Project:Soarer by megamax

11 minute(s) of a 462 minute read

5-26-2012

so fed up i did whaT I Should had done in the first place..

i got these. $30 bucks and they actually work.

before

ta-da

bam!!! now were cooking(meth)

got to make it tight..

now to change the water pump.

^^ i "temp" reinstalled the one that came with the engine. it was weak. i got a brand new one and replaced it later.

^^pressing it

^^ used a rivet for tension

the only thing worse than a dry woman, is a dry car. so i need my lube!!

iam going to run water for coolant now till i get my radiator system figured out. then i sill spring for some good

so initally i thought a mk4tt supra fan belt would fit the 1jz.

wronggg!!

so then had to do some measurements. and after 2 trips we found a winner!!

then after ordering and delivery. my mk4 supra radiator came in.

2 core aluminum. my experience with these are good.

also ordered a knock off is300 radiator fan.

to make it work had to fabb some brackets!!!

!!! come to find out later on, the turbo pipe on the intake side can't clear because of this fan assembly. slim dual 14" fans will be here next week!!!

adding the finishing touches on my turbo return line.

austin my good friend and super welder fabbed me up a t3 mani plate.

this reduces turbo height and eliminates that gay adapter i had.

HARNESS HAS ARRIVED!!!!

SO met a fellow off cl forums. account 2x

and this guy does the best harnesses for the cheapest price.. mailed him my usdm and jdm harness. and since this engine is froma chaser it is the hardest to convert. asked him to take his time as i wasn't in rush to need it back at the time. 

but got it back and all the plugs/wires are the perfect distance. and everything was an easy plug and play.

during.

aFTER

and here now!!

there are some things that people are really good at. wiring isn't my forte. and id probably kill myself if i had to wire up a harness. wiring diagrams i don't get. now other engine/mechanical related stuff i can do. but wiring. i will always have to pay some genius to figure that out for me. but again this is really good work!!

again the installation was self explainatory. seeing as where everything goes. this was much easier than taking it off the first time.

changing my alt plug from circle to oval

have no idea where these vacuam lines go. so for now going to plug them.

so, with some help from the wall, i got the tranny mated to it's new engine.

fittiment issues on the exhaust setup. but still not bad for a eyball and approx guess.

peek-a-boo blue

and my r-154 tranny in wait till i can shake a money tree for a bellhousing.

THE NEXT DAY!!!!

it's time to walk the plank.

then after 2 hrs and help from 2 other guys.

finally after 2 years the damn thing is in..

then i had to make a hole for the tranny. looking at it this hump is there for a reason.

correction "was" there

so iam fishing around for the positive cable. is this it you sc guys??

my tranny corssmember isn't looking right. fishing for the right hole pattern is harder due to the non flat surface.

i have another one though. and looks like i have to drill out holes in the body further up.

but i got the engine all wired up (sans the positive/neg cables).

and it looks like iam going to have to fabb the ecu floor cover.

had to remove the ashtray. and cut a center support to fit the shifter. but won't know for certian how it's gonna sit till i get the shifter in permanently.

cleaned up all the interior pieces.

the engine looks at home!!!

had to get the water/heater tube modified.(thanks austin)

so, on this puppy i need a 90 deg bend. 

so, thanks to the folks at toyota!!! their interior carpet on these cars are so easy to remove. and mines had coffee stains and whatnot. so of course iam going to take it out and steam clean it.

wasn't much gunk/change on the floorboard.

found the stock sc400 o2 sensor wires.

and heres the after pics. you can get a look at the carpet before at the start of this thread 

so FML!!! forgot i don't have a map sensor. will call the engine shipper and ask if it was supposted to come with one. in the mean time i went to the junkyard and got some map sensors from corollas and some camrys.

iam new to this map stuff. but can i use any of these just to get the car running??

also after dropping my engine in. the car got a nasty front right lean.

so scooped this up from a lower mileage sc300 in hopes of remedying that.

finally i got around to changing that damn fuel filter. mind you i siphoned the gas tank dry. so this was logicall. the replacement was 20 beans at the zone. and i have to warn you.

BE PREPARED FOR A WORKOUT!!! AND KEEP SOME LIQUID WRENCH HANDY!!!!! FOR BOLT REMVAL AND INSTALLATION.

I used a cresent wrench and a vice grip on the lines(yea didn't have to re-flare-this time). 

took about an hour.

i swear this is the oem fuel filter. it smelled like wtf to the 7th power.

and heres the new one.