Originally Posted by LantanaTX

Well I am cleaned up and had a nice dinner and feeling pretty good. We started by putting the car up on jack stands as high as we could so that we could work easily under it. It was a lot of work getting the the V6 out. The guy in the first picture is my uncle and we were just about to remove the V6. The V8 was a tight fit. We had to drop the sway bar to give more cleaance. once the engine was in the sway just clears the front of the oil pan. We had to change the connector that attached to the a/c compressor as it was a different style than what was on the V6 harness. It bolted right up to the trans and engine mounts from the V6 was just and bolted right up as expected. The head pipes mate up to the exhuast maniolds but they are at a slightly different angle. We will see tomorrow if it will bolt up or I will have to take it to a muffler shop prior to trying to start it. We still have to install the water pump, a/c compressor, power steering pump and alternator. We are try to make sure that the car is also serviceable if the radiator or any accessories ever go bad. So far the only issue is that the fans would need to be removed to change the alternator. We will find out tomorrow if a/c and power steering lines will reach. We will have to lengthen the wires that feed the alternator and starter. they are in the same harness but we need four more inches becuase of the engine length. So far so good and I am glad that for the most part everything is going as expected. We do have a couple of different wires in the V8 harness to figure out and compare to the V6 harness.

With the engine cover on it did llok like the hood would not close but we tested this and there is no problem.