motor swap
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hi_psi_starion
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hello , my name is chad and i have a 1987 starion and recently i have scavanged all the parts to make a swap happed ....only thing is i have a powerglide tranny.........I have spent alot of money on this project and because of work i have no time to put it all together.......I live in eastern kentucky and i'm looking for someone that will do the swap and get the car in a rolling state for me.....I(f interrested and near me shoot me a line and i will explaing all the parts i have here and we will figure a price for the labor
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Can you be more specific about the state of the swap? Do you have an assembled longblock and mounts and all that good stuff already? How about some photos.

Getting the engine bolted in is about 10% of the way there.
The next 80% can go quickly with help and skill.
That last 10% takes about as long as the 90% that came before it.
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hi_psi_starion
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well the long block is done it is a buschur racing complete turn key motor i had david build it for me last year the only thing it needs is the timing belt put on timed..... i have an adapter plate for the powerglide i have
BR motor mounts everything is here.
i jus want the motor mated to the trans and put in the car and the car wired up or if someone wants to put the rest of the stuff on we car work that out ,,, I have a direct port nitrous set up from nx, a i/c spayer kit , double bottle mouting kit from aerospoeed , i have a huge fmic and a scricco radiator with dual fans , i have AEM stang alone fuel management , aem cdi2 ignition coil on plug , aem wideband , i have a harness out of a 1990 eagle talon laying here this is complete and ready to put in ,,,,,,,,,like i said i have a lot of stuff here to stuff into the starion and no time to do it... i have pics but dunno how to host them on here so......
BR motor mounts everything is here.
i jus want the motor mated to the trans and put in the car and the car wired up or if someone wants to put the rest of the stuff on we car work that out ,,, I have a direct port nitrous set up from nx, a i/c spayer kit , double bottle mouting kit from aerospoeed , i have a huge fmic and a scricco radiator with dual fans , i have AEM stang alone fuel management , aem cdi2 ignition coil on plug , aem wideband , i have a harness out of a 1990 eagle talon laying here this is complete and ready to put in ,,,,,,,,,like i said i have a lot of stuff here to stuff into the starion and no time to do it... i have pics but dunno how to host them on here so......
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i forgot to mention that i would rather shift the car and also if you have ne ideas about how this can happen let me know ....i would like to use a tremec tranny or the supra but can they hold 900+hp ? and if they would neone got ne hp number on a manual swap so i can look at them and see if i would rather getting rid of half the junk i have and shifting the car as i always wanted to do in the first place .................i know someone is going to ask me y so here goes i want to do double duty with this car i want it to b competitive at the track and i want to bring it out on the street and play with the stangs, ls1's and the vettes and vipers here
Just where in E. Kentucky are you. I'm in Cincinnati. I could help you out with your swap if you'd like. I run a part time shop here called PASS, short for performance automotive sales and service. I'm doing 2 starquests right now, one is a 4g64 wideblock conversion, the other is a g54b mpi conversion. I could get to yours in a couple of weeks if you're interested. And yes, you can stick a stick in it, no problem, i'd suggest using a gm bell and a t5/t56 out of a camaro/firebird for simplicities sake. let me know.
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