thanks guys!

just thought you'd all like to know that the motor swap begins friday and will hopefully be done saturday or sunday. going to be a good weekend! lol

 

im hoping to fire mine up friday. hope u can do yours a bit faster than i. but then your just changing the motor right?

 

yes sir. the only thing that MAY hold us up is waiting to get the computer back from pcmforless. have to get them to re-burn it for the auto and take the egr and air system off and delete the rear o2's

 

just thought someone might like to know that we start working on the car tomorrow after work. hopefully we will have the original engine out tomorrow night and HOPEFULLY we get the new one fired on saturday sometime.

i will try to get video of it but i don't have a camera so i will have to try to find one. wish me luck! lol

 

may the bird of paradise fly up your tail pipe. lol. best of luck to ya. hay i been here for a whole yr today. how bout that.

 

You are talking about his car, aren't you?
And happy anniversary, you buying rounds for everyone?

 

just wanted you guys to know that she's in...she runs...and she's awesome, lol.

expect pics and hopefully a video tomorrow!

 

wait a minute!!!!

it went according to plan????

that is awesome and congratulations.

Now you need to find an S10 or Ford Ranger and drop the old engine into that.

 

haha...we got about a million s10's and i'd LOVE to do it...but one motor swap is enough for a while, lol.

as promised...

after the original motor had been separated from the tranny(notice the whole front suspension with it)


old engine sitting on a stand out of the way. it was in trouble


new engine sitting on a stand awaiting install


there's so much more room to work when there's no engine!


new engine mated with the tranny and ready to go back under the car(this is about the time i started getting REALLY excited)


and here's a little video of her running. sorry its not the best quality, it was taken with my digital camera, lol


all in all, it wasn't too bad. took about 3 hours to get the motor out...probably took us a total of 10 hours to get it back in...but we deleted a lot of wiring and took quite a few breaks. have her back home in the garage. haven't driven it much as its been really rainy here lately. hope you guys enjoy!

 

didnt clean the gunk off the trans???