Bronzit 4-door Swap... Wait what??

[nickflic3]

Small Update-Stuff Goes In

Wow so Ive really kept you guys waiting lol

Guess I owe you guys an explanation: On Thursday May 5th, the car lived and made it's first trip with the new motor around the block! :D Words can't describe the feeling of all the hard work and long hours coming to life.
Ive been driving it everywhere and even had my first spin out today in the rain (yikes!!)

Enough chit chat, on with the retrospective progress!

My JDM wanna be of a friend had ordered a cheap cone filter online. After waiting 3 weeks and not receiving it he got another one just to have this one show at the same time

Since I now have the es trunk lid with an attached spoiler, I traded him for the one I had previously bought. Helped him install it lol




LOL!












Well I am not the ricer so the only reason there are so many pix of the "hot air intake" is because I traded it for a used K&N drop-in filter.





I paid almost 15 bucks to ship mine... He slipped his in a manila :hitler:

Aaaanyway

Started on wiring and realized I was missing a few things. Quick junk yard trip was in order





What I came away with for a little over the entrance fee. Cargo shorts FTW ;)


Arguably the biggest PITA job to do under an e30: Selector rod bushing. I'm getting pissed just thinking about it...


Was stick going in like this for the longest time... The hole was just too small and this was after taking a drill to it!


Eventually got the bitch in. Also had to reform the clip as popping it off distorted it.

No wonder my reverse lights don't work...


Like my intake boot?


So hard to align!


Yay!


Oh wait, I Think I forgot something o.O


Separated both sides and did everything again but with the guibo this time. No pix cuz
-I gashed my thumb
-I was already pissed about doing it twice

First sign of life: got the battery and associated alternator stuff wired up. Messed with the lights a bit
lows


lows + highs


Went on a little trip to get a broken flange welded back on to the i down pipes





Everyone was giving us crazy looks, even this guy who drove with us for a while


Lets leave it there for tonight, shall we?
I'll end with some shots on the ground so you guys believe me that I'm dailying this thing again :P

[nickflic3]

New Motor Goes In

Been busy with a speech and church stuff; bout time for an update right? ;)

Guess the next thing is to jump in to the picture dump for the day lulz

That dolly has better pan clearance than most e30's!


skillz


Viola


For those wondering about the wheels, I traded them for a Yakima rack and an oil cooler + all the labor that Jose put in (read:still owes me :giggle:)






Guys who dropped off the motor dropped gave me a trunk + spoiler :D


Old:


"New":






Cleaned it up a bit; bout to paint the spoiler




Problems lining it up... Gap on the left and too tight on the right! After about 30 minutes of making minute adjustments, I'm done with it until time for paint.





Control arms are for my Camry which still need to go in if anyone wants to lend a hand :p









Marginal progress; painted my manifolds and installed the appropriate gaskets.








Took on a little project with a spare wheel I had laying around...




















Imperfections from first attempt:


Not too bad!




All I could get in for tonight; more tomorrow maybe...

[BlueBimmerKid]

umm... umm... shhush! wait till i get the money from my gmas house selling. we'll see whos crackin jokes on who.

[nickflic3]

hahaha and when's the next time it will see said street :rofl:

[BlueBimmerKid]

Ohh and nick i hate to say it but your starting to get like Bryan... youve had the car less than a year and youve now on what? the 4th set of wheels?
When your distraction is finished were gunna have a 325is to tackle. Ive decided to fix that car and drive it ;)

[BlueBimmerKid]

^^HaHa Can You Say Tag?^^
Look At That Sexy Bitch In The Street

[nickflic3]

he he bet its a first though XD Ive had the shirt since freshman year of highschool (now a college freshman) so I generally don't trip if I find my self in the garage with it lol

[White325is]

Your shirts to clean to be doing engine swaps. hah.

[nickflic3]

This is definitely motivation to do get back on the e30. I've been wrenching on my 02 LS2 Camaro. Even w/ all of it's hp/tq it still doesn't feel as good as driving a gutted e30! Weight to power FTW!

haha thanks, although raw power has to be good for something right ?? :p
My buddy just got a 99 with a bad v6 motor... Told him LS motor is the answer to the problem lol

[nickflic3]

Yesterday I was busy with school/yarding/mounting complete i exhaust (by myself!!) so I was too tired at 1AM to update... Feels weird trying to start up the car and posting the beginning of the swap at the same time lol

Anyway here's how that went:

How to remove the fan with the wrong but surprisingly effective tool (I get the feeling it was made just to do that as it is utterly useless in any other application):


Messy
;

Taking stuff off. Bich bolts -.-




Purolator... wut


Adjuster bolts were frozen there and had no intention of moving





Removed the head as the autozone chain wasn't long enough across the motor


Ghetto rigged!!


Nasty! Fluids were in the cylinder closest to the firewall


Regulating tranny height


Had to cut the decently fresh timing belt :puppy:



I should pause to say that this was not all in one day; this actually took two days!
1st day Justin(Avuse30) came over and helped with disconnecting stuff.
We set the hoist angle but couldn't get it out.
Apparantly we didn't disconnect the clutch line and it was causing the engine to come out sideways lol

Some time during the same week Jose (jp slick) and we beasted it out at 1AM

Clutch stuff




Ta-da!






Tranny chillin


After that took a break for a little and di various side jobs.
My friend Hasib is a character and he decided that he was gonna fix up his Sentra while he waits to get another car :rofl:
He usually just comes over with random stuff/parts for me to help him install; starting with his valve cover haha




Helped a buddy install some freaking purple HID's on his truck and he handed me the old kit he had


Then we changed the 02 sensor on my daily Acura TSX (k I'm not that ballin; tis my mom's "new" whip )




While under there I understood why you don't buy a Jersey car :weak:




Amusing dog is not amused


Baaack to my swap; got to swapping over what I needed from the old motor
Oil pan the i motor came with was toast




The good pan; cleaned it up a bit but forgot to take pix




eta block


i block


Which oil level sender? Hmmm...


Winnar: used the one off the eta


Swapped thermostat housings since I kept all the eta cooling components (cheapo!!)




Same with the water pump though this required a bit more cleaning. Thanks to Ben (e30Trooper ) for suggesting I soak it in hot water; worked like a charm!




My friend Justin (J-Sauce) made a contraption where out of a large plastic bin for electrolysis and after seeing the results on some of the stuff he did, I decided why not try the Exhaust manifolds?

Before:


After:


Swapped exhausts; thanks Dustin for the complete i set-up!












Took the tranny outside (yes thats an e30 seat belt; Dustin's idea(rede30)
In case you didn't know the bell isn't the heaviest part; deceiving bell is deceiving!!


Took some time to be a hooligan and take mandatory engine bay pix haha






I'm hungry so enjoy and stand by for more updates later this week



:D

(P.S. sorry if the pix are bad/too big; using photobucket and resizing is a bit different... lmk if I should re-size on the next update!)

[euroLS1]

This is definitely motivation to do get back on the e30. I've been wrenching on my 02 LS2 Camaro. Even w/ all of it's hp/tq it still doesn't feel as good as driving a gutted e30! Weight to power FTW!

[nickflic3]

By painting the housing instead of the leans I found it puts out bright, yellow light as opposed to faded yellow with white behind. Only drove a week with them and didn't use them constantly and you plan on doing them on fogs so I can't be certain as too how the output will turn out. The negative side to painting the housing is you cant really rub off the yellow because the chrome comes off with it :(

If you have the cash I would suggest going with Hella 550 fog lamps in amber. It's what I want to go with when I get the money. Or you could always upgrade to 100 watt bulbs :P

[agustingig]

Thanks! Your build was awesome; big inspiration :)

Here is the thread I made when I did them. It''s simply some glass stainer you might find at a hobby shop.

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=197179

Thanks man,, im definitley gonna do it to my fog lights.. Does it dull the beam at all? or just make the light yellow? haha,, first time doing this. last time i put films on my lights and they came out pretty much green like you were talking about :)

[nickflic3]

haha thanks, I try! Wouldn't be possible without the help of maaany friends :)


Big update in the works, hang tight guys

[hfabricius]

Nice build! I know what you guys mean about the neighborhood crap. Its a real pain to deal with these guys, plus our HOA President is a d-bag (Accuses me and some of my friends in the neighborhood of bringing beer to the pool). Anyways, you do great work, and that is motivating me to get to work.:up: