Godzilla 7.3L Swapped Cobra

[jbmatth]

In other news my wiring harness arrived earlier this week, I did a quick test fit to make sure all of the connectors were correct then put in orders for a new IAT sensor (actually a manifold air temp sensor), power cable for the controller, and a communications cable:


Once my intake arrives I'll be to the point where I should be able to fire it up, it is expected to be here in a couple weeks. I'm really getting excited!

JB

[Tom Wells]

JB,

Have you figured out how to get the oil pan ground clearance back to 5"?

Just curious,

Tom

[jbmatth]

Originally Posted by Tom Wells

JB,

Have you figured out how to get the oil pan ground clearance back to 5"?

Just curious,

Tom

Tom,
Yes, the new intake is supposed to be a hair under 2" lower than the factory intake excluding the much higher TB location. Once the intake arrives I'll rebuild the motor mounts and raise the engine 1.5", realign the trans and driveshaft angles to make all happy and be done.

When I built the headers they had a bit of a gap at the top where they exit the body and this will be about the max I can raise the engine without having to rebuild the headers. I'll likely have to redo one of the remote oil filter AN lines and possibly a fuel line, also AN, hopefully that is all but it rarely works as easy as I'd like.

JB

[Tom Wells]

JB,

That gets an LOL. Sorry...

You're demonstrating something you and most of the rest of us know already - I call our cars "ZEN cars" after the Buddhist belief: if you change one thing on the car, everything else has to change because every part is connected to all the other parts.

Sounds like your car will be quite wonderful after it is done,

Tom

[jbmatth]

Originally Posted by Tom Wells

JB,

That gets an LOL. Sorry...

You're demonstrating something you and most of the rest of us know already - I call our cars "ZEN cars" after the Buddhist belief: if you change one thing on the car, everything else has to change because every part is connected to all the other parts.

Sounds like your car will be quite wonderful after it is done,

Tom

No joke, I'd laugh too if I didn't want to cry so much sometimes. I did a complete LS swap in an S10 and it took less than 4 weeks and was running after 2, I've been working on this swap since late September and ordered 100's of parts. There are so man unknowns out there and so few resources that it is very tough to know what to expect and what to buy ahead of time, add to that this car is a B&B and not a Factory 5 or one of the common replicas available.

Just like eating an elephant, one bit at a time. The first time I fire it up you won't be able to wipe the smile off my face...if it works.

JB

[Tom Wells]

JB,

Well I certainly hope you see it through! It has loads of promise. Plus you will lead the way for others to do similar swaps.

You're being the pioneer - you know, the guy with all the arrows in his back.

Persevere,

Tom

[jbmatth]

Originally Posted by Tom Wells

JB,

Well I certainly hope you see it through! It has loads of promise. Plus you will lead the way for others to do similar swaps.

You're being the pioneer - you know, the guy with all the arrows in his back.

Persevere,

Tom

Tom,
Okay that made me laugh pretty hard. I'll certainly see this through to the end, it'll be well worth it, and I'm so much closer now than I was 6 months ago. When complete I plan to post my entire parts list with part numbers, if people want I'll even include the actual costs on the list too, but don't want to scare people off at the same time. I'll be happy to share what I've learned with others as this thread is very abbreviated compared to what has actually happened.

Fearless leader,
JB