86 GLH-T sundial project

[e-fin]

I got this 86 GLH-T from a friend 6 or so years ago. It was a Mn. car that moved to Texas in the early 90's and was chased out of Texas by emissions laws around about 2001 or 02. It then passed ownership through a couple of friends and ended up with me back in Mn.. Hasnt been on the road since 06 cause of various things mostly wireing. It did run strong but was still a T-1 car. I will have pics soon. I have been slowly hoarding some real awesome parts and its just about time to assemble. I only need a few more pieces. Would love to drive to SDAC this summer. We will see how optimistic that is but since its only 400 miles away if i'm ever gonna drive to one this is it. Here is my list of parts so far
86 GLH-T
Daytona intercooler and radiator assembly
Daytona turbo Z T-2 motor wiring harness
Garrett turbo, to3 with 50 trim to4 compressor wheel
Shelby 2 piece intake
Shelby valve cover
Car has full 3 inch exhaust except stock at swingvalve.
89 555 trans with shifter and 1 of cables.
T.U. GLHS stage II calibration
+40 injectors
Big Holley fuel pump (255 lph???)
Adj fuel pressure reg.
86 2.2 in it or a 89 2.5 not sure what i want to use. Obviously need dif. cal. with 2.5 but would only need forged pistons and headstuds for higher boost levels. 2.5 is currently in a Lebaron conv. that is very sellable( somewhere around 1000 bucks) and could fund a lot of other things. Its a awesome running turbo motor i'm worried would come back to haunt me once i sold it. Have to cross that bridge soon.

Parts i need befor assembling
A.T.P. 3 inch swingvalve and downpipe
Clutch-probly go cheap with a t-3 pressue plate, t-2 clutch disc from Cindy at FWD
Braided steel oil and coolant lines for turbo
2nd cable for shifter

Parts down the road
Some kind of BOV
Suspension- at least new Monroe struts and shocks but would love Koni's$$$$$$
Big brake junkyard conversion.
Nicer adjustable fuel press regulator

I cant run too much boost yet and i might have some overkill in some area's but i hate buying twice and i'm planning/dreaming of high boost someday. Also and this is HUGE i have one of the Turbo Dodge godfathers living about 10 blocks from my house with imense usefull knowledge. Think over-restored 86 GLHS. Now i just need a couple parts and a lot of motivation.
SDAC CHICAGO OR BUST :nod:

[cordes]

In for the progress. Best of luck to you.

[86seeS]

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[turbovanman²]

Awesome, sounds like a huge undertaking but fingers and toes crossed you get it done.

Don't get Monroe's.

[e-fin]

Thanks for the support. Probly need a couple kicks in the a-- from you guys down the road. Here is some boring pics of stuff. Also good news i decided to give up on a 10 year Jeep CJ project and listed it on the C-L and my inbox is blowing up so its looking pretty good for my swingvalve, turbo lines, and clutch.
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[e-fin]

Oops ignore the cj picture.

[BadAssPerformance]

Cool project, cant wait to see it at SDAC! :thumb:

[cordes]

Looks like you'll have some progress pics very soon.

[e-fin]

Not much actual wrenching progress yet but went junkin and got a smec and wireing harness out of a 88 Lebaron turbo. Smec will be used for the swap of the Omni's 2.2 into the 89 Lebaron. Wireing harness used to convert Omni's electronics to 88-89 specs. Kind of intimidateing thinking about what i have to do but jumping in head first baby! Swingvalve and clutch coming soon. Should start yankin, and swapping in the next week.

[cordes]

Can't wait for more pics.

[e-fin]

Pulled Omni motor/trans last night. Totally underestamated time on that and almost all the wires were already disconected. Man this car has had a tough life. Core support?? is a bit bent/tweaked. I was glad to see a 8 bolt flywheel when i pulled the tranny. With this cars history i new there was a chance of a 85 motor in it. Dreading the Lebaron pull but hopefully lessons learned in the first.
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Hopefully this is not the last pic of a perfectly working Lebaron. Spirit is my daily driver, check out the cold air intake i rigged up. I accidently broke my t-2 airbox trying to remove it in cold weather (never said i was smart). I used a cut up Apexi cold air intake off a Cavalier a bud gave me and some decently bent up 2 and 1/4 tubeing. Wish the red matched better. Ignor the lack of pcv, i fixed that and rerouted the smaller hoseing. Makes some distinct intake noise now, and feels like it free'd up some hp, especially midrange. Might be a week or so befor my next pull. Later

[cordes]

Looking good. Keep us updated.

[e-fin]

Good news, bad news. Lebaron engine pull is ahead of sched.. Axles and eng. mounts left to remove and will be out probably sometime monday. Turbo i bought used is junk (shocker). Oh well i'm not the first and probably wont be the last one to buy a piece of s--t. I have a few stockers plus the one i swapped onto my Spirit and i'm still going ahead with the 3 inch ATP swingvalve so lag should be pretty non-exsistant. All in all it could be worse. Imagine if God never invented the Mopar Turbo, we might all be building Civic's!
Praise Jesus

[cordes]

Glad to hear that you are making good progress.

[e-fin]

Got the Lebaron motor out and on a stand. Didnt have any help so pulled it myself, hopefully wont ever need to do that again. Since i was alone i had to use the cherry picker to pull the hood also. Other than atf4 all over the floor everything went well. Notice the bird crap all over the one engine stand.
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[cordes]

Wow, you're moving quickly through this.

[e-fin]

Thanks, i'm about to get real busy at my work so it will probably take another week or so to swap manifolds and essentials and get the Lebaron back together and sellable. Hopefully by mid April the Omni will be back together mechanicaly. Then the rewireing starts. Honestly thats what has me worried the most. Big job to tackle but the wiring in it is such a mess that it needs major work anyways so might as well do it right.

[e-fin]

No major progress since last week except both engines are bare longblocks now. Broke a exhaust stud on the 2.5 so looking for a small pallet to transport entire engine in the back of a pickup to fab shop so they can weld a nut on the broke exhaust stud to remove. Would love to not pull the head but we'll see. On another note Chris's smoking turbo article on the main page, my junk used turbo's gasket looks just like the middle one. I will never buy a used turbo without dissassembling it befor hand. You learn through your mistakes, unfortunatly some cost more than others.

[e-fin]

Check this out, my ATP 3 inch swingvalve with a little clearance work done by T.N. himself. Talk about a straight shot out. Going to be able to use exhaust studs instead of bolts also. Glad i was talked out of ordering a downpipe now seeing how its going to need to snake a bit. Wonder if my p.s. pump will be affected? Also the oil and coolant lines i will be useing, thanks a ton to Todd for ordering and building them for me, i already owe him huge for this project. 30302303013030030299
On a different note what do you guys think about painting my Shelby valve cover and two piece intake red to match my Omni. I'm two cheap to powder coat right now so i'm thinking about a rustoleum hammered finish. Will this be too much red or should they be left black?

[cordes]

I like the intake and VC stock looking unless you're really going all out with the car. I really enjoyed Franzen's VC and two piece in his CSX last year though. I thought it looked great.

[e-fin]

Well im sorry to say the progress has not been good. My profession, golf buisness, has had a tough year so far and ive been extremely busy up till now and any spare time i had i didnt feel like wrenching. I know excuses excuses, time for the big push for Chicago. If the Omni isnt road tripable i still plan on driveing the Lebaron convert but there's still time for a miracle. We put a man on the moon so assembleing a Omni should be doable. My clutch from FWD arrived the other day and i think the only thing i need are some shifter cables out of a Shadow. Pictured is my motor in a pickup on the way to the fab shop for a broken exhaust bolt extraction. If the fab shop isnt too busy maybe i can have the motor/trans in by sunday. For SDAC im thinking i will be doing a Sunday through tuesday trip. Arrive for the car show and stay through the strip run. Later31263

[cordes]

That motor looks a little large for that Jeep.

[e-fin]

Good thing my boy has Popeye arms and big hands.

[Juggy]

Check this out, my ATP 3 inch swingvalve with a little clearance work done by T.N. himself. Talk about a straight shot out. Going to be able to use exhaust studs instead of bolts also. Glad i was talked out of ordering a downpipe now seeing how its going to need to snake a bit. Wonder if my p.s. pump will be affected? Also the oil and coolant lines i will be useing, thanks a ton to Todd for ordering and building them for me, i already owe him huge for this project. 30302303013030030299
On a different note what do you guys think about painting my Shelby valve cover and two piece intake red to match my Omni. I'm two cheap to powder coat right now so i'm thinking about a rustoleum hammered finish. Will this be too much red or should they be left black?

is that the chryco or T3 ATP UI swingvalve?? either way i would check the wastegate flapper. mine seems to ever so slightly bind on the housing, so I just need to grind a little clearance jsut to be safe. I thought it was good but my buddy started spinning the flapper disc and opening and closing it, and sure enough it hit in 1 spot....

[168glhs1986]

What do you do in the golf business? I was a club pro for about 7 yrs.

[e-fin]

It is a ATP swingvalve. Thanks for the headsup i will make sure to check that. T.N. did some clearance work already on a couple areas and i will be sure to bring it up with him. Think he purchased one for himself when i got mine.

[e-fin]

I am a superintendent for a privately owned 18 hole exec. course. Smaller operation compared to a regulation course so everything from grass cutter to mechanic to irigation specialist to applicator. What kind of pro and if a teaching pro are you still a stick?

[e-fin]

Busted and depressed! Chicago SDAC is out for me. Up till last weekend i was talking with Todd Nelson about riding with him but its a no go. Too many things to do with work and a family 4th of july party. Wife even gave me the go ahead but it was one of those fine you can go statements. Think any married guy can read the writing on the wall with that one. Besides leaving her with a 9 month old and a 4 year old would probly make her hate the Omni more than she already does. Pay for that trip forever. On a project note should be some Omni pics coming in a week. 89 Lebaron GT is back together with the 86 2.2 t1 and running nicely. Averageing about 22 mpg and maybe even 28 or so on the highway. Not bad for a auto, convert. Totally stock with a grainger set just high enough to feel the turbo. Have a great time and hopefully i will meet you guys someday. I will be kicking my dogs all weekend thinking about the good time i'm missing. Really wanted to see and hear some cars run down the track.

[e-fin]

Regreting not going so i'm going to do a 1 day canonball trip to the dragstrip on tuesday. Looking for start time and location of the track and also a weather prediction, sure i can find it online but if anyone knows give me a headsup. Also since its the last day and not everyone runs their rides down the track do a lot of people show for the races? Looking forward to seeing some people and some fast cars! 750 miles in a day for a few hours of spectating, priceless!

[Juggy]

Besides leaving her with a 9 month old and a 4 year old would probly make her hate the Omni more than she already does. Pay for that trip forever.


that was classic!!! :lol:

[Turboomni]

All your disappointments will vanish when the old girl is done,,and done right with patience as you have been doing. From the looks of the car the condition is worth all the work being done. Take your time,,it will keep you at home and your wife will like the help with the kids.
I had another hobby ,RC planes years ago. Going to the field would be 4 hours or so. Had a kid ,,and sold all my RC stuff cause I should be home to help when not working. I got a TD for nothing but needed alot of work but was rust free. Whenever I had a moment I would run to the garage and pick away at it and if the wife needed help ,,I was right there. My kids are 19 and 17 now and I drive my TD in the summer still!
Great project ! Brings back memories!
Best of Luck!

[e-fin]

Thanks for the kind words. Patience is word for the Omni, laziness works also. But i guess with a demanding job and a old house with a 30 year old pool getting more run down by the day. Its nice to just sit on your a-- when you get a chance instead of wrenching. As far as the Omni goes i'm cutting the Aircheck braided turbo lines and installing clutch and tranny this week. Will have some assembled engine pics soon. Hopefully engine bolted in by weeks end. Also gonna make a crazy quicky 20 hour cannonball type trip to SDAC and catch the racing. Leave at 2am and should arrive by 8ish then heading directly home after hopefully be home by about bed time. Driveing the Lebron GT convert so hopefully no mech issues. Its basically a 1000 dollar ride and thats because of the new tires. My dailey driver at this moment and probly go all summer without anything major going wrong but you know how that goes. Gonna bring a spare map sensor and a full tool bag. Wish me luck. :hail:

[Turboomni]

Don't forget an extra hall effect!!

[e-fin]

Thanks for the advice on the hall effect. Weather forcast on tuesday looks great for Union Grove Wi. Gonna try to catch a extra nap monday.

[cordes]

Thanks for the advice on the hall effect. Weather forcast on tuesday looks great for Union Grove Wi. Gonna try to catch a extra nap monday.

I'm not sure if you've seen it, but the info is on the SDAC website.

http://sdac.org/info/events.htm

We were only able to make it for Saturday afternoon and the car show Sunday, but we had a fantastic time.

[e-fin]

What a trip! 6 hours there 6 hours at the track and 9.5 hours back. Hit the road at 2am and drove about 235 miles and refueled about 5:30am. Noticed a oil drip under motor and checked the lines over and saw the big oil return line had some drips on it. Just put it on 2 weeks ago and since the oil level hadnt even noticeably dropped we just figured it might not be fully tight and maybe moving down the road at 75 cause the oil to kind of stay in one area and then drip off when vehicle stops. Also we only had the scissor jack so we decided to soldier on. Arrived at the track about 8:30am no problem, easy drive. Borrowed a jack and some stands, crawled under there to tighten and inspect return line and it was fine. Hose running from airbox too turbo was just dripping wet. Looked at pcv and appeared to be operateing fine. Todd looked at it and said probly oil seal on the inlet side of turbo went. Car is basically bone stock, automatic convertable that i put a grainger on so i could feel a little turbo. No boost gauge so i couldnt watch that and i never put a beat down on it since i dropped this motor in so i never noticed a real lack of boost. Anyways oil consumption was maybe 1/3 a quart in 370 miles so just figured we would fill it back up and drive it home and pray it never totally let go. Sounds like that doesnt happen very often anyways. Racing started and enjoyed some action. First time i ever saw a fast turbo mopar in person. Couldnt beleive how hard the slicks were howling even half way down the track. Some real nice cars. Brian Slow is definately not SLOW! Not sure how fast he ended up going but befor i left he ran a 9.4 something at 157mph. Warrens Lazer, JTs Daytona, Blue with white stripe charger, red shadow, Maroon Charger, rwd CSX all ran in the lower 11s at 122 to 130mph. Someone had run a 10.4 befor i left but i cant remember who. Think it was one of the maroon cars. Allens Z-28 was awesome. "Im charming, im dashing, im rental car bashing", (Beasty Boys). One of Jacksons Iroc Daytonas was incredible. End of the track in fourth gear and you could here his slicks howling. One of his passes he must have stalled or something cause the numbers came up and said like 18.9 at 118mph. Todd sees that and says " thats almost physically impossible". Not sure how fast he went thought he had at least one pass in mid 12s at 124+. Lots of other cars of all speeds and i was very jealose i couldnt be running. I think a 16 second pass would be fun just to be out there. Well worth going to watch. We ended up leaving about 2:30pm with Todd to beat rush hour in Milwaukee. Other than the fine mist of oil coming out my tailpipe every time i excellerated the trip went fine till about Eau Clare. Bye the way sorry Todd about the oil mist all over the front of your car. Should help to get that protectant tape off easier and maybe help preserve that car perfectly for another 26 years. Tons of semi traffic on 94 and according to the econo computer the Lebaron can get about 45 mpg about 10 feet or so behind a semi. Anyways at about 6:30pm about 15 miles east of Eau Clare Todd is passing me at about 75 and suddenly starts to slow, turns on his hazards and coasts onto the shoulder. His car is dead. Here we are a p.o.s. Lebaron and a perfect GLH sitting on the side of 94 and 1 in every 4 vehicles that blow by is a frickin semi. Pops the hood and as the motor is turning over my buddy and Todd at the exact same moment say timing belt! We called a friend and had him pick up a timing belt and bring his floor jack and torx bits since neither of us had those either. Luckily we just passed a entrance to the interstate so we were able to push his car backwards to the entrance ramp and eventually too a restaraunt parking lot about 1/3 of a mile. While the parts were on their way from a friend in WSP Todd and my buddy starting taking apart the GLH. My buddy makes a comment about his hands getting dirtier opening a beer than they do working on Todds car. I just handed tools and drank some of Todds beer. Tried to stay out of the way. So the parts arrive about 9:15 pm and as the sun is basically set and mosquitos the size of humming birds come out they put the GLH back together by flashlights. Im sure Todd could do it by reflex anyways. Hit the road by 10pm and since i had been up for 20 hours and had 2 more to go i put the top down to stay awake. Had my sunburn and the heater to keep me warm on a 59 degree night. We arrived back in Bloomington about midnight no problem. So thats my adventure, and now i have a turbo needing a rebuild but i do have a stripped timing belt off a class winning car if anyone is interested.
PS sorry about the Tolstoy type novel if this kind of post is frowned upon, i'll try not to do it again.

[e-fin]

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Slow moving but here's some progress. Lines are cut and tightened. Should have got some line wrenches, looks kind of hack messing up new fittings but matches rest of project. Have to grind oil pan for non-common block water pump housing and install pump and alt. bracket, distributer, turbo support, tranny and clutch, motor mount, also modify/lengthen wastegate actuator arm, and i'm sure other things i'm forgetting. Never did repaint valve cover or intake. Going to have a stored for many years or even survivor patina to the whole car when finished Seem to have misplace my adjustable fuel pressure regulator. +40s installed and also have a fuel pressure gauge to mount on fuel rail. Can't get over that 3 inch swingvalve, look at it compared to a 2.2 piston.

[cordes]

Not too bad. You'll get really good at doing the lines after a while.

[e-fin]

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I extended the actuator and ground down the oil pan for water pump housing clearance. Dropped flywheel off for resurfaceing, getting a bit of a deal so it might take a little longer, could be middle of next week. Meantime i have to figure out how to remove the balance shaft. Only have a 86 service manual so not sure if the procedure would be in there. Sure i can find it somewhere. Also i'm wondering about the clocking of the turbo housing. Im useing a turbo off a 84 daytona with one of T.U.'s inlet conversions on it. I'm curious about the brace that bolts from the atuator to by the oil feed line, if the housing has to be turned do you modify this brace or just can it altogether?

[cordes]

You don't really need that bracket IMO.

The balance shafts are pretty straight forward to remove. I just cut the chain on them though. I don't like all the stories I've heard about oil control problems after removing them.

[e-fin]

Thanks, i'm gonna take your advice. Todd filled me in on all the details of with or without. The extra 2 quarts of oil sounds great but not without a better pan. Think down the road when this motor gets built for higher boost i will remove them then and plug the block properly and get one of Todds pans. Flywheel is back already so could be a big weekend for my little shitbox.

[e-fin]

Still no motor install yet. But Omni has been moved into my shop. Want to get all the old wiring harness out and scrub grease and grime out of motor compartment first. After clocking turbo housing i see my actuator is still too short so need to redo/extend that. Also i just realized a log manifold fuel pressure reg. is totally different so im gonna need to buy a proper one. Think there is lots of rain coming tomorrow so i should be able to get quite a bit accomplished.

[e-fin]

Progress today! Here's a cleaned engine compartment minus wiring.
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Here's the engine install. Quite tight but went smooth untill i realized i hadnt switched the tranny mount to the L-body mount. 525 mount bolted right up and worked fine on the 555 trans. Was'nt sure if that would need to be modified.
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Bonehead move i was installing the distributer so i was turning the motor over manualy and forgot i didnt have a bolt in the hole on the side of head so of course oil got all over my clean motor and bell housing and is still driping down over my cleaned rack and pinion. Dont think it got in the timing window and all over the new clutch. Thank god i wasnt any where near ready to fire it up, man what a mess that would have been. Now i have to tackle the conversion to 89 electronics.

[cordes]

Progress today! Here's a cleaned engine compartment minus wiring.
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Here's the engine install. Quite tight but went smooth untill i realized i hadnt switched the tranny mount to the L-body mount. 525 mount bolted right up and worked fine on the 555 trans. Was'nt sure if that would need to be modified.
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Bonehead move i was installing the distributer so i was turning the motor over manualy and forgot i didnt have a bolt in the hole on the side of head so of course oil got all over my clean motor and bell housing and is still driping down over my cleaned rack and pinion. Dont think it got in the timing window on the new clutch. Thank god i didnt fire it up, man what a mess that would have been. Now i have to tackle the conversion to 89 electronics.

I really like the looks of that engine in the bay. I love a two piece with a Shelby VC in a car.

[e-fin]

Engine bay doesnt look as crowded as i expected, maybe cause i've been seeing a lot of black or dark colored Omni's and the red makes a dif.. Of course nothings in it yet other than motor so i'm sure that will change.

[Turboomni]

Good work!! Keep going!

[e-fin]

I am a very lucky man. Todd not only gave me tips and the factory manuals and wiring diagrams and his own spreadsheet/ cheatsheets to use but he also gave me an entire super 60 wiring harness to copy. What a guy! Damn lucky to have a L-body expert for a friend. Still lableing wires on both harnesses but progressing.

[e-fin]

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Just in case you've ever wondered what a entire wiring harness disected looks like here you go. Not the greatest pic. I'm useing a 88 Lebaron harness for the smec conversion in my Omni. Not too long into the process i turned the whole thing into a ball of wires, tangled beyond beleif. I had no choice so i labeled every wire at the already converted 50 to 40 pin firewall end and every wire at the 60 pin smec end, removed the plugs and started pulling and untangleing. Also had to cut and lable wires in 26 other spots. What a mess but at least now i will be able to lay every wire individually in the motor compartment and build it from scratch.

[cordes]

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Just in case you've ever wondered what a entire wiring harness disected looks like here you go. Not the greatest pic. I'm useing a 88 Lebaron harness for the smec conversion in my Omni. Not too long into the process i turned the whole thing into a ball of wires, tangled beyond beleif. I had no choice so i labeled every wire at the 40 pin bulkhead and every wire at the 60 pin smec end, removed the plugs and started pulling and untangleing. Also had to cut and lable wires in 26 other spots. What a mess but at least now i will be able to lay every wire individually in the motor compartment and build it from scratch.

This will be a good post to reference when people talk about switching willy-nilly from the LM due to some small problem. That's a lot of work you've done and I'm sure it will be worth it in the end though.

[e-fin]

Yeah, im switching for two reasons. My original harness was in such bad shape i needed to do some major repairs especially with a couple of fusable links being burnt and i figured converting would be close to the same work, probly wrong on that one. Also i always thought that smec was prefered for better performance but is that the trap everyone falls into? Eventually i want to be runing a 3 bar map and higher boost. Anyways i'm finding out with this project that ambition exceeds brains a good majority of the time.

[cordes]

Yeah, im switching for two reasons. My original harness was in such bad shape i needed to do some major repairs especially with a couple of fusable links being burnt and i figured converting would be close to the same work, probly wrong on that one. Also i always thought that smec was prefered for better performance but is that the trap everyone falls into? Eventually i want to be runing a 3 bar map and higher boost. Anyways i'm finding out with this project that ambition exceeds brains a good majority of the time.

I do not believe that 90% of us will use the added capability of the SMEC. I never understand why guys cite that as their reasoning to switch given the fact that the SBECs are actually sequential while the SMECs are not. If a guy really wanted the better performance of the ECU the SBEC is the way to go.

[e-fin]

Update. Gave up on the SMEC conversion for 2 reasons. Was just too much for me at this time and i stumbled upon a entire 86 GLHS harness includeing the fuse box and under dash harness. A guy up this way has a 86 GLHS ice racer he got from the Meynards race boys out of Wisc. He put a digital dash out of a Lebaron in his ice racer and just swapped entire harnesses. So with Todds help we converted over to 87 specs, wired it for a external map and notched the map plug for a GM 3 bar compatability. Also from Todd i scored a 85/86 alt harness enableing me to use the better Nip/Bosch/Chry corp alternater. Just need to address my starter wire of course it is melted and messed up at the end cause of no heat shield. With a little luck i may be able to fire up my car momentarily for the first time in 5 years this week. Still a long ways to go, here is a list of remaining stuff to get and do.

-custom downpipe for the ATP swingvalve

-proper GLHS upper and lower rad. hoses

-intercooler tubeing

-Talon blowoff

-prop calibration, thinking one of FWD's stage 4 or 5 or ????

-want the 8mm wires i see on Todds cars plus a hotter ignition system.

-install cable shifter

-rebuild brakes plus a junkyard rear disc. conversion.

-rebuild struts and shocks

-sagging hedliner.

Finally i know this isnt the area but in all my wiring harness drama i have aquired a few harness that might be usefull to others so maybe i will put a post in the 4sale section. I have a complete TurboZ t-2 harness and also a 90 Horizon harness. The TurboZ came out of i beleive 86 car. Had 4 headlights and TuboZ on the taillights. The harness is similar to the GLHS harness in that the wires look like a factory done t-2 conversion plus a external map sensor.

[BadAssPerformance]

Nice update, getting close! So is it now "Detroit or bust" ?

[e-fin]

Outside shot at Detroit, can barely plan this week let alone 5 months out. Was thinking about changing my title to the GLH sundial project.

[BadAssPerformance]

Well, here's hoping you can! :nod: GL with project sundial! :thumb:

[cordes]

Thanks for the update. I can't wait to see it in person some day.

[e-fin]

Not fired yet but wireing basically installed. Need to shore up a couple grounds. Working on the downpipe first so as not to melt the wires running to cal. Been contacting people i see have used the ATP on the forum and talking with a fab shop. Also researching a proper calibration. Have a 87 shelby 2.2 cal going to use just to here it run but definately need something better to drive the car.

[Keito]

Just buy the GLHS radiator hose kit from Omni Potent.
He has the lower IC hose too.
http://www.omnipotentparts.com/product_detail.htm#Cooling System