Aviator: Congrats on the upcoming delivery. My name is Robert Boudreaux of Hi-Per Rods, the Texas area BDR Dealer. I assure you that there are no surprises in stabbing your engine package. Reg has been working on a manual that is problably completed by now, however, "Who Needs It." You'll bolt everything onto the engine/tranny and ease it in. Mount the clutch slave and get your push rod cut to lenth and then remove it. The engine goes in better without it and you don't want to drill holes in the bell housing and work out pushrod issues from underneath.
The engine mounts will set into the mount holes and you'll then lift up the rear of the tranny to mark the tunnel for the hole. An airsaw will give you a clean hole and will cut through the tunnel, carpet, and liner with no problem. DON'T USE A HOLESAW. Once the hole is cut, the tranny will rise into it's resting place so you can install the tranny mount. The entire install will require drilling 2 tranny mount holes and the shirter hole. You'll have it stabbed and bolted in by lunch.
The driveshaft is a little tricky but will wiggle into place in a few minutes of patient attention. Don't forget 4 bolts before you crawl under.
Mount the fuel pump and wire the fuel pump. Wires are in place and ready. Use a Carter pump. Holleys are louder, larger, and more expensive. 6 feet of fuel line, 2 nipples, and 4 clamps will finish this off.
Now you need to make 3 clamps for the cooling lines. Home Depots sell 1"X1/8" aluminum bar stock. Use the line itself to bend the stock around to make a clamp. I'll post pictures tonight.
The only other thing that will see you coming is the
oil and water sensors. They are metric and require some brass fitting modification to make work. Reg is supposed to be adding modified fitting to the new car package. But if they don't show up, I have extra and can send you one of each required.
All this should take all of a weekend. If it's just you, you'll be done in about 40 hours. That means the first weekend and a 2 or 3 nights of the next week.
The key is to get everything ahead of time to prevent 20 parts runs for bolts and parts. That alone can make the job last a month vs a weekend. I can help you there too. That way, you can do all your parts and bolts chasing ahead of time.
If you haven’t purchased your stuff yet, I offer a full line of forged, blueprinted, engine packages with new blocks and warranties. Also, I notice you mentioned EFI. I offer an EFI stack system that is awsome and I also have a bolt-on inter-cooled turbo system being developed for the BDR and one for the FFR.
Feal free to email me:
Robert@Hi-PerRods.com
As you can read, I love to jabber about these cars.
Boudy