Cobra Engine is IN! (the conversion continues)

Thanks to everyone who encouraged me (read: swift kick in the @$$) to drop in the engine myself. It took me a total of an hour: a half-hour to drop the engine in, and another half-hour to shift things around and get the tranny & crossmember in. The Energy Suspension driver motor mount has that stupid alignment peg on it that has to line up in the stock k-member. It took a while to shift the engine around until it finally dropped in. Prothane motor mounts do NOT have this alignment peg.

In case anyone is curious, all 94-95 crossmembers (V6/GT/Cobra, AODE/T5) are identical. I used my V6's AODE crossmember and it lined up perfectly to the Cobra T5. The same with the k-member, the V6 one fits the 5.0 just fine.

Now, for photos. Here's the empty (and clean) engine bay:




Next, the engine is hooked up to the cherry picker and ready to be hauled over:




Got the engine all lined up, ready to haul it up high:




Engine's mostly in now, gotta line up the motor mounts:




Finally, bolted down and IN!




Here's something interesting I found when I was working on the engine. I had to take the 'Stang off of the jack stands and shift it forward to get enough clearance. When I pulled out the jack stands, this is what I saw:




It got so hot this summer, the blacktop softened and the jack stands sunk in a bit. Just the back ones, guess the front was light enough without the engine installed.

Gonna install an aluminum driveshaft and the exhaust tomorrow. Should be able to start 'er up next weekend (Labor Day holiday weekend); I'll be taking video of the first startup - we'll see if I got it right.

For any new readers, the previous thread is over here.