Yeah, I'm dying to drive it. I can't do anything for a couple of weeks, then we should get the rest done over a weekend. The HRA (historic rally assn) are having a day at the Haunted Hills track in June, and I aim to be there in the mr2. It's that or the van, and although the van is "mid-engined" and 4wd, I don't see it as a track weapon.
I still have to design airbox/filter system and cold-air intake, sort out oil cooling, plumbing, hook up the cruise control & aircon, and get an exhaust made.
The biggest headache will be removing the old alarm - I've taken it out, and traced the wires to a rats-nest of wiring under the dash : yuk.

evl_132 - how close are you to finished are you ? And which state ?

Good luck with the alarm! Sadly, mine looks like it was "professionally" installed - and they put the main alarm ecu in the engine bay, about 8" from the #1 exhaust header !
Ahh yes evl_132, you're another Adrian no? I remember meeting you at HH.

And now we both have to sell the old driveline - mine includes aircon and all accessories.
The hard bit is pricing : I had both the a/c and gearbox rebuilt before I decided to swap the driveline. I see you have the sw20 engine etc. for sale; how do you set a price ?

Well it took all afternoon,but I have a throttle linkage which incorporates the cruse control cable.

It's a hybrid of the blacktop and aw11 linkages. The finish is not up to John's usual exellent standard, owing to the amount of cutting and shutting required, but it's sturdy and it all works.






Heater and fuel lines all nice and tidy :



Fuel line nicely supported :



Still a fair bit to go, but we're getting there.

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Originally posted by RobYob

You made a new battery carrier but didn't move it to the froot?

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Not at this stage. I have a full-size spare in there at the moment, and moving the battery up front would be more work than we feel like doing right now. Between rallying, building rally cars, and working on my conversion, our wives have been getting a bit antsy.

When I have a few less items on the to-do list, I'll look at moving the battery to the front, probably in conjunction with a side-mount cold air intake. At the moment I just want to get the mr2 back on the road - although the van is also mid-engined, it's not nearly as much fun to drive.

So I rotated the battery 90 degrees, coz I couldn't get the cover off the fuse box as I had mountede it. Now I have heaps of room all round, ant the + terminal is nice and clear of everything.
Pics another time.

I made this on the weekend :






Out of Bunnings poly pipe fittings.
With a bit of ridge removal, it's pretty smooth inside :





And fitted it tonight. It's a perfect size to adapt the ~70mm AW11 intake to the ~80mm blacktop plumbing.
I used the stub where the AW11 intake resonator used to go to mount the inlet air temp sensor :






And the final result is this (ignore random hoses laying over engine) :





So that's the intake done. 2 vacuum hoses to fit (cruise and a/c idle-up), and all the air / vacuum will be finished. Engine lid latch next.


I would have got more done, but spent all day sunday fitting a 2nd hand 4AT into a friends AE82, after she blew it up on friday.
Tonight, her auto died! It was fine test driving yesterday, after the engine swap.
I towed her home behind the trusty van, which didn't miss a beat, as usual.

Shiney!
Remember Remember the 5th of December!

Finally got a gearknob I'm happy with : Nardi personal.



Now waiting for exxy Laminova oil cooler & fittings to arrive.