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Originally Posted by 1795
So, how did it go today?
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Ha! We took more parts off the car than we installed! The hood is off, the strut tubes (is that what you’d call them?) are out, the seats are out, the transmission tunnel is out, the crossmember mount for the transmission is out… it’s a riot!
My oldest son (18) recognized that it’s likely not too many Superformance customers are doing their own installations. It’s an easy car to work on, but there really aren’t any instructions and we have no idea what pieces we’re missing.
We think we’ll have the motor mounts squared away tomorrow and be able to set the engine in the chassis. Engine/bellhousing/transmission are ready to go. Once it’s set it we’ll set a seat back in and test the shifter location. Looks like it’s reversible on the TKX which could let us move it forward about 4” or so. Then we can cut the whole in the tunnel.
Anyhow, good chance we’ll at least fire it tomorrow if only for a minute. Not sure if we’ll have cooling all hooked up, but there’s a good chance of thunder.
Getting the slave cylinder and bracket figured out for the hydraulic clutch, but I don’t think any businesses will be checking emails or answering phones until Tuesday, so we’re managing expectations accordingly.
Here’s a picture of my 3 sons and my good friend Dave that built my 396hp 331. He’s priceless on this operation!