Project:Soarer by megamax

5 minute(s) of a 462 minute read

9-1-2010

well comming along,slowly. will pick up when i get my motor set this year.

last week chucked the seats in the back(it's on now) and loosened up the drivers and passengers(there going in the trash too). looking at some birde recliners.

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...ngbackseat.jpg

going to get some black carpet and velcro it over this

http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...yforcarpet.jpg

9-17-2010

well it's time to get some progress on this thing.

so yesterday i enlisted the help of one of my pals to get this v8 brick out of this thing. iam always a solo mechanic. but iam lacking the garage and time to do this one alone.

i loosened everything up under the car sans for 2 bolts to hold the tranny up. ds was taken off as well as some powersteer fluid drained.

"let my sc go"

a novel idea

using for rollers z32 front and g35s in the rear(this car will fit any 5x114 wheel it seems like).

got the radiator out. still not understanding this hydrolic fan crap yet. i have to sit down when i get some time and look it over.

started to pull the engine out but had to stop a lot to get to those bolts and fasteners behind the damn engine. and that harness.. oh that ****ing harness..

they do work hard(mexicans) but the illegals shoult still go home(this one is legal)

and again that ****ing harness.

so much harness

those "crafty-**********s" at toyota were clever the engine harness is pretty much wrapped around the engine in really hard to reach nooks and crannies.

had to cut a few wires and a few tabs are broken.

but for the most part i think i saved almost all of the engine. harness,you want as little as much cuts as possible because the harness fab person or company will charge extra for missing **** they need.

i also think i got away because this a v8 one and most of the **** i won't need anyway for my swap.

wow that **** was heavy. don't know wtf kind of alum they used but heavy like a iron block.

and really really really ****ty oem mounts toyota makes i see.

so all in all took 3 hrs(not bad) this was my 2nd 1uz ive pulled so wooo. big difference without engine car is lighter(duh) but how lighter is the question??

cleaned up the engine bay a little. going to do more before the motor set comes. as pull the harness out of the car and what not.

and after one more push and heave, this is how it sits now..

thanks

-WHATS NEXT-

well iam getting the motorset before anything. iam dead set on getting a 1jz but some days i want a 2j. the latter would cost way more(oem oil pump/sump $500.00). and it would take some more time then. 

iam going to keep the twin turbo setup, as i already have a single turbo car and having 2 of them would be pointless. maybe a garett wheel upgrade or a hks mod.

but for now going to clean up bay and find someone to do this harness for cheapo(hopefully).