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Originally Posted by future
Still lurking and watching here....
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Perfect!
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Originally Posted by RedSnow
I am ready for another quality project from you!!!
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Thank you, I hope to be able to pull it off!
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So last weekend I ended up working late into the night while my kids were asleep and my wife was out of town. After torquing the flywheel bolts, I reinstalled the Comp Clutch Stage 2 unit that came with my SR swap since it appears to be more or less new. I hope to replace it with something nicer down the road, but it will do for now. It's actually the same clutch I have in my hatch right now as well and I don't mind it too much for what it is.
I next turned my attention to the transmission. New input and output seals, bearing cover gasket, shift fork boot, release bearing, and NISMO pivot ball.
Once that was wrapped up, I had a great time bolting up the transmission to the engine. One of my least favorite jobs to do alone, but I got it done fortunately.
Before installing the drivetrain into the car, I cleaned and reinstalled the factory power steering lines. I do hope to replace a couple of these lines before the car is on the road, but haven't bit the bullet and ordered all of them just yet. Soon enough!
I also picked up some heater core hoses from John Kim at TF Works. Thought it would be a good idea to toss that line on before the engine went in as it can be a hassle to get to.
Finally, the engine and trans made their way into the freshly painted bay. I bolted everything down with NISMO engine and trans mounts, along with fresh OEM hardware.
So that's where things stand at the moment! I picked up a rusty 1990 S13 hatch last weekend to part out, so that has been taking up a lot of my time this week (along with my two oldest daughters starting school.) Hope to have that finished up and out of here with a week or two so that I can get back to working on the coupe!
It's a shame the car is so rusty because it is all original. The interior is in awesome shape. I would definitely have loved to have kept it for a daily or winter beater, but that just wouldn't make a whole lot of sense, haha.
Hope to have some more progress to share next week!