PICS - Progress with Manual Swap

[Schmieder]

Hey guys, my brother and I put in a good day today. Started with the flywheel, got it torqued just right with blue lock, used brake cleaner to sanitize the flywheel friction surface. I believe there is a rust prevention coating that needed removed.

We got the trans bolted up and the engine is back in the bay on it's own weight.

New mounts all around and they fit just right. Even the hard to find w-body getrag 282 mount.

I got some wiring done. The turbo system is sitting in the engine bay needing the manifold tack welded to fit.

So there is much progress now and I have plenty more work to do tomorrow. I doubt I'll have her on the road this weekend but it is getting very close now.

Here are some pics......

* The mesh on top of the intake is aluminum and is tightly compressed against the intake towards the right and rides to the TB. It is to help evac intake temps, aluminum is a great thermal vent. If it only works a little, it still looks cool. THAT is the closest to rice I'll ever get., lol

Partial hook up


My wiring for the gauges. Wideband has a seperate circuit/fuse. Constant power and switched have seperate fuses.

The W-Body Getrag-282 Trans Mount, New and solid.

Can't get a better fit!!! Even the intake filter sits where it can pull lots of fresh air.


The Engineered Performance Limited Slip Differential, thanks Jeff.

Toss in a view of the cab, shifter moves through the gears nice.


I'll have pics of the clutch later, on my brothers camera and we don't have the upload cable we need.

[robertisaar]

IMO, that's about the perfect shifter length. any longer and it looks like it would belong in a truck, and shorter and it would look at home in an eclipse.

[Schmieder]

IMO, that's about the perfect shifter length. any longer and it looks like it would belong in a truck, and shorter and it would look at home in an eclipse.

I agree, it is the right length. But that was by luck, or by luck of GM's design procedures. I did remove the rear mounting brace for the shifter assembly and mounted it through drilled out holes. So it rests at a steeper angle back towards the rear, but you wouldn't know it. The pic shows center neutral.

Glad you like it

[unchained01]

Great job !! thanks for the pics i think you will like the LSD also

[Schmieder]

Thanks unchained01! I got a lot more done today, it has been a productive weekend dispite the on/off drizzle.

I now have the new cross-over turbo manifold welded up and bolted to the exhaust manifolds. The Downpipe is partially made, I have it ending with a bolt up connection so I can test fit/weld the rest w/o removing the turbo anymore.

LOTS of wiring completed!!!

Clutch pedal system bleed and is finished.

In fact, all I have left is simple rebuilding like the alternator, P/S pump, EGR delete, etc.....all the good stuff, lol.

But I did discover one let down...........I have to cut a small part of frame to pipe up the oil return to turbo. The frame where the battery rest (factory) is the barrier, bu tonly a small part. Just some cutting.

Then it is install the axles, connect the battery and then the first start up and idle to check for system sanity.

I'm on my way..............

[pocket-rocket]

Looking good

System sanity... I like that term.

[Schmieder]

More pics! Yesterday I got a lot more stuff done.

Both axles installed
Fixed a few issues with exhaust manifold
Install P/S Pump and Alternator
ALL wiring is done
Both top mounts installed and fit
Vacuum system finished (I even created a check valved system for the PCV and sourced fresh filtered air for the back side feed.)

The vacuum system has a few modifications for the better. The MAP and FPR are on the same vacuum "circuit" and uses less then 10 inches of hose for rapid response. The Vac/Boost gauge has its own vacuum circuit this time because it bleeds off.