FMHE Relocation!

[01abboud]

I finally got around to raising the FMHE a bit yesterday... I went up to a friend's place in WI and we went to town.

Before....

After! Front mount? What front mount?

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[Mook]

Muuuuuch better :likes:

 

[01abboud]

Thanks Mook!!

Oh, and since it was scratched... we painted the trans pan red... You know, for heritage.

 

[smug]

Nice mask and prep job on the trans pan

Front mount looks really good after the relocation, I hate it when they hang down and look out of place.

 

[slowchevy]

mexican mods ftl.

 

[Mook]

Say again?

 

[bikrboy128]

because painting a non supercharged buick engine chevy orange is any better? rrrrrright

 

[Mook]

Fuck. My first gtp had a blue and yellow trans.

 

[bikrboy128]

for the heritage?

 

[The Broken Regal]

fmhe location looks great!

mexican mods ftl.

quoted... for the heritage

 

[Bru]

Looks good dude

Ignore Slow Chevy.

 

[01abboud]

Thanks for the compliments guys!

The red was definitely a joke... I just had to share the entertainment. Alex walked over with a can of spray paint, and was like, "you're gonna LOVE this!"

 

[Euro]

Nice job on the relocation!!!!

 

[Nofear048]

nice job

 

[RICH17]

Is that the ZZP pan? DO I see two plugs in it? one on the side and one of the bottom??

 

[01abboud]

Thanks again guys! Now I just need to hunt down the new noises... changed the axles, and I'm assuming there's something loose down there... whoops. I only hear it when I turn the wheel at low speeds. It's always something!

 

[01abboud]

Is that the ZZP pan? DO I see two plugs in it? one on the side and one of the bottom??

It's actually an MSP trans pan.. I got it from a guy on the Regal forum... it hadn't even been installed. It's basically a stock pan with some tubes welded onto it... and yes, it has two plugs. One to use as a drain, one for a temp sensor. Good eye! If it was aluminum like the zzp pan, I wouldn't have bothered with the paint!

 

[slowchevy]

what do they do.. help rid heat? ?

 

[01abboud]

what do they do.. help rid heat? ?

Yeah, I think that's the idea... Not sure how much it does, I just wanted the drain plug! My trans does stay reasonably cool though... so maybe it helps!

 

[slowchevy]

do you know how to run a trans temp sensor???

 

[01abboud]

do you know how to run a trans temp sensor???

Nope, I'm just using my aeroforce and assuming that my PCM knows how hot it is... I'm assuming you'd just put the sensor in the little hole... and run the wiring to a gauge!

 

[ChromeCobra]

you sneaky son of a gun

 

[01abboud]

you sneaky son of a gun

:rollpicard: What? It's still slow!

 

[b4black]

Does the FMHE get enough air flow that way? (Look much better for sure.)

Mine looks pretty much like the before picture. I plan to paint the end tanks flat black to help it blend in some.

 

[01abboud]

Does the FMHE get enough air flow that way? (Look much better for sure.)

Mine looks pretty much like the before picture. I plan to paint the end tanks flat black to help it blend in some.

It seems to get enough air... It's only been like that for a few days... no KR so far! I was just always so nervous that it would catch on a parking barrier, or scrape pulling in or out of a driveway. I was also able to put some of the little plastic underside parts back on, so that's kinda nice too. Gets them out of my trunk and back on the car!

The biggest thing that we had to do was cut the bottom horizontal piece on the bumper support to make room... after that, it was just a matter of drilling holes in the next level up to put the mounting bolts through! We were able to keep the front of the support on, so it was really only three cuts... two really short, and one long one! I'm really happy with how it turned out.

If nothing else, painting yours black will definitely help hide it. That makes a big difference! There's a kid up in Milwaukee that has his mounted low, but it's black and you don't really even notice it. It's certainly an option!