Sounds like you are making good progress.
Your at the part of the conversion that requires the most time, but doesn't require a ton of skill. Running and soldering wires, running fuel line, fabing little brackets, all those little details that take time if you want it done right.
If you have the time and a place to work on your truck, you are better off doing it yourself and not paying someone $50/hr. Plus, if anything ever fails, chances are, you will know how to fix it. It would suck being stuck on the side of the road and trying to reverse engineer something a shop guy rigged up.
So, I say go for it yourself. Break up the conversion up into little projects that you can tackle each weekend and you'll have it wrapped up in no time. If you run into any issues there are plenty of guys here that can point you in the right direction.
I don't want to volunteer anyone but I know there are owners in the Atlanta area who are very adept with that motor. May want to do a bit of digging & check with those guys first.
As for finding a shop who would do that? Good luck. I mean most will look at you like you're crazy for asking then when they see you're serious their eyes will suddenly look like this... $$
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I agree. About a year and half ago I had no other choice but to take my Monty to a shop in Buford GA, close to where we live. One of the bolts holding the flywheel lost its head and shaved all the others leaving the flywheel turning by itself, all thanks to the dumb <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/butwiggle.gif" alt="" /> son of the guy that rebuild my engine who crossthreaded one of the bolts
If performance is what you are looking for this is the shop for your but get ready to pay top dollars, just for tapping and replacing the flywheel I paid, ready? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />$1,400 <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" /> I paid that much for having my engine rebuild with everything new!!!!! but I had no choice. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
Now this guy has a great shop with dyno an all, he works on race cars like BMW's, Mercedes, Porsche, Ferrari and his specialty are turbo cars, so I asked him how much will be to turbo my Monty and I told him that I had the turbo engine and he quoted me from $6 to $7k <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/ignore.gif" alt="" />
That is crazy money when it is basically a bolt on, definitely way too much money.
I want to turbo mine but I am determine to do it myself. I am not worried for the technical stuff because everything that you might need is here in the 4x4Wire.
I've had my hands on a good engine but at the last minute it did not come through thanks to my accident. I am ready now so I am quietly looking for an engine, I found an 88 recently rebuilt but it is up in Iowa, a little bit too far for me.
Javy
