well got a few things done today, new high pressure fuel pump, aluminum drive shaft, lakewood lower control arms, J&P panhard rod, and bmr front chassis brace are on. just ordered my new wiring harness for the tpi and should be here by the end of the week. I will admit my experience of tearing into a motor is close to none so I may need some help with the manifold change and vaccum line things. if anybody would be willing to come out to crete and maybe help spin a few wrenches maybe next week that would be really awsome. dinner is on me if you made the trek.

 

Come'on, its not soo bad. Look at my motor!

From this.....


To this.....


And now this!!!

 

If you want I can prob come down and help though not sure how much, the first avalible weekend day is gonna be the first of august.

I still have a long way for mine

 

the part that makes the swap a bit confusing for me is that I am going from tbi to tpi but the tpi setup came off an 85 IROC soooo it only has the two vaccum ports on the back instead of the three that I need and all the other MAF to SD stuff that goes with it. got the fuel rail and runner plugged. I just ordered the tbi to tpi integrator harness from S&P to make things a little easier for me. I know.... I know the harness was a bit pricey for what it does but it should make things clearer for me. and here is a question for you, on the tbi I have a brace that runs from the manifold to the back of the belt tensioner. now the tpi manifold doesn't seem to have this same mounting point on the manifold. in fact I don't see any point to bolt it to at all. do I not need this? I thought that brace is what keeps belt setup together? some light would be helpful. and also fruity I see you are using the BBK regulator like I am. the bolt was of course too long and had to be cut down. I cut it about half way, still have to tighten it up to get it to clear. how far did you cut it and what pressure did you set it at?

 

just throw that bracket out