that thing that you broke, cant you get a replacement? like the pressure plate from the 5sfe..

otherwise all looks nice....

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no its part of the upper oil pan. i can get another upper oil pan but i really dont want to rip the bottom end off the motor.

but i did fix it up good with some JB-weld and sanded it smooth, (it looks better now then in the pic there) and im making a bracket for the back side of the peice and will be held on to the tranny bolts when attached.

and thanks, its been alot of fun gettin it this far. its gettin close

the last part for the swap came in monday! non-abs brake master



now time to start planning a head for time off and stuff to get the swap done. got alot coming up soon so prob gunna be in april.

just got keep tellin myself, good things come with time lol.. aye jesus

my poly mount inserts came in the yesterday! here are some pics





now i have a question with these two.. if you look at the pics above you will notice the patterns are the same which makes sense to have 2 of each, but are these two supposed to have different thickness? ones thicker then the other, just want to make sure.


i also scheduled a date to do the swap, as of right now, it looks like we are going to be pullin the 5s out on May 7-8 (first weekend) and get the bay preped and painted during the week, and put the 3s in the following weekend, May 14-15th, and send it out that monday to do the IC piping and b-pipe. im pumped to say the least!

Cam, If you're looking for upgraded rotors, go with Brembo. Especially if you wanna go cross drilled/slotted. Brembo treats their rotors to help prevent cracking from the intense heat. Some of the other cheaper brands have issues with spider cracks after a few good heat cycles.

-Cam

My inserts were like that.

You're getting real close man, awesome you picked a date!

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thanks for the tip Cam, you recommend Brembo pads with those rotors too?

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haha kk cool just making sure. and ya man im pumped! its still a hole month away but ive waited this long already ( a year next month) so another month wont hurt. im trying to be paitent with it and get it all doen right the first time.

so ive been sick as a dogggg this whole week but im tryin to get all my last min things for the swap, she goes under the knife next weekend!!!!! May 7th!

also got new berk silicone vaccum line kit for the 3s, its gettin close! cant wait!

everything looks nice!!! now please.... GET RID OF THAT HORRENDOUS RED FAWKS stuff!!















thank you.

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: Apr 28, 2011 - 8:25 PM

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im not even going to go there bro lol .. my boys are heating up, just watch out

Pads are up to you really. EBCs aren't to shabby.

blah blah blah, i hear ya talkin, down with the sawks!!


but let us know how the brakes wind up working out for ya! that will be my next upgrade, im curious to see what u choose!

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lol well i havent chose anything yet because i dont have any momey right now for it at the moment. my regular brakes and rotors will do fine for now, i really dont plan on mashing the car right away once swapped, im going to work out w.e bugs that might come along as well as getting ready to repaint again shortly. things have been hectic lately with school, work, baseball, the girlfriend and life itself lol. been tryin my best to get online and research brake kits and such but its been hard. im just glad i have everything i need already for the motor swap and dont have to worry about that, just waiting for friday to come!

good luck!!

Day 1 of project 3s down! got alot of things done today thanks to a big help from dustin and stef, thanks guys.
so we got the motor pulled, tranny pulled, parts to buy and a list of hw to do tomorrow lol tomorrows gunna be a busy day

pics tomorrow..

mucho pics please!

kk so i didnt get a whole lot of pics of the whole process of pulling the motor because, well we are just digging into the thing tryin to get it out lol, but here is waht i have.


me and my dad takin the nose off


pulled the radiator and fans out as well as the battery and intake

cruise control out and started takin apart the harness, (didnt get alot of pic of this, gunna try and go back today and snap some shots)


getting ready to pull the old 5s out, so exciting lol


Chain Fall, ya my old mans kinda old school lol this is wat we used to pull the motor, D and stef found it interesting

money shot!



Dustin felt the need to add his own opinion lmao


so because the Chain fall doesnt move, we had to put the wheels and stuff back on and roll the car out and then place the motor down, thats the only down side.

ohh yeaaaa!

and the engine bay

it was a long first day but we got a good amount done. Dustin was in aw with the amount of tools my dad had which made this removal alot easier and quicker.
today i gotta make a run to autozone and get a few things and gunna start back on the abs removal and converting some more thigns to the 3s. pics later tonight!

This post has been edited by Ted95: May 12, 2011 - 9:53 AM

alright so today i got basically everything done that i wanted to get done.
removed the abs, cleaned the bay and tranny, installed flywheel and clutch on the 3s, and converted somethings over from the 5s to the 3s


first i cleaned up the side of the motor and the flywheel b4 i installed it since its been sitting in the garage for a lil while ( a year ) lol


lock tite on the flywheel bolts

clutch


installed


abs removed


so now i have some questions, what do i do with the passenger side line that runs off the abs and into the passengers side wheel well?



do i remove this totally or do i have to reroute it?

also what do i do with the abs wiring harness? im guessing thats what this is considering it was connected to the abs lol

and these are my non abs parts





tomorrow i hope to go out and do some shaving of some holes and start sanding the bay

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not thread tape! loctite!!!

this is loctite

all well, take me 5 min to redue it lol

well today i didnt get as much done as i wanted too after waking up to the news of my grandmother passin early this morning.
however i did remove the a/c lines and cleaned them up and started shortening the washer fluid neck. i also painted my oem strut bar as well, now its time to do hw all night, finals and such are coming up fml.

tomorrows plans (other then studying faack) is to hopefully paint the tranny after class and continue work on the bay.

ok so alot has happened since my last post. got alot done the past two days with some big help from my dad while i was at work. dustin came by today and stef when she came by after work and we made some good progress

first off a big thanks to Dustin for helping me and guiding me in the right direction with this swap, because going into this i had very little experience and hes helped me a ton through out this experience as well as Stef, thanks guys. and a big thanks to my dad for a great job on the engine bay while i was stuckk at work all night. but dont be fooled, this is my swap and i put alot of work into this myself lol. heres the pics of the progress


a/c lines removed to get painted

washer fluid tank being modded

to look like this

then i started taping off holes to fill and things to patch up as well as sanding the bay







the passenger side motor mount had a stripped bolt that wouldnt come out, i was unable to take pics of this process but this was how it started


what we did was cut a door in the chassis and reweld a new nut to the chassis, find a bolt to fit and close and clean it back up

then i had to patch up some rot holes that basically holds the front end to the car lol





small patch on the other side





the rest of the bay





all masked up ready for paint





shaved up a bit







unmasked





This post has been edited by Ted95: Jan 17, 2012 - 12:05 AM

post was gettin long wanted to break it up..

heres todays progress

installed non abs





boost guage installed



completed the harness today, first we had to borrow some wires and pins from the old 5s
didnt get alot of pics of this process altho i wish i did but i was busy soldering lol i had fun with that







so lets hope i say this right lol.. we had to by-pass the fuel pump relay since my harness didnt come with the proper pump relay, as well as by pass the intercooler pump since im using a FMIC and didnt want to throw a code 54. it only took us, 2 resistors, and 3 wires as well as twisting a soldering a few wires together.. right D? lol

regardless, im soo happy with how everythigns coming along right now. im really excited with how the enginae bay came out. i have a few more thigns to do this week as well as study for finals for this week, FML. enjoy!

i also started the battery relocation as well by running the wire from the rear to the front, ill try and get some pics this week.

This post has been edited by Ted95: May 14, 2011 - 11:17 PM

Looks Great!! Cant wait to see it done.
1 question tho. Where did you gett the gauge holder on the dashboard? Im looking for that one and the 3pod in the middle of the console. You know where to gett that ?

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thanks man, and ya go to the FS thread and look for DCW items or w.e at the top of the thread in the stickies

Ahh this makes me want to do a swap right now in my coupe! Great thread man can't wait to see it run. I hope people are able to help me when I go to swap my car, glad to see such a friendly community here.

Great build can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks Corey!

so this week im pretty busy with finals for school and work and i probably wont be able to go out to the garage til next week, but i did manage to paint the tranny yesterday and a few odds and ends.


tranny and radiator brackets

mounts, starter and PS line

strut bar

its gettin there

This post has been edited by Ted95: May 17, 2011 - 11:20 AM

looks sick! i wish i woulda painted my bay. I have the same boost gauge lemme know how yours does. Mine is off by 3psi for some reason...