1967 Lemans Project - LS376/480 & 4L80E Build

[Pontiacken]

Got the Transmission Dip Stick mounting bracket cut off and welded in its new location to secure it to the head. Rattle canned it black and reinstalled.





I have also connected the engine wiring harness including adding some heat shield on wires and cables near headers, installed headers for real and started some of the other wiring needed to get the engine running. I will have a temporary panel set up with the ECU, TCU, switches and possibly some of the relays installed on it since the body is still off. Final wiring will have proper weather pack connectors, heat shrink and the like. If all goes well I am aiming for mid November start up.

[Pontiacken]

Made a temporary fire wall/dash, wired up the ignition, fans and fuel pump, put in an ample supply of various fluids and some fuel then lite her off.

[XLexusTech]

Awesome ken ! Could I ask you for a huge favor? Could you please get a photo of the coil wires on one or both sides? Specifically the colors to the large connector and to the front cylinder?

You see I bought the same motor the coil bracket on the stock vale covers make it impossible to mess up they only go on one way. I put after market value covers on and I fear I may have mixed up the coins banks. I am right about at the same spot ready to fire it up and I am paranoid that I messed this up

[Pontiacken]

Awesome ken ! Could I ask you for a huge favor? Could you please get a photo of the coil wires on one or both sides? Specifically the colors to the large connector and to the front cylinder?

You see I bought the same motor the coil bracket on the stock vale covers make it impossible to mess up they only go on one way. I put after market value covers on and I fear I may have mixed up the coins banks. I am right about at the same spot ready to fire it up and I am paranoid that I messed this up

XLexusTech is this what you are looking for?

Driver Side Big Connector looks like Dark Grey, Dark Green, Brown and Pink in the front and Green, Red and Black in the back.


Driver Side #1 Cylinder front looks like Pink, maybe a Dark Purple, Brown and Black.


Passenger Side Big Connector looks like Brown, Blue, Purple and Orange in the front and Green, Red and Black in back.


Passenger Side #2 Cylinder front looks like Orange, Red, Brown and Black.

[XLexusTech]

Yes sir thank you !

[Pontiacken]

Yes sir thank you !

You're welcome! Glad to help.

[jaybee]

Very detailed, I like what you're doing. Thanks for sharing.

[Pontiacken]

Very detailed, I like what you're doing. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you John. It is truly my pleasure as I have gained a wealth of knowledge from this and similar forums so I will not hesitate to help a fellow hot-rodder/motor-head.

[Pontiacken]

Main floor plan issue is the passenger front where it appears the heater core went out and no one ever addressed getting all the coolant cleaned up and so the floor rusted out pretty bad here.

Starting to fit the pan:


Just about ready to start welding:

[Pontiacken]

Winter is over. Time to get back at it. Heat cycle the engine and continue cleaning off the undercoating on the body.



Got most of the undercoating off the cabin area



But still have the trunk area left

[JustJohn]

Ken, we have nearly identical frames and I just got mine back from the sandblaster. Aside from the rear lower trailing arms, did you add gussets anywhere else?

[Alwhite00]

Car is looking great. Love all the powder coating and chassis mods. Only one mod I question is when you set back the engine mounts you tapped the frame instead of through bolting. The reason they are through bolted as the frame is not of sufficient thickness to tap threaded holes. I understand why you did it, just throwing it out there. I hope at a minimum you used fine thread.

[Pontiacken]

Ken, we have nearly identical frames and I just got mine back from the sandblaster. Aside from the rear lower trailing arms, did you add gussets anywhere else?

No John I did not. However, I wish I had done a bar between the rails or some other tie-ins because this thing flexes something terrible when I jack up one corner at a time.

[Pontiacken]

Car is looking great. Love all the powder coating and chassis mods. Only one mod I question is when you set back the engine mounts you tapped the frame instead of through bolting. The reason they are through bolted as the frame is not of sufficient thickness to tap threaded holes. I understand why you did it, just throwing it out there. I hope at a minimum you used fine thread.

Alwhite00 - I would have never relied on the tapped hole only. I would have drilled that out and used bolt and nut fasteners as per the original. However, I eventually bought different adapter plates so I could move back to the original engine mount holes. so my transmission tunnel modification would be minimal. I hate body work!