going to take the engine out of the 95 formula

[Trans Am]

engine and transmission are coming out and going into a t/a body .
going to remove it out the bottom
any tips and ideeas are welcome please!

[FTA1995]

Pull the intake and oil pressure sending unit off before you wheel it out... it will help with clearance... I'm guessing you're going to dismount the k member and trans mount with the wheel bearings/a arms still mounted and lift the body with a cherry picker? Do you already have everything planned out and organized?

[Trans Am]

ok, all done , took more than 3 hours though lol
engine and gearbox and driveshaft and all the front suspension and k member out the formula and into a t/a shell with a 3.23 diff.
i m still putting back together everything as i ended up swapping the whole wiring and pretty much everything , dash , steering column so i d keep the same airbags system.
any rust which was minimal under the car i sanded down and used galvanizing paint spray , i think it should be ok. also all the wiring checked and extra insulation where i thought was needed , all nice and tidy under the dash . i am going to use the racetronix upgraded wiring for the fuel pump and put the racetronix walbro lt1 pump in . i reluctantly cut the access trap door for the fuel pump , but i think the car needs that anyway .

Anything i should know ? i wasnt sure about the propshaft, balancing and that i guess i ll see when i test drive it.
And there is a thick insulated ground strap from the starer to somewhere, i couldnt find the place where it bolts to the chassis , if anyone has a picture or knows where it goes please let me know.

The rear end on the t/a only has one central abs sensor and the wiring and everything in the formula were for a 4 channnel abs with traction control , i think both abs and tcs are lost now , till i can find a better tcs diff .

[Rob B (shoebox)]

The starter should not need a ground strap. It is grounded to the block through the mounting. Never heard of a separate strap on one.

[Trans Am]

i ll try and take a picture , i remember unbolting it , then realized i didnt need to , now i cant find where it was bolted to

[Trans Am]

ok, all good , apart for that big hole where the shifter was ( t/a was a manual , now auto in it)
Even managed to get the abs to work on a 3 channel architecture . Swapped the abs ecus .

The formula had an 2.73 diff gear ratio, and now in the t/a there is a 3.23 diff. i was wondering, is the pcm tune different , should i get it changed so it knows its a different gear ratio diff in there, or it uses rpm to work out shift points?

[Rob B (shoebox)]

You will need a retune for it to shift correctly and the speedo to read correctly. Stock shifts are controlled by speed. If the speed is wrong, so will the shifts be.

[Trans Am]

thanks, i have the hypertech programmer, i think now will be a good time to use it

[SteveH95Formula]

There is a small bolt with a black wire bolted to the block close to the starter. Make sure that is on there as well. Last weekend I drove my car around and parked it my garage. Went to start it again and it would not start. No lights or anything. Turns out there was a lot of curosion around that wire. I sprayed some electrical cleaner on it and it started right up.