Finally, in she goes!  Took all of 1/2 hour to drop in the motor and bolt up the tranny!  Now it's just a matter of hooking everything up and getting it running.  It's about time!

I've had several people ask for updates so here's a few little things.  Made a turbocharger heat shield out of a pot.  Yeah, I'm cheap!  Check it out on page 56.

Installed a new fuel gauge sending unit which meant I had to drop the gas tank.  It's a pain by yourself so I made a cradle for it.  Took me 15 minutes and cost $6 to fab up.  It's like having 4 people hold the tank while you hook everything up!  It works GREAT!  I outta patent this sucker!  Check out page 58.

I relocated the TFI (same procedure as on my TC - page 53) using a heatsink from a 90's Aerostar van.  I also ran a 4ga batt cable for my 3G conversion to 150a fuse.  Grabbed the fuseholder ($2) off an early 90's Contour in the junkyard.  They're located on the backside of the engine right below the intake.  I made my own 3G wiring harness (much simpler than all the cut & splice articles that are out there).  Just grabbed a D-plug and fusable link from the junkyard and connected everything.  Check out page 57.

More wiring.  Installed relays to power both high and low beams on the headlights, the monster fan and 1 extra relay...........I think I'll tie that into my horns.  Most of the engine compartment wiring is relocated outside the engine bay so I mounted the relays underneath the battery box.  Found a nifty little plastic relay cover on a Toyota at the 'yard.  On it goes!  Note the horns.  They're off a massive '69 Country Squire station wagon - another Pick-n-Pull item!  They dwarf the factory Mustang horns and scare most animals and small children.  Can't wait 'til they get full power when I hook 'em up to the relay!

Here's another homemade deal.  I needed a stud for battery power to feed the relays, 3G conversion and various other electrical needs and the 1 stud on the starter solenoid was full.  So, I fabbed a piggyback stud.  Not a great pic but I carved out a chunk of rubber from an old rubber wheel chock, that semi tractor trailers use to block their wheels.  It's very hard, thick rubber.  I made it about 1" thick and a couple of inches in diameter.  Drilled a hole the size of the bolt shank, all the way through.  Then, I drilled a hole the size of the bolt head, halfway through.  Pounded the bolt in so it seated on the shoulder halfway in.  I then filled the void on top of the bolt head with 2-part epoxy and smoothed it flush with the rubber surface.  Drilled a couple of holes for mounting screws on either side of the bolt and presto.............an insulated power stud!  I tied it into the solenoid stud with a 10ga wire.