just did a dohc ka swap to ca18det swap in 17 hours
included pulling everything from the clip
pullin the ka
quick clean of the engine bay
then take a power nap for three hours
end up with this 17 hours later
this started at about 8:00pm friday night, ended about 8pm sat night
i deducted 3hours for sleep and 4 hours for going to eat at a restourant and taking the tranny off the ca and trying to put my ka clutch in but didnt work so we deducted that because it really wasnt nessesary
somehow between 8pm to 9:30am i sourced a downpipe, j pipe, hks bov, and boost gague and testpipe.
i dont know why it takes you guys so long to do your stupid swaps
i would never have been able to do this with the help of so many people
its great to see how many people actually totaly came out to lend me or front me parts + money for this swap
i would like to first thank varun for giving me an awsome product at an awsome price
i would like to thank bing for sourcing me downpipe, and jpipe and test pipe in under an hour
jason for loaning me a little cash
theo for gettin a trailor and hoist
props to rena for being probably one of the best looking and most helpfull girls on son.
max for the jpipe lendage
and chris for helpin me wire that shit up and pullin all nighter
i also did a heads up display swap and took out all my ac shit.
anyone lookin for a ka-sr or ca swap done over a weekend pm me.
LOL that pic of the car in the gas station is identical to me when i first drove it, i had no hood and went into a full service sunoco and they guy was like ok ill check your oil. i was like no its fine! hes like woah sunny your out of oil! (sr dipstick is a pos and worst design ever hard to read) i was like ya i know i like it like that, hes like your gona ruin your motor! then i boosted off, fuck the 200 km break in bs lol
Hopefully I have these kind of people willing to help me when I get around
to doing my swap.
I guess you were able to pull it off because you had your inventory in
check and you knew you had pretty much everything to get that thing done.
So when you say you did a swap in 12hrs or whatever, does that just
include removing old and putting in new? Or does that include (mild)
tuning the motor to get it running? And how stable is it?
Jesse, you answered your own comment yourself. See below.
The reason why swaps generally take 4-5 days is because one full day usually goes towards cleaning up the engine bay, painting whatever needs to be painted, etc. People only work on the swap 8 hours a day or in the evenings after work.
For example. I did my wiring yesterday, it took me about 6 hours. Why? Because now you can’t see it anywhere in the engine bay except on the engine, it’s not something I wanted to rush so I took my time hence why my swap is taking longer.
You also just did a direct transfer from the clip onto your car, it doesn’t take that long . You didn’t have to muck around figuring out the best way to fit in the intercooler, figuring out the best place to bolt stuff, etc etc. The engine looks very good, but don’t get cocky.
I am happy I could help this out to it was alot of fun especialy hearing Rena wore my jumpsuit (mike). This just proves that car friends are the best tool to have when doing this.
OH MY GAWD, I look like a mess!!! Yes Jason, I wore your jumpsuit, hope you don’t mind blushes
AWW JESSE, you sweetheart you!!! I always love hanging out with my SON boys, there’s never a dull moment, and its good to see that the guys are very comfortable around me, to the point where they just pass gas all the damn time. SHEESH!!!
Its always a pleasure to help!
it has an exedy clutch disk with a really shitty oem pressure plate
still have a vacume leak somewhere on the car that i have to find
only had an hour to work on it today
and it took 17hours from the time we dropped the clip in my garage
removed ac from engine which was a good 40pounds
havnt been able to use the boost gague yet because we dont have a small enough vacume line to use
only have driven it around a few times
engine runs smooth
turbo has some play
btw the 17 hours was from clip bein dropped to engine being fired up which it did right away
still have to check plugs on it and the timing
adjust idle if i have to once vacume is solved
Or should we say, “Mike”.
. You didn’t have to muck around figuring out the best way to fit in the intercooler, figuring out the best place to bolt stuff, etc etc. The engine looks very good, but don’t get cocky.