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.

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looks good!

sidenote/ sorry to hear about the clear cover, i figured you knew something i didn't about 3rd gen covers being released. i check the thread on mr2oc once a week in hopes that a prototype is underway. soon enough they'll be released.

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looks good!

sidenote/ sorry to hear about the clear cover, i figured you knew something i didn't about 3rd gen covers being released. i check the thread on mr2oc once a week in hopes that a prototype is underway. soon enough they'll be released.

yea, man, i was so totally awestruck by the coolness of the cover, that i read right over the part that said it fits all gen II 3sgtes...all i saw was fits all gen 3sgtes..lol
i will say this tho, i ordered it monday morning, it shipped the same day, and arrived here this morning VIA fed ex.
i emailed robert this morning at 5:30am, about returning it, and by 8am i had a response from him explaining it was no problem at all and he would refund my money without issue once he receives the cover back.
great guy to deal with, as soon as the 3rd gen cover comes out i will be ordering without hesitation.

anyway, got more clean up done on the motor, will get some pics posted up later on, things are starting to look goooooood!

i'd like to smack the guy (or girl) who owned this engine. im not sure exactly what it is, but he (or she) sprayed everything down with some kind of clearcoat, that didnt do much other than attract dirt and make things harder to get clean. lol