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04-02-2007, 08:32 PM | #151 |
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Great thread, good job, been watching since the beginning, great work, especially DIY and on your own... Can't wait till I have the money and I'll do a thread like this except with an RB26 =) Congrats on finally getting the engine in (LOL "the eagle has landed," made me laugh)
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04-02-2007, 09:07 PM | #152 |
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One word: Bling. The turbo outlet is balleristic looking. Really solid as well. Both the downpipe and turbo outlet are Greddy instead of Circuit Sports like I ordered, sadly it was back-ordered so I opted to get this instead. Last night I only got three hours of sleep so tonight I'm trying to relax and watch the Gator game Although, if we win the championship I may have to hit up downtown Gainesville I AM going to finish the wiring harness tonight though, I've been slacking on it but now that the engine is in I've gotta get it done. If things go my way(parts get here before Saturday), I could have the car together this weekend. Wish me luck!
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04-03-2007, 11:11 AM | #154 |
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Tuesdays I have class directly after work until almost 10pm at night so I won't be doing anything today. I did get a chance to go out there on my lunch break though and was able to get my wiring harness about 75% of the way hooked up. I'm going to have to redo a little bit of it because I have a few wires in weird places right now. I need some pictures of stock SR's wiring scheme so I can get a feel for how they are oriented. Perhaps it's even in the FSM. Took this picture while I was there earlier. She's startin' to look mean.
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04-03-2007, 12:17 PM | #157 | |
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04-03-2007, 12:26 PM | #158 | |
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Oh believe me, I've consulted it on almost every aspect of the swap. I just haven't looked that particular part up yet today If it wasn't for the FSM, my tranny would still be in shambles.
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04-04-2007, 10:35 PM | #163 |
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Work Day 16 [Back to index]
I didn't plan on working on the car today but when I got home I had five boxes waiting for me Now I have all of the parts I need to finish! In those boxes were my exhaust, dual fan thermostat relay, oil pan, test pipe, and DOHC power steering lines. For some reason I assumed they would be used (the power steering lines) but they are brand new, very nice. The exhaust is so much larger than I thought it would be. It's rediculous. I tried to coax one of our cats into crawling in it but that didn't work... The quality of the exhaust is superb, you truely do get what you pay for. Oh, and of course, stickers are the REAL reason we pay $600 for an exhaust Once I saw all of the parts, I had to go work on the car. It's all up to me at this point, I'm not waiting on anything else. So I headed out to the storage unit and started busting ass. The last time I was there, I wasn't able to hook up the driveshaft because the tranny crossmember wasn't lining up accurately with it's holes. So I had to losen the motor mounts and move the motor back some to get it into place. When I did this, I noticed a small (yet an incredible pain in the ass) problem. I followed the advice of everyone and hooked up the heater hoses before installing the engine, but when I looked at them tonight they were crazy kinked. So kinked in fact I was worried they were going to break So while I had the motor mounts loose, I pulled the motor back even more to give myself about 4-5 inches of room and I started reconnecting them. I noticed that the heater hoses I got didn't exactly line up so I wound up having to cut one of them so it didn't kink once the motor was pushed back into place. Once I got that done, I put the motor back in place, bolted up the tranny crossmember and starting connecting the driveshaft. The driveshaft was a little bit of a pain to get together, at least for a first-timer. Holding that thing above my head and trying to connect the bolts was killing my arms until I had a revelation... use a jack. After that it was smooth sailing. With all of the large stuff in place (aside from my exhaust) I should have a lot of light work ahead of me. This means I am green for this weekend
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I used a combination of guides to do my harness. Mainly I used the one found at http://www.frsport.com/SR20DET_Swap_...SR20_t_26.html since it is nicely detailed. After I finished, I then double checked it against the Heavy Throttle guide to make sure everything matched up (it did). I feel pretty confident about my harness after that. We'll see though, gotta stay optimistic.
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04-06-2007, 01:38 AM | #172 |
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Abosolutely incredible job. Makes me wish I could start cranking on mine right now. I'm definately keeping the storage unit thing in mind though. Again, fantastic work... can't wait to see it done... and perhaps see a fire-up vid?
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04-06-2007, 07:09 AM | #173 | |
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I may not wind up posting it if it's just a video of me cussing because it won't start, haha. I have a feeling that will be the likely scenario since this is my first swap ever.
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04-06-2007, 11:28 AM | #174 |
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I went out to work on the car today on my lunch break. Thought I could get a few small things done. I started by attempting to install my new shiney turbo outlet but realized something horrifying... Ok, maybe not horrifying but definitely time consuming and annoying. The turbo is not attached to the exhaust manifold securely. I can move it back and forth about half a millimeter. Not good. Guess the idiot before me didn't think it was that important... I thought I could tighten it while it was still attached but I can't reach half of the bolts as they are between the turbo and the motor itself. Sooo... I guess that means I'll be taking the headers off tonight to get to the turbo instead of installing my exhaust. I hear it's a beast to get the turbo off too. It will probably set me back a few hours.
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That sucks man...but taking the manifold and turbo off isnt impossible. Youll need plenty of light and patience because those oil lines are an absolute bitch to get to in such a tight space. I would suggest getting the header bolts off before trying for the turbo lines because it may give you some extra space to get your hands in there from under the car.
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04-06-2007, 11:37 AM | #176 |
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That was my plan. Luckily I don't have any other accessories installed so pretty much everything is out of the way. Another problem being that the shock tower is pretty close to the turbo so it's hard to get a wrench in there as well.
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a socket will def fit in there. I def needed a small extention to get the bolts under the manifold tubes, a regular racheting wrench will help also. The manifold will def have more than enough room to come strait out once the lines are disconnected.
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Maybe I will be able to get that exhaust installed after all.
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