Hey everyone what’s up.
Well the day finally arrived that I could do my motor swap and turbo install. It’s been a long time coming and there’s still a few things to finish off as well as tunning but, everything works.
I’d like to first thank Phillip of JDM Place for sponsoring this project and providing an SAFC, SR 370cc Injector’s, S15 Sidemount Intercooler and an HKS Turbo Timer. As well as paying for all the items listed below. There is no way I could have done it for a long time with out him.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH my friend!
As well there are a few other people out there I would like thank and here goes in no particular order,
Justin, aka jjm, for the Stainless Steel Lines, getting all the fittings needed, oil pan return bung welded on and swapping/installing my new motor and turbo system.
Varun, aka slipperlysilvia, for the Turbo, Turbo Elbow, Walboro Pump and MR Fuel Pressure Regulator.
Brian, aka Bero aka Seatbelt Guy, for the SSAutochrome Manifold. He gave me his now as I was doing everything this weekend. No worries man, yours will be here for the day you are doing your set up.
Bing, aka Bing, for the GReddy Type S BOV.
Victor, aka JDMRIDE, for the MR Turbo, Air/Fuel and Oil Pressure Gauges.
Nik, aka RacerX, for the SR Downpipe.
John, aka Toronto_240sx, for the discount on ALL the gaskets I needed.
Adam, aka Shift_KADET, for the BOV flange.
Tylor, aka DevilishS14, for the newer KADE Motor.
Thanks again to all of you who helped make this possible. I don’t think I forgot anyone but if so please let me know and you’ll be mentioned.
Now for some pic’s,
Before,
Justin preping the new motor to be swapped in,
Fresh new oil pan with oil return pipe welded on and some new liquid gasket,
Old motor with 359K + km’s on it ready to come out,
Only 3 1/2 hours for Justin and I to remove the motor/tranny from my car,
Out!
Empty engine bay. I gave it a little cleaning at this point,
GRRRRRRRRRR, Dam %@*&in oil line! This actually would give us serious issues later on. We did figure a solution though and now everything is fine,
Manifold and Turbo on,
The turbo being used in Phase 1 of this project is a stock SR T25,
Manifold, turbo, outlet, elbow and coolant feed/return lines on,
Justin simply bent the coolant lines and pointed them in the direction we needed. Then attached the hoses,
The lines were attached using the stock locations on the motor under the throttle body,
New motor coming along and looking good,
Oil pressure gauge sending unit, fittings and lines attached now,
Oil feed line attached,
So at this point after approximately 5hrs ish we had the new motor ready to be attached to the tranny. Then the whole thing could be put back in to my car. It was from here we had little hic-ups happen and some issues we needed to solve. First attached the clutch to the motor and forgot to put the transmission backing plate, D’HO :lol: . Then we had prob’s putting everything back in as the tranny kept hitting the power steering lines, knocked the oil return line off of the oil pan and just generally getting the motor back in.
So now it’s after 9pm ish the motor is in, things are reattached and we realized the cat bolts are somewhat welded on the cat :shock: . So another 45min’s to an hour to drill them out. A bolt broke on the turbo elbow while attaching the down pipe and tightening the 2 or the 3 bolts and 2 nuts on the turbo/elbow were not the easiest.
So now it’s after 12 when we finally had everything done and started the motor. YES SHE STARTED FIRST TIME 
. It sounded smooth, the turbo was running but the wastegate is left open untill I tune the car so I’m not boosting as yet. However, everything was running fine.
Now we go to bleed the clutch and the nipple broke off the slave cylinder. :evil:
So after all this work I could’nt drive home in my car. As you also noticed at this point there are no more pic’s. We both were to mad and tired to worry about them. I jumped in Justin’s colt and drove home. Everything will be done between today and tomorrow though. I’ll have some more pic’s of the finished product at that point.
Well take care everyone.
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