:cracks whip:

PULL! PULL! PULL!

 

old picture before i was totally finished with the swap:



i'll get some better pictures once i get the intercooler installed and everything. i also have another picture in my sig.

 

Thats what im saying. Hellloooo . How does he do it?

 

That filter was there for ~8 hours before the wreck. I was troubleshooting an idle problem I'd had since the engine swap. Thanks for bringing that to everyone's attention Shawn. Of course the idle was the least of my worries after that.

 

Haha yes, but look at my engine bay now sucka.


Wait, what's that red lettering on the coil pack cover?
ohhh, here we are:

 

I used to have a 88 the same color... loved mine until i hit a deer.

 

Hey Jeffy, can I borrow your spring compressors again

 

For what? I think Snapa has tool rental? Might be a bit easier as they are so close

 

your making this too easy

 

have to go to Redmond to rent, I can ask but ugh
I was about to buy some today but they wanted 70
Tom said he could get me a cheaper pair for about 40 but ugh, just figured I'd ask.

 

Came w/the car. Mandrel bent 2.5" aluminum hardpipes are on teh way.

 

What about Schmucks? I think they have free rental.

 

nope

I'll just buy a set

 

Autozone has free rental w/deposit if there's one close.

 

not one near by and @ autozone

 

check out this ricey enigne bay i found..., clean tho

 

FRAM ORANGE!!!!111oneoneoen


atleast you didn't leave out the baby blue!

 

I can't find a pic of my new engine anywhere. Oh, well it just looks like all the others. Maybe when the rest of my CAI gets installed sometime next year, I'll update this thread.

With all of the screwing around with suspension crap you do, Shawn, you may as well just buy your own spring compressors.

 

dont remind me...old pic tho i took alot of that $h*t off, since then

 

Shawn I'm doing pretty much the same thing with my suspension as you are right now. I just finished my struts and I rented a spring compressor for $40. That's the going rate pretty much any where and you can use them as long as you want. You should just rent one.

 

yeah, but I can just buy one for $40ish and not have to worry about it. btw I did get a email from the ****** (I replied and told him unacceptable )

 

I like the idea of controlling the vtc's and the variable intake manifold at the flick of a switch. How does it affect the engine when when you use those switches?

 

Variable intake didn't really do jack, so I just took out that wiring. VTC's is nice because I can ground and unground them when I want just by reaching down and hitting a switch. Consequently, everyone asks if I've done a auto>5spd swap

I can tell you that VTC's grounded + y-pipe pulls alot harder than VTC's ungrounded + no y-pipe, and VTC's ungrounded + y-pipe = trouble

 

Do you ground or unground the vtc solinoids to disengage them? Also why is it trouble when they are ungrounded with y-pipe?

 

grounded takes away a noticeable ammount of topend (ie: above 3000rpm). Grounded will "engage" the solenoid which will fill the VTC with oil and not allow the timing to advance IIRC, dont quote me though, its been a while and I always get it mixed up

ungrounded + y-pipe = just alot faster than I expected it to be, doesnt take much to get going pretty dang quick video (right click save as)
I was driving with a friend today and with the VTC's grounded the tires still get loose around 4500rpm. Huge difference compared to stock, didn't think the y-pipe could make that big of a difference

edit: hey Sean, come over to the forums at http://www.max-world.org one of these days or hit me up on aim. I gtg for now though

 

http://members.shaw.ca/sunny_cps/IMG_0075.JPG

 

Here's mine:

 

how many hours did that take you?

 

I found pics of my engine bay

 

What's that little air filter thing under/on the corner of the ECCS cover?

 

on the VGs....the aftermarket radiator hose (upper) doesn't fit quite as nice as the factory one.

for reference...
maxima nutbag has the OEM.
chrischeezer has the aftermarket.

 

good to know

 

for what?
that is my car's engine.



just not my maxima's

 

Before my intake

 

my snail, duu
- thats the other end of the pcv,

 

are you sure about that?

 

Hmmm... might as well join the .org-y!!



That was before I did ANYTHING to it, but after I got the replacement engine...



Now, this was after I decided to dress the engine up a bit with blue wireloom and drop the Optima in there, but before I put some other goodies on it...



Ok... This isn't the best pic, but this was after I put on the CAI, but well before I polished the valve cover...



And THIS is the result of a lot of man-hours and quite a bit of elbow grease!

I'll get the pics of it installed posted once I clean the darned engine bay again....

 

yes... i think..


i can change my oil... yay
nubiannupe- omg, u put alot of time into that cover and it shows, not by hand i hope.. lol

 

oil blow by tube...err filter.

 

My turn!