Ok gang... I got her running right before I went on vaca... Wired up the few last connections, and she fired on the very first try. She promptly shut off, which I was blaming VATS for..but I wasnt sure. Here is the vid...

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So I built a VATS bypass box from about $11 worth of radio shack parts and an online diagram. The diagram turned out to be off alittle...so I used my brain and got it to work. I was just about to throw the box away when I switched one wire and got it to work. Car seems to run perfect. Nice idle...just like before I removed it from the camaro. And it sounds SICK!!!

Make sure you crank it up for this one...

YouTube - My swap...

Let me know what you think!

Justin

 

sweet

 

kewl!

 

Running an all aluminum engine without the waterpump or radiator hooked up is disaster in the making

 

Yup I agree. However, that was the longest and only time I ran the engine...I tried it about 4 times with the vats kicking in...sot hat was 2-4 seconds a pop. Then with the vats box hooked up i ran it for about 10 seconds to confirm it was working. Then i took the vid and ran it the final time. I could still touch the headers after I was done. Before I started it, I poured 50/50 in through the upper water pump inlet. A fair amount went in, and didnt come back out, so I figured it was atleast sitting in the motor in some spots. In fact the temp gauge barely started budging just as I shut her down. So I didnt do any damage to the engine... If I let it heat up to 260 degrees ..yes...that would be bad.

Thanks for the compliments and the concern! I still have some odds and ends to take care of. The radiator is now in and good to go. I have a few wiring things to clean up. Im on my way to spohn today to get the last of the front end parts that i needed. Only two major hurdles I have left are plumbing the brakes (all custom lines), and running the exhaust (hawks y-pipe/spohn crossmember issue). Ill keep you all updated!

Justin