This thread is really out of date.
The injection spider went bad on me when I was changing the intake manifold gasket. I had been preparing for the v8 swap for awhile. So...
I bought a donor van (94 G30) and pulled the drivetrain out.
It turned out that the engine wasn't in as great of condition as I thought.
After pulling the pan and looking inside the engine I decided to just clean it as best I could and just run it anyway. I installed a bigger cam (nothing crazy just a little upgrade). Here is a little sound clip of it idling down the driveway.
Once the v6 spider went bad I started the swap. V6 coming out.
V8 in. Notice carb intake instead of original TBI that the G30 had.
I don't know if I have any fully assembled pictures. Here is some progress though. Notice how close the air filter is to the top of the engine bay. I have to put the air filter on piece by piece. I can't slide it on all together.
I had to sort a few small issues. It drove. I modified the sensors that the manual said the computer uses for the transmission to try and keep it functioning. It didn't like it though and wouldn't go into anything except 2nd and third manually (I think linkage was too sloppy for 1st).
I towed a truck with a bad engine in it home using the van. Looking back it was an absolutely terrible idea. I had to change the rear wheel bearings afterward because of it.
The subframe however had a bad case of "active weight reduction" so I pulled it back apart to replace it with a new (used, but clean) one. Here is some older pics. The transmission it is mounted to was out of the G30. I didn't end up using it. I now have a TH400 to put in it. I might do some aero mods in the future, but with looks in mind. Now that I have 4 cars, and 4 motorcycles I can really not care about the FE of the van. It will be a fun car that I use for towing and hauling mostly, besides cruising around everyonce in awhile of course.
Between getting the van running and driving with the new engine and pulling the frame I moved as well. It has been sitting exactly as shown basically since ~September of last year. There had always been a small crack in the windshield. It has since spread to cover about half the windshield. Now I get to change the wind shield as well. Exciting...
Now I am working on cleaning up the area around the gas tank and welding in the new captured nuts for the tank straps. The old bolts broke off in the nuts so I cut them out. Once I get it acceptably clean I can put the tank back in. I am so ready to drive the van once again!
You can read a more detailed version here:
https://www.astrosafari.com/viewtopi...f=127&t=130177