Did you get your car running good
The short answer is no,
Now for the long answer. Life basically got in the way with a couple of health issues (I'm fine now) and in the mean time I got involved in remodel on my house. The good report is I'm back on the car project even In the Texas heat. I did try to fire it but evidently I will need the ECM tweaked. Ya, the radiator hose was just a lot of running to the parts store and bugging them. The design did require some splicing as I pointed out both top and bottom. The power steering hose was pretty straight forward using off the shelf AN fittings. Seen more convoluted stuff on new cars PS. I purposely have not went into detail here as this swap applies to so few. Boring stuff you know. Send me a PM and I'll get you more detailed info.
As far as the sound? Who knows? I'm not sure which will be louder the TB or the Supercharger but this is not a daily driver. I want the Astre to be in tune with the mechanical side. Seat of the pants feel and the open road. The straight line Quarter mile is very secondary to the design. I may not even put in frame connectors.
In close, every time I set a date to drive it something happens so I'm done with that but certainly when I do members here will be the first to know.
I have written a 84 page service manual on the 3800 H-Body Swap. The following is just one page as an example for any interested or curious.
Page 60
Throttle Bottle Servicing/RemovalServicing is done from underneath dash and is best accomplished by removing Passenger seat for full access.1) Remove air ducts. Ducts un-snap and are not held in place with bolts. Remove any insulation covering metal box.
2) Loosen throttle cable. It unsnaps from holder. Leave loose, do not remove.
3) Remove set screw in upper corner of metal box. Passenger side. (Phillips head)
4) Remove metal box. With a light tug box will release and remove.
5) You now have full access to TB. Remove three Allen head screws (3/16) and support with hand while you rotate the TB and un-hook three sensors.
6) Remove Throttle Body from engine.
7)
Install: Reverse order LOL
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