrrrr. Looks like custom wire time. And of course the knock sensor is going to have to be moved, not a big deal. I made a bracket to mount the computer inside the car and rearranged the wiring to clean up the engine bay on the passenger side. I also put new heat tape on the wiring that runs down the sides of the engine. I mounted the radiator for the first time and figured how I'm going to connect the tranny cooler. I'm not real happy with the aluminum mounting ears on the JTR top radiator mount, it seem a little flimsy. I think I'll reinforce those to keep the radiator from moving around. I need to figure out how to mount the Z28 fans for the radiator or just get a Taurus fan. I made a mounting plate for the firewall to accept the Z28 accelerator cable but the stock cable is still about 1 1/2" too long, I will have to cut it and recrimp the end. One of the problems I'm having with this project is that much of this car was already adapted before I got it, so what others have done on their cars won't work on mine. The accelerator cable is one of those. Oh yeah, I sold $400 worth of Z28 parts Saturday, yahoo, more money for the 280Z!!!

When I was thinking about going with a T56 I found this site: http://www.5speedtransmissions.com/t56_early_gm.html Hope it helps some.

Nice work. I never thought about powder coating the trim, great idea.

I bought a front bumper and front spoiler from them, both are crap. It took forever to get them, he kept saying he was busy or understaffed. Whatever, he certainly didn't have trouble taking my money quickly. The bumper had so many defects in the surface I basically rebuilt it before I could use it and the front spoiler isn't even close to fitting. When I called him and all he had to say was "really"? I guess you get what you pay for, his stuff was cheap compared to other options, but never again.