DAY 1

Here is the gen3 out of its clip and misc stuff stripped off

a look at the business end of that CT20B

This is where the alternator will be mounted, Building a customer bracket and tensioner for the belt, will have to raid the parts store shelves to find the belt i need. Notice the Grex oil pressure sandwhich plate? came with the clip anyone wanna buy it?

cool looking semi blurry pic, engine looks good almost ready for a trial fit in the engine bay

About to run to a friends house to plasma out the mounts Thats 1/4 inch plate, more than beefy enough

here is is hanging by the left and rear mount, please note that this was not the final position of the motor, this was only so that i could get the car back into the garage after i made the mistake of starting this project in the afternoon with the front of the car hanging out of the garage door!!!

another shot of it just hung there to move it

and another

DAY 2

this is the motor back in the engine bay hanging in the mounts correctly this time :-) Pass side mount

driver side mount

reference shot showing how high the engine is mounted, I figured well hey if the engine lid still closes then we are doing fine :-) lets me work with the ride height of the car alot more. It also shows the rear torque mount fabbed, welded and in place :-)

part of the front torque mount (the little piece was only to hold the two largers in place so i could cut the plates for it)

front torque mount welded up, also my nice and trusty mig welder, I actually got pretty decent using this thing.

had to weld in an extra piece of 1/4" plate because this is one of the place my 85 w/gze tore the mount up.

This is what I came up with for an alternator bracket and it worked out VERY well, the belt is a gates 275K4 part number.

all painted and purdy!

this was what i found when I pulled the valve cover off, you could eat off those cams they are so clean. I'm gonna be very happy with this motor

a shot showing the new axles from http://www.driveshaft-axle.com cost was $140us/pair including the core charge

Here is the engine back in the car for the last time with come powdercoating work already done.

overhead shot showing left/right placement

mounts all fully welded, and......MY SHOE!

engine in but still lots of small fab work to do

I started the car on day 3 of the build, didnt get to drive it till day 4 though, too much little stuff that I had to take care of first.

I'm too sexy for my car, I'm too sexy for my car, I'm too sexy by FAR! engine is pretty much done! gotta get a new shifter cable and build a heat shield for it, it exits the firewall and almost touched the turbo housing before curving over to the transaxle, I cooked it pretty bad and now I have to wait for another one :-(