JT's Engine Swap Project.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:58 pm

Everyone loves blue engine parts!!

Today i bought a can of black smooth hammerite and did the bits of the front panel/enginebay/chassis that i primed before.

Then i went and bought some alloys, the cat says tsw hockenheim clones. Great, except one wheel doesn't fit. (multistud fitment, all fit 4 stud ford, only 3 fit volvo, 1 fits late mondeo). I'm gonna refurb em and ebay them to a ford owner. The tyres are new, and i'm keeping them for my new wolfrace octane (http://tuning.fosgate.ee/catalog/images ... tane_b.jpg). Catgrrom thinks these are gay. I like them though. Dishylicious.

Here are the tsw rippoffs...looked better in the flesh. Put em on fcw just to see if they'd rub...they wouldn't.

Next I made the old type mount fit a new subframe. - Not my original plan, but my hands are tied if i want the engine in this weekend. (i do!!)

Painted a wishbone...

then another one, a new(er) one to replace my bent one.. This was kindly donated by Loki. thanks man!

All ready now for tomorrow when i hope to get it back together a bit.

stu chacks · Post by **stu chacks** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:10 am

JohnTurbo wrote:

Cool! A flying wishbone, had a similar one when trying to change the bushes

Looking good JT, looks like she'll be ready for the NW meet no worries.

Stu.

Roo · Post by **Roo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:18 am

Good work John, looks great

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:31 pm

Getting a car over an engine takes some doing...

So prior to this, i sorted out the hoist. Hurray for safeness!

Thn to pull the engine up into place...

Bingo!!!

VanDerGraaf · Post by **VanDerGraaf** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:38 pm

You the man!!

Fookin great- I love those black wheels myself- look good against the red!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:39 pm

JT, i think i have those wolfrace wheels in 17 on my MR2. black with a polished lip and have toyo proxes on them.
I was thinking of getting some lightweight jap 16's for it so if you fancy them we could come to some sort of arrangement!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:54 pm

Nice one murf...i've already bought a set though, in silver...but those are the ones. Black wheels on a black car are a bit much!

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:28 am

what did you get 17's??
I think the 16's on my 480 are a good compromise, 17's are a bit too big!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:03 am

17s, yeah. They are a bit big, i'd possibly go for 16s too...but theres too few around to get them easily in a design and fitment you like. Of course with that big chunky lip, the wolfrace wheels look a bit smaller, so should look fine.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:54 pm

Well well...been at it all day today. Not much photographically however. A quick rundown would envolve connecting steering, connecting gear linkage, gearbox gators...thena whole load of fun with wiring. Lots of snipping of connectors, soldering etc.

I'm left with one question....i've found wiring for everything except this....

Some kind of temp sensor...what is it for?? Martin thinks IC...he may well be right, but why is ther no wiring for it off black loom in that case?

Anyway, in other news...my engine runs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Behold the blurry aux belt of victory!!

Its a good feeling i tell thee!!

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:00 pm

Congrats! Good work m8, maybe I'll get on with my conversion some day

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:27 pm

Good on ya Turbington!

Gotta admire yer commitment and effort!

You made it seem relatively simple

If I wore a hat I would make it a large hat and take it off to ya there!

Thumbus!

tobi480turbo · Post by **tobi480turbo** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:23 pm

Hi,

congrats JT ... nice to hear that your "new" engine is running

Hope youÂ´ll have much fun with it and hope everything is going to run fine !

Cheers

chris1roll · Post by **chris1roll** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:05 pm

That sensor is for the aux water pump, it is wired in parallel with the one in the coolant line from the turbo (if present)

If thats where your fuel return is staying, get some heatshielding round it.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:56 pm

Ahh yes, That makes sence...which is why the aux pump currently runs for a minute...if it were hotter it'd need that sensor to control it.

I'll have a look at it. Only other issue is my oil temp isn't working...car tells me to "STOP". Could it be because i've not swapped the infocentre?

Anyway, a bit more assembled now....running sweet

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:48 am

JohnTurbo wrote:I'll have a look at it. Only other issue is my oil temp isn't working...car tells me to "STOP". Could it be because i've not swapped the infocentre?

Maybe it says that cos it can't get the correct oil level. It thinks there is no oil in motor. At least my ES tells me when to add oil

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:14 pm

RIGHT!!!!! Not bored you folk with an update for a while, but basically been tinkering. Sensor issue was a broken wire to the infocentre's engine temp sensor, thats now fixed.

Lots of other bits and pieces i can't even remember. New exhaust on, brakes on, wheels sorted (currently on FCW).

Heres one of the brakes...yeah baby!! We all love paint!!

- What chris said about the paint declining towards the end...not the case with me, i've driven the car as a 2.0l, i drove the car the engine came from, and i have a turbo...so no great rush!

Right, now i had a broken fixed focus.. (still do...this is a temporary fix...clear siliconed on a piece of lexan.

The afore mentioned rims....

YEah, so...front back on tomorrow...i'm gearoil short of running her round the block then.

rpruen · Post by **rpruen** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:00 am

Good to see the project nearing it's end. If I remember from Chris/Edd's attempts at this, it would be a good idea to carry some water for the first trip. It's easy to forget one jubalee clip.

Also keep an eye on the turbo oil return pipe. It's easy to damage the little hose when fitting the engine mount and heat shields. Also overtightening the hose clips will cause it to split.

Hope you don't have these problems, but just to let you know of the more common ones.

Richard

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:28 am

You probably have a very good point there. First signs look good though, its not leaking anything at the moment! I think air leaks are the most likely problem.

I have another query...does the charcoal canister have something plugged into that plug? I can't find a connector for it, on any of the looms from either car...but there is a socket.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:47 pm

Found the plug for the charcoal canister.

Today's update, well...has been a day of rebuilding. All the wiring is clipped back, and tied to its intended anchor points, bumper reassembled, and reinstalled with stainles steel nuts....(always a good plan)

This shows my engine bay...reinstalled the airbox, newly painted battery tray (5 layers!!). Car is actually running in this picture too.

Next up, fitted my lip spoiler. This is still propery of Lee. He shall be payed however. Oh yes. Fitted with brass screws. No expense spared. 'repaired' foglight also in shot.