CAR COMPLETE... TURBO INSTALLED.. CHECK PICS.
Good luck with everything. Dont set yourself up for disappointment though. You dont think there is gonna be any snags along the way...but let me tell you that there is gonna be. If there is anything that i have learned from doing my K20A2 swap, its that no matter how prepared you think you are...there is always something that you have overlooked.
Good luck though, and i wish you only the best.
Good luck though, and i wish you only the best.
Originally posted by NoBottleJustThrottle
Good luck with everything. Dont set yourself up for disappointment though. You dont think there is gonna be any snags along the way...but let me tell you that there is gonna be. If there is anything that i have learned from doing my K20A2 swap, its that no matter how prepared you think you are...there is always something that you have overlooked.
Good luck though, and i wish you only the best.
Good luck with everything. Dont set yourself up for disappointment though. You dont think there is gonna be any snags along the way...but let me tell you that there is gonna be. If there is anything that i have learned from doing my K20A2 swap, its that no matter how prepared you think you are...there is always something that you have overlooked.
Good luck though, and i wish you only the best.
lol not to sound like a ****... but ur k20 is a total different story... all im doin is pullin out and engine, puting a new one in..... changing the clutch, and installing a turbo.
my best friend who is a BMW mechanic.. will be there every step of the way helping.
There will be not one snag in the proccess... I am prepared. In my eyes doin this is just like installing an exhaust... its just bolts. but yea thanks for looking out .
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$400-500 is typicall for engines from our rides... im buying one for $400 this week i hope... so i can build to hold more boost, and get the head done by dave.....
hell yea they are tight! I was gonna get the cobalt series.. but A. there 3 times as expensive, and B. ive herd that everyones returning them cause they're not working properly
oh .. and UPDATE.... CLUTCH , Boost Controller and Timer came today...
Engine was delivered .. but they sent me the WRONG ONE.
they sent me a VTEC engine so i didnt even let them unload it off the truck... now i gotta wait til Monday for the LX motor. I hate people.. i told them like 10 times.. i need the base motor. people dont listen.
well here are some pics of the **** i got in the mail today.....
oh .. and UPDATE.... CLUTCH , Boost Controller and Timer came today...
Engine was delivered .. but they sent me the WRONG ONE.
they sent me a VTEC engine so i didnt even let them unload it off the truck... now i gotta wait til Monday for the LX motor. I hate people.. i told them like 10 times.. i need the base motor. people dont listen. well here are some pics of the **** i got in the mail today.....
aparently some how the rod broke and started jumpin around inside the block... this is why right before the engine blew i herd something clanking when i pushed the gas... apparently what happened is that it broke, started jumpin around inside and then hit the walls hard enough and broke a hole.
lol and to think ... the place where i bought my new motor is paying me 75 bucks to come and pick it up
lol and to think ... the place where i bought my new motor is paying me 75 bucks to come and pick it up
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ya know ... one of my friends just pointed this out to me.... and i really didnt even relize..... Our rods... look maddd weak and frail... like you could almost bent them with ur hands. eh.. honda huh. lol
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Originally posted by Boiler_Room
Nice... The engine came out fine with no trouble after I left this afternoon.
Nice... The engine came out fine with no trouble after I left this afternoon.
yup we were actually almost done when u came by.. all that was left was to do the hubs..
Originally posted by AzNmiKex215
damn u guys are hardcore doing w/o a car lift! =) nice work
damn u guys are hardcore doing w/o a car lift! =) nice work
haha but yea i know.. the two of us, my friend and I were saying the same thing when we were doing the removal...the convo went like this..
me: damn we need a lift
him: yeah u know in a few months when i get my own house ...
me : what? your gonna buy one?
him: hell no .. Im gonna build one, cause this **** SUCks
me: ah well... just go get under my car and disconnect the tranny
thanks guys... everything is going really smooth.. the hardest part (removing the engine) is already done .. and that was CAKE...
The engine came today it was supposed to be here thursday, then apparently they lost the one i bought which i dont believe... i bet they just sold it to someone else for more, then friday they brought me a vtec model.... and today well today came the right one but instead of havinf 220 miles this one has 6k.. which honestly i dont mind cause now its already broken in and ready for the turbo. heres a pic.... only thing that i needed to change was the throttle body off my old one cause the new engines throttle body got bent somehow and it was no good... so i changed it already (4 bolts) and disconnected their engine wiring harness... all that needs to be done is remove the header and im good to go... Once the turbo gets here it will be all up hill from there and only a matter of hours before im up and runing. 
imp:
The engine came today it was supposed to be here thursday, then apparently they lost the one i bought
which i dont believe... i bet they just sold it to someone else for more, then friday they brought me a vtec model.... and today well today came the right one but instead of havinf 220 miles this one has 6k.. which honestly i dont mind cause now its already broken in and ready for the turbo. heres a pic.... only thing that i needed to change was the throttle body off my old one cause the new engines throttle body got bent somehow and it was no good... so i changed it already (4 bolts) and disconnected their engine wiring harness... all that needs to be done is remove the header and im good to go... Once the turbo gets here it will be all up hill from there and only a matter of hours before im up and runing. imp: 
