Greengoblin's Build Thread! (Page 9/12)
greengoblin0129 NOV 23, 09:55 AM
11-23-06
Received all my mounts I need for the swap yesterday:

Got the 3 mounts with bushings from PURPLE REIGN, and the front engine mount off ebay from Fiero Addiction. They are all Great quality mounts!
I wear pants DEC 17, 03:20 PM
Bump for ya. Whats new with your swap?
greengoblin0129 DEC 17, 07:59 PM

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Originally posted by I wear pants:

Bump for ya. Whats new with your swap?




Thanks for the bump! Not much is new, been working 40 hours a week with going to college so havn't had much time to work on the car. I have a week off after christmas so might be able to get somthing done then lol. Since my last post i've deleted all my EVAC stuff, got my flywheel in, and got my motor mounts on the cradle. So maybe 2 hours worth of work in the last week or two on the swap Right now i'm having to drive my sisters KIA with pink boxing gloves in the back seat because my daily
driver, silver gt, decited to throw a rod Only good thing is that I have some cash saved up to get some of the bigger things done on the car. Ordering alot of parts tomorrow so i'll be broke again haha, damn Fiero's
3800SC flywheel


Because I don't have nothing cool to post right now, heres some pics of stuff goin on at school, LTI
One side done on a PT, had a head on collision and quarter panel smashed.


and the other side starting out:

hood:



My buddies S10 that had very bad hail damage. Hopfully putting air ride on it next week:
greengoblin0129 DEC 26, 08:26 PM
12-26-06
Ordered a Spec stage 3 clutch today, and yellowfiero88 delivered a getrag tranny too! Didn't get much work done on the swap today, just cleaned the tranny up, and mounted the oil filter ext along with a new gasket. As soon as I get my clutch in the tranny and engine is going onto the cradle. It's getting close to being done now! I have the week off work and school so hopfully I can get some work done on it. I always see post about how much a 3800SC swap cost, so I started a list at the start of my swap, it adds up pretty quick. Heres the list of parts:

Heres a higher res pic
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greengoblin0129 DEC 27, 07:53 PM
Got the tranny cleaned and painted up today, and now it's ready to go onto the cradle.
Before:

After:

sry pics didn't come out good, batteries were low.
greengoblin0129 DEC 28, 06:09 PM
I'm in the middle of mounting the tranny onto the cradle, and have a quick question. I have it on, but not sure if the front mount is right. There is 2 different spots to mount it, around 1in of each other. Do I have it mounted in the right holes? Or does it have to be moved over to the other set of holes?


and some more pics:


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greengoblin0129 JAN 08, 10:03 PM
GOT MY CLUTCH IN TODAY!!! It was only a 2 week wait lol. So I got the engine off the stand tonight, and got the flywheel and clutch kit mounted. Also got the starter mounted, ended up using the one I had on my 2.8 because I only had it on the car for 40 miles. Put a order into summit today so hopfully I can get this thing running this weekend! Got the week off work so i'll be working on it everyday. Heres some pics
Flywheel mounted

Spec 3 Clutch kit



going onto the cradle
I wear pants JAN 08, 10:30 PM
Sweet, I can't wait to see the finished product. Those spec 3 clutches take a little getting used to, but I'm sure with all of the low end torque from the 3.8 it should not be a problem.

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darkhorizon JAN 09, 01:53 AM
I noticed "freeze plug" on your list for parts to buy, I asume this is for your water pump inlet.

I tried the freeze plug idea, but it ended up not working so I went to a 1 inch rubber pinch plug. They are designed SPECIFICLY for plugging these holes, my local advance auto had a few different sizes.

looking good, only about 2 more days work left!
greengoblin0129 JAN 09, 04:59 PM
Took for ever to line up, but the tranny and engine are now together and on the cradle!!! Started lowering the engine onto the cradle with the tranny already mounted, but nothing would line up. After messing with it for awhile I took the tranny off the cradle and tried it with just the engine mounted. Picked the tranny up and it mated right up to the block lol.