Hey,
really nice find and great project for you together with your son.
What colour exactly you ordered for the Loncky steering wheel cover; if you don't mind me asking? That looks reasonably well match with the tan interior.
Well I just saw the updates to this tread...
yeap ... same issues here.... Reverted to stock long time ago... right after realizing it just doesn't fit right for me.... I don't know if it was the same issue but for me it just didn't fit well... cable seemed a bit too long, the shock too long or...
Just go for the best V8 engines around... LS; choose one that fits your budget, you simply cannot go wrong with any LS.
There is plenty of excellent info here (on mud) on LS V8 conversion just do a search.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/8x-series-v8-swaps.948869/
good luck.
@Scalpel thank you so much for your great work with detailing the swap process. This is one of the best documented process for swapping a V8. Thank you again. Your whole journey documented in such details is a quite an inspiration to me and my son; now we are feeling much more comfortable to...