waiting.....


still trying to get a bluetop distributor. that should be the only thing keeping it from running right now. All my leads on getting one are being very slow on getting back to me via email :(

Other good news is that I did pick up those wheels. theyre very sick, I think i'll need some fender work to make em fit nice.

Winter is approaching fast, I really need to get it running before I put it away.

No progress yet. reinstalled the carb manifold and 1 carb last night before it got dark (happens early now) I'll get the other one reinstalled tonight, and maybe take a ride up to Ben Aldens tonight (hes the one I bought the engine off, and says he has a bluetop dizzy i can swap)

I find myself addicted to spending on this car. I still have alot of stuff I'll be buying before the project is over, and I keep finding used parts on club4ag that I feel I need to buy now instead of later. Example, my next purchase should be shocks and brakes so I can get started on swapping to the GTS rearend I have, but I found a deal on some sick 15x8 deep offset Epsilon wheels that I really want. I sent the guy an email today, and will probably be driving out to boston this weekend to pick em up :)

heres a pic of 1 of em...

Still wont run. I've learned I may need a different distributor as the MSD cant run off this JDM hi comp one (later type) as it is hall effect style. I'll pick up a blut top dizzy this week and hopefully solve the problem.

I cleaned and rebuilt the carbs today as well to rule that out as a problem.

Defeat! Got it all finished up today, but couldnt get it to fire up. I expected to have some bugs to work out, but I couldnt figure it out. Started off by having flames shooting out of the carbs, figured out the distributer was clocked wrong, and got it set correctly, so now I at least have it backfiring out of the exhaust (which, by the way looks awesome!)



I'll have to get a couple friends of mine to help me figure it out. soon enough...

Tomorrow is the big day. Went and picked up a Trust DD exhaust today, so I'll install that tomorrow and try to fire it up!

Yesterday I put in a full day of wiring. got the MSD 6AL, MSD tach adapter, and MSD coil all wired in, hooked up the wiring to the fuel pump, and installed an adjustable temp controlled fan switch for the radiator. I took the coil wire off and turned it over a few times to test it and everything seems to be working.

SETBACK

I was lead to believe the exhaust was the same from the cat converter back, but its not. the GTS cat is 6" shorter, so the SR5 exhaust wont bolt up to it. :(

seeing as how my SR5 cat is toast (rusted too badly) I had to just go ahead and buy the new exhuast for it. I bought a Greddy (Trust) DD catback exhaust, and hopefully I'll have it soon.

in the meantime I've started with the wiring, and its coming along great. I was able to retain the SR5 engine harness so I didnt have to do any searching for the gauge cluster wiring.