I'm Cheating On You...

[Ascinder]

Dude that engine is fitting in there tight! Those exhaust manifolds are going to be cooking your other components. Nice to see the progress too. What are you putting in place of that column, or did you just remove it to get it out of the way? I'm still on the fence whether to keep my stock VX steering wheel or go with something different. I think by law you still have to have the airbags to drive on road IIRC. Did you get those dirty dingo mounts for the engine? I'd like to see how they turned out.

[ZEUS]

Dude that engine is fitting in there tight! Those exhaust manifolds are going to be cooking your other components. Nice to see the progress too. What are you putting in place of that column, or did you just remove it to get it out of the way? I'm still on the fence whether to keep my stock VX steering wheel or go with something different. I think by law you still have to have the airbags to drive on road IIRC. Did you get those dirty dingo mounts for the engine? I'd like to see how they turned out.

Dude, everything fits tight! You are going to be in the same boat! I'll prob'ly swap columns for a non-column-shift unit and floor shifter. The column shifter linkage, fuel lines, brake lines, exhaust pipe, driveshaft, radius arm... would all be in one spot otherwise. At least I can get the linkage out of the way and have a cool shifter to boot.

[Ascinder]

Dude, everything fits tight! You are going to be in the same boat!

That sounds about right. I was(am) in denial about it, but now you have to go throwing that reality in face. Ah well, time to go look for a bigger prybar and plunger.

[RamAirZ]

Dude, everything fits tight!

Thank god that's how my wife is

[pbkid]

everything fits tight!

thats what she said........

[nfpgasmask]

Lookin good, J-roc. Got back from Japan 48 hours ago. Still in a daze. More soon.

Bart

[ZEUS]

I kinda figured that's where you were. I imagine you are going to have a nice blog entry on LJ soon...? Looking forward to some info and stories!

[ZEUS]

Well, my garage has become cold, work is all jacked up, and I can't focus on much... so... not a lot of progress, but there is some...

Since the steering column was removed we were able to remove some fasteners and rotate the dash downward. This allowed us to get to the wires from above and remove them from the firewall.


Removed!



Spaghetti and meatballs! I removed the old wiring to replace it with the Sierra wiring.



The instrument cluster fits just as tight as everything else but it fits after a bit of trimming


The HVAC controls fit perfectly in the radio slot! (After a bit of trimming)


I started hacking up the shroud to get some idea of how I'm going to tie it all together. FUN FUN FUN!


My biggest concern with the interior wiring so far is the removal of the vacuum actuated HVAC parts for the electric servo driven ones. We'll see...

[Ldub]

Spaghetti and meatballs! I removed the old wiring to replace it with the Sierra wiring.

Dude seriously WTF?

What did you do to Menace...

He's now a ghost dog?...

[Triathlete]

Spaghetti and meatballs!

Yummy!