SWAP start (finally)

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:11 pm

Well it has begun. I am tearing down the b2 now to pull the 2.9L out and sell it.

I hope I get more days of work between the thunderstorms...

bigswede · Post by **bigswede** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:38 pm

You ever figure out how much you want for your 2.9?

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 9:53 pm

Well I wanted $600 for it, but a local guy needed it. Sorry but its all but sold, just waiting to be taken out.

Also per my wife, please ignore the mess of kids toys in the picture...

bigswede · Post by **bigswede** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:22 pm

Well poop.

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:35 pm

Posting progress pics is my motivation to get things done. Here is what is done today. Raditor/shroud, fan & fan clutch, and side body panels. Ran out of time before I had to get ready for work....

Hopefully I will get more done tomorrow.

FatMan · Post by **FatMan** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:12 pm

hey Phillippi lookin good keep up the hard work and keep the pictures coming. i'll try to keep you motivatedwith some post whoring.

FatMan · Post by **FatMan** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:13 pm

more pic's

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:56 pm

I was going to work on it today, but we went to the city carnival and didnt get back in time before work.... Hopefully i will get to it tomorrow before work.

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 3:37 pm

ok I got a couple of hours of work on this today before work... Sometimes I wish I had a normal job with normal days/hours....

Can I tell you how much I hate pinch welds!??!!! I had to drill out like 30 of them to get the front off.

FatMan · Post by **FatMan** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 5:31 pm

spot weld's do suck i had to drill out a crap load when we removed the finder flares from my buddy's zuki. looking good on the progress 2.9's ready to be pulled whatcha wait'n on

. good job Phillippi cant wait to see the finished product.

Post by **Nobody** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:27 am

No turning back now! Here I thought you were all talk

So what's the plan?

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:16 am

Plan is take out the old 2.9L and sell it to a local guy. Then start the tear down of the FS and mark every wire to put in mine. Hopefully it will go in the same way it came out for an easy swap. My only problem lately is work interrupting the work on it. As a matter of fact im working right now......

Post by **Nobody** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 11:41 am

So you're putting a 302 in? FI? Tranny, mounts, headers?

Phillippi · Post by **Phillippi** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:26 pm

5.0 efi, making my own body mounts using the 2.9l mounts and 1/2" plate way. AOD tranny, and BW1356 I believe. All already bolted together in the FS. Because of the way its already in the FS I am hoping that its that much easier to put in mine. As far as headers I do have some headman headers I got for next to nothing for a B2/ranger 5.0 swap that I will try as well. And it started like way fast the other day when I moved it into place. I was happy about that. It sounded good as well.

FatMan · Post by **FatMan** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:03 pm

so do you think you'll have that bad boy pulled out this weekend??