99GT swapping in DOHC from Aviator

[tarafied1]

That's awesome, tell him good job on sticking with it till the end.

thanks, I will

 

[tarafied1]

one of the neatest things about this build is the comparisons my son made on his perspective of it compared to my 67 and me. Without being too sappy it was touching to know he thought about things that way. For example, the 99 is about the same age or vintage to him as my 67 was to me when starting them as projects. Both cars served as daily drivers, both were multicolored (his still is), both were uncommon engine swaps, on and on but you get the idea. My licence plate says 429 V8 and he has requested 281 V8. Anyway, it's so cool to see him, all my boys really, take a bit of the influence I have had and what they have done with it.
I am pretty proud I must say...

 

[money pits fixer]

we had set the engine in with the headers on, thinking that would be easier than trying to put them in later. We ended up having to remove the left header from the engine to allow it to fit in but left the header in the engine bay. With the headers, steering and everything else in the way we couldn't get the trans to fit. The bell housing on the this trans is bolted on from inside flywheel area so it has to be on the trans when installing it unlike most other manuals I've done where you could bolt the bell on first. Anyway, we might have been able to lift motor up, pull headers off/out so we could get the trans in but his friend offered the lift so we figured we would do the K-member method. We got it about ready to set the car back down on it. I'll be glad when this thing is buttoned back up. What a pain!

What header are you running on the Aviator heads ?