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the stud that sicks out of the driver side head in the rear by the firewall , i opted to install mine on the head first , before i installed my engine into the car to make it easy peasy

lmfao, im sorry i misread what the op was asking,, i thought he said the other side was connected to the cylinder head,,, and needed to know where the other end went? guess i need another cup of joe to wake up

isnt that suppose to mount under that plastic shield by the windshield? u have to lift up the plastic and you will see it,,

yes i must say,, the saying "if your gonna do it , than do it right the first time,, " applies to you 100 fold,, absolutely marvelous,, imo this is the ,s197 dreamers car ,, the 550 inside, the godzilla motor , the brakes ,everything but the color (sry just me), man if i ever knew of car porn ...

i wouldnt put a new valve in that head just yet,, i can guarantee that valve guide is anything but ok, infact ill tell you its not ok,, i would replace that guide or you are risking alot,, i would have the valve guide replaced and obviously a lapp to seat the new valve, you got lucky , mine eat...

soo how much is in this all together thus far

i did the swap ,, g0t my car from copart,, ,, alot of people,, and i ,mean alot of people thought i was full of it , and it would never happen , or i was just trying to justify having a v6 to swap it in a later date,, but i did it,, took a year longer than i wanted to, but i got it done,, it...

if the sjb is bad , i do have my other one i took out of my 06 along with any other spares i thought id need,, before going to my 09 gt, if you are sure thats the problem and cant source one cheap , DM me

when i pulled my motor , i used the top 2 bellhousing bolts , and took off the alternator and used them two studs as lift points

with any "mulled" metal , its best to do as said above, soak it or spray it ,, let it soak about 30 min , than use a torch and get that guy glowing , it will come out squeaking,, but thats due to the heat and all , ,, but heat is youre friend ,, and a proper sized and up to par o2 tool is key

as dino said rebuild ,, i did ,, and its still working like a charm over 1500 miles later

you dont need to do a crazy all out flush with a garden hose ,. just emptying the rad and overflow , than refilling with new and burping will yeild great results... for %100 clean, id opt for the rad to be taken out and a hose flush ,,,

you should flush old coolant (over 95k) ,,it breaks down and can do some funny things(can even cause it to become charged), not hard to do and a good way to make sure everything is in top shape

lito will tune (he does remote tuning) ,, sct tuner is all you will need,, it will cost roughly $300 for the sct tuner , and about $250 for lito to tune with the mods you have , and hands down tune it better then anyone where you live will , ,, just had my car done by him , infact im waiting to...

now i see why no1 excepts amex