V1 Mayor West's 09 SS/TC Ext. Track Turbo #191 [South Carolina] [Registered] [Sold]

[Mayor West]

I didn't use mine, they are yours if you want.

Turns out I can't find these at Lowes, so if I could snag yours I'd appreciate it! I'll send a PM.

 

[Mayor West]

Tonight I was able to get some time slotted for the gob. I did my rear main seal, throw out bearing, flywheel/clutch, and transmission mounting.

I'm waiting on some new powder to come tomorrow so I can coat some more brackets, the spare oven is really coming in handy.

Pics of the progress, my garage is an absolute disaster bit I'm really enjoying the 3rd spots space.

 

[RouteAbel]

Looking great

 

[Zoom Zoom]

Outstanding job you are doing

 

[Mayor West]

Tonight I got the front suspension all done and powder coated a few more parts. Slapped the front wheels on for a photo shoot. Pardon the mess.

No brakes installed yet, I plan on powdering those this weekend if I get time.

Gonna take fathers day to myself and bust out the engine install, looking forward to freeing up some room in the garage.

Probably won't get as far as first crank, but it'll be nice to see it sitting in there.

 

[Anks329]

Looks awesome! I did the same thing, and put the wheels on to see how it would look

 

[Zoom Zoom]

That’s really looking nice, I love the chrome wheels, The wheels make the car look that much better

 

[Mayor West]

The color is "hyper black" and is more of a shiny darker greyish metallic. Honestly I'm not sure I like it and sort of wish I had gone black. I may have them painted down the road.

 

[Mayor West]

Got the engine in today, was pretty straight forward. The bolt patterns are a little weary though. The passenger side seems super close to the water pump access panel.

Can someone tell me if I got this right for an 09 SS/TC?

 

[Ark :D]

That is correct!

 

[Mayor West]

Okay good. Next question, does everyone else have interior square threaded carriage bolts for their subframe? Mine have squares just below the domed top but since my subframe is circular it just spins and I'm weary of tightening it down.

Also, my rear of the subframe (front of the Cobalt) doesn't look like it's anywhere close to the frame holes by more than 4/4 of an inch on both sides.

 

[Ark :D]

I have the same type of carriage bolts, but I just tightened them down as-is. There's nothing to grasp on that side of the bolt since they used the rounded-head bolts due to hose clearance, so I figured the square interior part is there to grab on and lock down.

My rear subframe bolt holes were off a tiny bit too, maybe like an eighth of an inch. I just used elbow grease to line it up and get them both started. Maybe they don't all come off the jig perfect.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Square peg in a round hole will cause an interference fit of the carriage bolt heads and dig into the edge of the bolt holes a bit.
If you have a concrete chisel 'star drill" you can pean a small edge dimple into the edges of the bolt holes to make it slightly more square.

 

[Mayor West]

Yeah it's set in perfect like a glove now.

I noticed when installing my transmission that my in between shield thing is blocki g the last subframe/trans mount. It lines up perfectly for the mount itself but the spacer thing is in the way.

It only looks to go on one way though. Really don't want to remove the transmission after just installing it.

Thoughts?

I wonder if I need to loosen it up and try and adjust it around but it has dowel pins and they both fit perfectly.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

The shield thing on the intermediate driveshaft off the passenger side of the transmission?

 

[Mayor West]

The shield thing on the intermediate driveshaft off the passenger side of the transmission?

The plate that goes between the transmission bell housing and the flywheel side.

I attached pics in my previous post. The flywheel is visible through the plate and I'm told that's the correct orientation.

Added more pics

 

[Ross]

I don't think the plate is in the correct orientation. It came out of that spot before it was disassembled, right?

 

[Mayor West]

I don't think the plate is in the correct orientation. It came out of that spot before it was disassembled, right?

Yeah, it came from the transmission between and looks to only go on one way :'(

****. I don't want to remove this thing.

Here's the only pic of the plate I have. It looks to only fit one way.

 

[Desert Sasqwatch]

Looks identical to the one I have that came out of my 08 SS/TC. There shouldn't be any transmission mounting holes blocked.

 

[Ross]

The extra bump goes around the starter motor, and the missing section goes near the right half drive shaft.
You might be able to flip it if you get those backwards.

Transmission help needed

I did a fair job labeling and documenting most things but I really blew it on the day I split my transmission from engine. I think I might have had too many cold beverages that hot August day. Now I am not sure how to mate the transmission and which bolts go where. If anyone has good pictures or...

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