teej281

You're the reason why I asked cp. lol

mustangmancp

^^well thank you sir...always got my back!

Chris98Gt

He has it setup like stock except there is no egr provision. If you look at the stock plenum it will have the two ports on the front and the one on the back.

97stanger

+1, its just a stock vacuum setup minus egr, everything will go exactly how it was i shouldnt need any vacuum tree or anything

97stanger

Got a lot done today...
got valve covers on
timing cover, crank pulley, tensioner, motor mounts, plugs, oil filter...now I'm just trying to figure out all of these vortech idler/s/c bracket and whatnot with the spacers, takes some time, here she is as it sits:

lizzyfan

A Fram oil filter, shame on you Mike

97stanger

thanks for picking up the important parts of the build Fred, thanks a lot bud! :P

97stanger

got a ton more progress, every GI joe 8 rib conversion on except power steering, bracket/blower, lines run, pretty much all thats left is wiring/vacuum lines, coils/wires, just little odd/ends:

97stanger

Well, havent been keeping you guys up to date:
heres the past 2 months...

Motor as it sits, just about ready to go in the car:






15x4 pro stars w/ Kumho Powerstar 165/80/15's:





Lakewood safety loop
FRPP aluminum driveshaft



1000hp fuel system from glenns performance, includes:
sumped tank
dual walbro gsl392 pumps
fuel filter
y block
fpr
fuel lines
all fittings/clamps






AIS stage 2 trunk mount setup, tri nozzle w/ progressive controller..running one 3gph jet pre blower and two 4gph jets pre throttle body:





Motor is ready to go in, all parts are bought..just need to physically get the motor in the car so I can get everything all set up! Dont see why it wouldnt be all ready to go come early February

school boy

im very impressed! great job man!