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Just got my car going and drove it for the first time yesterday. It was given to me as a roller, with a KA24 engine and matching transmission. Not being to keen on that combo, I sold it and swapped in a 302 and T5 that was sitting around in my shop. Took me a couple of years off/on work to get it to this point. Lots more to do yet.

Edit:
There are more pictures in my album, but these are the only ones I'm able to get working in this post. Sorry

speedbug78 wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:47 pm Lots more to do yet.0806182027.jpg

welcome, but the first thing you need to do is post more pics

Yea, the pics attachment didn't work out too good (couldn't determine the size of the pics) so I just created a gallery. Let's see if these work.
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https://www.311s.org/Gallery/displayima ... play_media

I think I see them. Red with sidepipes?!

That's the one I'll attempt some better pics soon.

Looks like it will destroy the tires and burn thighs! haha

When I got my car last summer, I was kinda hoping the engine was shot so I could do the exact same thing, 302 and 5 spd. You should do some kind of write up on this, I would be interested on what needed to be done to make it fit.

@ bossbob - Sure. There are lots of ways to do it, but I did mine with minimum modifications to the body/chassis. Most internet pics I've seen with this swap use custom frames and set-back firewalls. Mine has the stock firewall and frame. There are clearance modifications of course, but it all fit better than I thought it would. I will say that doing it this way sets the engine further forward than the others. This may be a drawback if you plan to race on a road course. My background is primarily drag racing and I think I can get it set up to drive quite good on the street and still run 11's.

@ 2mAn - It does both of those pretty well! It needs a lot of front suspension and brake attention too, so it's a white knuckle driver atm.

I'm very interested!

Took some better pictures tonight:

Welcome, so next, why not post some video?

It is a good idea, and I feel that I must be missing something basic here, but I am unable to find a "how to" section in this forum for posting images, video etc. Does this site host video, or will I need to host it somewhere else and link? Are there maximum image sizes (height and with as well as data size)? What formats are supported? Thanks!

Holy smokin tires Batman!

Congrats on getting it running. That couldn't have been easy to stuff in there!
Dan

Welcome!
Reminds me of Jon's "jhayden" LT1-powered SRL: