Ahh, ok, so the spring is there to keep things from rattling? I was wondering if the spring was supposed to be on top to keep tension on the limiting strap.

Steve,
Let’s chat soon about your engine swap again. I’m contemplating switching to a 4R70W and I’m thinking you were going to keep the c4. If so, I have the engine harness with all of the transmission stuff removed. Depending on timeframe, maybe we can work something out.

Tim

I'm just getting caught up on your build. I love all your custom fab work. That is one sweet looking rig!

Inner fender wheel wells are now completed and I wish that task on no one !

I used 14g aluminum for the front portion/hoops and 20 gauge galvannealed steel for the rears. The rear air vents are stainless steel and there will be a aluminum trim to finish it off along with cover plates if needed. The inner fenders are not air/water tight but will help keep the motor area from getting too dirty I hope. My plans are to keep the aluminum raw and paint the steel with rustoleum hammer black just like the frame.

Next steps are to mockup the motor components/wire harness (once I can find it lol)

It's hard because you are meticulous!!! And it all looks amazing!!

Nice, they look great! Now that you’ve practiced on your bronco BSD is in need of some custom inner fenders as well, ha!

My original thought of using a OEM Benz air box didn't work out with the inner fender wells as both side would not be somewhat symmetrical and that air box just didn't look at home in the engine bay. I could have just bought a aftermarket tube/cone filter and be done with it, but I had no plans for the past 3-weeks!

So being stubborn headed I rolled my own tubing and make a cold air box. My first design was to incorporate a "prefilter" for dusty conditions but then realized that I would be restricting too much air flow, so for now I'll be running a K&N oil filter for most of the time and have a Airaid dry filter with a pre-filter sock for dusty trails.

SWEEEEEEEET!!!!!

That is some great work! I assume you are staying away from mud/deep water?

Dang its been 2 months since updates, nothing really ground breaking going on with the build I almost have all the engine/dash wiring dialed in, the sad part is it all has to all come back out in order to fully paint/weld the engine cage modifications. On a side note I wasn't happy with the 5-KC light and changed the design to 6 . I'm not sure if the alternator will handle it but its "look" I've always liked.

Baja racer style!! are the KC incandescent? They now make some retro versions in LED...

you should be able to light up the night with those lights. Wiring is my arch nemesis! I completely rewired my Bronco, I almost gave up on it daily during that project.

Thanks Jesus_man
Yes they are incandescent, good point on the LED I'll have to check the cost. Also I checked the air box and I'm good for 30" so at 31" things will go really really bad

I finally finished up the engine wiring along with finding a place to locate the 96 explorer trans-cooler and power steering cooler. I also decided to ditch the oem glove box and make my own in order to place all KC light relays. Then pulled everything back out so I could fully weld the engine cage and paint the block. Picking up some new motor mounts at Napa on the way home today and dropping it back in for the final time!!

will I see this parked next to mine soon?

Absolutely! I’ll be driving the wheels off this thing

I finally removed the engine cage/parts and wiring in order to fully weld and paint the steel panels its a great feeling to install the engine cage for the final time using lock washer! The last couple of weeks have been crappy weather for HVLP painting so I worked on trimming the carpet padding and fitting the OEM rubber matting (I forgot to take pics). This Sat was my 1 day opportunity to finally paint the dash I had already primed and prepped the parts several weeks ago so they just needed base/clear. Another milestone installing the dash for the last time!!!!

Dang that’s looking nice!!!!

I agree. Hospital white!

I installed the dash pad, glove box relays along with cleaning up the OEM vent tubing. I was getting ready to bolt the glove box plate and remembered that all the wiring needs to be routed in front of the passenger A pillar so now I need to remove everything again

No!!!!!!

I hope the rest of the build isn't as difficult as the dash!
The original routing for the heater cable seemed to be too low under the computer box so going on top seemed the least binding, I'm sure I'll run into issues and have to take the dash out again at some point lol

Looks really clean!!

More progress on the build!