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Old 01-10-2006, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by david riley
How about some background on the new donor?
I'll let the owner fill you in. He's on the board. Besides the engine and related conversion parts, there are a few other things that I'm eyeballing if they can be retrofitted onto and SC.
Like the brakes. (Who knows what that will require?)
Seats maybe.

Like my other project, I'll keep everyone posted on the project.
Thanks for the links to the manuals, I'll check them out. Bently is pretty good and I would probably buy it. I'm hoping to find the factory one although I just need the sections on the engine and management along with a wiring diagram.

BTW, I had the car up on stands, level with the bottom of the heat exchangers about 17-18". When I dropped the front down really low (No wheels on the car low) I pulled the engine out the back. I had to take advantage of the exhaust pipe cutout to get a few of the higher pieces out.

At times when I didn't have the SC high enough I put a 4x4 on my jack and lifted across the rear seam. (No problem because at that point there is very little weight in the back.
My normal setup for the SC is to have the bottom of the rear torsion bars at 21 or 23 inches (I forget right now). The ATV jack goes up 16" with just a piece of 3/4" plywood on top. I often drop the engine only unless there is a reason to pull the tranny. I don't know if that can be done with the 964.
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