That was supposed to say "holy" not "how".

 

Motor is pulled time to clean up the bay and add the drain bung.. time for a twin disk too.



New motor mounts, solid painted them wrinkle black

 

I think we destroyed the engine mount






shaved valve covers


painted the block, going for the blackout look


Grumpy cat approves. had to add this lol


All painted looks alot better

 

bung added to the pan


pan painted to match


re-did the front harness



oil cooler fan


Decided to go 4l80e, new shifter


PTC converter


going to try to fit this where that small light is

 

those tl projectors?

 

FX-R projectors.

Wait whats this? progress!





naca duct for the rear mount trans cooler

 

Niiiice! We have to talk about the you know what.

 

The the whom must not be named motor?

 

Pretty much.

 

finally got the tranny together, means time for assembly





hotside intercooler done, gotta wait for parts to finish the coldside



exhaust needs love, came from a car with a t56 so it would not clear the 4l80 nor the 8.8 cradle.

 

that's serious..
I got $450 onit

 

Love it!!!!

 

got my awesome made in china metal manifold, looks oh so pretty.



cold side intercooler pipe done just need to clean her up



See all these kids these days are stretching tires.. we had to stretch a coupler lol. no cheap solution for a 4.25in to 3in 90*

 

The stretched coupler look is most definately the future

The only way to further improve your car now would be to add some SMURF JUICE to the engine :evillaugh

 

pretty sick car man

 

Damn, Mark is just killin it. Any more progress!?

 

sick car looks like youve come a long way

 

finally took the time to use the stock grommet


removing the maf wire, perm integration of lingenfelterbox(48x reducer box), moving the o2 sensors and extending the coil pack harnesses!




oil cooler mounted

 

This is SICK!

 

Cleaning up that engine harness







discovered the injectors had to be lengthened


Mani was for a 92mm had to port it to run my 102, lolz aaron



map sensor mount

 

ait bung added, brake boost line and vac lines


throttle cable bracket


Started my dash sheet panel


interior fans!



mani all set, thoose are ford rails with custom tabs!


final assemble


trans cooler lines


modded t56 mount to hold up the 4l80e


started the oil cooler lines



just got to finish the fuel lines by the rails and we should have a first start on the turbo finalyl!

 

as much as i hate v8 swapped fds. this is so awesome.

ps i love that stupid *** cat stick LOL

 

Looking good!

 

You have no idea how many goddamn an fittings there were.. this is a major accomplishment











Just gotta tidy up a few small things add fluids and then first start will be done

 

yay