Stripped down the front of the engine and that tire is finally off :)
I finally got my welder dug out and welded the back side of the stud on that wheel. now that it can’t turn it didnt take much to finish getting the wheel off and...
Category: V8 Conversion
Trying to get one of the back tires off.
Well now that the engine is apart and waiting for the new parts to put in it I figure it is a good time to start finishing up everything else. first thing was to...
Cleaned up the lifter valley and stripped the heads down.
Well a flat screwdriver, shop vac and drill with a wire brush works pretty good to get the crud off. I plugged all the oil drain holes with rags and scraped all the hard...
Tearing down the engine to do some work to it.
Well after building a garage now I finally have a place to work on stuff, It takes a long time to build a large building by yourself 🙂 here is a picture of my...
Pedals mounted and brakes working again.
I mounted the pedals and they seem to be about perfect in where they are mounted and the travel on them. If I move the seats a bit closer together in the car and...
Firewall mounted and mounting pedals for the absolutely last time.
Here is the firewall mounted and bolted in place. The hole for the master cylinder has been cut and the pedal mount is put in place. The gas pedal is just sitting there to...
aluminum firewall cut out.
The main firewall was cut out using the cardboard template that was cut to fit the opening. I used aluminum for the lower section of the firewall, I figured the footwell area needed to...
Cleaned out the foot area and made a cardboard template for a firewall.
Well Today went pretty good. I managed to rip most of the stuff that was still remaining in the interior out and get enough room to get under there and work on stuff. I...
Got the pedals figured out and ready to build a firewall now.
Well after a long cold winter and not getting a garage built I finally got a break in the weather and started back on the car where I left off. I finished fitting the...
Moved pedal mounting
Well that front firewall might have looked real bad but it did it’s job and I have about 250 miles on the car now. The only real major problem I had was the alignment...
Sort of a front firewall and some other random interior stuff.
What a firewall 🙂 at least it keeps the air and dirt out for now. I just needed something to let me drive it over 45 without having to have googles on. a bit...
Rear firewall and seatbelts mounted.
Well I bolted down the rear firewall but it doesn’t quite fit right anymore, it had a opening in it for the old tunnel from the VW pan. instead of trying to fiberglass it...
started cleaning up the wiring and hooking everything up.
The mess of wiring in the engine compartment is finally gone 🙂 I shortened and soldered everything together now and started putting the dashboard wiring together. I have all the lights hooked up now...
Vent cut behind license plate and fans mounted in the trunk.
The first picture in the series is an idea other people have given me on getting some of the hot air out of the trunk, basically I just cut the fiberglass out from behind...
Heat shields made up and trying to figure out where to put some fans in the back.
Well putting the heat wrap on the muffler made it a lot cooler but the trunk was still getting to much heat on it so I put some aluminum over the muffler and it...
Car is back from muffler shop.
I need to make a new sound clip now of the car actually sounding halfway normal. I put some of the heat wrap on the pipes to try and keep the heat down some...
Few random pics of the car ready to go get aligned and exhaust pipes.
The inside of the car is cleaned up more or less with just enough stuff to get to the shop with, Duct tape, rope, 4 coat hangers and a pair of vice grips. I...
Muffler position figured out and ready for pipes.
Well after mounting the trunk in place it was a bit close to the body behind the license plate. I ‘adjusted’ the brackets so the muffler is closer to the trans mount and is...
Figured out where and how to stick a muffler on it finally.
Well after talking about different ways of doing things and trying a few different mufflers, I finally went with a crossflow stuck right behind the trans. The brackets are not quite what I plan...
Gas pedal finally fixed and working brake lights.
Well I finally got a good working gas pedal in the car. The old caddy one was bad to come off its mounts and didn’t have much range of movement. The new pedal with...
New computer in, minor repairs on engine and now it runs smooth.
I finally got the computer back from Jegs. It was backordered so the car has been sitting for about 2 weeks with no major work being done. I put it in and did some...
Hydraulic throttle installed.
The hydraulic cable wasn pretty easy to install. I ended up putting it on backwards so the master cylinder is on the carb but since the pistons are the same size on each end...
Started sorting out the mess of wiring in the car.
Well the wiring in the car is an absolute mess. I only have brake lights and the gauges hooked up right now. the rest of the wiring is either cut up lost or stuffed...
Few engine details, brakes fixed, and other little things.
The front suspension has been starting to sit to low to the ground with all the new stuff being added to the car. With me sitting in it and trying to drive it the...
Running good now with fuel injection and computer controlled ignition.
Here it is finally running more or less smooth. The only bad thing about it is there is no exhaust on it to speak of and it is very loud. The sound file if...
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