10/3/2022
Day 7
Hours Worked: 12
Hours: 39
Engine is in! Sort of... It is bolted in with 2 bolts on both sides but I am not sure if they are the correct bolts so I will add a picture for that below. We got all of the parts back from powder coating, again, and they look great. We spent about 2 hours today rubbing the threads of the adjustment perches with acetone because some powder coat got in the but now the rear shocks are assembled and look really good. I also had a major issue with one of the upper control arms for the front of the car and a heim bolt got stuck inside of it and I have to order a new one from DF. Hopefully it arrives soon. We also put the seat and the harness inside of the car just to see what it looks like and I love it, all the colors match and it's really turning into something now.
Here is the (oversimplified) list of everything to do. Mostly just the major systems that need to be finished up before it is drivable:
Plumb the engine
- Coolant lines and reservoir
- Vacuum lines
- Intake
Front suspension
- Upper and lower control arms
- Hubs
- Brakes
Rear Suspension
- Install subframe
- Attach control arms
- Attach coil overs
- Attach hubs
Wiring
- Connect EVERYTHING
- Likely find that the frankensteined supercharged donor will need some rewiring
- Fix no power issues
- Fix no start issues
(I would be extremely surprised if both of those things don't happen)
Registration
- Going to make an appointment at the DMV and get it registered. Apparently in MN it is very easy
Misc
- I am sure there are things I am forgetting and things that need to be done
Currently no update on the wiring harness, really hoping we get it soon fingers crossed. Kind of disappointing that we have had to wait this long and if we had known this we might have done the harness ourselves. We also would have learned a lot but I suppose that is all in hindsight.
Questions:
Are these the correct bolts for the engine mount? I feel like they aren't:
Do I need to use the transmission mount spacers? The engine seems to mount without them.
Here is the thread that has a lot of my other questions.
Summary:
I have had some more stuff going on and honestly the engine is very intimidating and I don't really want to screw anything up so doing stuff around it does not give me that much confidence. I am struggling a little bit with motivation right now just due to this but today was a good day because we got the rear coil overs which look really cool. Honestly this whole project is made much easier by smaller tasks being completed out of a much larger thing. Hopefully soon we will get that harness and we can really start making some good progress!