josephg

Hay thanks every body for your input! I changed the sender and all seems well it still a little high (it rides the middle of the gauge) but I am not worried about that. I might still get a cheap mechanical gauge just to be positive of what it actually is. The rule of thumb seams to be about 10 psi for every 1000 rpm, is that right?

I would def. Say it is worth it there is a million things you can do later if you want more power and worst case senario you get a new motor down the road once you get it in the first time the hard part is done just make sure you use a good trans ( ie don't use the truck trans)

that is a good option! but "plug it in" where?

Ah yes the sending unit... the one that is on the motor now looks to be about 30 years old so that could be it... is there any way to check it.... or just buy a new one and see what happens. I am really sketchy about starting it up cuz if the pressure really is that high I dont want to blow up my motor... should I be so concerned about damaging my motor? I am gonna try changing my sending unit and see what happens I will post my progress

So I acquired a 77 with a ford 302. Who ever did the swap did good work buy the guy he sold it to was a real piece of work. years of neglect have left me with a few problems but I am pretty into this project so I am gonna see it through. I just got a major water pump and serpentine belt issue figure out but all of a sudden I am having oil pressure issues. To be honest I am not sure if this was a problem before and I just noticed it now or if it was messed up since I got the car. Regardless when I start the car the oil pressure gauge is pegged at idol. When I got the car the dipstick guide was loose so I installed a new one. the old dipstick (who knows how accurate that was) said it had an appropriate and amount of oil so I cut lines on the new dipstick to reflect that. What I am getting at is I dont think it has too much oil. But what else could it be? I dont even want to start it right now cuz I am scared i am gonna blow all the seals. I have been a auto body tech for about ten years and I am a little out of my element when it comes to the hard core mechanical stuff. Please help, I dont even know where to start with this one.

I was wondering if anyone recognizes this swap its a 77 280z with a 302 and t-5. I didn't now to much about these cars but when a friend told me about this one (antidotally), but to his surprise I got interested and asked him to forward me the link off craig's list. I did know that the ford swap is much less common and more appropriate than the SBC so for $1800 I figured it was a deal no matter what. I sent my friend to pick it up for me as I am currently out of the country, the body looks strait and the word is that its pretty rust free. Seeing as its a small community of people who do the Ford swaps I was hopping I could find the craftsman who did the work to find out a little more about the internals. The car is a little rough now but but the more I read on the forum the happier I get with my purchase. http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0949.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0950.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0951.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0952.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0953.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0954.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0944.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0945.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0947.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0948.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/fenixtrip/CIMG0946.jpg