I finished out the shift linkage mounts.



The select cable bracket got put together and cut apart twice, so it's a little frankenstienish.



I used Rodney's shift cable clamp to hold the cable on the new bracket.



The select bracket mounts to two horizontal bolts with deep bosses.



The bracket does clear the reverse switch, but you have to have it plugged in before you mount the bracket.



The shift bracket uses a horizonontal bolt on the side and two vertical bolts on the top from the oem transmission mount.



I made a new shift lever using the ball stud and counter wieght from the original.



The ball is much lower then it was. Given the angle the shift cable has to be pretty high up to keep everything aligned right.



My design intent was to make the brackets stiff as they can be to minimise the lash in the shifter. The shifter feels real good on the bench. Next time the motor is back in the car I'll find out if I need longer cables.

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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger

I started gathering bits and pieces to fab the exhuast. First I needed to put the new adjustable rear bar from HHP. Looks great Paul.



I was thinking of dropping the exhuast in front of the bars but there is not room for the pipe radius.



I found a nice machined flange on line for 3" tube, a little over kill but I had a bunch of 3" tube from the V8 exhaust.



I need to get a cat before I start cutting & tacking.



I still like the Tsudo, but I would have to section the trunk wall and still cut up the lower part of it. It's actually sitting on the frame.



I found this wheezer from a solstice GXP. It's all backwards for the fiero setup but it almost bolts right up.



If anybody is thinking about doing this you will need to get the solstice GXP water transfer pipe. The cast turbo exhuast header interferes with the LSJ version. The GXP must dogleg futher away. Other wise It's a perfect fit.

I need to get something for a muffler too.

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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger

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If you can't be good, be good at it.

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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger

The HPP adjustable rear sway bar interfered with the rear trans mission bracket that I made to clear the OEM bars. The HPP bars sit on blocks that move them forward a bit. In a stock V6 or I4, this would not be an issue but the F35 transmission is bigger then the 282 and nothing is remotely simular in my particular setup, so I wipped up a new one to clear everybodies bar.



The bar is sitting on the old bracket in the mid-position of the slotted holes on the poly mounts.



The basic new bracket in check fit before I cut the hole for the bushing tube.



Shown all welded up with lighting holes. I may grind a tad more clearance on the vertical surface as I expect about a 1/4" of movement at full load. This one fits better then the first one so I'm happy.

I'm waiting on the new cat and some tube donuts before I start on the exhaust.

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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger

Put the engine back in to start on the exhuast while I am still waiting on the cat and donut tube.



I intalled the shifter cables and everything fit pretty good. I swapped cable holes in the firewall and ran the shifter through the select hole (smaller & nearer to the transmission side) to get as much length as I can. If I were to order custom cables I would make the select about 3" shorter and the shift about 5" longer to be perfect.



But it's usable like they are with no tight bends.

There must be a reverse lockout on the cobolt ss as 5th will not be selected if the shifter is pushed all the way over to the reverse gate. There is no detent in the transmision when the select is position for 5th or further over for reverse. So I may have to make one later if it's an issue when it runs for the first time.

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yellow 88 GT, not stock
white 88 notchie, 4 banger