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Went to a cruise tonite and I saw a SHO motor in a 39 Ford coupe. The build was still in progress and it wasn't wearing a hood. They had used the Ford wiring and computer, also distributorless ignition too. It looked like it was hitched to a stock type tranny too! I kept hanging around trying to find an owner but struck out. Didn't bring a camera either... sigh..

Cool! I'd have liked to see that.

This was much easier than I thought; one wedge cut and the steering clears fine. No internal interference as far as oil pump pickup or dipstick; all I have to do is find someone that welds aluminum to patch in the notch for me. On another + note; it's really clean inside and looks like it was well taken care of.

That's good news on the pan clearance. How'd you cut the pan?

Just a thin cutoff wheel on an angle grinder

Thanks. 8-)

While Im waiting to get my header flanges back from the water jet guy I decided to address the fuel supply. Both the SHO tank and the Plymouth tank are the same depth so to simplify things Im just going to transplant the fuel pump from the SHO tank and fit it with the Plymouth sending unit. I'll also put this baffle from the SHO tank in the bottom. Today I took the SHO fuel filler with the overflow line and shorted it up so it will fit the Plymouth tank location; and I'll change the tank inlet to match the size.

I got everything together and welded up today; just need to add the overflow tube and it's ready for a coat of paint.

That's cool, nice work.

Thanks! Does anyone know how to make those factory type nylon fuel lines with the plastic quick disconnects? Seems like the easiest way to go.

Russell and a couple other companies make the adapters to go the fuel lines to hook them to the EFI stuff, but it does require some AN fittings to make it work...... Might want to look at their fittings and see what you could adapt for your application.....

Thanks, Dave. I found that Dorman makes a tool that presses the quick connect fittings into the nylon tubing but it's $150. Seems like a lot for a single use so after some searching I found a guy on the LS1 Tech site that made this handy little press tool with a caulking gun and a tubing flare block. Pretty slick!

Wow.. that should work! Slick idea too...

What a nifty idea!

Falcon, I'm glad you found that! I found it when figuring out the fuel lines on my EFI conversion on my '66 F100. I thought I had bookmarked it and was going to post it for you but apparently misplaced it.

I ended up not needing it because I just reconfigured the fuel lines off the donor Mustang to fit my truck, but this setup should work well for you.