3rd gen 3sgte swap. NEW PICS! (last page) Options

[celiracer]

Ha Ha yea manny he is old school.. Been a mechanic for 35 years now lol. And just hates using those clamps.. Specially re-using the old ones. But we'll see what happens.

Now hopefully be working on engine some more today.. Got my intake manifold, heat shield and my water neck back from paint.... Came out amazing.. Hopefully have pictures up in the next day..

[celiracer]

well got alot more progress done with things.. will post pics tm for sure.. question. power steering pump. on the back side there is a two hosed vacuum plug going into it.. mine is broke. where hoses go into it. is this just dealer part?? can't seem to find it. lol. thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by celiracer: Apr 5, 2011 - 11:57 PM

[Batman722]

it's the same as the one on your 5s.

[celiracer]

well problem is my dad tossed the other pump off the 5s.. so i don't have other one.. lol but thanks man i found one. it's a power steering vacuum valve.. pricey little thing lol. but gotta get one. will have photos us when i get off work.

This post has been edited by celiracer: Apr 6, 2011 - 10:13 AM

[celiracer]

Hey guys. I promised more pics tonight.. Here ya go..

Firstly got my old ugly exhaust all taken off


Then i got the e153 trany out and power washed her to get ready to start cleaning it up before paint


While i was waiting a re-painted a few of my lids and caps.


Saturday night.. My buddy stopped over and dropped off my heat shield, intake many, and water outlet here are pics of them.


Here is a pic of my engine bay with the caps and lids repainted..




Now Last night we went down to shop. and put my new power steering pulley and belt on.


Also put the Berk tech down pipe on and my water outlet


And lastly we got the alt set in place. (just temp) and got the heat shield put on.. here are a couple pics of that.



Hope you guys enjoy..

Went down to shop tonight.. Got the o'ring replaced in distributor and put my new cap and rotor, plugs, and plug wires in got some pics of that.. But will be posted tm... Let me know what you guys think so far.

[thatmr2]

beautiful build!

[celiracer]

Thanks man.. here are a few other pics.. Changed the o'ring in the distributor. and got my cap, rotor, and plugs in.. And also got my alt and tensioner put on..

[celicaST]

howd i miss this thread? this is awesome, if you come to colorado again, i want a ride! looks like swap is going smoothly, nice job

[celiracer]

ha ha thanks man. I got a new phone so i lost your number.. and if everything goes smooth were gonna be in colorado in july.. and yes you can have a ride lol. I told you i was gonna get it done soon lol.

[celiracer]

Well updates so far.. All i really have left to do till my wiring harness gets back. is to get my bracket for the down pipe put on.. and paint my E153 trany.. Hopefully get that done and have some new pics up this week.

[Ted95]

lookin good my dude, you must be pumped! your gettin close, keep it up

[celiracer]

thanks man.. yes very pumped. can't wait to get it finished.. as of right now pretty much got all i can do right now till i get my harness sent back.. hopefully get it in the next couple weeks.. then back to working on it hard again.

[celiracer]

new updates. will have a few pics to post tm. still waiting for harness to come in. but got i few smaller things done.

[celiracer]

Alright new pics as promised. First on i cleaned up the two heat shields i'm going to leave on the car.. came out pretty good..


Then got my trany in the air and prepped ready for paint


Also got some more smaller pieces that i needed to re-paint red/ and the mounts black



And here's the pic of the trany after paint.. I thought it came out pretty good..

[OOBE]

Looking good, my man. You are doing it the right way!

[whatthe]

Much love for this car!

[celiracer]

thanks guys.. i'm so excited to get this all done and running.. can't wait to get my harness back so i can get this beast dropped into my celi. i'm hoping middle of may my car will be up and running.. just depends when my parts get in.

[freddy121389]

lookin good matt, can't wait to see it done.

[celiracer]

thanks adam. I can't wait to be finished either. i'm ready to get this thing running. hopefully the rest of my stuff gets here soon. getting excited.

[Culpable04]

you should have waited until you converted the transmission to painted, other than that looks like top notch work, I'm sure the result will b nothing less than great.