rjcooperss396 V6 to V8 Swap

[GRNMACHINE]

Just read thru your build, great work! Awesome scenery too by the way, Mountains when you walk out your door. Incredible.

 

[rjcooperss396]

Thanks. The view is even better when they are covered with snow.

 

[rjcooperss396]

Picked up the power steering hose today and installed it tonight. Here are some pictures.

The new hose.

Upper portion.

Lower portion connected to the steering box. It is very tight in there and hard to get to to install the line.

Here are pictures of how I mounted the remote filter.

The filter will be behind my skidplate so it will be protected.

The finished product. All I have left is the fuel tank which is supposed to be delivered on Monday next week.

 

[mr cribb]

Man that sure looks nice.... opening the hood(when you put it back on) and seeing those famous numbers on the engine

 

[rjcooperss396]

Thanks. I can't wait to drive it. It will be nice not having to floor it to keep it going 70mph up the Cajon Pass.

 

[rjcooperss396]

The fuel tank arrived today and I had time tonight to install the fuel pump in the tank and then the tank in the truck. The hoses on the used filler I bought at the wrecking yard were cut and therefore not long enough so I need to pick up new ones tomorrow. Then I need to add all the fluids install the battery and fire it up. Hopefully it will be running tomorrow.

 

[ahodges]

Where did you get that tank at and how much was it if you don't mind me asking?

 

[rjcooperss396]

I ordered it from Advanced Auto Parts and with a 20% discount and free shipping I paid $205.15. The pump came from Napa and I think I paid under $200 for it.

 

[ahodges]

ok thanks. Are you running a stock flow pump then?

 

[rjcooperss396]

Yes. The engine is stock besides the mild port work on the heads so there was no need to upgrade the pump.

 

[rjcooperss396]

I finished up the truck yesterday and it fired right up. However, it had really bad lifter tap so I shut it down. The first thing that came to mind was that there might be an issue with the remote oil filter so I started unscrewing the oil filter to see if it had oil which it did. It was late by that time so I left it for today. Tonight I pulled the driverside valve cover which requires removing the upper intake so it took a little while to do. I wanted to see if it had any oil in it and it was dry. So I'm assuming that I made a rookie mistake and left the oil galley plug off in the front of the block. I know that I didn't even check it when I assembled the engine so it makes sense that it's not there. I'll be pulling the front of the engine apart over the next few days and hopefully that's what it is.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

I finished up the truck yesterday and it fired right up. However, it had really bad lifter tap so I shut it down. The first thing that came to mind was that there might be an issue with the remote oil filter so I started unscrewing the oil filter to see if it had oil which it did. It was late by that time so I left it for today. Tonight I pulled the driverside valve cover which requires removing the upper intake so it took a little while to do. I wanted to see if it had any oil in it and it was dry. So I'm assuming that I made a rookie mistake and left the oil galley plug off in the front of the block. I know that I didn't even check it when I assembled the engine so it makes sense that it's not there. I'll be pulling the front of the engine apart over the next few days and hopefully that's what it is.

eek! i feel sorry for you! i hated doing that when it was on the stand!

 

[rjcooperss396]

It shouldn't take me long. The worst part is that I did the same thing about 6 years ago when I built the 302 in my Cobra. You would think that I would have checked it but I didn't.

 

[rjcooperss396]

Well, it's running. There are still wiring issues that I need to figure out though like the turn signals don't work, the tach reads way off, etc. It also has a weird noise that goes with the rpms when I turn left or right and get on it a little. If I back off the throttle and go easy it doesn't do it.

 

[ahodges]

Sweet. I'm sure you'll figure out the bugs. Was the oil galley plug the problem?

 

[rjcooperss396]

Yes. It was missing one of the plugs.

 

[rjcooperss396]

I've decided that instead of trying to rewire my dash harness that I would just get another one that matches the '97 engine harness. I figured that it would save me time since I was going to have to pull the dash to rewire mine anyways. So today my wife and I went to Pick-A Part and pulled a dash harness. Then tonight I started disassembling mine so that I can install the correct one. This is what it looked like when I quit tonight.

 

[vroomzoomboom]

i'll pass!

 

[ahodges]

How are you going to remember how it all went!? And people think I'm insaine for doing an engine swap from an OBII to an OBII.. You are a wiring genius. :notworthy

Keep up the good work!

 

[GRNMACHINE]

I have to agree with ahodges, you and vroomzoom are wiring geniuses. Just looking at those wires makes me cringe....