[SilverBullet07]

well, after about a month of delay, keith and myself finally got the swap going. keith got up here last night, and we started yanking that old 3.8 at abour 9:30 this AM. everything went smooth, 3 hours, a couple of sliced exhaust manifolds, and a big huge mess later,we got her out! we got that engine on the stand, took off the torque converter to use on the new engine. then things got real interesting. we set my longtubes in the engine bay so we could drop the engine in and kinda fanaggle the headers on. wellllllll stupid ole' me didnt realize the headers were for a T5, not an auto tranny, so they will not fit. great. so we ditched that idea and decided we would use shorties. cool, so we went to the parts store, and bought a new flywheel for the 5.0L. ok, so we are back on track, right? wrong! apparently, even though flywheel bolts are torqued to yield, and can only be used once, when you buy a new flywheel, bolts dont come with it. soooo, i have NO idea where im going to get this flywheel bolts i need, but either way, sally is not getting started this weekend. anyway, we decided just to dump the 5.0 in the bay anyways for some sweet pics and to get one engine out of the way for a week until we can finish her up next weekend.

well, heres the pics from the day, we still had fun even though we ran into some pretty major speed bumps. tomorrow we will probably swap out the fuel pump tomorrow, one less thing to do next weekend.

[05horse]

whew what a day! you also left out the cam shaft bolts... that we needed lol...cool pics see that big 5.OH! in the background and my suave hair cut


pics are living proof that im not out drag racing...even see shabu in the drive way

[JudisStang]

I think it's awesome you guys are friends and share the work! That's what true friends do! Sorry to hear about the little problems popping up - but I know it's nothing you both can't handle! Thanks for the pics!! Looks like you had a great time! I can't believe Shabu made the trip - I was worried!!

[EagleAutosports]

Bypass hunting for stock bolts... go with ARP. They're stronger and cost about as much as the lousy stock bolts do.

[SilverBullet07]

thanks eagle, i emailed them today to see if they have the bolts i need

[pcfrisch]

I can't believe you let Keith near that car. He looks like young Frankenstein.

[05horse]

Originally Posted by pcfrisch

I can't believe you let Keith near that car. He looks like young Frankenstein.

after that drive up i felt like one too