The 5.0 motor swap has finally been completed! A HUGE Thanks to everyone that was involved: Al, for all his help allowing me to use his garage, tools and his wealth of knowledge in the transformation; Brandon (my neighbor), for his back breaking assistance in getting the old engine out and the new in; Brandon (killrb), for selling me the engine at such a cheap price and talking me into swaping the engines out instead of pulling his parts off the engine and putting them onto mine saving me a lot of time and probably a lot of headaches to go with; and last but not least John, for hooking me up with Brandon and his old engine!!
The difference in power is remarkable. Everytime I get in, start her up, and burn the tires off; I can not stop smiling. I get compliments on how it sounds and looks everywhere I go. My wife got to ride in it today and before I could even get out of the driveway, she said "Whow! What a difference the new engine made." And then I took her onto the highway and took a trip to Gig Harbor and I don't think that there was a second she wasn't smiling. It was well worth all the back breaking hours spent at the Hospital working to save enough money to get it completed just to finally see the smile on her face instead of the cringe look I get when I say, "Honey going to work so I can save money for the car." or "Going to Al's to work on the car." She was begining to wonder if I was ever going to spend any time with her. And now I think she wants to spend all my time with me in my new found Beast!
I want to add pics but can't figure out how you all are doing all these pics without using all your attachment space... Can someone fill me in so I can add pics!!
The difference in power is remarkable. Everytime I get in, start her up, and burn the tires off; I can not stop smiling. I get compliments on how it sounds and looks everywhere I go. My wife got to ride in it today and before I could even get out of the driveway, she said "Whow! What a difference the new engine made." And then I took her onto the highway and took a trip to Gig Harbor and I don't think that there was a second she wasn't smiling. It was well worth all the back breaking hours spent at the Hospital working to save enough money to get it completed just to finally see the smile on her face instead of the cringe look I get when I say, "Honey going to work so I can save money for the car." or "Going to Al's to work on the car." She was begining to wonder if I was ever going to spend any time with her. And now I think she wants to spend all my time with me in my new found Beast!
I want to add pics but can't figure out how you all are doing all these pics without using all your attachment space... Can someone fill me in so I can add pics!!