Topic: NOW WITH TWIN TURBO LQ4 ACTION~~~~~~~~~~~ 1966 RAT CITY RED ROCKET!!!~~~~~~~~ (Read 155801 times)

ratcityrex · « **Reply #600 on:** January 28, 2015, 09:06:05 PM »

Thanks man. I have a whiteboard and I just keep wiping things off it. Once I get the motor in the car the rest should go pretty quick. Just need to get this welding and grinding done so I can paint it and drop it in.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #601 on:** February 03, 2015, 11:41:26 PM »

Got a little more progress done today. So I started grinding all my welds to make it pretty the other day. Today see how much more I would need to do to make the shock towers look worth a damn I decide to say screw it and went to town.

Got the spring and shock out of the way.

Welded up the outside

Cleaned it up and Taped it off and sprayed with permetex rubberized undercoating.

So I didn't get a pic of the engine bay side but I went back over my ground off welds and welded some new better looking slug trails.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #602 on:** February 06, 2015, 01:20:07 AM »

Well, drivers side all done. Now it's time to clean the engine bay and give it a fresh coat of paint and drop the motor in.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #603 on:** February 08, 2015, 05:44:27 AM »

Well fuck me I got a lot done tonight.

1. Front main cover torqued down
2. Rear cover torqued down
3. Motor mount plates painted and installed
4. Engine bay cleaned up and painted
5. Steam vent tube and caps painted and reinstalled
6. Dipstick tube capped off
7. Oil pan bolted on
8. Pulled engine off engine stand to only run into problems

So that's where I stopped. My motor mounts won't fit on my motor mount plates because there is a weird bulge on the back so I'm gonna grab a new set of es poly motor mounts.

Then I went to bolt my flexplate on and was taking some measurements and it looks as if I have a early 99/00 long crank. So when I pulled my flexplate out of the back of the car and went to bolt it up it stuck out about 1 3/8" from the back of the block to the far side of the flexplate. And it should only be about 1" So after calling it a night and going in and taking a shower, I started reasearching. I just figured I had the wrong flex plate. Which I have a 01+ flexplate with a built in spacer. Now I've seen some pictures of where people remove them but I don't know how. So I think tomorrow I'll just take my bfh to it and see how it rolls.

Onto the pics.

Random Hero · « **Reply #604 on:** February 08, 2015, 08:42:38 PM »

I'll trade you that one for the one without the spacer.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #605 on:** February 08, 2015, 09:33:10 PM »

Quote from: Random Hero on February 08, 2015, 08:42:38 PM

I'll trade you that one for the one without the spacer.

I already knocked the spacer out of it. Now I just need to slide it onto the crank and tq it down.

So just a quick update. Spent all of about 10 min in the garage b4 my kid woke up and had to get back to daddy duties.

This is how it looked last night when I called it a night.

went to the auto parts store today and just picked up a new set of motor mounts. Mine were pretty haggard anyways and god only knows how old. New ones don't have as large as a hump on the back so 1 washer to space it out and I should be golden. Hard to tell here but the old one had at least 1/4" hump in the middle. Couldn't sit flush up against my adapter plates.

also soaked the plate with the spacer in a little wd40. Took 2 flexplate bolts and stuck it on cinder block and worked it with little taps from a rubber mallet.

to tomorrow I'm gonna tighten all that shit down and bolt the th400 up and slide it in the nova. Unless I run I to more problems.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #606 on:** February 09, 2015, 04:49:49 AM »

Well its all buttoned up for the night. Got the motor mounts all shimmed out and seems like it's gonna work out good. Got the flexplate bolted down and it's gonna work. Also got the crank pulley torqued down. So tomorrow, this will find its new home in the nova.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #607 on:** February 09, 2015, 06:36:47 AM »

Sweet

ratcityrex · « **Reply #608 on:** February 09, 2015, 10:27:19 PM »

Well fuck me!!!! This fucking motor fought me the whole way. IT DID NOT WANT TO GO IN!!! But it's in.

First thing. I went to go install my trans on and I noticed I only had 1 alignment pin for the transmission. Not a big deal, but I had to stop and run to the hardware store and pick up a couple of different sized ones. 5/8" is just about right. Bfh and a block of wood and I drove her home.

next was putting it in........uhhuhgggggg

So I had to drop the front crossmember, swaybar, steering linkage, passenger side valve cover, and I still had to use brute force to get it in. Once in I had to move the mounts on my motor mount plates back 3/4" (which moves the motor forward) I was able to get it in. But now my transmission is 3/4" forward of where it was. So now I don't know if my driveline is gonna work out. FUCK!! And to top that off I now have to fab up a new crossmember for my trans. There is like one 1/4" of room between the rear of my passenger side head and the fire wall. So there is no moving it back more....lol oh well at least it's in.

malichite · « **Reply #609 on:** February 09, 2015, 10:41:46 PM »

Holy fuck. Looks bitchen man. I need to make my way up there one of these days and check it out

turbohf · « **Reply #610 on:** February 10, 2015, 12:12:54 AM »

fuck yeah!

wow, you got some room on the right and left of the motor forsure.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #611 on:** February 10, 2015, 12:25:37 AM »

Just went out into the garage and the back of the motor is falling down...lol peaked under the car and since my trans mount is just resting on the flange and it's fucking bending it because it's on the very edge.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #612 on:** February 11, 2015, 12:01:56 AM »

Well today I crawled under the car and took a look at the trans. I jacked the tranny up to where it needed to be it was a fat inch that it needed to be lifted. So i crawled under the car and pulled the crossmember and started drilling and chopping. And then i used a couple of spacers I had and it put the crossmember back in. It's a little better but at this point I'm just gonna run it where it's at. That's why there's u joints....lol Anysways now it's time to start slapping water pump and all that shit on. But it's gonna be at a stand still for a few weeks as i have family coming into town.

turbohf · « **Reply #613 on:** February 11, 2015, 01:39:55 AM »

was hoping to see a dressed up motor. but looking at even the pics of it bare are cool.

you hold some turbos up yet? got a plan?

ratcityrex · « **Reply #614 on:** February 11, 2015, 01:49:57 AM »

Not really. Gonna probably try and set the intake on it tomorrow. And maybe set the coil packs on there too. Pretty sure the exhaust is gonna run out of the inner fenders And dive behind the wheels. I'm more concerned about exhaust manifolds. Don't know if I flip the stockers if they will even work. $:-\$

highroller54 · « **Reply #615 on:** February 11, 2015, 01:53:36 AM »

Yes yes yes!!!!! You were holding out on me!!!!

turbohf · « **Reply #616 on:** February 11, 2015, 02:42:57 AM »

have then pointed down low, not up high.... swap sides, dont flip them.

crxvtec91 · « **Reply #617 on:** February 11, 2015, 12:54:56 PM »

Vs racing makes a pair of china front facing for $190. A bunch of the sloppy guys have a ton of miles on them with out cracking.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #618 on:** February 11, 2015, 01:18:12 PM »

I like that idea, but I have to get some measurments from them. I really don't think they will fit to be honest. Clearance between the head and the shock towers is very close.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #619 on:** February 11, 2015, 02:08:56 PM »

Just got a email back from vsracing.net They are already out of stock and they stick out 5.6" which I think is about 2" to far....lol

ratcityrex · « **Reply #620 on:** February 11, 2015, 02:38:37 PM »

So I have about 2.5ish from the exhaust port to the shock tower. Defiantly going to have to go up with them or build a couple of logs

highroller54 · « **Reply #621 on:** February 11, 2015, 03:50:39 PM »

Oh that is tight

turbohf · « **Reply #622 on:** February 11, 2015, 04:19:36 PM »

wow. shit. I don't know why I was thinking down facing would have worked. lol.

ok flip them. then cut the flanges off to aim them lower. I'll look for some pics of what I'm thinking...

ratcityrex · « **Reply #623 on:** February 11, 2015, 04:37:35 PM »

I'm thinking a f body drivers side manifold might fit flipped on the pass side. Then I will just have to come up with something on the drivers side. Need to take my chop saw and angle grinder to my exhaust manifolds and see what I can come up with.

Random Hero · « **Reply #624 on:** February 11, 2015, 05:43:16 PM »

Quote from: ratcityrex on February 11, 2015, 04:37:35 PM

I'm thinking a f body drivers side manifold might fit flipped on the pass side. Then I will just have to come up with something on the drivers side. Need to take my chop saw and angle grinder to my exhaust manifolds and see what I can come up with.

I have a set of fbody manifolds if you want to try.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #625 on:** February 11, 2015, 05:55:57 PM »

Quote from: Random Hero on February 11, 2015, 05:43:16 PM

Quote from: ratcityrex on February 11, 2015, 04:37:35 PM
I'm thinking a f body drivers side manifold might fit flipped on the pass side. Then I will just have to come up with something on the drivers side. Need to take my chop saw and angle grinder to my exhaust manifolds and see what I can come up with.

I have a set of fbody manifolds if you want to try.

I just need to see if they will fit if i flip them. I'll text you ross. You gonna be around on saturday evening? I'm gonna be on that side of the water picking up my father in law from the airport. I'll text you

turbohf · « **Reply #626 on:** February 11, 2015, 07:38:24 PM »

I have seen c5 vette ones fit.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #627 on:** February 11, 2015, 07:41:51 PM »

I'll have to look those up.

Random Hero · « **Reply #628 on:** February 11, 2015, 08:59:34 PM »

i also have c5 vet

ratcityrex · « **Reply #629 on:** February 11, 2015, 09:11:45 PM »

Well shit, what else do you have for exhaust manifolds?

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