Yes still working on it. Finishing up engine wiring. Hoping to fire it up soon. Trying to figure how post photos again. I haven’t accessed Photobucket is long time. I don’t think it’s free anymore
Pleease stop using pootbucket. The images are just blurred for the viewer anyway, so many people never see anything of value. Use the PIP mechanism associated with Pennocks. It's faster anyway. Just have to do it the first time.
Engine wired up. Did ground test have no ground issues. Added oil, will add coolant, brake fluid and fuel next few days. Hoping to roll out of garage and try starting it next weekend. Hope we have nice weather here in great white north. Will update photos soon.
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Since I have never witnessed a human baby being born, I feel that listening to an engine start for the first time would be as exciting as listening to a baby take its first breaths.
I expect that if I ever witness the former, I may no longer rank the two events as "comparable".
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Since I have never witnessed a human baby being born, I feel that listening to an engine start for the first time would be as exciting as listening to a baby take its first breaths.
I expect that if I ever witness the former, I may no longer rank the two events as "comparable".
I've done the former twice and the latter dozens of times (... or was it the other way around?!? 🤔) It's hard to compare the two, but they are both definitely thrilling!
88lambo, let me know if you need moral support when you start it, I'm in the area and always available.
Fired up the car tonight. Didn’t go as well as I hoped. Oil pressure didn’t build. But found fitting that wasn’t sealing. Seemed to be miss firing, will have to check firing order and sensors again. On ran it for couple minutes but One side of engine was hotter then other????
One coil Is dead this why was not running well. Its not firing on 2 cylinders. have ordered new coil. Compression is 150psi across all 12 cylinders Low oil flow. Will drop pan and check out pump. Common problem with this oil pump is mounting bolts come loose and loses oil pressure. I did find a new pump on eBay in Australia, I bought this as back up plan. More to follow
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I admire your perseverance and the nice job that you did. Assume that you used an aftermarket ECM to run it. Years back I saw the same engine install at Carlisle and IIRC it was in a Lambo Galardo style body. The car started and according to the owner it ran well.
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I used a custom engine management system. It’s uses all GM sensors, coils and throttle bodies a and 2 GM computers. I lucked out and got the last one in 2010. The guy who made system is retired for a few years now. I want to take the car to a parking lot to test the transmission. Easier to work on engine and transmission without body. Then will start body work.
It's great to see you posting again, but please allow me to give you a tip on properly posting images here.
After each image link is created in your post, hit your Enter key twice before you add another image link. This will ensure two things... First, the images will present correctly. (It may not be as apparent on a phone, but on a monitor it's not good.) Second, it will eliminate the space created in some URL addresses, which then renders those links useless (as in many of your image links above).
I corrected your image links below. Click EDIT on my post to see how I did it. Then copy and paste them into your previous post. I'll delete your quoted post below when you've edited/corrected your original post.
[EDIT] Quoted post now deleted.
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