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Just compared engine heights to Jonathan's '84. Mine is 2.5" lower in the chassis than his is! I knew it was lower, but yikes!

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Jumped right into it this evening. It became were apparent that 3 things are already working against me.

1. Convertible motor mounts - lowers...

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First oopsie. There will probably be plenty of these as we go along...

The hot side wastegate flange is for an HKS style wastegate. My...

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Some more bits showed up today. Wastegate, BOV with mount, oil lines, and v-band clamps.

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Haha Jonathan has an Explorer long block sitting in the shop that I might could acquire if this thing decides to zipper itself.

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Idk. I am not super worried about it. If I was bolting it onto an expensive race motor I would be a bit more concerned, but not on this near stock 302....

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I didn't have a real straight edge, but I checked them against a big hunk of angle iron and they were as flat as one could expect.

I just...

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I have leftover coldside pipe from the truck. So a carb hat, down pipe, some small carb parts and misc hardware....

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Fuel will be 91 octane pump gas.

We won't be running any sort of cooler. 6-8 psi doesn't really require it and the blow thru absorbs a fair...

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The waste gate, oil feed/drain lines, and blow off valve w/ mount are all ordered.

Total investment so far is $450.

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I really didn't tell Judd about already buying this stuff. So yesterday I sent him some cryptic snapchats and he finally figured it out. He was super...

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I was going to look into that. This particular turbo is known to be a porker (37lbs) so I figure anything I can do will help.

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We have no emissions testing here and this car has Antique plates so it does not have to be inspected at all.

I'll try to keep list of everything,...

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Parts arrived a day early.

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Yes. It has 3.55's and 28" tires so it might work ok. The hope is have Judd do most of the wrenching.

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Ok, as if I don't have enough stuff going on, we are going to try to add a GT45 turbo to this thing. I already ordered the turbo and hot side and they...

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Yeah, 8 years ago. Haha.

We "what if'd" one time too many and someone REALLY wanted our house. Good market, very motivated buyer...

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Not sure if we want to do that or a cam/head/intake change, but the topic has definitely come up. If we did, it would be super basic. After all, Judd...

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Judd just got his driver's license!

We are planing to take this pile on RMRW this coming year. We would like to improve performance some....

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Moving sucks. Moving in the rain really sucks. That is all.