68 mustang challenger, two 66 Chevelle Malibus ,68 Chevelle Malibu I will try to post some pictures. I love all cars that give me that "feeling" we all get it it when we spool up or hit 8k on the tach or maybe hit that peg at the end of the speedo.. right now its a RB25DET in a 2700 lb car that will be 2500 when I am done and that will make for a fun ride I hope.
found the car. 1991 240 rolling chassis very very cheap less than a mentionable amount.
Found the engine in Canada with transmission (5sp rwd) all wiring maf and ecu.
After a few beers and a smoke I decided to drop it in..the "drop in" took exactly 2hrs and 13 minutes a far cry from my normal v8 jobs taking 30 minutes to 1 hr. It was very tight I almost had the RB25 standing on end to get it in there.
If you don't mark your wires you will drink so much that you cant get to the store to get more beer..and that sucks. Luckily I marked the wires and was able to make several beer runs later that night. (it is still a headache..took me forever to figure out I had a series 2..slightly different approach on the wiring..no igniter should have been dead giveaway but I thought it was just missing.
I was so pumped I moved a 66 Chevelle out into the rain to play with a Nissan. Thats how impressed I am with that rb25det.
I have got the AEM boost Guage and the Power FC from Apexi,Titan (innovative) wideband LC1 ,cyberdyne oil press,oil temp,water temp, I managed a BEE-R rev limiter and an apexi RSM..upgraded to a walbro fuel pump 255lph. removed the cat and have a full length down pipe.going to do a nice exhaust note I hope. In the morning we will be finishing up the wiring and cranking over for the first time..
The purpose of this car is to have fun..not to look pretty (yet). If I max out my fun factor in this little diamond in the rough I will make it look good as well..then I will upgrade everything..
Many people ask me why I do this..my reply is always the same..
"thats what I do" and my number 1 rule is.."If you do what you enjoy you will be good at it."
It is always fun to take an ugly 3-5 thousand dollar fun car and go tear up some 30-40k sportscars..I am the first one in my area to do this swap..Im just going in head first..why not..