My 3sgte swap thread, The diary begins TODAY! Options

[brianforster]

Purchased intercooler piping, intercooler, clamps, etc. from a number of different sources (bends, clamps, couplers from roadraceengineering.com, straight pipe from atpturbo, and intercooler from johnnyracecar.)

total 509$ still awaiting shipment calculations from roadraceengineering. (playr, im not sure where your calculations came from you bum, because it was definitly more expensive then that damn ebay kit, but well do it your way )

just put in a phone call to an exhaust shop for a 3" custom exhaust from the downpipe back. said the muffler alone is like 100$ (i said give me the least flashy thing possible, i basically just want pipe sticking out the back no canister) hes gonna call back with a quote tomorrow.

i do not have emissions, but in order to pass state inspection i have to have a cat, so i had them give me the quote including that. waiting on a call back for that.


car is enroute (see general thread) but needs a new front bumper and windshield, i still have yet to see pics of it, so hopefully chucky (bojangles_8686) will give us all some good pics when he gets out of class at 8:45.

this will be the thread where i post updates on it, were looking to complete the entire swap in about a week, or a little longer, it will be sped up by the fact that the wiring is complete and the engine was pulled from a 6gc with the swap already finished.

-Brian

Edit: As far as budget goes, I still have about 1200$ left to hopefully finish the following
boost gauge
exhaust
front bumper
windshield
inspection, tags, title.
misc things needed during swap (like unbelievaburgers.. oh yeah, oil too )

This post has been edited by brianforster: Mar 7, 2006 - 6:59 PM

[brianforster]

update for today: got marks black doors on, dash back on, airbags installed, interior is almost finished except for a pesky wiring issue.

as far as the swap goes, unfortunately i need a new motor moutn that im going to try and pull from a celica at a junk yard tomorrow provided it is in good condition.

marks passenger motor mount (coincidentally is the only one thats different for the 3sgte into a ST swap) is bent ever so slightly and dan suggests i get a ew one.

after talking it out with some friends though, i have decided to heat it and bend it back (its less than an inch of travel) so that i may get the engine in and the chassis rolling into my driveway (my mom said that it has to be ni the driveway and out of the backyard by the time i leave for school sunday)

i know you are all going to post your opinions on this , and i wanna hear them, just try and be nice about it. i know forums arent the best place to tell your stories of rigging somethign up, but this is pretty necessary for me to do, otherwise i haev to shell out like 100 bucks for another moutn and wait on it to get here.