Aurora 4.0l / Izuzu 5 speed swap into 88 coupe (Page 74/102) Letsbuildanexotic SEP 21, 04:02 PM Hey Snoopy, what's up? I'm the guy you gave your old 4.0L to (still got it), I didn't get a chance to use it, after analyzing the swap it was a bit on the pricey side for me, so I went with a 4.9L. Wanted to see how your project was going, looks like you got a bit farther since the last time I saw it. Stay in touch, I'd like to see it when your done and hopefully mine will be up in running soon as well. Take care, Chris cptsnoopy SEP 23, 03:20 AM quote Originally posted by Letsbuildanexotic: Hey Snoopy, what's up? I'm the guy you gave your old 4.0L to (still got it), I didn't get a chance to use it, after analyzing the swap it was a bit on the pricey side for me, so I went with a 4.9L. Wanted to see how your project was going, looks like you got a bit farther since the last time I saw it. Stay in touch, I'd like to see it when your done and hopefully mine will be up in running soon as well. Take care, Chris Hi Chris, I don't blame you. That's a lot of moving parts in the N* engine. From what I read, the 4.9 is a great engine to install and not nearly as complex or costly to setup. How far along are you with the swap? Have you already got it on the road? My car would likely be driving already if I had not decided to do the body swap too. I'll keep in touch and hope to be going on drives again soon. Charlie Letsbuildanexotic SEP 23, 12:07 PM Everything is mounted and the car is coming down on the cradle for it's first fit test by hell or by high water TODAY! Wiring is 90% done, I had to rebuild my transmission, that's done, the engine still needs a rebuild but does run, so I'm gonna wire her up, fire her off, and work out all the electrical bugs before I rebuild it. I'm horrible with pictures but if I remember I'll snap some pics and post them somewhere, maybe a mini build thread or something. I'll keep ya posted, I have to run your way twice to green up the engine (I always green up my engines all in one shot, ride to phoenix and back twice is over 500 miles). Take care, Chris cptsnoopy FEB 20, 05:26 PM Just a bump, temps are nice here and I've managed to switch to a better schedule. Hoping for progress in March. Charlie Bloozberry FEB 20, 08:13 PM March? There's another 9 days in Feb... let's see some progress! cptsnoopy FEB 22, 01:25 AM That's the problem with sanding. It takes a long time to show a little progress.... lol Charlie GSXRBOBBY MAR 07, 01:30 AM Glad to see you still going on your project! Bloozberry MAR 31, 09:20 AM I took a week off to visit my brother in Phoenix the week before last and tee'd it up to visit Charlie while I was there. (I even brought some Canadian snow along with me.) Some of the first words he spoke upon my arrival were that there's nothing like expecting visitors to make you clean up your shop! His garage was spotless. His car looks awesome, sounds great, and you can tell by the attention to small details everywhere that this car is simply going to rock once it's finished. It was a pleasure to meet you Charlie... now get back to work! cptsnoopy APR 01, 02:51 AM quote Originally posted by GSXRBOBBY: Glad to see you still going on your project! Hi Bobby, Thanks, I hope all is going well with you and yours! Charlie cptsnoopy APR 01, 02:57 AM quote Originally posted by Bloozberry: I took a week off to visit my brother in Phoenix the week before last and tee'd it up to visit Charlie while I was there. (I even brought some Canadian snow along with me.) Some of the first words he spoke upon my arrival were that there's nothing like expecting visitors to make you clean up your shop! His garage was spotless. His car looks awesome, sounds great, and you can tell by the attention to small details everywhere that this car is simply going to rock once it's finished. It was a pleasure to meet you Charlie... now get back to work! Thank you for the Kind words Dave! It was great meeting you and your family. And yes, thank you for providing incentive to dust off the project and getting me inspired to get-r-done! I decided to start with extending the wires from the doors to the body... should be fun. Weather wise, it was nice and warm today. I think it was around 90 degrees and I was happy to see that the air conditioning still works in the house... Charlie