1fineAlpine
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Hey guys, been a while since I've posted anything on here. Just been popping in from time to time to see what's new and that's about it. I've been spending the last two years I've owned my Alpine gathering all the parts needed to finish my V8 swap. So this is where I'm at as of this year...
Last year I was able to get my 302 Ford from a 1987 Lincoln LSC that was in the local wrecking yard. It has fully forged internals and is a full roller motor like the fox body Mustangs have. I then got my aluminum heads, hardened push rods, aluminum intake, cam, holley 750 double pumper, and just a ton of other bolt on goodies.
At the beginning of the summer this year I located a 1975 Postal Jeep on Craigslist for $100. I pulled the needed Dana 44 rear axle out of it and sold the remainder of the Jeep to a guy who needed the parts, for $150. Not bad, haha.
Last month after a lot of searching, I replied back to a Craigslist ad about Toploader transmissions and the guy turned out to be a good friend of one of my friends and just so happened to have a Tiger Toploader. He also owns his own transmission and differential repair shop, so he totally rebuilt the whole thing with the best stuff he could get for it and sold it to me for more than I planned on paying for a tranny, but way too good of a deal to pass up. Very happy with it and he warranties it.
I called my good friend up yesterday who said he would help me tackle my steering setup and we will be starting that pretty soon.
The transmission was the biggest piece of the puzzle I needed though and I didn't want to really start the build until I had all the major parts ready to go. For those who might not remember, my car is pretty much 100% complete which really helps, and already has a 302 and a T5 mounted in the car. It's just not anything that would be road worthy, mainly just a mock up motor and tranny.
I may have a pretty good chance at being able to drive it next summer? Hoping for the best!
-Kyle
Last year I was able to get my 302 Ford from a 1987 Lincoln LSC that was in the local wrecking yard. It has fully forged internals and is a full roller motor like the fox body Mustangs have. I then got my aluminum heads, hardened push rods, aluminum intake, cam, holley 750 double pumper, and just a ton of other bolt on goodies.
At the beginning of the summer this year I located a 1975 Postal Jeep on Craigslist for $100. I pulled the needed Dana 44 rear axle out of it and sold the remainder of the Jeep to a guy who needed the parts, for $150. Not bad, haha.
Last month after a lot of searching, I replied back to a Craigslist ad about Toploader transmissions and the guy turned out to be a good friend of one of my friends and just so happened to have a Tiger Toploader. He also owns his own transmission and differential repair shop, so he totally rebuilt the whole thing with the best stuff he could get for it and sold it to me for more than I planned on paying for a tranny, but way too good of a deal to pass up. Very happy with it and he warranties it.
I called my good friend up yesterday who said he would help me tackle my steering setup and we will be starting that pretty soon.
The transmission was the biggest piece of the puzzle I needed though and I didn't want to really start the build until I had all the major parts ready to go. For those who might not remember, my car is pretty much 100% complete which really helps, and already has a 302 and a T5 mounted in the car. It's just not anything that would be road worthy, mainly just a mock up motor and tranny.
I may have a pretty good chance at being able to drive it next summer? Hoping for the best!
-Kyle