Another "AMERICA" swap.....

[flybye]

I got this car on trade and it needed quite a bit of work. The car had a blacktop SR with pretty much every bolt on and then some and was making just shy of 350whp on an evo3 16g setup. Shortly after I got it the turbo took a shit. So then I tossed on a Precision GT3271 along with many other new things and played with it for a few months. I had a few more issues come up and just decided to tear the car apart early in the season. My initial plan was to make the car MINE. I then parted it all out and planned to do an LSx swap along with many other new upgrades. Well I just recently sold off my LSx swap stuff and changed my mind again. I've already had my LS1 fun with past cars and am now going a different route. I've decided on building a sbf setup and will probably throw a little boost at it. I like the thought of having an under dog V8 with all these LSx swapped cars running around now.

Sooooo with that all said. I've also done some suspension changes, new aero and widebody, getting ready to paint, few sets of new wheels and many other little things. Oh and I need to clean up and make some additions to my cage.

Here are a few pics of the car since I've owned it. Im posting from my phone now, but I will keep this updated as best as I can with more pics soon!

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These crappy wheels are gone and my old bolt on GTP daily
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The ugly cage.....
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/IMG_1893.jpg

Mock up of the new turbo/old setup
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/30048_1433082663153_1115507361_1262.jpg

One of the many issues I had...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2010-07-31_14-26-50_215-1.jpg

How it sits now....and repping for Team Rowdy in my temporary garage
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/59486_428128352126_511447126_5397761_6111282_n.jpg

I am pretty familiar with Ford stuff as well. I should have kept this one :(
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/100_0960.jpg

[flybye]

some of the new parts going in

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2010-10-13_18-13-29_788.jpg

When I first started stripping what remained of my interior

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-02-19_18-39-28_31.jpg

This was how packed my little old garage was. The car is underneath :lol:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-02-19_18-34-45_384.jpg

Here is where it sat for the past few months

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[flybye]

Marked off the quarters to cut out for my rear over fenders

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-03-18_02-16-23_221.jpg

Ended up stripping out the dash harness and everything off the column and yanked the factory ignition (not off in the pic)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-03-18_02-16-31_568.jpg

Body harness and almost all unnecessary bullshit pulled out.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-03-18_02-16-03_564.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-03-18_02-16-46_37.jpg

[flybye]

Windshield out....possibly going with speed glass and adding some gussets to the cage.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-01_13-32-42_579.jpg

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Getting stripped and ready for paint!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-01_13-32-09_909.jpg

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http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-01_13-31-35_972.jpg

World class T5 with a somewhat fresh rebuild

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-03-27_21-25-09_52.jpg

[flybye]

One fender well partially cut out

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-06_13-49-06_888.jpg

Sanding down the cage

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-06_13-49-15_944.jpg

Both fender wells cut out. I still need to trim and clean them up. I also powerwashed the whole chassis. This is before I cut the other quarter out. .

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-06_15-23-58_621.jpg

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http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-06_15-24-43_232.jpg

My 1Jay swap.... (my version of a 1JZ-GTE)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-06_14-35-00_540.jpg

[flybye]

Both quarters are cut out. I still need to fold over the inner wells, tack weld and then cover with fiberglass.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-07_13-32-37_687.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-07_14-39-12_239.jpg

I have my buddies doing all the shit work lol.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-07_13-32-49_586.jpg

Started a little paint for the engine bay/wheel wells.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-07_14-39-01_317.jpg

New undercoating

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-08_14-30-30_918.jpg

I dropped the front subframe and pulled the rack/tie rods. Ordered my rack bushings and solid steering bushing. I accidentally ripped the boot on one of my outer tie rod ends and might go with something new there too?

Got my wilwood master for the hydraulic clutch setup yesterday. I might go pick up another this week and possibly delete the brake booster. I have ordered and lined up a lot of shit this past week actually. So I will definitely have some good updates soon!

Here are a few newer pics. I undercoated the frame rails/trans tunnel and painted the engine bay. I still have to undercoat the rear wells and touch up a few spots. Sucks I still have to hammer the trans tunnel some though. Slowly but surely it is coming along.....

Even after power washing it was still covered in grease

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-10_20-43-05_317.jpg

Shiney!

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[flybye]

I bought another tranny with bellhousing and another king cobra clutch

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-04-29_15-28-45_362.jpg

I also picked up a couple worn out F150 302's. Which I ended up selling for some cash and a factory 302 front sump pan.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/249379_672545182407_50612135_34747969_65479_n.jpg

Got my master cylinders. One for the trans and one for the brakes ( I may stick with the booster though?)

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My new dash/switch panel plate that I made

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Started painting the interior. Hard to tell in this pic, but the floors are done with truck be liner.

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[flybye]

Then the car sat untouched and collecting dust for awhile

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Then I got a nice new set of wheels.....

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Eventually I got the motivation to start working on it again. So i decided to start the prep work for paint.

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Picked up my EFI harness and A9L ecu (not pictured) and then realized I the injector harness that I already had is the wrong one

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-06-24_13-13-48_290-1.jpg :mad:

I also bought a package deal of parts and got the wrong distributer/MSD harness

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-11-06_20-20-43_310-1.jpg

Then I found the right one hidden away lol Hopefully it works good after a new cap/rotor and gear.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-06-24_13-10-23_731-1.jpg

[flybye]

I had a couple CNC pull style slaves laying around. Not sure if I will be using one of these or just picking up a RAM hydrualic T/O bearing?

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2011-11-06_20-19-33_949-1.jpg

Hard to see, but I have been stocking up on tires to break the car in on. My little garage is getting packed. It now has somewhere close 50 tires in it and a few extra sets of wheels. All of them are 17/18's :D

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2012-01-06_21-45-42_125.jpg

Back to the car...after awhile at the shop and me barely getting time to drive down and work on it. I decided to move it a little closer to home. I used to work right next to my sponsors shop, but switched jobs and getting down there became a hassle.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2012-02-03_15-11-06_707.jpg

I gave up a HUGE space filled with all of the tools imaginable for a large 10x30' storage unit (with electric) to get this thing done. The main reason is because it is literally right next to my work and only minutes from home.

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So far those are all of the pictures I have taken. I just bought another set of wheels for drift spares (stock 350z 17's) and the rest of my parts for the 5 lug conversion as well as some 60mm extended studs. More pics and progress to come within the next few days.

[SCHMUCKINGHAM]

Sean likes men

[flybye]

FACT..........pink wheels to prove it coming soon

[lost cause]

about time I see pics of your swap... I swear, if I didn't have the kids every other week, I would be driving my car by now....

[flybye]

about time I see pics of your swap... I swear, if I didn't have the kids every other week, I would be driving my car by now....

I've been slacking lately to be honest. Although for once I have put more important priorities first. Resulting in the big delay on this build. I have a 2-3 month maximum deadline now!

[Stangman]

What's up with the side window on that ranger-looking truck in the background.... looks quite funky

[flybye]

Some stupid hood rat shit man. They seem to think its sweet lol.

[408COUPE]

looks like it is comeing along

[flybye]

looks like it is comeing along

It sure is. I just bought a 100k mile 97 Mountaineer dropout and lots of other stuff over the weekend. So more progress pics in the next couple of days!

[flybye]

Picked up a new engine and anded up backing out on the other engine. I went to pick it up and the guy never followed through with some promises he made. So I go this GT40 equiped 302 for dirt ass cheap. 84k miles and clean!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2012-02-26_20-10-12_107.jpg

Will be getting stripped down and mocked up here very soon!

[flybye]

I test fit the new heart before tearing it down today. It isn't tucked all the way in until I modify the oil pan. Then I spent an hour trying to get the damn clutch fan off!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2012-03-04_17-52-10_562.jpg

More than enough clearance up front once the fan is off. It should sit a little further back when bolted in too.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88/seandb20/2012-03-04_17-57-03_398.jpg

[CNTLOSE]

The fan is a PIA if you do not have the right tool. Rented one from Pep Boys and took 30 seconds to do.

Should be a fun car when you're done.

[flybye]

Yeah, well my dumbass pulled the fan and pulley bolts. I fail.

Fun is all I want out of this thing.