There is a vac line in the front of the intake that's where you should plug in the regulator. That's where my Zex box is getting connected.

If you add a T-fitting ( like a radiator flush kit comes with) to the heater hose( by the platic elbow) you can fill the engine with coolent easier that way

I was thinking the same thing, but off the thermostat housing, I guess it would work either way.

Just so im clear on this, I need to go off of the port uneder the blowers snout. The port right above the heatercore elbow.

I did remove the boost bypass, and I did notice a line going from the boost bypass into the fuel pressure reg, do I have to worry about that?

I just recievd my whole exhaust, 2 3" mandrel U bends, 2 2.5" mandrel U bends, 2 2.5 straight pipes, 1 3" straight pipe, Afterburner Muffler, and 2 hooker resonated tips. It's going to be fun fitting all of that in the rear .

I also mounted my IC radiator. this was the WORST part of the swap so far, my hands are so cut up right now from rubbing up agains the radiator it isn't even funnny

DH:
Here's a pretty cool setup that you might want to consider. There is no alteration of the stock 38oo SC T-stat which will allow you to fill the car & motor away from the engine. The vette tank is also self bleeding, so there's little hassle with getting what not stuck into the system leading to overheating. You will have to drill the T-stat so that there's constant flow from the motor.
I have had this setup on the SSEiGT for more than a year now with no issues.

--Allen

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quote Originally posted by mcaanda: DH: Here's a pretty cool setup that you might want to consider. There is no alteration of the stock 38oo SC T-stat which will allow you to fill the car & motor away from the engine. The vette tank is also self bleeding, so there's little hassle with getting what not stuck into the system leading to overheating. You will have to drill the T-stat so that there's constant flow from the motor. I have had this setup on the SSEiGT for more than a year now with no issues. Hope that helps. Golden - looks super sweet man. I wish that I had thought about bed lining when I painted my engine bay... --Allen

A few questions on that self bleeding sysytem. What year vette is it off of? So basicly what happens it that a rad tube from the thermostat housing goes into the vette bleding system, and another tube comes out and goes to my drivers side coolant pipe? I fill the system where ever I want, and I keep filling the vette canister until all the air is gone, sounds A LOT easier than doing it the old fashioned way.

Here are the stock fuel lines that I cut and flared to accept rubber hose

I also pulled the 2.8 off the cradle, and inststalled all new poly mounts. You can also see the fuel tank in the background, I installed my new fuel pump

I also installed the 2.8 starter onto the 3800, aswell as the machined flywheel

Pete

Looking good can't wait to see it at the dell this year.!

I don't know who will be finished first, but I can't wait for it to be done.

I also cain't wait for the Dells either. To me, every year is better than the last.

I mounted the IC pump in the trunk, where the alternator/coil pack fan used to be. It fits really nice in that location, and it is out of the way. There was a TON of sticky foam junk back there sealing up the ducting, it was a pain to get it out. When you pulled the faom off, it would leave strings of glue, like spider webs trailing off of it. Sorry for the blurry pic.

I used the holes the fan used to use for my IC hoses, I don't have to drill any extra holes in my trunk. I only have one of them mounted and ran, the other hose will go to the IC its self.

And here is a pic of my gauges all mounted and finished. I had trouble running the hard plastic line for the boost gauge.

Actually they are two of them joined together with a larger plastic line ( fits snug over both of them) and super glue. If you go to your local hardware store, you can find the size just larger than this one, and slip it over the end, and butt the other hose right up to it. The super glue actually bonds the two hoses, and creates a air tight seal.

Please forgive the blurry pics, I think I dropped my cam one too many times. seem more and more the camera goes out of focus.

The pressure plate bolts finaly arrived today, and I was able to make so progress. here is the spec stage 3 clutch going in.

Here is the engien supporting itself for the first time

This is what the belt routing looks like with AC, and a lower alternator mount

The car all ready for its new engine. The car had to be a lot higher to clear the supercharger, kind of unsteady lifted that high.

Car being lowered onto the cradle

This is how the dog bone lines up with the lower alternator mount, I will have to fab one up.

It is very weird to see that engine in the rear of my car, I can't believe it is almost finished.

It really is weird to see it back there yesterday. I couldn't stop staring at it. I can't wait to hear it fire up.
The new rims look good on the car too.

2. on the dogbone bracket, did you use the "stock gtp" DB? looks like it. anyway, you can trim an 1/8th off the back of the bracket that attaches to the block. that should move it over enough to use the Fiero DB with no problems...

again, just some thoughts I have....

I have the "cool" hose going directly from the radiator up front into the IC plate, all the other lines in the engien bay are "post" IC hoses, so I really don't car how hot they get.

I figured out how to fix the dog bone, its in my next post...

I used a 1/2 inch aluminum block to shim the front engien mount up. The engine was sitting in there kind of slanted, and making the dogbone not line up.

Here is what I did with the throttle cable. I went out to the parts store, and bought this cable clamp thing

I then drilled out the stock hole to fit the cable clamp

Final product

Here is what I did with the coolant fill, just a simple in line tee. The coolant hose part numbers are AutoZone p/n XL-1004 for the upper/left and Advance Auto p/n E71075 for the lower. thanks Darth.

I basicly just need to do the exhaust.

My dogbone bracket and the bracket on the trunk firewall doesnt line up either. Buy putting a spacer in you made the sc snoot slant upwards? How far off was yours before you put the spacer in? What front engine mount are you using? Ive got PurpleReigns. I havent put on my dogbone yet. On mine it appears by raising my sc nose up it will make the alignment worse. Ummm maybe not...ill have to take a closer look in the morning http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/071510.html

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" DRIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT"

Actually I didn't raise it for the dog bone, I did it to level out the engine, now it sits PERFECTLY level in the car. It just so happens that the dog bone lined up too. I am using a purplereign style mount, but it was made by a forum member named Tim (Fiero STS), you can see the mount in this thread, I think a few pages back.

WOO HOO! 1000th post!

Here is a pic of the coil pack, I did it Fast Fieros style, down below.

Here is how my ECM fits, still kind of messy, I have to clean it up, but you get the idea.

After all that was done, I put the battery in, ran all the cables, and hope to jebus the car started. I primed the engine by letting it crack for a few seconds without the fuel pump relay, or the ICM plugged in. After that, I plugged them back in, I let the fuel pump prime, and a quarter second later it fired right up.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT FRIGGIN RUNS!!!

It was REALLY loud due to having absolutly no exhaust, and had the meanest lope I have ever heard from a V6. I only ran it for a few seconds, but in that time, it idled great, and oil pressure was good too.

Here is a pic of basicly what it will look like complete, minus a few stray wires in the back due to my alarm.

Next comes the fun part, the exhaust. My uncle is comming over tommorrow to help weld up my exhaust, he has been welding for 20 years I think. Here is all the room I don't have to run the exhaust. Thats facing the trunk mind you.


I have to fit 3" mandrel bends back there, I don't know how people do it.

I am so happy it runs, and didn't fry anything, not too bad for my first wiring job.

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It's an Afterburner muffler. He has the name of the muffler listed and a pic of it on this same page further up.

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Glad to hear you got yours running too. Well we did...it was a struggle but Im glad I did the wiring myself or atleast the labor. I had alot of help. Ask alot of questions. It started right up without a miss. The coolant fan comes on. The speed works. Good oil pressure reading and voltage.

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