Daytona Engine Swap

GTPpower

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A friend of mine bought this car, and popped the motor about 3 years ago. He travels all over the place for work, so this car has been sitting at his grandparents place since then. They are moving to a new house, so he needed to get rid of the car. I am looking for a parts car to supply my race car, but this just seemed too nice to part out and send to the crusher. So I ended up buying it. I have a few L67's sitting around, so I thought this would be a good time to use one.

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Picking the car up.

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My wife was nice enough to let me take over the garage for a few days.

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There are leaks everywhere in the engine bay. Not sure what they are all from, but the car has no power steering or power brakes when driving it into the garage. So, I'm sure I'll have some work there. Hopefully it's just from sitting so long.

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And, these are awesome. I highly recommend them. My days of spraying brake cleaner on my hands to clean them are over.

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boostedguy05

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Let me know when i can pick it up sometime after march 2018 when im done here in Washington DC LOL!

On a side note I just sent a contractor 28k to get started on my new garage! :nice:

That bitch is gonna have 10.5 foot walls scissor trusses and and and wait for it.............


A 2 post lift! I AM SO EXCITE RIGHT NOW!!!

why are you paying for a garage when the tree place killed your last one? or did they cut you a fat check to cover everything?
 

GTPpower

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anyways take some pics or make a vid of when your done.

what are you gonna sell it for?

Just toss whatever profit back into the the racecar?

That'll. Be a nice garage for you.

I'm thinking around $3k. It's got some mods and some tasteful stuff done on the interior.

I'll probably put the money into paying off my wife's car. Or buying a dump trailer. I need one of those bad. I've got pretty much everything I need for the racecar, I think. Just basically watching for a really cheap parts car to steal random parts off of.
 

GTPpower

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The only gaskets that I didn't replace are the head gaskets and the front and rear seal. I got some grade 8 bolts to put the flexplate back on.

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Just getting the motor put together and putting it in the car.

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And.....SON OF A BITCH!

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I cracked the damn bell housing on the trans. I was in a hurry and was trying to wrap up for the night. I didn't have the lower dowel quite in the right spot, and I started tightening the bell housing bolt. So, now I have to pull the motor back out, spend a bunch of time cleaning it and tig weld it up. Ugh.
 

Rent Free

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Lol. Believe me, I was pissed about it. And I found out why. One of the ground wires in that area somehow got in between the trans and engine alignment dowel and wouldn't let them come together. Evidently i need better lighting in my garage.

And, yes. Lots and lots of loctite.

Know how you get better lighting? I can send a tree service company your way I hear they are really good at adding sky lights!

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davesgtp

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Great job man! Ive been reading your posts for a long time and have learned a LOT from you. I also have a 98 daytona project. xp, 130#, fsic, 3.0, 60s, 19*, semi built trans. i love the car. i personally love the gulf blue color the best out of all the years, i just wish we couldve got the better spoiler... what are your plans for this car in the future if you dont end up selling it? Not trying to thread jack, but if you happen to know anyone selling a dhp or working avt let me know i need to buy one ASAP!
 

GTPpower

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This car has been a pain in my ass.

I got it running, but couldn't drive it since I didn't have a title. 3 months later I finally get the title.

I get plates and drive it a little. Then, blow a brake line. Park it for a week til new lines arrive. I get those put on and notice the fuel lines are in bad shape. So, another week and I get those.

Now I only have power steering one way. So I order a new rack and put it in. I also had a weird problem where the radio wouldn't work, power locks, and heated seat wouldn't work. Did a bunch of checking, and found a blown maxi fuse due to a wire rubbing....fixed all that.

I put two new front wheel bearings on because the old ones were loud. I finally get it driving good and have about 100 miles on it....and out of nowhere the trans won't shift into 3rd anymore. I drained the fluid yesterday, changed the filter, and stuck in a bottle of Lucas. I put on 150 miles today, and no change.

So, I guess I get to change the tranny too.
 
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