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The86manche

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  1. The86manche
    It was bring your floor pan to work day today! I ran out of hardener for my epoxy and it was too big to prime at home so I brought it in to shoot. Two coats each side.
  2. The86manche
    Are you sure that has a 2.8? That engine wasn't an option in 88
  3. The86manche
    No, I stand corrected. They sell header flanges so you can make your own headers for these engines
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    Yeah ive discovered that for both sets of headers. One side does fit but the other won't on each set. Thinking about using one from each set to make it work. But also why I'm dry fitting the engine before the floor goes in so I can tweak anything and avoid cutting up rare parts. I also thought about messing with fiero headers as those are still available and semi easy to get. I know one banks goes over the transmission but id be less upset modifying them than the other headers. I think WOT tech makes headers for these engines. I know they have cams and other good stuff.
  5. The86manche
    The project had been on the back burner for a while, but thank you! Feels good to finally be moving forward instead of back. And I love the oddball engine! That and I like being different. Ls swaps are boring, everyone has done it. 4.0 is just as common. Ill be different and supercharge a 3.4 haha and not with an m90 either. I also scored a set of pace setters I found on a camaro that hit the local junk yard a while back too. From what ive seen there's not many header options left for these engines. Both sets I have are discontinued, unsurprisingly.
  6. The86manche
    And turned my attention to the engine I'm going to need to clean up and dry fit the parts to make sure things clear other things. And back when I pulled the engine out to get the body sandblasted the hoist ended up tipping and the engine toppled into the dirt. Thankfully it was the dirt but it still did damage. Crank pulley is wasted, fan clutch, fan blades, waterpump, vacuum advance got bent on the dizzy. Thankfully! I have a set of Serpentine belt pulleys but I worry if it may be a problem with the supercharger. don't have the full kit yet and not sure whats the recommended pulley setup.
  7. The86manche
    MOTIVATION!
  8. The86manche
    Some touching up here and there and the underside of the unibody. And look, can hardly make out any pinhole from the welds! this will all get a good sanding and either straight to enamel or some paint and then enamel.
  9. The86manche
    Put my nose to the grind stone today! So. Much. Grinding. Cleaned up my welds from yesterday and finished cutting out my driver floor. Ground down all my drilled spot welds and surface rust and coated with zink weld. Took some 220 to the inside and outside of my uni-rail and brushed on two coats of epoxy primer. Its looking really really good. It will never have a chance to rust again.
  10. The86manche
    Wrapped up the inside smoothed out the bottom and put the crossmember brace back on. Welds aren't perfect but if the factory welds held this long then mine will too. And thats where I left it for the night. Will come back another day to smooth it all out fill the frame rail in enamel till its oozing out every seam.
  11. The86manche
    A little motivation to keep me going. Burned in that small little piece and dry fit the rest of the sections for the inside. I also finished welding it, cleaned it up and coated it in enamel. Prep work for the bottom plates including the one that helps support the crossmember. Zink weld and tacks.
  12. The86manche
    Cleaned the metal around the nuts and burned them in to the top plate and it back in to the unibody And definitely had to dial in the welder... new torch handle really brought the welder back around. A nice dry fit of the bottom plate. Spent a lot of time marking and smoothing and notching and cleaning..
  13. The86manche
    Happily burned away my saturday! Gave that epoxy plenty of time to dry and went right to putting that uni-rail back together. Reamed out some holes, dremeled the notch at the top center, and punch some plug weld holes. Preparation! And I sprayed zinc weld on all weld spots too. Dry fit the crossmember and everything lined up nicely. Sandwiched it all together with the correct M10-1.5 hardware and some clamps for extra support.
  14. The86manche
    Thank you very much! And sorry to make you pull more photos on my behalf. Pretty soon that sc will be getting a dry fit in the engine bay, so stay tuned!
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    Finger painting with epoxy! I brushed on a coat on the backsides of the pieces I made. And up in and around the rail. Its okay that its not perfect, it will get an enamel coating when everything is pieces back together in there.
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