maxxair wrote:wow man,. Loooking very suave, nicely cleaned, looks like a new one.
go the bottom exhaust, will be way better. that compressor is TINY<<. hmm.
I had a feeling it was a 'hot dog' - what makes it better? I'm guessing it enables more flow?
El_Freddo wrote:As I said on facebook - Looking good mate!
If there's still work to be done next week let me know, I may have missed the boat!
Boat is definately still at the dock. We are away climbing from tonight until Monday night, then doing my bus license on tuesday all day. So I only really have thursday and friday before I have to finish off my marking for school. Still a lot of work to do.
d_generate wrote:So do you think the up & over or drop out from underneath & lift the car is easier? I found it so much easier rolling everything back under the car in one piece & lowering/jacking everything to meet (and that was on a slope) than it was getting it out.
It depends on what equipment you have available. I found that using a crane to lift the front made it hard to pull the engine/tranny out out as it just hit the crane if I pulled the assy foward, or the crane hit the assy if I pushed the car back. As it happened it was a lot of pulling and shoving and a general pain in the arse.
With just a crane up and out is definitely easiest, although you need to guesstimate the chain length pretty accurately so you get the right angles pulling it all out, and you need the clearance above for the crane. Also remember to extend the length of the crane's legs for stability and it also gets pretty heavy - i had to move the crane on bitumen and ended up having to tow it.. and you saw the counter balancing too which adds weight...
I think the ideal would be dropping the assy onto a wheelie tray, lifting the front end, chocking it up on stands (we used axle stands on bricks) and wheeling it on out. To install, lifting the front end and wheeling it in is super easy. I kinda figured that out eventually and rigged up a tray of sorts onto the engine crane's legs... this'd make the drop and lift much quicker for the removal too.
Venom wrote:Whats transmission is coming out of the new car, and are you keeping it?
Cheers,
Rhys
It's a standard d/r 5 speed manual. It'll be my donor box for the frankenbox project further down the line.
I haven't go time to put up photos now, so the next picture update won't be until after easter.
As it stands now the engine is in place, one side of the xmember is in and so are that side's A-arms. the other side and the tranny are on axle stands, and the body is sitting on the front outback suspension and the rear on the original pedders (just standard/soft springs). Engine wise I still need to connect said parts to the body and reinstall radiator, and then connect all the electricals. I'm also switching the knock sensor off the other ej as mine was throwing a code for it.
I also cleaned up the exhaust so after easter it'll be a matter of connecting the front suspension to the A-arms and steering rack, transferring the remainder of the lift kit, rear suspension, rear diff, stereo and connecting the muffler. Then brakes and cooling system bleed, reinstall front bumper or more hopefully installing bullbar properly.... and fingers crossed, that'll be it.
With a helper I reckon another day, maybe 2, worth of work (you hearing that bennie???).
Thanks for the comments and see you after Easter!
Cheers,
Owen.
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