About 8:00 pm last night I arrived in town from SLC. Driving over to my shop to meet the guy who was delivering my motor for me all the way from phoenix! I was so exited the whole way down I probably was driving faster than I should have. But after a month of waiting I was finally hooking the cherry picker up to my motor and unloading it out of his truck.
This motor is beautiful; the guy had really gone through everything and had taken his time and money to build this thing right. Once hooked up and raised in the air, I pulled the cherry picker away from the truck; and lowered the motor a bit. Pushing this thing around my shop I was very surprised at how light it was! Seeing this motor in its own form as opposed to being in a car gave me a lot of hope that this will actually fit, it is actually tiny for a V8. But then again it is only a 4.0ltr.
The plan this week is to get the front of the tranny disassembled and put back together with the Lexus tranny parts. I will be replacing the OD planetary gear set, oil pump, input shaft, and bell housing. Then I will mate the tranny to the motor and do a test fit in the buggy.
I am going to be super busy this week, I am taking up residence in a new shop, the shop I am in now, while very nice and very large is for my work I do every day and I want to keep work and play as separate as possible. Also this shop will be home to my new company. I can’t reveille anything about it yet but its primary focus will be on electrical accessories and vital wiring solutions for off-road vehicles.
here are a few pics I took last night. I willbe doing some work tonight and will also take a ton more.
