DizzleFoShizzle

Well hurry it up already so we can slide! Oh and watch out spring time i'll be doing the 1uzfe swap

turtle m3th

Nice update. I know it's hard to keep track of all the little details, but whatever info you can manage to document is greatly appreciated!

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coupster

What's up you know who this is RHD s13 black and white LOL. the builds looking crazy, you should hit me up when your working on her, I'd be glad to lend a hand. You know were to find me 43rd . keep up the good work.

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Lets do it this weekend!!

Thanks bud. Trying to get everything, but if there is anything in particular anyone wants more info about just let me know and I will post up anything I can.

Damn dont remind me of that place lol. Hopefully I can get some more parts in this week and get some good wrench time in this weekend. My goal is to get the motor and tranny into its final spot this weekend so I can figure out the steering and driveshaft...then its all down hill from there!

turtle m3th

Can you post a pic up of how much clearance the motor has to the firewall? I'm curious as to how much further you can move it back.

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Yep no problem...I will get ya some pics when I get time to wrench here in a couple of days.

Walperstyle

so tempted to find a s13 chassis.... being my 5.0L in my F250 is doing nothing right now. Would be interested in crossmember and mounts if someone can fabricate them. I don't have a welder yet. No emission laws here, i'll just route the exhaust thru the hood, lol.

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turtle m3th

After looking over your mounts too, I now feel stupid... I purchased the explorer brackets that still require the mounts which appear to cost the same as your all in one units I'm probably gonna grab some poly mustang mounts now. Do you have a link from where you purchased yours from, or did you get them locally?

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You dont need a welder or any fabrication to the crossmember. Check out my pictures on the first post. I used the stock crossmember and drilled out the holes for the factory mounts so the studs will fit. We dont have emission here either so I am doing a true dual blast pipes.

I picked up mine for pretty cheap...it was about $36 shipped for driver and passenger. I have the website posted up on the first post as well, but I picked them up from rockauto.com. I bought mounts from a 94 mustang, but from what I have found online any mounts from a 83-95 mustang will drop in after drilling out the crossmember.

turtle m3th

Do you think there may be a height difference between the two mounts (explorer vs mustang)?

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Hmmm I am not sure...my mounts bolt up to the block differently though. Let me grab my phone real quick and go out and snap a pic for ya.

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updated first post. Mine may bolt up the same as those explorer mounts, but they are definitely a much lower profile...using those explorer mounts might give you a better first shot at oil pan clearance if you can get them to fit in.

mkezzo16

This motor is much better suited for a s-chassis..had a sn95 gt..liked the torque, but the weight and gas didnt justify it

turtle m3th

Thanks for the update! Got the exact info I was looking for. You should be able to space your motor back by welding a new plate directly onto the stock mounting surface and drilling the slit a little more offset. Should easily be able to get about an inch out of it that way, or at least that's just what I intend to do.

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I cant wait for the torque...especially in the s chassis


No problem bud. Thanks for the tip...definitely will look into that when the time comes around to it.

turtle m3th

Don't mean to junk up your thread, just trying to offer some input, haha! Apparently you can use the stock explorer headers and they clear the steering shaft if staying on a strict budget is in order to get this thing running!

check it out!





and here's a link to the guys original build thread http://www.silviav8forums.com/forum/...ighlight=jesse

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Yeah I read that guy's thread a while back. It didnt make any sense to me...he spent his money on chrome instead of building it right the first time. I guess if you were on a really tight budget that would work, but I think thats what someone else was talking about most of these swap being ghetto. He can never change that manifold without modifying the steering, so why avoid it? I would not want to be seen running that thing. Good input though, I am sure someone will find that to be a good idea...for some unknown reason.

Dont worry, I believe I have found a way to mod the steering for CHEAP...if mine works it will cost about $5

turtle m3th

Oh shit, I can't wait to see what you've got up your sleeve...

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I will have pics up tomorrow if it works out...using oem steering joints...just adding one and bracing the steering shaft

s14l0v3r

Out of the 30 million threads on here this was the only one I saw with 302 on it, instantly knew it was yours haha but good shit bra.

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Thanks bud

Walperstyle

Dudes might want to have a heat shield around that fuel filter and lines on the passenger side.

also whats wrong with that explorer header? you are not running to a turbo, so what does it matter as long as it gets the exhaust away and out the back?

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Carbomb

Keep it syck! Brahhhhhhhhh

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Thats all coming out...running an inline filter underneath the car and the fuel line will come into the bay on the drivers side

turtle m3th

Ill be doing the same for my fuel lines with an ls1 filter that has a built in fpr

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Are you running carb or efi? I know the fuel pressure is crazy low on a carb, just curious about the fpr.

turtle m3th

I'm gonna be running an efi setup. And by the looks of how much further back your motor is now sitting, your shifter seems like its gonna line up in a pretty good location! Is there enough space between the firewall and motor to fit the tranny bellhousing?

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With the motor being as low as it was I wasnt going to have to do anything to the transmission tunnel. Now that its up higher though I am definitely going to have to go at it with a hammer a bit for the bell housing to clear. Not really too thrilled about that, but I can keep my stock oil pan which is nice, wont have to change the oil sump. Also, I am going to test fit the stock manifold on the drivers side without modifying the steering, its going to atleast be very close to fitting. And I am definitely hoping that shifter lines up...the motor came back a lot so I am keeping my fingers crossed.

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Any of you panama city guys down to wrench this weekend? I want to get this thing damn near running before I go home on leave next weekend.