The 2.2 is out ....

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Permalink Reply by Brett Sutherland on August 16, 2009 at 10:33am

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Permalink Reply by Arthur Hoge on August 16, 2009 at 5:04pm

Brett,,,word of advice,,if you can,just roll up the harness and tuck it away where you can get to it if you need to,a lot of different things ran through those harnesses,,and you might find that you need a key-on hot lead or other power source,,,later on with your installation.So,,,, instead of you having to run a new power source,,you'll have it already there,wired right in.Once you get the job finished,,then whatever is not needed,you can cut out if it's still in the way.I'm just telling you this from experience,,,after all was said and done with mine,,,I needed a couple of key-ons for different accessories and I was really glad that I had a couple of leads in the harness that I had tucked away.

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Permalink Reply by Brett Sutherland on August 16, 2009 at 8:33pm

Thanks Arthur ... good idea. Another thing that I have noticed is that the tail shaft of the 5 speed seems to be a lot longer than the tail shaft of the 700R4 ... is this looked after by relocating the transmission mount cross-member further back or am I going to be in for having to get a longer drive shaft ?

Another question ... the speedo drive that came out of the 5 speed ... will that fit in the spot in the automatic and give me a working speedometer or will I have to rely on my GPS ?

Brett

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Permalink Reply by Mark Maloney on January 17, 2010 at 12:35pm

That was going to be my question as well Brett, Except that I do want to stay with Fuel Injection, over carbed. I do know that I can get a complete, ready to run engine, including transmission, wiring harness, computer etc., for a sbc from a 3500 chev school bus-(mini-bus) in about a 92 year I believe. I think this should all swap into my '98 sonoma. Actually I'm considering buying the bus, period. I'm looking to keep it clean as possible and almost stock appearing, Arthur Hoge's beutiful s-10 xtreme is a good example of how I would like to do my Sonoma.

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Permalink Reply by Brett Sutherland on January 17, 2010 at 12:58pm

I have been corresponding with Art through all this project so far ... Great Guy !! SUPER project ... he's got talent !!

Brett

Mark Maloney said:

That was going to be my question as well Brett, Except that I do want to stay with Fuel Injection, over carbed. I do know that I can get a complete, ready to run engine, including transmission, wiring harness, computer etc., for a sbc from a 3500 chev school bus-(mini-bus) in about a 92 year I believe. I think this should all swap into my '98 sonoma. Actually I'm considering buying the bus, period. I'm looking to keep it clean as possible and almost stock appearing, Arthur Hoge's beutiful s-10 xtreme is a good example of how I would like to do my Sonoma.

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Permalink Reply by sam heil on February 14, 2010 at 11:23pm

i also have a 2.2 with a 5 speed i was wondering about the swap is there anything u can telll me to help me out with the swap

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Permalink Reply by Brett Sutherland on February 14, 2010 at 11:39pm

As I said in my other reply ... the biggest problem I have had so far is the transmission mount because I am using a 700R4 which is longer than the TURBO 350 or the 5 speed One of the cross-members I have was a perfect fit for the TURBO 350 but I forget which one it was .... and I really didn''t think about it as I had decided to go for the 4 speed.

sam heil said:

i also have a 2.2 with a 5 speed i was wondering about the swap is there anything u can telll me to help me out with the swap

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Permalink Reply by Brett Sutherland on February 14, 2010 at 11:42pm

BTW Sam if you want to see more of what has been done to my truck ... check out my Face Book Photo album photo gallery. It is open to the public http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133494&id=617477270&l...

Brett

Brett Sutherland said:

As I said in my other reply ... the biggest problem I have had so far is the transmission mount because I am using a 700R4 which is longer than the TURBO 350 or the 5 speed One of the cross-members I have was a perfect fit for the TURBO 350 but I forget which one it was .... and I really didn''t think about it as I had decided to go for the 4 speed.

sam heil said:

i also have a 2.2 with a 5 speed i was wondering about the swap is there anything u can telll me to help me out with the swap

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Permalink Reply by Brett Sutherland on March 11, 2010 at 6:36pm

Just added a few more PIX as I just installed my new drive shaft. Just go back to the URL for my FB Photo Album

Brett

Brett Sutherland said:

BTW Sam if you want to see more of what has been done to my truck ... check out my Face Book Photo album photo gallery. It is open to the public http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133494&id=617477270&l...

Brett

Brett Sutherland said:

As I said in my other reply ... the biggest problem I have had so far is the transmission mount because I am using a 700R4 which is longer than the TURBO 350 or the 5 speed One of the cross-members I have was a perfect fit for the TURBO 350 but I forget which one it was .... and I really didn''t think about it as I had decided to go for the 4 speed.

sam heil said:

i also have a 2.2 with a 5 speed i was wondering about the swap is there anything u can telll me to help me out with the swap

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