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I got a feeling there's going to be similar trial and error on this one, too. Today I relocated the battery to the trunk, welded the O2 bungs in my headers, and made a liitle bracket to mount the fuel pump and fan relays. All of the PCM wires are ran except for the battery power, ignition power, main grounds, and these two relays. One I get it started and verify that everything works as it should, I'll paint this panel and neaten up all the wiring. Should be wrapping the headers soon and getting them on so I can start routing wires and hoses around them.

Hmmm.....I dont show anything like that on my PCM pinout. Closest thing I have is a fuel pump inertia swith that kills power to the pump in case of impact. Was yours a Ford PCM?

This may not look like much progress but this is several hours this week of lengthening, shortening, soldering, heatshrinking, and studying diagrams. It's coming together well other than a few PCM functions Im still researching to see if they are necessary for proper engine functions. These PCMs do engine and trans functions so some things will be eliminated. But I'm feeling confident and it's looking good. Also found a spot for the coil pack; I was going to mount it on the front of the engine but I think this will work out better.

Looking good! Maybe we'll hit a cruise night together in Waterloo if we both get them on the road this summer. Im only about 40 minutes away.

If you look at my profile you can find the build thread on my 48 along with a ton of pictures. My LS is the 5.3 truck version. I built my own mounts and switched to a rack and pinion steering setup. As far as headers I bought a set of block hungers. For an intake I used a kit made by Edelbrock that coverts it over to a carburetor with an MSD ignition box and put in a ZO6 Corvette cam. Trans is a 700R4. The car is still in progress but its coming along; it's taken forever to finish the paint plus I keep getting sidetracked on other projects! Be glad to help you any way I can; the LS based motors are so much better options than the old traditional small block Chevys.

I decided to build a shelf behind the seat to mount the PCM, ignition module, and the amps for the stereo, plus I'll be putting a bank of relays on it. Here it is mocked up, I'm going to work on the wiring harness and get everything lengthed/shortened to where it needs to go before I neaten it all up. This eats up a ton of time; looks like I may not make my January engine test run. Hopefully it wont take too much longer.

LS will fit on the stock frame,I've got one in my 48.

It doesnt look much different but I've got a lot of hours this week altering the engine wiring harness, mounting the injectors and fuel rail, and figuring out how the hoses are going to lay out in the back. I was going to do the headers first but this made more sense when I started looking at it. The EEC, relays, etc will be mounted to a plate behind the seat so lot more wiring to change but its getting there. Also started putting the intake back together. The boxes of parts are getting emptier! Hopefuuly there's a trial engine start by the end of the month.

Cool, looks really solid. What's the plan?

Hi Mark, good to see a fellow St. Louis citizen on here. Maybe we'll run into each other at the local shows this year. Looks like you've got some nice horses in your stable!

Nice! Looks really solid.

This is killer, you do some awesome work, bro.

Looks cool to me, if its what you want, I'd go for it. That's a really nice body style.

Beautiful work, Bob. Are you going to be ready for cruzin this spring?

Yeah, I'm all about finding a budget priced way to get the job done. You can find just about anything on You Tube these days.

I built the injector cleaner today and it worked great! The only thing I did different was use my battery charger for power as I couldn't get an AA battery to open the injector. Worked great, a noticeable improvement from start to finish in the injector stream. I used Seafoam for the cleaner. It was about $40 total for the parts and a new seal kit for all 6 injectors. Here's the link I used off of You Tube if anyone's interested:

Nice! Looks like a brand new one.

Thanks, I really like that color, too. It's a spray can engine enamel from Dupilcolor called "Cast Iron". I used three coats of primer, three color, and three clear. ORiey's has it.

I'd have to go with Greg; diesel would be a great option for this!

There's some stainless aftermarket ones that came with the car. Interior was done when I got it, I just took it apart for painting and the motor swap.

I dont have my intake gaskets yet but here's an idea of what it will look like assembled. I went ahead and put the door trim, handles, and door panels back on today. Hopefully I can get the headers knocked out this week.

Lots done today; drivetrain is bolted in for good (barring any unforseen disasters). I've got upper gaskets on the way, now I need to pick up some header wrap and get them wrapped and installed. I also saw a pretty cool video on how to build your own fuel injector cleaner. I'll be giving that a shot before too long. The car sat a while and the gas smelled funky so I want to make sure the injectors are clean and working before installing them. They go under the upper intake and a lot of stuff has to come off to get to them.

Nice work, it's coming along great!

Same here; I had an identical problem on my first 49. Adjusting the linkage fixed it.

Does pushing it out of the garage so you can sweep under it count?