The Miura project begins (Page 58/84) whodeanie MAR 21, 12:23 PM Great to see the owner as happy with his car as we all are katatak MAR 22, 08:22 PM Glad to see the owner is happy! I am very sad as I know that the end of this thread is near. I am going to miss my daily visit to this thread. I can't wait to see what comes out of Archie's shop next. This one will be tough to top but Archie and crew have what it takes to do it. Thanks Archie for sharing all this excellent work. A lot of us have learned a great deal from this thread. Pat fourpoint9 MAR 22, 11:36 PM Archie MAR 27, 11:34 PM Well how about a little update on the car. Since the last update, we've taken the interior back out of the car. We also took the metal inside door framework & sent them out for Powdercoating. I've meda a list of all the items we need to finish the car & all the things we need to do yet..... When we finish something we check it off, when think of something that's not on the list we add it to the list. All of the parts we need to finish the LS3 6 speed are here & we're working on installing them. We've finished the plywood pattern for the rear window, I'll drop it off to get an actual window made next week. Friday, Rob got a lot of the wiring done on the engine & a lot will be going on this next week. We are pushing to try to get the engine all hooked up & the exhuast on it & try to fire it up by the end of next week. I expect that I'll be updating this thread everyday next week. By the end of the week I hope to be posting up a U-Tube video of the first starting of the engine. Rob working on routing the harness. These harnesses are designed for front engine rear wheel drive cars. So some of the wires need to be re-routed so that it looks good when we're done. Most of those wires are laying down out of the way in this pic. The electronic gas pedal has been mounted & the ECM will be in the original Fiero location & all the wires from the LS3 harness that needed to be in the interior have been run thru the bulkhead. We still have to mount the fuse/relay panel, then it'll be time to work what is left of the Fiero harness into this. Archie skuzzbomer MAR 28, 06:30 PM I just had an insane thought streak across my mind.... 180 degree headers. I understand how much room a proper setup like that takes, but I think the sound would be so worth it - especially considering the lengths you've gone already - to make this a brilliant car. Maybe I'm nuts (don't tell me if I am - I'm enjoying myself too much ). Either way Archie MAR 31, 06:05 PM Fire in the hole. LS3 Miura comes to life. Archie MAR 31, 09:06 PM We've spend all of this week so far hooking up the wiring, cooling system, finishing up the fuel fill, building the exhaust & a few other things for the LS3. Today, just before 5pm, we fired up the engine for the 1st time. It fired right up & I got video of it. However, You Tube is out of service right now, so the video will have to wait. For now, you can look at a picture of Rob & Kris taken right after we started it up. I'll post the video up as soon as I can. Archie aeffertz MAR 31, 09:23 PM *eagerly awaits the video* Archie MAR 31, 10:00 PM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PtOpFNAMf4 Next video will be some test driving. Archie Archie APR 01, 08:29 PM 1st. Test drive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4VjNewcXMo Archie