10-30-2006, 06:26 PM
Ok, so I spent an asston of money. Here's the shit I've either purchased or ordered:
Now, I still need to buy a clutch, a starter, and maybe a oil pan gasket. I know where I'm going to buy my clutch, I'm just waiting until I finish parting out the Saab and selling some other stuff before I do it. It'll be the last thing to go on anyway. I also decided to eliminate power steering, for a couple of reasons. 1: It'll save me between 50 and 150 bucks, as I don't have a power steering pump (except the one from my M20, which won't work.) It'll also clear up a *lot* of clutter in the engine bay. Like, tons. Plus, that's one more thing not sucking power from the car and it is Sean Thompson's recommendation, for what that's worth. I feel like the car is small enough I won't miss it unless I'm parallel parking.
Dad's finishing up the Garage, so I might get the motor in the car before the end of the year, and at that point it's just wire it, troubleshoot, and sell my stock parts. I also need to install my suspension, and finish (ok, start) parting out my and Sean's parts car.
But, alot of money spent, and quite a bit of progress made -- worthy of an update.
- Upgraded water pump (metal impeller)
- Upgraded thermostat housing (metal instead of plastic)
- All the fan parts channing told me to order to mount the fan up front where the a/c condenser used to be. Cost about 40 bucks...not bad.
- Valve cover gasket
- Rear main seal and housing gasket
- Alternator
- Motor mounts
- Transmission crossmember
- Brake booster (though I'm trying to find one I won't have to modify to work)
Now, I still need to buy a clutch, a starter, and maybe a oil pan gasket. I know where I'm going to buy my clutch, I'm just waiting until I finish parting out the Saab and selling some other stuff before I do it. It'll be the last thing to go on anyway. I also decided to eliminate power steering, for a couple of reasons. 1: It'll save me between 50 and 150 bucks, as I don't have a power steering pump (except the one from my M20, which won't work.) It'll also clear up a *lot* of clutter in the engine bay. Like, tons. Plus, that's one more thing not sucking power from the car and it is Sean Thompson's recommendation, for what that's worth. I feel like the car is small enough I won't miss it unless I'm parallel parking.
Dad's finishing up the Garage, so I might get the motor in the car before the end of the year, and at that point it's just wire it, troubleshoot, and sell my stock parts. I also need to install my suspension, and finish (ok, start) parting out my and Sean's parts car.
But, alot of money spent, and quite a bit of progress made -- worthy of an update.
1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442