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Technical => Engine Swapping => Topic started by: 86caprirs on May 23, 2010, 02:24:22 PM

Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on May 23, 2010, 02:24:22 PM
I got it all put together yesterday except the exhaust. So being who I am, I put in the battery and turned the key. Two cranks and it came to life. Wow is it loud. LOL. I was so happy. The check engine light is on because the o2's are not plugged in yet. Have to extend harness. Pluss I have to do the throttle cable adjustment for the trans. I have to find that somewhere on u tube or here maybe.

But snappy throttle and a loud sweet idle. The stage 1 TFS cam idles pretty smotth with the mass air.

I will get some pics up soon.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on May 23, 2010, 02:24:58 PM
I guess I should have mentioned that this was a 351w swap with EFI.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2010, 03:02:37 PM
Good job !!! Glad to hear that there is life in the old girl now. I also have the same cam,but in a 5.0.Great idle,but pretty lopey.I like it,but I am still trying to get used to it.The E303 isn't that lopey.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on May 23, 2010, 07:52:56 PM
I know a buddy of mine had a E303 and it was pretty choppy at idle. I love the sound of a choppy idle. When there is no lers on the car and you live in a nice area with stuck up people and one asshole nieghbor, I don't want to rock the boat. It needs to be warm and have the idle adjusted. Then reset the tps. Probably more stuff. I just found a coolant leak that turned out to be my coolant hose that goes from the t-stat to the pump. I forgot to tighten the clamp.

I am going to hit the pick n pull tomorrow and see if I can find a o2 harness from a LSC mark 7. I think that has the longer o2 sensor harness compared to the tbird one.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: vinnietbird on May 23, 2010, 07:58:37 PM
I just cut the T-Bird harness and extended it a few inches.Easy stuff.....and free.LOL.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on May 23, 2010, 09:41:49 PM
yeah. I love the wreaking yards and i have a feeling that this will be a hide in the pocket part. LOL. Then i will do the wire extentions and hook it up.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: mcb82gt on May 24, 2010, 08:49:02 AM
Nice work, I cant wait for pics.  351 EFI would be sweeeeeeet!
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on May 24, 2010, 11:48:25 AM
I will get pics up soon. Maybe take some today.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on May 25, 2010, 10:47:03 PM
How do you upload a video?
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Post by: fluke on May 25, 2010, 10:56:42 PM
Quote from: 86caprirs;323206
How do you upload a video?


You can upload pics or video instantly on http://imageshack.us/  without even having an account.  Photobucket videos never work right for me. I think my connection is just too slow to stream them like PB makes me do. So I use Imageshack for everything.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: TurboCoupe50 on May 26, 2010, 10:58:30 AM
Quote from: 86caprirs;322957
The stage 1 TFS cam idles pretty smotth with the mass air.



A cam that has a lopy idle in a 5.0, will idle smoother in a larger engine...
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on June 17, 2010, 09:46:28 PM
It has a pretty choppy idle with that cam. Sounds sweet.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: Sick88Tbird on June 26, 2010, 06:34:30 PM
Now throw on some slicks and hit the track!...you should be solidly in the 12's.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on June 28, 2010, 10:13:38 PM
Well I had some problems. Started as a bad tps and pcm. I tryed someone elses pcm and it ran better. Now I have a non touched A9L in place. It has a hunting idle to it right now. Also I did ride her hard and now my trans seems to be not going into first. It does go fast though. Wow. Even I am supprised at the throttle responce and sound. I think I will have to replace my pushrods with .050 longer ones to work with the 1.7rr. Then possably a tune and a chip. I had a couple leaks to take care of but now I am good. Looks like my rear main seal is leaking but I just replaced it before I installed the engine. I may have nicked the seal when installing it or something else. I will keep you guys updated.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: V8Demon on June 30, 2010, 08:50:50 AM
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;323248
A cam that has a lopy idle in a 5.0, will idle smoother in a larger engine...


.......And the power will come on a bit sooner in the RPM range as well as a general rule....
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on July 02, 2010, 09:23:21 PM
I got lots of torque out of it. Right off idle to ??!?!?!
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Post by: mechanized on July 17, 2010, 09:31:18 PM
:ttiwwp:  Sorry had throw that in there, lol.
Title: It's ALIVE!!!!!!!
Post by: 86caprirs on July 19, 2010, 09:41:00 PM
LOL. I guess so. I do have pics when I did the hood clearance issues. I have to find the post.

The post showed nothing but my car and the intake sitting above the fenders.

I do have video on Facebook.