- Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:55 am
#340308
Engine Swap Day!!!!
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ay 2:.
On the way to work on the sedan, Picked up some honda guanine atf, with a pretty cool darn bag.
Since when we left off all that was to be done was to pull the Engine out we started off with that.
With the engine out, I removed the wiring harness, then removed the intake manifold off of the D16z6 to replace the with broken sensors on the ZC VTEC.
And even left the gasket fully intact!
We noticed this getting ready to take off the harmonic balancer/pully wheel. The plastic is melted due to it getting too hot near the oil pump/balancer.
This mixed with the nasty oil, and blown block it looks like lack of maintence is what casued this to happen. damn.
Difference bewteen mounts and why we needed to change them.
Here we are putting the USDM D16z6 intake manifold on to the ZC to make the swap go easier and to replace broken sensors
Lining up the engine/Transmission.
I was surprised how easy putting an automatic together was. way easier then all of my previous manuals.
With the engine and the transmission connected, we lifted up the engine then tightened up the torque converter bolts, pretty damn easy connection. Easier then attaching a clutch to a flywheel for sure.
Here is the engine fully dressed with accessories and a wiring harness.
The extra mass of the automatic sure made this more difficult then the with an manual. Especially with the axles.
With a quick lowering into the Bay, add a mount or two and then your sitting back into the Bay to get accessories put back on.
After this part of the build, my girlfriend who was taking pictures got bored and tired of being cold so she went into the warm house, and when she came back out we where installing fluids.
We got the car started up and it runs no problem. double checked all fluids and checked for leaks then backed the car out of the garage. Idles just fine, heats up to normal tempreatues, moves just fine, etc.
Once we cleaned up it was aroudn 8:30PM so we backed the car out and cleaned up the shop. As it was super dark out we left the car at my uncles and went home.
Status:
Powered by JDM ZC with D16z6 Intake Manifold, Wiring harness and ECU.
Automatic EX Transmission
A/C, Power Steering etc all work.
Still need to do:
Triple check everything, i.e. no leaks since it parked on wed, fluids, bolts, etc...
Take for shake down run and see how it goes.
Reinspect fluids and such.
Then drive it home and possibly change blinkers and rims.
This should happen this coming Friday after work.
.
ay 2:.
On the way to work on the sedan, Picked up some honda guanine atf, with a pretty cool darn bag.
Since when we left off all that was to be done was to pull the Engine out we started off with that.
With the engine out, I removed the wiring harness, then removed the intake manifold off of the D16z6 to replace the with broken sensors on the ZC VTEC.
And even left the gasket fully intact!
We noticed this getting ready to take off the harmonic balancer/pully wheel. The plastic is melted due to it getting too hot near the oil pump/balancer.
This mixed with the nasty oil, and blown block it looks like lack of maintence is what casued this to happen. damn.
Difference bewteen mounts and why we needed to change them.
Here we are putting the USDM D16z6 intake manifold on to the ZC to make the swap go easier and to replace broken sensors
Lining up the engine/Transmission.
I was surprised how easy putting an automatic together was. way easier then all of my previous manuals.
With the engine and the transmission connected, we lifted up the engine then tightened up the torque converter bolts, pretty damn easy connection. Easier then attaching a clutch to a flywheel for sure.
Here is the engine fully dressed with accessories and a wiring harness.
The extra mass of the automatic sure made this more difficult then the with an manual. Especially with the axles.
With a quick lowering into the Bay, add a mount or two and then your sitting back into the Bay to get accessories put back on.
After this part of the build, my girlfriend who was taking pictures got bored and tired of being cold so she went into the warm house, and when she came back out we where installing fluids.
We got the car started up and it runs no problem. double checked all fluids and checked for leaks then backed the car out of the garage. Idles just fine, heats up to normal tempreatues, moves just fine, etc.
Once we cleaned up it was aroudn 8:30PM so we backed the car out and cleaned up the shop. As it was super dark out we left the car at my uncles and went home.
Status:
Powered by JDM ZC with D16z6 Intake Manifold, Wiring harness and ECU.
Automatic EX Transmission
A/C, Power Steering etc all work.
Still need to do:
Triple check everything, i.e. no leaks since it parked on wed, fluids, bolts, etc...
Take for shake down run and see how it goes.
Reinspect fluids and such.
Then drive it home and possibly change blinkers and rims.
This should happen this coming Friday after work.
I like them better unpainted, It looks like you took the time to mask them off and adds more dimension to the shape of the bumper. 
