i am about done with getting all the parts i need for my swap ( i think, tis why i am posting).

the swap:
- 1990 n/a 13b stock port
- holley 650 dp, mech secs. and all good stuff carb
- racing beat 6port manifold
- racing beat injector plugs
- 12a front cover
- 12a dizzy
- carter 7psi fuel pump
- holley 4 1/2 psi - 9 psi fuel regulator
- gsl-se oil pan

anything i'm missing? i plan to start this swap this weekend! i gotta be ready!!!!

 

first gen oil pickup, the 90 one wont work.

Made that mistake with my TII swap.

 

can i use a 12a one?

 

RB front engine mount.. or slot the one you have for proper fitment.

 

yo i posted this on another thred but i thought it was relivent to here too. so read up man and gl

i did a engine swap. i have a 84 gsl-se. the engine was shot. i put a 88 engine into it. it's taken me the hole month to get it running. i had to keep my 84 so that made a few problems.
first you have the monting of the engine. to solve that you have to do some parts swaping.
-swap front covers so the 88 engine had the 84 cover.
-swap oil pans b/c the frame and streeeting was in the way.
-swap the oil filters b/c the pan wouldn't fit on unless you did.

then the ecu caused problems with ignition and fuel. so that ment
-i had to run a distributor instead of a coil only ignition system.
-that ment i had to find vacum for the timing advance. so i disabled the EGR and used that vacum. it took some creative hosing to work.
-then i had the problem of going from 2 fuel injectors to 4 injectors. i had to swap out fuel rails and plug up the secondary injectors.
-i had to swap to the 84 injectors
-i had to make a intake piece to connect the air filter to the intake. i used a ducting size converter off the air filter and then used dryer hose to connect the 2 ends. thats temp untill i get the costum bent/size cone filter intake.
-then i after all that i had to swap out the exhaust manifolds to mkae the factor exhaust bolt up
-i then had to disable the 84 egr controls
-threw out the air pump and stuff that goes with it.
-and last but not least, i had to custom bend the linkage that runs from the oil lines on the front cover to the throttle linkage.

it was a major project. thee biggest pain was figuring out the vacum lines and switches. i had to run bassically a custom vacum setup.

but if this is what you're gona do, i wish you good luck. it took me a long tim to do it, and i learned a lot. i bassically have a 88 block and intake with 84 everything else.

pm me if you need help with it

 

well, mine won't be nearly that complicated. i'm not using the fuel injection! WOOHOO! big holley baby! ahaha, i'm just gonna slot the mounting holes i guess. i dont feel like buying more stuff hahahaha. NOW, i can use a n/a 13b clutch in my 12a tranny for this setup right??

 

Yes.

 

sa weeeet! i should be getting all the stuff i just ordered hopefully in a week; THEN when everything is organized and all is ready to be done....... WE BEGIN!!!! we're doing it at the dealership i work at my friend and i get to use the lift and all the equipment for all of friday and saturday. we're shooting to get it done in that amount of time. i think we have a good chance! (not including tuning of the carb!) that will be done on the dyno! WOOHOO! what should i set the timing to? i'll search but if anyone has a quick answer it would be great. thanks for all your help! i may have more questions and i'll take pics of the swap as it's being done!

 

20 degrees leading 10 degrees trailing

i think thas what it is