Making sure that a engine is bolted into a car and won’t go anywhere anytime soon is actually the easy part of a swap. You can bolt something together, right? Of course, that’s easy enough. It’s everything else, from the fuel system to the ignition system that is the actual pain in the backside. If you are sticking with older vehicles, that’s simple: you make sure the fuel pump is operational, make sure fuel is getting to the intake point, and make sure that a spark will meet the air and fuel mixture. But if you are doing a restomod swap, everything gets that much more interesting. The injectors need not only enough fuel but enough pressure to keep the system happy. The voltage going to the ignition needs to be perfect, the computers for each system need to be on the same page…it’s a process, but one that is very worth the effort.
The Fuel Injection Sucks guys have been hard at work on swapping a 4.2L inline six from a TrailBlazer into this 1967 Checker and for the first time since we found this build, they aren’t freezing their hind ends in the snow and slush while working on the car. Today is about getting major systems dialed in…a shifter for the transmission, a fuel system, and if there is any luck, a first crank will be in order to make sure the timing for the engine is good before they finish everything up and fire it off for the first time!
