Speical thanks to JSutter and jepht20

what we did Engine removal(the hard way)
tranny removal
Jeff did my door panels factory leather inserts
Jon and jeff did jeffs suspension ( i cracked some lugs)
Random stuff they grabed some parts.
fun times
it was all worth it for my VLSD tranny

 

 

 

 

 

 

should have taken more pics i know but i was lazy

 

Droppin the motor...literally!
Good work man - I knew you could do it.

 

sum *****!

 

i have the worst sunburn ever!

fun times guys, thanks for the parts and all the help with the installs...we definately need to meet up again. i'll get some pics posted of my drop soon...it feels great!

 

too much work... i get tired after waxing my car! nice joob though, and cool pics!

 

cool these photos are great !! keep up the good work

 

yes it was fun.....but not the ride home. I had the van screeching around a turn after the tobin bridge. I thought I was going to die! The motor rolled around a bit, but my pizza stayed on top of my tool box LOL.

But thanks to you 2 for all the sweet parts!
Zack tell your sis the cream was sweet.
Jeff.......use more lotion next time, so it wont burn as much.

 

Wish i took my pics. i could have but lazy and too excited about everything else. we weren't sure how to get the motor out and took some "work". Jeff did an awesome job installing my door inserts and sutter had my VLSD off in 30 mins. i am surprised how easy it was to get it apart. if we had a hoist it would have been easier.
really great experience and i can tear down a maxima now(with help)

 

yep been der done dat. But unlike you guys and the guy below me I had a lift It is nice to unhook the engine and lift the car away from it and then lower the car down ont he new engine.

 

ha been there done that... i had my car this high (pic) since my original plan was to drop the motor and roll it out the front of the car too but with the hoist i had, found out then that it wouldnt go low enough :fock:





why did you remove the motor anyway..?

 

we got her done. kinda scary getting the engine out we let it drop. not too heavy either 3 guys lifted it. i can lift the tranny by myself. it was fun time

 

YAY... should have called me man... I would have come over...

 

your doing a motor swap?

 

Exactly.. Are you doing a swap or what?

Interesting pics though..

Ohh you wanted the tranny... NIce

Proph

 

i wanted the tranny jon wanted the motor to mess with

 

So how do you like the ride on H&R/GR2 combo ??? and how was the install - pretty easy right? Thanks and it was great to do bussines with you !

BTW , great job with that engine drop !!!

Nick.

 

looking good, keep it up

 

Why is it that most people after dropping a motor...wanna stand in its place and take pics?

 

i sould stand in its place and close the hood a little bit just enough so i could jump out and scare people walking by!

but to answer your question... how many other chances will you get to stand where your engine is?

 

its a dominance thing......

 

nice pics. Its scary how much a problem rust is on the east coast

 

I was supposed to look hurt as if the motor fell on me. I couldnt keep a straigh face.




Me working on Jeffs suspension after Pizza Hut-----> <------Jeff next to me

 

good job. all these pics are soo familiar cause i went through the same thing.

 

Whats the deal with that tranny i mean is it better than the one the maxima comes with???

 

Nice job Zack. Here is a pic of one of my many engine pulls:

 

lsd is the difference. maxima here in the us had open diff and i30 5 spd have lsd andi believe that canadian maxiams also had lsd.

pulling engines is soo much fun.

 

nice pants?

 

Holy moly, that's a lot of work for a 60k service!

Nice work, brings back memories of the 4 cyl Volvos for me.

 

It would have been cool if we had a hoist but the motor "dropping" technique worked also. I think i learned alot from this little excercise. my next undertaking wil be installing the VLSD tranny into my car with a 5th gen clutch. I am also going to look into getting some ES motor mounts pressed into the old I30 motor mounts.

 

tranny might be for sale check 4th gen for sale forum

 

that pic makes me nervous ^^

 

umm............................. dang it?!

 

yeah that is really high. when i did it, i raised the car high enough so that the motor would slide out under the car and it wasnt that high.

 

You guys are crazy. You'd risk the car sliding backward into the house or falling off the stands before you'd spend $200 on a cherry picker that you would use again in the future. Don't you guys have friends with cherry pickers? Aren't there places to rent them?