small upgate today, i got the old fan switch out and plugged and i got the moter mounts on, i cant get the plug outta the back of the passenger side cylinder head to put the fan sensor back in!! help!?!?

 

[QUOTE=evilemokid94;4909798]overspray on the the dist etc. You know you could just find a v8 car somewhere strip it and convert yours to v8 carb stupid easy and cheap. Jus sayin.

 

could but i like my v6, better gas mileage and keeps me outta trouble for awhile. i painted the dizzy aswell, not overspray

 

Thats cool to each their own.

Don't assume v8s get bad gas mileage just because their v8s. After some tuning my 86 z got a little over 30 mpg highway.

 

Good job Mitch,its amazing how 2 identical cars could go down at the same time pretty much from the same thing but I think mine were main bearing trying to spin keep it up man if you still need that lense ill look around i think my amber ones from my sc nose r still in my buddys garage

 

mine old engines was still puttin around, i had no problems laying rubber but i wanted to change it before it blew and left me stranded on the side of the road. if you can find the amber light id appreciate it, thats the only thing thats wrong with the outside of the car anymore besides the bumber now but i did that myself. hopefully your engine goes smoothly aswell. mines taking forever because im cleaning and painting everything

 

got the engine off the stand today, about ready to drop in!!, got the flywheel, harmonic balancer, harmonic balancer pully, and waterpump pully on today, hopefully ill get it in soon... only 1 pic tonight guys...sad to say it but im starting to get discouraged... i miss my car and i want this done but i have no clue what im doing and my step dad is always working and never has time to lend me a hand anymore and my buddy just started work so he cant help.... im starting to feel helpless on this and discouraged...

 

Don't get too discouraged, you may have to wait a little while but it'll be worth it. You could always learn and do it yourself. The only thing I would have a problem with are the pushrods and since those are already done it should be simple stuff.

 

 

i cant drop it in myself and i need a few things looked at before i can do that... i still need the valves done and timing set after its in, and i know nothing on the tranny to hook it back up just as i need to fix the transmission cooling line that i broke, idk how, i know i need a compression fitting on it but i dont know where they are in my garage or how to do them....

 

nothing really worth talking about but i scraped the paint off the neg ground on the block and put my water pump pully on right, i had it on backwards. tonight or tomorrows the big day. im dropping the engine in so wish me luck!! also i think im gonna install my old 90s steering wheel in the camaro. any ideas?

 

put on grounds, alturnator bracket, fuel injector harness, and the PVC valves. gonna put my ignition coil on tomorrow but iv got a question, i have a vacum line coming off of one of the parts on coil, wheres it go? i dont remember..lol

also does anyone know how to run valves? i need to do it to my car

 

well, slow day today. started out i went down and put the coil and everything on, then i got board so i started cleaning my engine bay. got the kmember clean and my driver side strut tower, and where the charcoal canister use to sit since it was filthy, cant believe the k members are silver and not painted, that suprised me. well i went out to eat with the familythen when i got home i tackled the engine...well short story short.... THE ENGINES IN!!!! god that took forever though!! went in from the side but as we got it lowered i got the top 2 tranny bolts in but i was FAR off the engine mounts....after a few minutes i figured out why, the transmission was pulled forward off the brace, when i went to take the engine out i didnt pay attention and forgot 1 tranny bolt so when i was pulling and everthing i pulled the tranny forward thus pulling my driveshaft almost all the way out which is why my tranny was leaking, after i got the engine and tranny pushed back everything settled in but i dented my oil filter and its leaking. i got almost all the wiring hooked up besides the 3 grounds that go on the back of the driver side head and iv gotta tighten up the acc stuff, i cant figure out how they mate. iv got the timing set, iv gotta pull the intake though so i can pull the valve covers and run the valves so thats gotta take awhile but all thats left is the acc, grounds, tightening the flywheels to spec, bellhousing, tranny bolts, exhaust bolts, and putting the driveshaft back in since i popped out wiggling the tranny and putting the fluids in then i should be able to have her done. should be done tomorrow

 

 

 

this picture just looked awesome at the time lol

 

It looks so close yet so far! I got mine running today, I bought a built 700R4 a buddy of mine had. He wanted $500 but he was broke and I offered him 200 and he took it. We had the old trans out and the new one in in about 2 hours.

Hopefully you get yours back together soon so you can enjoy the weather we're currently blessed with lol

 

ha your funny.... sorry im in a pissy mood tonight, got the bell housing all bolted up and started getting the torque converter bolted up and we cant get it into the crankshaft, the s10 was a manual so we both thought a bushing was in the crankshaft....guess what, no bushings that we can see or feel, so i dropped the tranny in mine too, mine only took 30 minutes to drop though, would have been quicker but the dipstick was fun.... i need input

 

had to grind down the converter to get it in, but its all in, i got the tranny in, bellhousing bolted up, TC bolted up, driveshaft in and bolted up, torque arm bolted in, i gotta take my tranny crossmember again though so i can replace the mount. so i got the car off all 4 jack stands and its only on two now, i need to get exhaust bolted up, starter, and the inspection plate on then its going back on the ground. , i replaced my taillights since both of mine were scratched badly or cracked and broken. had one extra off my 90 that was good so i put that in the passenger and ended up scratching the paint on the spoiler and bumber , i got the driver side off my dads uncles son. he just got a 90 RS and it came with a spare driver side but it had the black outs on it at one time and someone glued he velcro on them so now i need to get the old dried up glue off. ITS BEING A PITA!!!!! iv been using oops and it got the sticky stuff off but i need to get the hard stuff off, any suggestions? the car will be done tomorrow. iv got the pullys and everything on, i need to put the grounds on the back of the driver side head and take the valve covers off then i can set my valve lash and reinstall. first is first. im gonna fill her up then shes getting a long needed bath!! then its crusing time boys and girls!!

 

she runs. adjusted timing today and she runs, but i gotta re adjust 2 valves because they are ticking and i gotta seal my driver side since its not sealing. bucause it poppt other than that shes done. oh and i gotta redo my cable shift. we were checking the idle today and as soon as i came out of park and into reverse i could tell something was wrong, same as when i went into drive. when i put it back in park it started rolling backwards because it popped out of the bracket. then i need to recheck my vacum lines and put the hood on and call it a day.

 

its always the small things that make it seem like it take forever....

 

yeah but it will go quick tomorrow im sure of it. anyone have a vacum diagram or anything to help me? i got one off autozone and my haynes book but those dont help me. im missing a few and since i took out EGR i need to remember where those lines ran so i can plug them.

 

well guys shes home. i still have an exhaust leak so i need to pull it up more and i still need to plug my vacum lines but shes running strong and under her own power. forgot to refill my tranny fluid so when i pulled out of my friends garage and onto the street it had no power at all so i need to refill that but other than that shes done!!

 

Well congratulations! That wasn't so bad was it? Did you learn some stuff?

 

never again lol, im not pactient enough lol, and yeah i did but i missed my car....still need that vacum list or diagram.

 

well the cars running alittle better. i remembed i tore the lower plenum gasket so i replaced that and now shes idleing better but after she gets warm and the idle drops shes idleing WAY to low, still around 550 and it dies if it fluctuates any so im still lost, i dont know if its timing or spark plugs or what but its still shaking badly.

 

if its shaking its either timing or a balance issue with the motor.
when you swapped in the new motor, did you use the flexplate and harmonic balancer that came with it?

 

the car was a manual so im using my flexplate for my automatic, and im using the old blancer off my old engine so i could keep the v belts, i changed the timing chain covers so no worries there.

 

well boys and girls, shes running like a top, fixed a huge mess i caused, i had a vacum line that was pumping windsheild washer fluid hooked up to my throttlebody, so yeahhh not good. i got that fixed, adjusted my timing alittle and also changed that flywheel and shes running amazing,no shakes, idles smooth and great now, tons of power, i got my exhaust done so its quiet now, i got my paint touched up and waxed and washed, pics soon on that, changed steering wheel and taillight. looks better, shes ready for that car show!!! wish i could have gotten my headliner done before but oh well. im ready for a trip!!! im happy, oh and i fixed my washer nossles, since i fixed that line problem, it pumps good!! really amazed on the power that thing has!!

 

oh forgot to add that i fixed my driver side and passenger side A piller trim too, i pulled the clips out of the car and slide them in so that went in nice, i changed my belt buckle buttons, and installed new sway bar links!

and i painted my headlight trim aswell.

 

well i got my EGR block off plate finished today, my step dad made them out of aluminum. he made me two. one for the EGR hole, and one that has my ineitals in it that hes going to mount on my intake thing. i cleaned the car inside and out so its ready for the drive tomorrow..err today!!! wish me luck boys. oh and i have bad news, my spare tire hole is GONE big *** hole!!! so i need to fix that. im thinking about pulling the spare tire and jack out since i hope ill never need them.

 

heres my block off plate

 

 

and then my nose!!! much better!!1

 

 

and then my engine bay as it sits now, all done under there i hope!!!!

 

well i went today, that car handles great, thanks to that new engine!! and when i got there i was the 4th car to enter so i got a dash plaqe and a goody bag. we ended up having about 40 cars there, i was the newest i think, there was an 86 olds cutless and i fox body that i dont know the year of. well i got 1'st in the 73- and up class!!!! and i got 2nd in best in show!!! i only lost by 1 vote, it was a 68 boss mustang with a built 302 and it was all decked out with candy paint and leather ect. i had fun. except i didnt get any shade so im burnt bad but i had fun. i love my new trophy

 

Not bad....i bet you caught the show bug....

 

oh yeah, im ready for another one, im going more prepaired next time. but my next one ill have my headliner and seat repaired, and ill have my windows tinted so it will look better. i still need to get a replacment turn signal and a replacment emblem for my center cap

 

You could always part it out and get your 300.00 back out of it pretty easily. Good Luck

 

im not parting it?

 

im getting my headliner done saterday!! then hopefully in a few weeks ill have my window tint done. currently talking to one of the sites members to get all my interior peices so that will be done. after that all i need is my seat repaired and my front parking lamp. if anyone knows someone selling an amber orange parking light let me know. i need it

 

Buy me a set of clear ones and you can have my amber ones

 

headliner gets done tomorrow. i order my new turn signal and will be ordering my center caps and my interior plastics here soon. all that leaves is window tint boys. also i got me some duals!!! my buddy is getting a catback on is 90 rs and im getting the duals off his car!!

 

headliner is done!! im gonna have him repair my seat aswell, he said he would charge me $140 so have the entire side of the seat thats black swade for $140 so im gonna have him to do when i get the extra after i get my tint done and my duals put on. turn signals in the mail i still need to pay the other 2 guys here on the board for my center caps and my plastics. its coming together quickly. anyways heres a picture of the headliner. love his work

 

thats some good work there...

 

well my alternator just took a dump on me..........

 

thats usually how it goes, you get something looking/working nice, and something else craps out

 

i got a set of clear and amber lenses if you both wanna PM me. neither set is perfect but the both are pretty good id give the amber's a 8 out of 10 and the clears a 6 or 7 out of 10 lmk and i can get you pics of the,

 

yeah except i litterally emptyed ever dollar i had into that headliner..........