My M60 swap

[The Dark Side of Will]

Don't go carb... There are more EFI options for Chevies than you can count (even if you can count pretty high)

[Jack89i]

Ha thanks for the inspirational words MJCRO, the engine I'm picking up is a Chevy 350, running with all accessories for $400 off CL
I plan on doing a full tear down with new rings, bearings, a cam and a Holley carb.
My auto shop teacher is a big Chevy guy who has built many racing engines talked me into this
That 1uz does look cool though

[The Dark Side of Will]

There are a few people who swap them into Supras and S13/14/15, but pretty much everything that gets done to those engines is custom.

[jalopi]

Should've noted this when I suggested the 1uz idea, but there is very little aftermarket (read: performance) support for the UZ series... at least when I was looking into in a few years ago. Who knows though? Maybe things have changed since then.

[MJCRO]

Just read through the whole thing.

Sad to hear that Nikasil motor didn't work out. I was 20 a year ago when I started my V8 swap, with no engine swap experience prior to that. A year later of hard work and persistence, my car's on the road and turning heads every time I floor it. Fuck anyone who calls you a rookie. No shame in making mistakes, how else are you supposed to learn?

On a lighter note, A 1UZ would sound sick. :D

[jalopi]

Ah sheet... is it 'Murica tiem now? I can get behind this :)

On the other hand though, you do get like +100 jalop points if it's a 1/2/3UZ

[Jack89i]

Went and returned the m60 yesterday..I've decided to go another direction with the swap. I'm going Saturday to look at another 8 cylinder engine. Just not from Germany


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[Jack89i]

This should be good

Oh don't worry, it will be good



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[Kevinl]

Yea I had it grounded but the wire melted..



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Just keep increasing the wire size until it stops melting then that should do

This should be good

[Jack89i]

GJ bro

Why does noone pull the tranny and engine separately? Granted, it was a bitch to get to a few of the bellhousing bolts, but it seems easier than pulling them together.

Thanks, yea it's a bitch to get to all the bell housing bolts and if its autotragic, you have to undo all the torque converter bolts


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[jalopi]

GJ bro

Why does noone pull the tranny and engine separately? Granted, it was a bitch to get to a few of the bellhousing bolts, but it seems easier than pulling them together.

[Jack89i]

M20 is almost out! Just that one bundle of wires that goes into the fusebox


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[e30rapidic]

C'mon guys. We were all 16 once or at least will be so lets help this guy out and not flame on him.

Change the oil in your car, take what you drain out and put it in this engine. So what if it's old...at least that way you're not wasting extra $20 and going to further damage the bearings. Put a little ATF in the cylinders like others mentioned.

Spin the engine over a few times to get everything oiled up. Make sure the battery you're using to jump the starter is FULLY charged and that you are using thick wires to hook up to the starter (looks like you were using speaker wire in one picture which will not give the starter the proper oomph).

I'll be back in town Thursday and Friday, PM me or hit me up on Facebook if you need/want help.

Good luck

[Jack89i]

You're doing great for a 16 year old.



Chill out, man. If it has 30 psi of cranking compression, he really can't hurt it any more. Cranking it with the plugs out with no oil is fine. It's not a brand new engine that's totally dry... the yard just drained the oil. There's still oil in the bearing interface and without compression load on the rods, there's nothing to squeeze that oil out.



Good results. How about the other low ones you mentioned? Have you tested all 8 cylinders?

I'll be testing all 8 shortly


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[jalopi]

If you call LKQ and tell them they sold you a junk engine, will they deliver another and pick the old one up for free? If there's no additional delivery charge I'd get a new one pronto - see if you can't start with something a little better.