351W > 460 swap. Video! (9/13)

So here we go.. This was from 6 PM to 9 PM tonight..

Pics speak for themselves.

Enjoy!

Well.. I got the firewall painted yesterday (friday).

What an ABORTION today.

I spent all day, physically pulling the 460/c6 from my Elite (it was all unbolted/unwired, etc, I just had to physically hoist it). What a mess! the transmission fluid bug struck bigtime.

Getting it IN the car was fun. I am white trash at it's best.. a combination of a 15# sledge and a craftsman tractor with a plow helped me shove it in.

Spent an hour fighting with the transmission xmember.

Spent 45 minutes with the passenger side header.

An HOUR AND A HALF on the drivers side. Whoever designed these Super Comps needs to be hit off the head with one.

So.. what were the casualties?

1 pre bent tranny line.. kinked near the starter.

My distributor cap. the clear one that made timing a breeze

a few scratches in my jet hotted headers.. I can deal.

tomorrow, I'm going to start putting everything back together... inner fenders/rad support/etc.. then deal with wiring.

The fun never stops.

Oh.. did I mention it rained off and on outside?

Meh, not much done today. The nose is "loosely" on.. I'll leave it like this until the hood is on, then I can line up the panels. I also POR15'd a bunch of the front brackets on the rad support... and my hands. 

And yes, my car is powered by a Mr Fusion. 

Well, Lots done, I guess.
Carb is on, throttle is hooked up.. Kickdown is not. I hooked up the fuel line and gauge setup I got. Still need to go from there to the filter to the pump.

I changed my cracked dizzy cap (Summit makes a clear one. That was a $40 mistake).
I installed my PA performance 3g alternator kit, as well as the 3g alternator I got from FordFuelInjection.com

My alternator was dynoed, it came with a sheet, LOL.

I wired up a relay for the ignition, and hid it behind the battery.
I also mounted a fuse panel (I think it's actually a fuse block from my father's 57 Chevy) in a small Radio Shack project box. This box has fuses for the fan, ign, and will have some for the headlights.

I still need to wire loom the wires... but man, I discovered velcro zip ties from Radio Shack (my mother got me some, long story).

In other news.. my Flexalite fan VSC controller is JUNK!. I bought this 5 years ago, it worked when I parked the car.. now whenever power is applied to that board, the fan turns on! WTF! I found out that FAL redesigned the board... 3 years ago. I emailed em, hoping they'll cut me a break. This is rediculous.

My air cleaner may JUST BARELY clear the hood.. I hope. I wanted to run the stock cleaner sealed to the hoodscoop.. We'll see when the hood is on.

So.. here's the messy engine bay.  :lol:

A month since my last update..
 :roll:

Exhaust is done.. Just need to spray it with some BBQ grill paint and bolt it back up.
Parts are
3" Jegs X pipe
3" > 2.5" flowmaster reducer cones
2.5" Borla ProXS mufflers
2.5" Flowmaster "UFit" Kit.. I had to cut and weld it all.

I put flanges after the mufflers, so I can drop the center section if I need to drop a tranny.. or want to run cutouts .

Not bad for my first attempt at this sort of thing.