My 3rd Gen 3SGTE Swap Thread, It lives!!! Pg8 Options

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So as most of ya know, i've had jenns 94 GT setup with a 5sfte for just about 5 years now, and its time to move on.

after going thru all the options we decided on a 3rd gen 3sgte for all the obvious reasons.
_jim_ has been selling 3s motor sets and clips to a few diffrent members here, and is a good friend of mine, so i gave him a call, and discussed my options with him.
he set me up with a great deal on a clip minus body panels ect, since we already have the '4 front end on jenns car.
he delivered it to my house on friday.
we're pretty sure the clip is a 94, it has ~34,000 miles on it (~55,000km) and is in GREAT shape.

some pics of the progress so far.

once we got the hood and bumper off, this is what we had:





it came with a blitz BOV, blitz spark plug wires, and blitz ground kit.





the turbo has virtually NO shaft play, and spins super free and smooth as butter.



the leader and supervisor of team "JDM guy"



this morning i dropped out the 3s, its much easier to just remove the suspension, crossmembers, motor and tranny as one piece out the bottom.

this pic shows how i lifted the clip up over the motor once i dropped it onto a dolly



the motor with the intercooler off out of the clip:





the suspension and crossmember



and chassis tag:



more to come as progress is made.

[bccentaur3]

Soooo RHD conversion??

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Soooo RHD conversion??

DEFINETLY NOT.
all those parts are for sale, like SUPER cheap.
i just want someone to come get them out of my garage. lol
got most of the frame rails cut off last night, and all the dash parts off and basicly got it down to the bare firewall.
didnt take pics while we were doing it, ill go out in a bit and get some pics of the carnage. lol

when we got the clip, the intercooler and stuff on top of the motor seemed to have this weird "film" on it, almost textured, that seemed to trap most of the dust and dirt that is visable on the motor.
i took a little lacquer thinner to a corner of the IC, and it started comming off, it almost seems like the previous owner may have attempted to spray some kind of clear coat over things, but very poorly.
once i started wiping it off, the intercooler REALLY started to come back to life.
a quick pic i snapped last night of the results ( you can see the film on the entry neck of the IC still):



yummy!

for you guys that may see this, and are looking for RHD parts, be on the lookout for a for sale thread soon, i have the FULL dash minus the CC unit, and full front SS suspension and steering rack, excluding brakes and of course all the RHD firewall stuff.

cameron, start your own thread for your questions about your swap. but since the thread jack is already on:
the S54 will be just fine, provided its in good shape when you start, and your not bangin gears like your a race car driver, and launching it at every stop light like your racing NHRA.
my tranny has been taking a beating at close to and over 300hp for just about 5 years now, and art (lagos) has been on his stock tranny for longer than that.