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I am woefully slow to get on with this project. I planned to get to the swap over a week ago but I realized my ramps, plus two sets of jackstands and both creepers were left at the cottage. While making a run north and returning was only 2-3 hrs to accomplish, my 16 year old cat took sick and after a visit to the vet, regular medication was need for the first few days. In any case, I did finally get a tentative start to the replacement. The front of the car up on ramps, fluids drained, front motor mount and shock absorber by harmonic balancer disconnected, oil cooler disconnected plus rear exhaust disconnected at manifold. This is a small start but important as I am now committed. The holiday weekend will intervene but I will be back to this project next week. Rather than call up the original thread, I will comment that the red car that #2 son has came out of winter storage without issue but after a short distance of driving the engine stalled, restarted but subsequently quit and will not restart. Cam, crank, TPS, O2 as well as timing chain and magnet were new when the project started. The two existing systems that were reused were the coil pack/ICM and the MAF sensor. It also has a new fuel pump. It will be investigated this weekend to determine why it left him stranded.

I always though a turbocharged all aluminum 4-cylinder of about 300 hp would be the best of all worlds. It would get some weight off the nose. relocate the battery and make the weight balance much better than stock, plus give a bit more go power. My personal opinion is a good multi speed automatic rather than a stick of any kind. Partly it is a bias from years driving a stick in traffic which was less than ideal plus a good modern auto is generally quicker than a manuaI no matter the amount of gears. I am older but overall aside from being able to hold a gear with a manual, a good auto will kick butt. Different horses for different courses. My opinion only