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

[presure2]

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.

[lagos]

Love the powercoating and the clean install! This is how everyone should do a swap!

As for the harness work, I think most people dont have a clue as to how time consuming of a job it is. Its one thing to see a few pics on the net and its another thing to actually unwrap the harness and rewire everything. Huge props for putting in all the work Manny!

[presure2]

Love the powercoating and the clean install! This is how everyone should do a swap!

As for the harness work, I think most people dont have a clue as to how time consuming of a job it is. Its one thing to see a few pics on the net and its another thing to actually unwrap the harness and rewire everything. Huge props for putting in all the work Manny!

thanks art, i appreciate it.
your totally right about the harness work (i know you've been there!! lol) its definetly a tedious, slow going kinda thing, especially with the way i like to solder everything in.

a few more pics.

this shows the basic idea of how the harness will go:



another view:



since i had an old 5s harness laying around, i pulled it apart, and was able to get matching wire colors and all.

here is how i like to solder my joints together.
first, i interlock the 2 wires, so that it makes a nice solid mechanical connection
step 1:



step 2:



step 3:



then i heat the joint with the soldering pen:



then add just enough solder to complete the electrical connection:



and finish it off with a peice of heat shrink tubing:



hurrayyy! only another 10 or so more wires to go, i ran out of heat shrink tubing..lol

went over to the local ace and got some more, ill prolly finish up tommorow or thursday, and rewrap it up this weekend.