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Oil sender above the oil cooler (in the pic below) '93 location evidently so claims http://shbox.com/1/oil_pressure_sensor.jpg . I can understand the issue w/ putting a large hole in the firewall.

I have the '93 intake, so my fuel lines are actually then on the passenger side of the car and much closer to the firewall at that point (note the pic). Other hoses and such from the intake would have to be rerun. As for the oil pressure sending unit I haven't decided yet where to put it. You could cut a hole in the firewall, split the intake, come up and have dual ram air... but perhaps I'm just dreaming, I know it'd be a LOT of work, but damn, really unique.

I was just curious if it is possible to flip the intake manifold 180 degrees on a '93 LT1 so that it faces the rear of the car. I just thought this might make for more air scoop options, one would have to cut into the firewall and have some creative ducting but I thought it'd be interesting. I know there's a little threaded plug on the back of the block by the intake manifold, can that be removed and sealed by the intake or plugged with an allen wrench style plug?

As per tim's question, the engine hasn't been run since it was shipped. I am pretty sure the sand wasn't from the original casting of the intake because: 1) the engine was from Los Angeles and the surrounding bay area, and 2) there was sand in the lip of the valve covers. Sand under the intake was taken out with my finger and a paper towel to wipe it on. Here comes trouble, I had gotten some advice from others around here similar to the filling with diesel, using kerosene and a bug sprayer... that's if the kerosene is nice to the plastic. But, it seems it may be total teardown time. Thanks for all the advice guys.

Found the sand in the lifter area, I figured the sand was between/on the heads and intake when the intake was removed. So it possibly could have fallen into intake and exhaust ports, yes, but I found most of it by the lifters. There are oil drain holes in that area that drop to the cam. The pan has yet to come off as I just recently got it on a stand.

I recently started up on my hybridization of my '71 240. A lot is planned for it but the heart will be a '93 LT1 ripped from the chest of a Firebird with a 6-speed strapped on. Yes, I get to learn to program chips because of my '93. Anyway, my poor engine, not having been cleaned prior to removal, had its intake taken off for removal prior to shipping to me. Well, evidently there was sand on the engine, because I found some in my engine. Any good ideas for getting it out w/o having to take the whole thing apart? I also attached images for my engine, it'll be sitting in a black engine bay and the car will eventually be dark green (of some sort) with white stripes, possibly reminiscent of 70's mopars.

I did some looking for this as well, as I have a 93 LT1 I was planning on putting in my 240. There's some good general information here: http://www.speeddensity.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1045 they also have some connections w/ programmers on the main page forums. if you're looking for equipment, I saw somewhere to check out http://www.moates.net (programmers, chips, software and realtime PRom emulators) for masks for your selected proms, check out: http://www.tunercat.com/tnr_desc/do_tc.html that should list the hexidecimal mask you need for programming and reading your chips correctly. Hope that helped you out some.