Rave: It's ALIVE!!

[supercrackerbox]

Friday evening, Ray and I began the process of swapping a TII into my '86 Turbo Z CS, aka The Delorean. When we began, the car was a beaten down, hard driven, oil burning, 187,000 mile daily driver with an all original TI, a freshly busted 568 tranny, a shredded front wheel bearing, and pathetically worn factory control arm bushings and ball joints. Lets also not forget the motor mounts were all beaten almost beyond recognition. Now don't get me wrong, the car was still dead reliable and drove great for it's condition, but it was long overdue for some serious TLC. So Friday night it went on the jackstands and we began tearing it apart. True to my form, the swap was almost entirely completed using parts I had accumulated over the years. The long block was the rebuilt one I pulled out of my CSX-T last year, along with the 520 transmission. The turbo, manifolds, rad/ic, airbox, and hoses came with the '88 Shelby Z I bought as last years project and were replaced with upgrades. But being as I wrecked the Shelby Z and the replacement is a '90, it also donated its PB.com front motor mount and the new wheel bearing I had installed. The control arms I had on the shelf from an '87 Shelby Z I had stripped years ago, and were rebuilt ahead of time using some Energy Suspension bushings I had bought for my CSX-T but never installed. I did buy new balljoints for them however. The clutch was even a TII replacement that had been in the '86 years ago, but was removed shortly after when I fragged the 525 and upgraded to the 568 (due to the larger spline). Along with the balljoints, I only had to buy new radiator and heater hoses, new transmission seals (as long as we were in there anyway), and just the little odds and ends that come up with any engine swap. I also bought a new speedometer cable from an '88 non-cruise Shadow in order to bypass and remove the cruise control servo to make room for the lower intercooler hose. I will miss having cruise, but I think I'll deal.

Ray (86Shelby) handled the wiring conversion for the '87 TII logic module and sensors and help out with the whole project. It's been right near 100 degrees all weekend, so we got more done during the night than day. We finally started it around 2am this morning, at which point I had been up nearly 36 hours. There's still a few things left to do, like install the shifter and hood (details, details), and get an alignment, but I can't wait to see how she drives. Should be a completely different car. Not to mention, at work the other day I happened to meet a guy who has all the parts I need to redo the factory two tone interior. Heck, I might just find the motivation to restore this car afterall.

Pics forthcoming, and if you're lucky, maybe even a vid clip from SCR Beater Wars!

[86Shelby]

Here are some pics from the weekend.




Coolant?


And it is out!


Adam always drives like a little old lady as evidenced by the trans mount.


The TD driveway.
Pawn


Even the owner of this was allowed to work on the Daytona!


Robbing more parts from the '88 Z


Too bad this was a parts car.

[86Shelby]

Multi-color is bliss.


Taking a break to admire the wildlife


Our Camaro owning friend is looking for the tpi or carb setup on this engine and can't find it yet.


Finally I break down to show Thunder how exactly this engine functions without TPI. Actually, I'm showing him the hidden bellhousing bolt so we could take the trans off.


Poly bushings and new balljoints were also in order this weekend.


Adam should have some more photos later today or tomorrow of the finished product.

[supercrackerbox]

Where's the pic of the front motor mount?!!

Anyway, more pics.

Factory one-piece bushings suck.


I have an idea!


There we go!


Use the good stuff!


About three hours into the project


Factory original starter- And it went back in!!


FINISHED!


Not bad for pretty much all used parts!

[CDNTurboZ]

Looks good, I can't wait to do the TII swap into my daytona

[Clay]

looks good! but why was the red car a parts car?

[Mario]

looks good! but why was the red car a parts car?

Got hit.

[iTurbo]

Cool, I've had a similar scene outside my apartment building many times. Thankfully my brother is the maintenance guy for our apartments so I can get away with a quick parking lot engine swap.

Is that an NPR intercooler in the red Daytona? Is that going into the 'ol Delorean as well?

[supercrackerbox]

Yes as Mario said, the red car got hit last fall when I hit a patch of ice on a downhill slope and slid thru a red light. Part of me would still like to fix it, but the passenger side rocker panel has a pretty nasty hole rusted in it, so that's what's stopping me. I'll likely just put the interior into storage and find another shell later down the road. I've already got a VERY nice shell of a '90 Shelby VNT which I'll swap the whole drivetrain over to. The engine is a '94 block, cast crank, TII rods, Weisco slugs, ALL ARP hardware, Taft S1 cam, mildly ported head, ported exhaust manifold, TU Super 60 turbo, full 3" exhaust from the turbo back with no cat and a ATR Pitt Bull muffler (popular with the GN guys I'm told). And yes, that is an NPR IC with 2.5" mandrel piping and a GLHT radiator. As of right now, the '86 will be relying on all stock parts, and all the good stuff will go to the '90. At some point I plan to upgrade to a better IC, at which point I may either sell the NPR or drop it in whatever other TD I've been suckered into buying by then. There's a CSX-T sitting at a car lot down the road that needs a ton of work, I'd like to get the guy down to a reasonable price someday.

[supercrackerbox]

Oh, by the way, here's the pic of the remains of my front motor mount. This insert was only about a year old; in fact I still have the scar on my finger from installing it.



But I'm done wasting my time with those. Got a PB.com solid front mount and couldn't possibly be happier with it. One of the best things you can buy for these cars.