Yeah,whats wrong with that wheel? I agree with Neil about the horn button but other than that,the wheel looks sweet!
Hey Neil,noticed you don't have a radio yet.I have a brand new kenwood
model; kdc-mp235 in the box never been installed $140 shipped.

 

Man, if that was a Kenwood DDX812, i'd say yeah, but that is what I am looking for. Thanks though, I appreciate the offer!

 

HAHA!! $140 shipped for one of those would be a pretty lucky find now wouldn't it!
Any of you other 100,000 viewers of neils car interested?
Nice choice btw!

 

Hmm you live in Houston Neil, Maybe I might be able to see this piece of performance sooner or later. Anyways, How was that abs headliner going in? PITA?

 

Sure! The ABS headliner went in just fine, no issues at all! Before I covered it I test fitted it in the car with no problems.

 

Where did you get it from Neil?

 

Hawks Thirdgen

 

any problems with it sagging? Heard MANY different things about them and most wasnt good.

 

Well, I can't comment on the sagging issue because I don't really have it installed..it is laying on the top of the roll bar and the rear view mirror. I am hoping that once I mount the center console light, the rear trim piece and the visors that it will stay up and not sag. If it does sag, might have to think of some velcro fastener setup that would work???

 

I can't say 100% but I don't believe the abs h/l would have a sagging problem (or would it?)
as far as I know,sagging issues only come from wrong or not enough adhesive to attach the material to the abs board.
Like I said,not 100% just my 2cents!
Anyway, Neil I still keep finding myself going back umteen pages and looking at your custom painted emblems and saying this guy is TOTALLY into his ride!
Alot has happened since then and as 50,000 people have already said
SWEET RIDE!!KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
I know your probably sick of hearing that!!LOL!

 

I didn't think of the sagging issue in regards to the contact cement not doing it's job. So far, so good...the headliner hasn't come off the ABS, though we'll have to see how it holds over time in the Texas heat???
As for the emblems, yeah, I have issues, but I enjoy it and hearing all you guys into this as much as you are is very motivating and not to sound corny but that motivates me to work on the car when I am totally sick of it. At this point I am starting to see this thing actually running in the near future. After the hydraulic throwout bearing gets here and hopefully by the weekend after next the engine & tranny will be in....then the car is off to the fab shop for a complete exhaust system. I'll be going with 2" primaries and 3.5" duals with an x-pipe. I'll probably be at the shop everyday checking on progress and the car! LOL

 

project is comming along nicely.
have you make any progress on the door panels?

 

Dam 3 years knowing about this site and i just found this thread........

Very Very nice car good job on the build

 

I think contact cement actually degrades faster in Florida heat than in Texas heat.I don't know,it sure is hot here though.
So,we gonna here this beast on open headers for the initial breakin?

 

Hope the car and you are alright Neil. That was a bad storm.

 

yeah why hasnt he replied since then?

 

Hey guys, no worries I am ok. I have just been swamped at work. I'll post more pics this weekend of the interior mods.

 

well thats good to hear

 

Dude good to hear from you the other day. Been to long since we last talked. The car is looking incredible. Can't wait for a ride in it(I'll bring my helmet). I'm up in your area at least a couple of times a month. If you need me to haul anything to you let me know. Keep in touch.

Britton

 

Glad to hear everything is OK...that darn work thing always gets in the way.

 

I finally trimmed the dash-cowl piece to fit and as you can see I removed quite a bit of the original material. Once I got the piece to fit properly I washed it with warm soap and water and then dyed it black to match the dash.

 

a few more shots...

 

The Mcleod hydraulic throwout bearing finally arrived and was able to install it Saturday.

 

Mated the tranny to engine which took the good part of the afternoon, then Sunday a.m. ready to stab the engine in the car!

 

aaaaahhhhh and here it is.....FINALLY!!!

 

After alot of raising/lowering/shifting and swearing the engine starts to find it's home.

 

Now, I feel like it's a car again.

 

Good lord I'm SOOOOOOOOOOO turned on now!!!
Sorry,gearhead thing I guess.
Looking mighty fine Neil!

 

Cut the hole in the trans tunnel for the shifter and called it a day.

 

HOLY CRAP!!!! That is awesome. Quite a long read, but worth it.

 

what is that cutoff wheel in the pic?
I'm assuming thats what u used to make the cuts,never seen one exactly like that though.

 

Forgot one pic of the engine in the car and more of the shifter. Smoothed the edges with a file and added thermal barrier to the hump around the shifter, then used 1/4" rubber tubing slit down the side as a gasket seal to the rubber shift boot (not pictured). That's it for now.

 

Hey man, that cut-off wheel or what's left of it is a Roto Zip with the zip mate attachment (cut off wheel). I also have the air cut off tool but was out of wheels.

 

you're probably sittin' in the car right now getting a good feel on that shifter
aren't you?LOL!

 

You bet ur a$$ I am and makin' car noises, like when I was 5 years old! LOL

 

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait to hear this beast running!
I'll probably never see it in person(how I would love to though!)but Houston is a bit of a drive for me!If you ever have her in Fl,let me know!
I'll just have to be satisfied with eng. break in clips til then.
BTW,did you ever get all that POR-15 out of your hair?HAHA!

 

looking good neil!

 

did you miss cut the a pillar in this pic?
looking good.
now that the engine is in, it shouldnt be long. bet you are ready!

 

what intake are you going to run, it would be sick if it is one of those fabricated intakes? Are you going to run the hawks lt's for exhaust?

 

I know this is a long thread but,I believe this has all been discussed by the
original poster.

 

LOL, I screwed up that piece! Just received the other one from Trans Am creations. I accidentally included that in the photo and now I have to explain my screw up, LMAO!

 

what paint are you using.? i just finished my 4th gen swap and my air bag cover is a regular gray .

btw what shifter is that?

 

I assume you are referring to the dash color and for that I am using a spray dye made by SEM. It is flat black and the only place I have been able to get it is from automotive paint supply shops. You might also try the net for different places to buy SEM products.

The shifter is made by MGW http://www.mgwltd.com/

 

I am going to run a Hogan sheet metal intake though I am unsure of the design, here are pics of some I have in mind. Still undecided if I will go with twin TB or single TB.

As for the exhaust I have Hawk's stainless LS headers and Y-pipe but I am going to sell it and go with a complete custom system. The header primaries will be 2" flowing into dual 3" pipe and Magnaflow mufflers. The whole system will be fabricated from stainless steel. I wasn't planning on going this route as it will be pricey, but I would be choking the engine with those 1 3/4" primaries.

 

Dang Neil, thats one hell of a set up, i didn't read all of it though, i think i'm ganna have to. i might be going to school in both arizona and houston in the coming months, i'll have to stop by!

 

sweet dude.
those hogan intakes are AWESOME!!!
ive wanted one for a while.
too bad the intake alone would nearly triple what i paid for my IROC

 

Not to change the subject but, wasn't one of those Hogan intakes the one used on a 1000+ hp thirdgen a while back on this board somewhere?

 

hey, an alternative to the hogans intake would be done by Marcella Manifolds. He is currently working on his website but you can see some of his work here:

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=81535

I think they look pretty sick, and are competitively priced with a hogan manifold. Food for thought

 

some really good work of his

 

WOW! that is nice! where did you hear about them and I wonder how much they charge?