Starting my engine build

[Mrturner1]

Well there goes 100 bucks and 2 hours

[Ironangel]

Originally Posted by Mrturner1

Well there goes 100 bucks and 2 hours

Not necessarily... http://www.jegs.com/i/MSD-Ignition/1...rentProductId=

[Captainfab]

Wait until you get the headers bolted up and see if maybe some of the straight plug boots will work. Then just change the ones that definitely need a 90.

[Mrturner1]

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[Grumpy old man]

I'm wondering now if you see why many of us suggested pulling the engine from the start ? You end up with a much better result for your effort and money and it looks better than if you paid someone to just drop parts in .How many small things did you find that really needed to be addressed ? It looks great and you should be proud of the work you've done ! And I don't give away compliments often ! That's why they call me Grumpy old man .

Now get it dialed in and running so you can move onto the suspension and brakes to make it safe to unleash those new found horses .

Did you get the right trans mount yet ?

[Mrturner1]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

I'm wondering now if you see why many of us suggested pulling the engine from the start ? You end up with a much better result for your effort and money and it looks better than if you paid someone to just drop parts in .How many small things did you find that really needed to be addressed ? It looks great and you should be proud of the work you've done ! And I don't give away compliments often ! That's why they call me Grumpy old man .

Now get it dialed in and running so you can move onto the suspension and brakes to make it safe to unleash those new found horses .

Did you get the right trans mount yet ?

Well that made my day, thank you very much that means a lot coming from a long time builder such as yourself I am actually pretty proud of this thing. And had I not pulled the engine it wouldn't be anywhere NEAR as nice as it is now. And the engine bay would be a greasy nasty faded mess with a mediocre looking motor in it, and I would be into it for 3600$ bucks by now not including all the transmission stuff I need. I'm still under 1500$ bucks and that includes some new tools and paint Doing it this way saved me a lot of money and helped me learn the things I need to know about my own truck. Before this I honestly couldn't have told you which cylinder was which, and I certainly wouldn't attempt to tune the truck (or know which way to tune it for what)

Prothane mounts should be here today for motor and trans, and I got a oem crossmember too

[Mrturner1]

I apologize for the redundancy here guys but I want to clarify because I'm buying parts. The truck has a th400, so do I need to change the transmission crossmember to one like the peice in the picture? And when I get a trans mount, will the parts work for a th400 when the drop down bars on the online catalogs don't specifically say TH400, they only ask the engine size for application

[Grumpy old man]

You may want to do some research on body and suspension mounts before you spring for urethane squealers that can creak and moan and will drive you nuts everytime you turn a corner .a lot of guys bought them and then took them back out and used rubber .