Journal: Old Yellar's Journey
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Trial Fit Roadblock
Created on 2009-10-30 16:07:46
I have put together a 92 Camaro 3.1 V6 with 2 barrel carb, manifold and GM HEI Ignition from an 82 S-10. The trans is a 94 Camaro T5 and bell housing.
After cleaning up the grunge and applying some paint to the engine bay I tried a first fit today. Lots of ins and outs all basically surrounding the clutch assembly. I tried to use a Triumph slave mounted to a custom bracket as per Bills posts but there is just not enough room without a significant modification to the tunnel and floor under the gas pedal.
I admitted defeat and ordered an HTOB from BMC. There is just no way to make that system work with the T5 bell housing. I suspect the S-10 will work as Scott and Bill have discussed at length but at this point I could not find an S-10 part and figured I would go with what works.
Will remove the clutch bracket tomorrow and do the final fit and measurements. Take it our for a second and last painting and be ready for final install when the HTOB arrives.
Pictures later.
After cleaning up the grunge and applying some paint to the engine bay I tried a first fit today. Lots of ins and outs all basically surrounding the clutch assembly. I tried to use a Triumph slave mounted to a custom bracket as per Bills posts but there is just not enough room without a significant modification to the tunnel and floor under the gas pedal.
I admitted defeat and ordered an HTOB from BMC. There is just no way to make that system work with the T5 bell housing. I suspect the S-10 will work as Scott and Bill have discussed at length but at this point I could not find an S-10 part and figured I would go with what works.
Will remove the clutch bracket tomorrow and do the final fit and measurements. Take it our for a second and last painting and be ready for final install when the HTOB arrives.
Pictures later.
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 2 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V6 Swap Getting Started | 2009-10-26 | 2 | We pulled Old Yellar off the road in Oct and pulled the 1800 and trans. Found some more poorly done body work from the PO's accident. Lots of grunge and black spray underco... | |
| The Beginning | 2009-10-21 | 3 | In 2003 when we found our 73 MGB in a garage where it sat, unused and poorly stored, for close to 30 years with only 8288 miles on it. The owner had an accident and refused to dri... |
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