Finally going to be reinstalling my engine...

[80LS1T]

Well I am finally going to be reinstalling my engine after removing it to redo the engine bay. As most of you know I made the choice to change the paint in my engine bay over to a bed liner because I was tired of chipping/scratchin/dinging the paint from having to wrench on my engine to get the bugs worked out.

 

I just got my tranny back from having a hair line crack in it welded up. It was in the back of the middle section on the tranny. It was just enough to cause a very slow leak. It was more annoying than anything. So my tranny is all fixed up, sand blasted, primered and painted and ready to reinstall with the motor.

 

Along with having the tranny fixed I also have a new clutch and flywheel set up going in. I had a ton of clutch chatter from my Center Force Dual Friction clutch set up. The flywheel was totally trashed with hotspots too(which Im sure is what was causing the clutch chatter). Now I have a SPEC Stage 3 clutch and a Fidanze alluminum flywheel going in. Im no too sure on if I will like the alluminum flywheel but only time will tell. I just dont want to hear my clutch chattering any more!!!

 

Once the engine is back in I will have to finish wiring up the new 95' harness(I switched over from the 93' speed density system to the 94-95' MAF system/OBD1 system so that I can tune my own engine when I need to)

 

I also just purchased an LM-1 wideband O2 with the RPM input set up. I will be using this and Tuner Cat software to fine tune my engine.

 

I have a few odds and ends that will need to be done before it will be ready to run again like...send in my speedometer so that it actually keeps track of the mileage(as soon as the key is off it goes back down to 54 miles everytime), I also have to fix a small leak in the header that I fabricated for my drivers side the send it back in to be recoated(I have to grind on it and then weld so the coating will be trashed). I will also have to connect the new SS braied fuel lines to the fuel rail.

 

This may seem like a lot of stuff to do but I like probably every guy here I know every nook and cranny of my car so putting this thing back in is like changing the oil in your car to an every day guy! LOL:icon52:

 

 

Guy