tjbuggie Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 I went back and looked and see what you are talking about, one more question, did you put anything under the bed to re-enforce the foot plates on the cage, or is it just bolted to the bed floor?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 I went back and looked and see what you are talking about, one more question, did you put anything under the bed to re-enforce the foot plates on the cage, or is it just bolted to the bed floor?? Right now it is just bolted to the floor. The front feet land right on top of the front bed mounts and straddle the horizontal rib running underneath the bed. I've got some ideas on boxing in the bed mount and tying the feet into the frame, just haven't had time to do it. Willy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjbuggie Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Ok, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 Kick @$$! The pics have returned! Thank you Comanche Club! I wish nothing but the worst for Photobucket. I hope to have some updates on this project in the relatively near feature. Willy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjbuggie Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Willy any updates on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoCherokee Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Love that front bumper! Pretty much exactly what i want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinx Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 I miss this thread being updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neohic Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 11 hours ago, xjustinx said: I miss this thread being updated. Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty_Pockets Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 8:56 AM, neohic said: Agreed On 5/27/2021 at 9:34 PM, xjustinx said: I miss this thread being updated. I doubt you'll get an update, which is ashame. I just read the whole thread. If you click on his profile he hasn't logged in to the forum in almost 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 @reson46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89eliminator Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 hopefully he updates, but the truck is officially LS swapped now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 8/4/2021 at 4:20 PM, Empty_Pockets said: I doubt you'll get an update, which is ashame. I just read the whole thread. If you click on his profile he hasn't logged in to the forum in almost 2 years. Let's see if I can prove you wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 This project sat around for a few years. At this point I had picked up a Samurai and having a blast wheeling the crap out of it. By 2019 our club planned a trip to the Rubicon and Fordyce Creek and I wanted to take the MJ. In February 2019 it was time to rip out all the good stuff out of the crappy party Camaro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 I had already been collecting parts for the swap. Lots of it from Novak. Motor mounts Headers Transmission tail housing, output shaft, and mount (which did not work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 I separated the transmission and dropped it off to have it rebuilt with the Novak parts. Put on a fancy pan. The transmission mount I ended up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 A lot of this stuff probably isn't happening in perfect chronological order. This was years ago and there were dozens of things all going on simultaneously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 I put a large cooler with fan on the transmission. Along with a bunch of fancy AN lines. I also run two transmission temperature sensors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 I was able to get the Camaro transmission shifter to work. I just had to rotate it up 90 degrees to clear the driveshaft. Here you can see the bracket I built to move it up. With some trimming for the transfer case shift levers I was also able to use the Camaro center console. Unfortunately it still smells like Axe body spray even after multiple rounds of cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 For the LS1 I pulled the pan off, changed the timing chain, oil pump, cleaned what I could, etc. Put on one of those oil pick up brackets that actually uses both bolts to secure the oil pick up. Engine side motor mounts. Got this to run oil pressure and oil temperature sensors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Headers wrapped and mounted. Transmission mounted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Good by 4.0L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Cleaned and prepped the engine bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Body side motor mounts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 Only had to slide the engine in twice. I set it as far back as the Novak mounts would allow, which required some sledge hammer persuasion in a couple of places. The Novak mounts worked pretty well besides getting the carriage bolts to seat properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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