sasquatch's bp swap thread

[sasquatch]

UPDATE!!!

after trying to figgure out my power door locks for 2 days i gave up... ill do them later when i have more time... i just left the wires hanging under the dash....

remember WAY back before i started riping out the wiring i said i wanted to clean up the wires under the dash? got that all done it looks messy in the pics but that cause i didnt wrap them in tape like the factory... so it looks like there is a ton of wires but there is less in here than from the factory



and where the computer sits now...


and a sight for sore eyes after about a year the dash is finaly back in


a little more done...


and thats where i stoped for tonight, ill be back at it tomorrow

stay tuned...

[mikeycar500]

i think its harder for us to get to alberta than you... its all mountians and bends in the roads... for you its just a big, VERY long drag stip lol..... foot down and hold the wheel center for me, if you take your eyes off the road and dont see the bend comming up, it'll f***ing kill ya :shock:

Haha that is true mike as soon as u leave ont .It took me 23 hours just to make it out of ont. And 22 hours to ed. alberta. It's as hard for us as it is u guys.

[FFesti_90]

Having just spent over an hour reading this thread, I'm not thoroughly intrigued and excited for a finished product. Awesome job, as a nerd I have to appreciate good wire routing (having had the same problem plague my computer)

I applaud you good sir.

[ejp2fast]

nice progress Mike!

[sasquatch]

i think its harder for me to get to alberta than you... its all mountians and bends in the roads... for you its just a big, VERY long drag stip lol..... foot down and hold the wheel center for me, if you take your eyes off the road and dont see the bend comming up, it'll f***ing kill ya :shock:

[Damkid]

The thought has crossed my mind to drive to a westiva meet :lol:

Just a random idea, but what about a mid Canada meet? That way us Ontario/Quebec members don't have to drive across the entire country :lol:

[sasquatch]

ya it runs but its still not all put together lol...

you and damkid should drive over to the westiva meet and then you can see it and i have allways wanted to see yours and that crazy v6 swap of his...

[Maxtiva]

What it's not runing yet ??? Your swap is going to take more time than mine LOL I'm just kidding Mike. I hope to see it one day.

[timmay89]

Those are some nice pictures. I am shocked that you had any dirt in your engine bay as it has always been super clean!
I hope your car becomes road worthy soon!

[sasquatch]

UPDATE!!!

long story short im pulling some wires out of the harness that i had put in there for gauges but i decided to do it a diffrent way to save some time... this way i can get the dash back in the car and later just run the wires where i need to... its a bit of a step back right now but its gonna take less time this way

while i was pulling the harness out i realized how dirty my engine bay was in some spots, i cleaned it a long time about but didnt do a very good job and most of the cleaning was done on the passengers side cause the trans was still in the car when i cleaned it.... its still not done yet but it looks alot better anyways, here are some before and after pics







and after




this one i dont have a before pic cause i didnt have my camera handy... but it was even worse than the drivers side... (timing belt oil sling-er...)


more to come...
stay tuned...

[timmay89]

your computer must like me more Either way it works which is good.

[sasquatch]

got the computer working today... timmay89 has magic hands.... and has good luck with "com port 1" lol...

[Aaronbrook37]

That's great! (Hmm... wonder which computer was messing up last time you hooked it up........) I am glad to hear that it is working, very exciting. I will have to come over and help out with it.

I have a feeling our cars will be good friends in the immediate future, given that it will be at the farm for the next few months.

[timmay89]

That's great! (Hmm... wonder which computer was messing up last time you hooked it up........) I am glad to hear that it is working, very exciting. I will have to come over and help out with it.

[sasquatch]

get one of those police laptop mounts for it so it doesnt fly around

i have been thinking of making somthing like this... but its more work than what its worth...

went to get my parts and got some... had to order the other stuff.... i guess not many people need injector seals for a 95 escort gt lol...

cant wait to drive it

EDIT: WOW its been over 10 months from the last time i drove it... and the last time i drove it wasnt really a drive, it was only from the driveway in to the shop... and before that i hadnt driven it for like a month or 2, cant remember.... cant wait to drive it