trackzpeed Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 I picked up a 240 body...... Selling off complete doors, hatch, hatch glass, complete front fenders, hood, tail lights (complete), hood, front cross member...... Contact me if interested. I'm using the back end of the donor to fix my car. Thanks. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 No progress to date...... This sucks worse with my lack of patience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Oben Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Just relax, winter is shorter with a cool project. Heck mine is a pile of parts still.... Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Repairs underway. They are welding in the rear tail light panel..... And going to beef up and X member the rear framing while they are there to tolerate LS power..... 4 months and I'm getting ansty. I ended up buying a new husqvarna dirt bike to pass the time.... I hate doing nothing, and the weather is perfect for riding in Cali right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Oben Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Any pics of the cutting the car in half and putting it back together? That would be cool. Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Oben Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 That looks like they are doing a good job, there is lots of work there, it takes some skill to get it all to line back up. Before they get too far make sure everything is sealed up really well to avoid the dreaded Z exhaust back draft. Congrats on progress! Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Well I should be getting my car back soon. It will be better than before with improved bracing and floor covering the fuel cell. On a side note, I'm also going to upgrade to an electric power steering rack from silvermine motors...... Edan has a new product that is top notch, fair priced, and will make a world of difference tracking the meats on the front of my ride. When the time comes, I will start a dedicated thread for the install, and track worthiness feedback. Now I just need to speed up time and get my car back. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Mine Motors Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Sounds good to me Jim! I'm excited to have you run our system on your car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stock Car Mafia Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I got an email on the electronic steering kit recently. Man it seems so tempting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 I'm in....just waiting to get my car back. Hopefully in Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'm back! Still some work to go but at least she's home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Oben Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Like it never even happened... Great news. Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwillie67 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Motor and trans are in. Shifter come through the hole as advertised. I will post pics when I can on Monday..... I was able to install with the passenger header bolted up, there is plenty of room to do the driver header after the fact... Install was a snap, I hand tightened the entire mount on to the block including what bolts into the cross member uprights. Lifted the back of the car onto ramps and the front on jack stands just high enough to allow the hoist legs to roll under the car. I pre installed the tranny mount as well minus the part that will drill through the tunnel. My car is a 72, it had threaded "wings"/tranny mounts and after I trimmed off a small tab on the trans housing it fit in place very easy without any extra cutting and ability to use the stock mounts. Really slick or lucky, I'm not sure. Once I had the tranny in the tunnel and the bolts threaded through the mount, the motor mounts were already lined up. All I had to do was slip the bolt through and bolt it down. I unloaded the motor from the hoist, let it all settle in place and bolted her all down. All that remains is the additional supports through the tunnel but I'm waiting on those until I know for sure the tailhousing and rear end are lined up. Felt good to get this far, feel like I'm in the home stretch now. Pics coming soon. I have a 71 with the threads for the threaded wings but my car came with them as a rolller. Would you happen to have any pics with the CX Racing trans mounted bolted it? I'm interested in what kind of adapter I'd need to fabricate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 I was able to thread mine through the "Threaded wings" then waited on the trans tunnel mounts until I had the drive line in. I think a few pics are on my build log thread but I'll see what I can dig up. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Death and resurrection..... Glad have her back in my garage. Bumpers should be back on soon.... Racing starts in February Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Question for the LS swap family..... I'm running a 99 PCM with wiring specialties harness. since I'm getting ready to finally swap out the rest of my gauges, can I use the CAN BUS style from speedhut that read off the PCM for water temp and oil pressure (I seem to recall at least the oil pressure lead coming of the harness, I just need to dig it out), Anyone done that? Hopefully have a pre-season AutoX this Sunday weather permitting. Thanks, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Oben Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I am not sure but I doubt it. The CAN bus I believe is part of the Body control module. Speed hut can send you the gauges with their own senders so that will be easier. I could easily be completely wrong. Richard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Thanks Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackzpeed Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 002.MOV Short clip of Sunday AutoX..... Finished top 5 on the day with a .6 separation between 2nd fastest on the day and me.... I can be faster with more seat time. Hopefully I can keep her in one piece for a full season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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