Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 3sgte swapped aw11 just passed certification I'll post some photos of when I was doing the motor swap and where I'm up to now 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Dropping the "old" 4age silvertop and trans out of the car 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Sideby side with the 3sgte and e153 transmission, everything is much wider but length is about the same which is good as I was worried about it fitting between the "chassis" rails Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Getting ready to put the 3sgte into the car 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 6, 2018 Motor in positioned and mounts (4 of them) welded up out of 5mm plate, only a few wires to hook up and it will be all done... 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 13, 2018 So I jacked up the car to have look around and make sure everything was good as theres been a bit more rattling than normal lately and found that my front lower engine mount where it bolts into the chassis wasn't happy about the extra torque so it looks like I'm going to have to get some more practice welding 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 13, 2018 Having a closer look it looks like one of bolts rattled loose and the other one got ripped out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 17, 2018 Fixed by welding a piece of 5mm plate with a nut welded to the back of it hopefully it wont rip out again when I start turning the boost up 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted March 30, 2018 Quick drive today doing a bit of "testing". Cars running really well but suspect I have broken the front lower engine mount again, will investigate later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted May 12, 2018 Re did the exhaust on the mr2 today to make it breath better, all 3inch piping with the smallest bit being 2.5inch at the flex joint. Kept the cost down by getting all the tubing and muffler from a wreckers. It's a fair bit louder but is pulling harder and all the way to redline which the old 1.75inch (at the tightest point) exhaust was restricting 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 33 Report post Posted June 10, 2018 been having trouble getting the car to boost properly and am starting to run out of ideas so i logged some pulls and was surprised to find the car was making 16psi momentarily in first gear and then about 10psi in second and 9psi in third and taking quite awhile to spool. if anyone has any ideas they'd be much appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
