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Part 2 2004Motor Swap- Old Motor 100K, New motor 17K!

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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 10:22 AM
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Part 2 2004Motor Swap- Old Motor 100K, New motor 17K!
Heres pics of the wiring harness, motor and tranny pulled out of my car:




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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Building the motor or just a stock for stock replacement?
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 12:57 PM
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Just a stock replacement, I have a burnt exhaust valve in cylinder 5. I will eventually build the old motor if I dont sell it.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 11:24 AM
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Sounds fun....btw, not to nitpick but are you using your flash? Those pics are making my eyes water from the focus (or lack of)...
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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niceeeee... I like shinyyyy parts
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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Whos doing the work for you Kev?
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 02:55 PM
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Why are you swapping harnesses?
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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Whos doing the work for you Kev?
Frank at Hills garage he's the owner and he work for nissan for years
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevlo911
Why are you swapping harnesses?
Because the harness from the new motors can dry rot and develope cracks from sitting on the shelf over time so that's why we use the existing one.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 05:55 PM
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I got my baby back today and she is running good he started on it monday Afternoon and finished it at 10am this morning.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by kevin007
Frank at Hills garage he's the owner and he work for nissan for years
Cool man I know Frank he put my exhaust on my Z and checked out my max for me. He' definatly knows his stuff. His shop is around the corner from my house. Glad you got it back up and running.
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Old Jan 21, 2009 | 06:49 PM
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Ooooook. Moved.
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Excellent Bro, you putting back the Juice also??
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by chernmax
Excellent Bro, you putting back the Juice also??
Yeah I'm definately gonna run the juice again but after I put a wideband o2sensor in I wasn't running one before.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 02:03 PM
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this seems like going to take a long time.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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this seems like going to take a long time.
wtf? nice post newb
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