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Pulled the Purple MR2 out from the Red Neck garage and rolled the Red MR2 down to a position to were Roy and I could work.

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Here is Roy modeling the latest in cover-all designs.

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Nice power antenna. Roy removing the rear trunk.

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Here is the engine bay before we starting stripping it. The battery box needs to be removed along with the tranny mount.

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Roy removing hoses and pipes and crap in the engine bay

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Popped up in the air

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The insulation removed.

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Piles of 1987 intake hose.

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Some stuff piled on the Krylon Special.

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More stuff piled on the roof. For such a little car there is a lot of crap in it.

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Here I am cutting out the transmission mount and the battery tray.

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Me sporting the great Club MR2 cap. This cap has saved my head while cutting, grinding and welding. Plus chick really dig a guy in a Club MR2 cap! www.clubmr2.com

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You can only get so far with a sawz-all, time to break out the angle grinder. God I love power tools.

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One large 90 degree V8 almost ready to go under the MR2.

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We pulled off some of the harness from the v8. We did not want to screw up the harness when installing the V8.

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Me bending over searching for something. Of course my tool box is not as organized as Roys. Okay, it is not even near looking like Roys surgical kit. I need to get organized.

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Power tools rule. Big hole in the firewall so the engine will fit. A cover will be built to allow quick access to the oil filler and the dipstick.

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Hole'sum fun

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Gas tank filler removed. A 16 gallon fuel cell will be moved up to the front trunk. A vent will be mounted here to provide an area for the air filter to fit here.

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Here I am removing the exhaust manifold. What a bitch and a half. Of course GM puts it on before the transaxle is installed. I have to make a hole in the trunk to put the B-pipe down through.

21

Right before we lowered the car. We found out that we needed to remove the alternator, the AC compressor and some other small un-needed stuff. I am going to look at another GM alternator or maybe even use the Toyota MR2 alternator. The Caddy alternator is so powerfull that it even supplied 3 phace AC current.

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Look Ma, it fits! All I could do was laugh and run around like a little girl. It looks so ******* cool!!!

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Woo-Hoo!

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It sits seven inches into the interior.

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It is actually mounted about 2 inches too high right now. I can move it lower. I need to get the centerline to the axles sorted before I make the engine mounts

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Loads of room here

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also over here. I thought there was not going to be as much room here.

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I can even move it back a bit if I need to.

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It looks really far forward. It is just the camera angle.

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I am shopping for wheelie-bars now

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I need to remove a little more firefall from this area. You can see the upper torque mount. This will be attached to the roll bar.

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I need to find or make a 90 degree bend here.

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Just a little trimming is needed here.

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Now the hard part, making an axle that will work with the AW11 hub.

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I can lower the engine about 2 more inches.

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I need to remove the power steering pump.

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The harness will be routed into the rear trunk.

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Nightfall and time to go in. What a sight!