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MikeSr.'s 242 V-8 project

This is why I'm going to school. To get done, and make money so I can afford to live a life like yours with old V8-Swapped bricks.

Don't be terribly disappointed to discover life doesn't work that way. I never wanted to believe it either.
 
Ok after taking the holidays off, we worked all day today. Swapped manual pedals and Wilwood clutch master cylinder. Very tedious work- MikeJr. Did some nice surgery on the pedals, and adapted a Trans-am shifter to the T-56.
It felt good to get a good day's work in.
 
Thought I'd update this thread since I got some stuff done today

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Read somewhere to keep it at 30 or below and mine is at 30 but I could use a little more header clearance. I guess as long as it doesn't bind doesn't matter
 
Glad to see another LS swapped 200 series, and another running a t56! While they are slightly heavier, and slightly "sloppier" than a t5, you won't ever have to worry about breaking it unless you go power adder (possibly). For the price of a built t5, you can have a t56 setup that will handle twice the power, and still get 30mpg's on the highway.

I wish I would have seen this thread before, there is a way to keep the reverse lockout solenoid without cutting your tunnel right there. You can basically pull it apart, and make a compact design out of it. There are a ton of threads on ls1tech. I just deleted mine, with my MGW shifter, you would have to be retarted to try to put it in 6th.

You should consider the ls6 valley cover. Well worth the $75. And from what I've read, there is a lot of porting that can be done with the ls2 intakes.
 
More of Jr.'s good work. Those u-joints are compact hot rod swivels that are really trick. We tried to use an extra stock u-joint, but the angle was to much and it was binding. Those work great.
Now the car is a roller and final assembly is next.
Time to start adding the pile of parts I have accumulated.
 
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