The engine is dropped, everything hooked up and ready for the first start tonight or tomorrow. Here are a few more pictures and i will have a picture of the engine bay done as soon as the finishing touches are doneCoilovers and brakes picture. Cleaned up all wheel wells
A Thing of Beauty...
I am planning on having the engine dropped in next weekend and hopefully running by the weekend after or earlier. I am currently waiting on my FP exhaust mani that is getting ceramic coated and the calipers are drying right now. Throughout the week i will just be doing some small things like...
As for the rest of the day today I got the flywheel and clutch in and assembled the transmission and starter motor. Also was able to mount up the FMIC and i believe these are the first pictures of the timing belt on with the HKS cam cover and new oil cap:hellyeah:
I decided to dye my carpet black while the car was apart and it turned out magnificent! (Rit Dye procedure and then touched up with duplicolor fabric)
Here is the carpet before btw lmao :ohdamn:
Here is the engine bay all ready for the Engine to be dropped in. Fixed the rust on the rad support and painted the bay with a Ford Duplicolor paint called Cayman Green and it was surprisingly almost 100% identical
New Suspension components in but this is my old wheel bearing not the...
So Here are the pictures of the project finally as well as the new parts i have accumulated.Megan EZ Street CoilsNew power steering rack
OEM Wheel Bearing (bought both sides)
EVO lll Turbo and o2 Housing (getting ceramic coated)
ACT 7 Bolt Lightweight Flywheel
Slim Fans 10" and...
Havent updated in a bit due to the site changeover and being unable to do so on my app i had. Anyways i am about a week or two away from dropping the engine as i am waiting for a flywheel to assemble the tranny... I purchased a bunch of things in the meantime that i am waiting on as well...
Lots done today. Got a lot of parts cleaned and painted which is making everything look new again and appealing. Here are a few picsVHT's 2000 degree high hear paint for the Magnaflow. Hope it will hold up (4 coats)...My new front suspension components arrived as well and will be installed...
Yah its from a 4g63 out of a 98 eclipse gsx from Japan. I am noticing a few things different that i have to work around. The crank pully is a little different, some brackets, intake manifold, etc. hopefully wont run into any problems when i go to drop it in and connect the harness and what not
Lets see a final shot of the fp mani Turtlebain and how you cured it whenever its done. Im still debating saving coin with this option or ceramic coating for big $$
Just an update as of today. So i found out the intake manifold that came with the imported Japanese engine doesnt have an egr port and since in needs to pass emissions i am using my stock 2g mani. Cleaned it a up with my throttle body and installed in on the head along with my fuel rail and fic...
Unsure what the rusted box to the right of my horn is and if I should be replacing it or not. May be a headlight relay or something but not sure? Any help appreciated