Lol thought you had a fancy hub mount set up, good idea though.

I spy a purple evo...

Yep just one run

With the help of Danny, Rob, Amy and Ben, I got the engine bolted in over the weekend

Fidanza flywheel installed with Exedy Cushioned 8 puck button clutch


 
Rebuilt gen 3 box with Kaaz 1.5 way lsd shown in the bottom

I made up a heat shield to cover the clutch lines using some 3mm aluminium. I wrapped it in some gold heat reflective tape (not shown)



Engine placed on two dolly boards to make maneuvering easier


 

 

And bam, it is hanging in the car now!

Cant believe it honestly, it went in so easily. easier than it was to put the 3sge.

So now comes the fiddly bits with fuel lines and wiring, hopefully have the manifolds soon and I can put it all together!


Also did the club run on sunday, Took the girlfriends AW11. Great run and some great roads (some were a little bumpy though...)


I will have to get Erin to post a build thread up on here soon!

Great work E. Looks like it will be running very soon.

So close now its not funny, 

Been a month since I posted last.... how time flies!

I found another workshop locally to me, and wow am i impressed. they did all the fab work in 4 days (including making a second steel y pipe for a friend) I also bought a set of gouky headers.


Their quality is exceptional. This is my Y Pipe. Made out of stainless, i made sure they got the merge to flow as best as possible.


Piping is 2 inch from the headers (headers are like 2.15 or so at the collectors) into a 2.5 inch trumpet, 100cel bullet cat and then into a 3 inch twin exhaust system with 4 inch tips.
 


I bought the exhaust off a mate but it needed serious modification to work, the shop re did the back of the exhaust for me as well. and they used these awesome flex join!
 
 

I had some bungs welded into the system later for the 02 sensors but they arent pictured here.

They also made me an intake pipe and MAF sensor adaptor. I later had a air recirculation nipple welded onto the end closest to the throttle body.




Car now has 90% of the stuff done required to start. Once I get the loom and electronics, its a matter of installing the pedal, wiring, priming the engine and turning the key!

List is growing smaller and my excitement is building. I should have it driving by the end of the week :)


More to come soon!

I havent kept track or added up because i dont want to know.

I have had a lot of people tell me "oh but i could do this swap for 6k" or "nah only 10k"

I guarantee you will spend more than you first imagine. And i have done 90 percent of the work myself. If i had paid a shop to do this it would have cost me close to 10-15k in labor.

This is not a swap for those that cant do complex mechanical work competently.

Im not that great, but if it wasnt for the boys from the qld club (yes doug you are one of the boys too) i wouldnt have been able to do this

I'm so keen to see this when it's finished!

Half cut conv?