"THE BACON" my new L bod project

[22shelby]

oh... there was a lil bash in that corner....nothing major, just hammered it out and filled the rest of it....i am however thinking about painting that section black, like the whole back roll pan...

[Juggy]

ill have to get out my trusty metric to standard measuring tape and check both... never looked twice at em, just took the whole thing...

20mm is apprx 7/8" so it should be nothing more then a quick visual inspection if you have a decent set of eyeballs

[22shelby]

^^ haha it was kinda of a joke.....i can eyeball a 1/4 inch a 1/4 mile away...lol

[Vigo]

If we're still talking about the drums, the drums themselves have something like max diam. 200 or 220 mm cast right into them. iirc.

[22shelby]

just went and checked, but 5 lug drum will not fit over 4 lug backing plates....you have to swap the plates....

[22shelby]

so after one last hurahh in the daytona at 21, its finally going to meet its maker, as the shell is just to rotted on her... sad, but i did land some good memories, one being the 2nd fastest auto Gbody on the T-M turbo times!!!

anyways R.I.P lil daytona, you heart, soul and drive train will now reside in The Bacon!!!

now that its getting colder out, ive had some time to get working on this thing, tackling one of the bigger parts... wiring!!!

being that this was a carb car, it had the most simplistic wiring in it, soooo ive decided to use the SBEC set up out of the Shelby and "adapt it to the lil Lbody body wiring... this included, changing the 40 way dash side bulk head to the 50 pin daytona one... daunting task at thought but pretty simple when you just get down to it... and im pretty dang confident i got all i need.

keep in mind this is a "street car" not a daily driver, so most amenities are gone I.E. radio, heat, wipers etc...

heres a link to some pics of the swap... http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/sh...pin&highlight=

heres some pics... kinda boring but eh its progress...




ok "pop quiz hot shot" whats wrong with this pic???





heres a neat lil thing that ive never read about but wondered for some time, and now that i know it fits, it makes mounting the Computer under the dash that much more cool , plus it gets away from that, "i hacked off the 2 ends of my computer look"...










and time for some "Pro-Stock" parts, "because race car!!!"




Alston Race Cars in Antioch IL is supplying the 8 point cage, Thanks mike and unconventional Intercooler setup ordered, more about that when it comes!!!

SDAC22 im coming out swinging!!! where ever it may be

[135sohc]

Looks like your typical crunchy, brittle injector harness that will crumble to dust the first time its installed and its missing the temperature sensor wire ?

[22shelby]

nope try again, look closer...wires are in great shape still nice and soft, and the temp sensor i wired by itself, being this was org a TI so i had to add the sbec wire.

[shackwrrr]

nope try again, look closer...wires are in great shape still nice and soft, and the temp sensor i wired by itself, being this was org a TI so i had to add the sbec wire.

Tis backwards, injector clips are sitting where they should be but the connector comes off the other side.

[Reeves]

Ground wire is missing from the injector harness?

[22shelby]

Tis backwards, injector clips are sitting where they should be but the connector comes off the other side.

Ding ding ding, u won a free pass in the bacon at 22!!! Yep the injector harness is flipped, I plan on having all my engine connections come out of the bulkhead hole on the driverside.. All with the plugs easily accessible... Good eye!!! As far as the ground James, SBEC didn't use the injector ground... Sbec took car of grounding each injector individually while using a common +...

[shackwrrr]

Ding ding ding, u won a free pass in the bacon at 22!!! Yep the injector harness is flipped, I plan on having all my engine connections come out of the bulkhead hole on the driverside.. All with the plugs easily accessible... Good eye!!! As far as the ground James, SBEC didn't use the injector ground... Sbec took car of grounding each injector individually while using a common +...

Wooten!

Edit: Woot autocorrects to Wooten, interesting

[omni_840]

Wooten!

Edit: Woot autocorrects to Wooten, interesting

LOL, it sorta took from your victory dance

I can't count the amount of strange auto texted things I've sent

[22shelby]

well got some interior done!!, mounted the sbec, MSD box and the MSD modules... also the power distribution box.... mounted my Auto-rod switch box, and my gauge pod... things are "falling" into place very well.... enough with the bs heres the pics

before




after

[BadAssPerformance]

Lookin good

[ShelGame]

well got some interior done!!, mounted the sbec, MSD box and the MSD modules... also the power distribution box.... mounted my Auto-rod switch box, and my gauge pod... things are "falling" into place very well.... enough with the bs heres the pics

before




after

I really like that setup - now you have the gears turning in my head about my Daytona...

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heres a neat lil thing that ive never read about but wondered for some time, and now that i know it fits, it makes mounting the Computer under the dash that much more cool , plus it gets away from that, "i hacked off the 2 ends of my computer look"...

Yes! truck ECU cases FTW. Much cleaner. There's a truck case for the SMEC, too, just for reference. I use one in my Daytona in the stock location.

[22shelby]

sweet!! yeah for the longest of time i was seeing people cutting the tubes off the sbec/smec... and i wasnt fond of that look, obviously i didnt get a real close look at you car Rob but yeah great minds think alike ... oh and btw i need a boost button sticker to put on the computer...

oh and the cool factor in this... i am planning on having a little computer fan to blow on the air vents of the sbec case... well where i have it, sits right in behind of one of the hvac vents on the dsah...ill attach the fan to the to the vent, a walla, computer air grabber!!

unfortunately, the computer isnt any more readly available (than in the factory spot) so changing chips isnt any quicker.... sooooo were going to need to do something about that.... im thinking flashable SBEC and your SCI cable, as the DRB is right next to the fuse box

[Aries_Turbo]

use a chip extender that mounts to the inside of the glove box lid. or use one of rob's flash deals.

looking good.

Brian

[Rampage16V]

Awesome coming along great!

[bfarroo]

sweet!! yeah for the longest of time i was seeing people cutting the tubes off the sbec/smec... and i wasnt fond of that look, obviously i didnt get a real close look at you car Rob but yeah great minds think alike ... oh and btw i need a boost button sticker to put on the computer...

oh and the cool factor in this... i am planning on having a little computer fan to blow on the air vents of the sbec case... well where i have it, sits right in behind of one of the hvac vents on the dsah...ill attach the fan to the to the vent, a walla, computer air grabber!!

unfortunately, the computer isnt any more readly available (than in the factory spot) so changing chips isnt any quicker.... sooooo were going to need to do something about that.... im thinking flashable SBEC and your SCI cable, as the DRB is right next to the fuse box

Flash computer is the only way to go. I have two of them one SMEC and one SBEC. Program changes in seconds and no messing around with pulling chips, erasing, burning ect. flip a switch or push a button and 6 seconds later the computer is flashed.