Great job guys! I really like your way of detailing everything.

And as we would say in our shop: "Leck mich am Arsch ist das ding geil!" 

Greetings Robert

WOW!  I been waiting for more news on this project, and it is looking great!
Looking at the pics, I do not see much room on the pass side for an A/C compressor.....
Is this car not going to have A/C, or are you locating the compressor on the other side?
Can't wait to see more!

Good call on the fiberglass bumpers.  I am planning the same body mods for my Olds.  I plan to paint them the body color.
I've also been toying with the idea of building a lightweight rad core support, as the original old GM unit seems to weigh a ton.

Looks interesting.  I must be living under a rock (or in Kansas ) because I've never heard of this process before.

One more question.  Are you guys going to use a flex pipe somewhere or a softer mount for the turbo to accomodate for engine movement?
It seems that even if you use solid engine mounts, since the turbo is mounted to the frame, there is going to be some movement which could cause trouble with cracks in your exhaust feed tube???

We decided to run an Edelbrock intake elbow on the EFI system, so some preparations needed to be made to make sure it cleared the hood.



We ended up milling the top of face off, and re-drilled it to accept a Holley LS style throttle body rather than the Ford style.   This would gain us some room under the hood. 






The BTR built engine is running a magnetic pickup mounted on the crank snout for timing, which means it adds 3/8" of an inch to the front of the engine.    We had to re-work all the brackets to extend the pulleys forward 3/8" to make them line up.    Here's the alternator bracket.

Before:



After:



Hard to tell what happened, but it's been cut, stretched, welded, and ground back into shape.

Here, the BTR Performance engine is installed.     Note the reflector ring on the crank.   The revised alternator bracket is installed, but that would eventually change again.   Note the spacer on the steering pump bracket, and the beginning of the fuel system in place.   



This shot shows the FAST fuel distribution block tacked in place, aiming the fuel lines towards the injector rails.   





We hate to drop nuts and bolts, so we try to weld nuts to the backside of brackets and stuff when we can.



After a little refining and welding..



And then to attach it to the original alternator support bar.



Just about ready for prep work and powdercoating.   

Skipping ahead a little, but we've got great news... the S71 LIVES!     The turbo BTR 421 stroker came to life today powered by a FAST XFI EFI system.    The ISIS Power systems are alive, too!    More later!

Cool!