this is what I pulled out. Look at that rust! You can see why I'm staying w/the 3.4 oil pan. Overall not too hard, but those tranny bolts were a pain.



this is a beter pic of the 3.4 & 2.8 Y-pipes. The 3.4 has a better union of the two pipes, but you can clearly see the difference in how to connect the cat convertor & rest of exhaust.

 

This is prabably a stupid question , but what made it rust so bad like that ? antifreeze leaking ? ... I bet you cant wait to get this thing running so you can take your bikes out of the garage

 

rust........dunno. The car was garaged for 2yrs before I got it. looks as bad as the heads do. The bikes are on the "other side" of the garage. As soon as the neighbors moved out, I spread out my operation like a fungus. just hope no one new looks in the garage hoping to park their car

 

While we're on the subject, heres mine

 

stupd program wont let save the pics of the new tranny lines, timing marks, or good pic of dash cover/color

 

here's link to the timing teeth of the 2.8 on the 3.4. Some creative triming needed to be done

 

Man that is SO SICK !!!!

I LOVE that blue !!!!!!

Keep up the good work man !

 

I like your bird emblem to !

 

that blue intake is awsome!!!!!!:hail: is it powder coated or painted?

 

blue & aluminum paint are the 500* type.
valve covers are same color as base manifold.
Bird on upper plenum is from 78 T/A, outside b-pillar, decal was gone.
Should I piant the raised runners on the plenum black or silver? or just leavve as is?

still haven't decided how to paint tb yet.....any suggestions



egr tube, & freshly painted poncho intake for swap also

 

Damn, man, that looks freakin' awesome!! Very nice job!!! You should go for a magazine shoot when you're done (or at least a car show or two)!!

 

Looks good 85 2.8, I plan, let me re-state that, I was TOLD to paint the plenium color change, so thats what I'm working on this week. I cant polish it, damnit.

 

I started topolish it w/wire brush. Worked pretty good, but curvy areas needed dremel to do, and the different grades of wires bristles looked crappy. I did my 77T/A in blue & am just keeping tradition alive

any ideas on throtle body color? will be a bytch to paint though