Zach3.8L

Okay, so I started the project with installing the Eaton M90 from the Thunderbird SC into my 3.8 Mustang. I have all of the parts I need, however, I can't get the piping to mount up properly. Or the coolant lines...or the throttle cable...or the supercharger itself.

I'll admit it, I bit off way more than I could chew. I am mechanically skilled, however, this was out of my league.

Basic break down of the day, which was supposed to be "Supercharged Saturday."

10:00 AM - wake up and get started
10:30 AM - realize that I need more tools - run out and get them from my house - get lunch and pick up a buddy for extra hands
12:00 PM - get back to my girlfriend's place and get started again (Yes...my girlfriend's place. What can I say, she has a good garage!
1:00 PM - get the strut tower support bar removed, along with the top half of the intake manifold
2:00 PM - get the coolant lines removed, along with the electrical components
3:00 PM - get the lower half of the intake manifold removed
4:00 PM - took another food break
5:00 PM to 7:30 PM - deal with the fuel rails (did not have "proper" tools and had to jerry rig some tools to work for line removal)
7:30 PM to 10:00 PM - got the lower intake manifold and fuel rails from the T-Bird installed
10:00 PM to CURRENT - dealing with getting everything else installed and hooked up.

The following problems have cropped up out of nowhere:

A.) the piping won't mount properly as the oil fill stem is in the way
B.) the piping won't fit in the engine bay period.
C.) the coolant piping will not fit (Trying to figure out how to re do that stuff...so not really a biggie, but worth listing)
D.) the throttle cable...how do I mount that?
E.) The pully for the supercharger is not in line with the serpentine belt. Is there a longer shaft for the charger that I can get?

Potential issues:

A.) Coolant leaking out of the damn block...
B.) Me blowing up the car out of frustration

Possible solutions:

A.) Take it to the shop to get the install done (Costly, so not on the top of my list)
B.) Get some ideas from the forums that could work

Please note...I can not put the old parts back in due to my stupidity in cutting the old water neck to make the parts for the T-Bird water neck mount up. (I'll post pictures later so you get the idea...and I'll take any flames that I get for this one.)

And I said to Pharoh: "Let my Supercharger setup work!"

Any help to make this happen would be extremely useful.

Thanks

LilRoush

Are you sure you have all of the M90 set up? The M90 uses a two belt set up, so there it won't line up with your stock pullies. Check out Jamie's thread on V6P about the install. It should help you out.

http://www.v6power.net/vb/showthread.php?t=5716

cobra232

abd you cannot use stang valvecovers. you need supercoupe covers

GlockPants

^+1....I'm about to do the swap too in a few weeks and that has to be the best write-up I've seen...It mentioned in there about using the SC valve covers and there are some solutions for the throttle cable/cruise control and electrical things.

ayrton02

how is the m112 compared to this - anyone know? assuming you have the m112 upper intake from ssm. (yes, i'm splitport, so the m112 is what i'll eventually do). oh and good luck with the m90 man. i'm pretty sure you can do it tho.

ESG-642T

Short answer:
M112 > M90

Install might be slightly eaiser.

LilRoush

The numbers Eaton use to list the blowers are the sizes bases on displacement.
The M90 displaced 90 cubic inches, the M112 steps up to 112 cubic inches. More is better.

Zach3.8L

Damn...I had no idea how involved this really was. Good news is that I am now on the right track because of that little guide that was posted earlier (thank you for saving my ***) and now it seems like I'll have it all together by Wednesday night.

Just gotta find the timing chain cover from a 93-95 Mustang or SC...

I wonder...will the timing chain cover off of a 1990 SC work? If so, I will throw my hands to the sky and rejoice!

GlockPants

I'm not sure, but if you have it you might as well try...It would be pointless to spend money where you don't need it.

LilRoush

Yes the 90 SC cover will work.

How's the project coming?