My Wife’s 88 T-Top Chop-Top LS4 Build (Page 52/73)
F355spider OCT 07, 06:24 PM
Gianina did not want to wait on me this weekend so she started swaping out the valve covers.



I had to remove some material for her. to fit the back one.





With coil pack on



She was happy to push it back under the car.

Doing something. I think I was trying to get the socket on the impac.




Engine is back in the car



this time it looks like it all fits.


I have good clearance for the belt now.
F355spider OCT 07, 06:31 PM
The Alt is on and all seems to fit OK. Belt looks good and strait.









That it it untill the next trip. the car is back on all fours again.
josef644 OCT 07, 08:02 PM
Excellent.
engine man OCT 07, 08:36 PM
Wow there are a lot of mods to get that engine in I wonder if it just wouldn't be easier to put it in longitudinal and cut and move part of the firewall 4 inches i know the axles would be out of line . i am just saying thats a lot of work and you are doing a great job
Marine1981 OCT 07, 10:29 PM
He was close and had the saw in hand but was talked out of it lol. Glad to hear it is on all fours again Mike. That much closer!!
kennn OCT 07, 11:45 PM
Thanks for the documentation of your work. I'm curious as to how you mounted the alternator. I see that it's rotating backwards, but not how it's mounted. That's pretty novel. I'd like to consider doing that myself.

Ken

------------------
'88 Formula V6
'88 GT TPI V8

Marine1981 OCT 08, 02:32 PM
He fabricated his own bracket to mount it up and out of the way of the heat from the exhaust and to get it a little further away from dust and dirt from the road.
F355spider OCT 08, 04:55 PM

quote
Originally posted by Marine1981:

He fabricated his own bracket to mount it up and out of the way of the heat from the exhaust and to get it a little further away from dust and dirt from the road.



Yea what he said. I got the idea from West Coast were they did something similar.
F355spider OCT 08, 09:30 PM

quote
Originally posted by engine man:

Wow there are a lot of mods to get that engine in I wonder if it just wouldn't be easier to put it in longitudinal and cut and move part of the firewall 4 inches i know the axles would be out of line . i am just saying thats a lot of work and you are doing a great job



Yea I had no idea when I started. How does it go no pain no gain. I seem to always go out on a limb. Just my nature I guess.
blakeinspace OCT 15, 10:46 AM
digging the photo's and updates.

missed seeing you guys at Ruckus.

------------------
<---- did you buy Cliff a beer?
......................................................www.northtexasfieroclub.org