Well I decided to do a ls motor swap because Rostr02 (h-t member) had an extra one just laying around. The car has been in the garage since Nov. 04.

Here is the car just waiting to be transformed.


And a couple hours later


Some parts from Rostr02. The rotors were cleaned by SixxT9 because he got bored.




Then after a period....well a long period of freezing cold weather and snow, it snowed off and on all the way up until may in pittsburgh. I got back to working on the car. I decided to rattle can my bay flat black and also hide some wires and move the fuse box.



I bought the wrong clutch so I got a little upset, but it's ok because my friend has a 91 teggy and he'll be buying that from me.


The 92-93 clutch is on the right with the 90-91 on the left.


After 5 hours of working on the car I finally get the tranny on and the motor in the bay by myself. Would've asked brojo but he was at school and my boy SixxT9 moved to fl.

Test fitment of the new clutch. Didn't wanna take any chances of the clutch not fitting.




How I got the motor to stay even so I could mount the tranny.



I'll probably be working on the car again come sunday to mount the motor up. And also finish the wiring, unless I have to work on my profolio. Graduating this Sept (nice time to start a car project )

I still have to get axles, rear spindles, hubs, e-brake cable, and intermediate shaft.
Right now I'm almost broke.
Thanks for the help Rostr02, SixxT9, Cbaracing (for answering all of my annoying questions) and Brojo.

 

nice job...

 

Thanks man. I just want to get it on the road so my co-workers will quit makin fun of me.

Co-worker of mine- Hey John when is your car gonna be on the road
Boss- Next year.
Me- I just got my clutch in today so now I only need a few more parts.

It sucks being the only one at my job that knows or has been thru what I'm doing. O well it's an expensive hobby and I love it.

 

Thumbs up to me

Good job He-Man for gettin the engine and tranny in yourself. Not that it matters too much since i came up with the game plan even though im not there Hurry up and finish your car and come visit me cuz im bored as **** down here! Maybe i'll go to the beach...

 

Man my back was killin me last night. The downside is that a two people are quiting and I have to work their shifts instead of my usual morning shift, so now I'm working in the morning some days and then 2:30-10:30 some days. I'll have some more pictures up on sat. and hopefully some more work maybe sat night or sunday afternoon.

 

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Stop whining... at least you gotta job. I been lookin for awile and aint got ****. Dont make me come back up there and steal you hours

 

Good job John ( not bad for a small fry J/K)..You know if you need help
give me a holla. Oh and thanks for the lump..I'll give a good home.

 

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give me a holla. Oh and thanks for the lump..I'll give a good home.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Glad I could help a fellow crx owner out.

I've got some more pictures that I just snapped before I had to catch the bus. Yeah the crx is my DD so I've gotta catch the bus everywhere. O well pitt pass equals free bus right.



Still in the process of doing that wiring, and putting the fuse box somewhere in that mess.


Quick question for those that have done the fuse box relocation, did you reuse the panel that covers the fuse box and also did you use that big black box that has the air blow out the drivers side vents and such?

TIA

 

i did the fuse box relocation and reused the cover but i did have my a/c comp box out , so it looks the same as urs, an empty space.
btw where in pittsburgh are you located?
&lt;-- a pittsburgh crx owner
ben

 

hey john the rex is lookin good. You need some electrical help though ,lol , no really not bad for what you did at least ur not goin crazy like me. Cant wait to drive this car ought to be a ton of fun.

I had to tag the topic.

 

Thanks man. I've gotten a little more done and I'm going to be working on it some more this weekend. Here's a picture of it finally mounted up.



All I have left is to get the wiring harness back and the parts from mr. beeks and it should be ready to hit the streets. Hopefully nothing goes wrong. (crosses fingers)

 

nice job... almost looks factory ... hope it runs awesome... ill be doing an ls swap here in a month also hopefully... but im lucky enough to have 2-3 guys that will be helping me put it in that have done it a few times ... just think of their faces once they see it done

 

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It'll help out alot that you have people helping you that know what they are doing. SixxT9 has never eva worked on cars before and I have never atempted a swap before. All in all its been alot of fun.

 

great thread, hopefully ill find a ef hatch soon and do the same swap, cheap and fast, and no jdm bull. also looking for a da teg or ae86 corolla but thats just if i cheap out on my self, im still only a jr. in high school and my car addiction is killing me with a p.o.s. . good luck with it man, hope it turns out bad ***.

 

Stick with the ef, and do the ls swap. Me personally it's been alot of fun. Granted the cars been in the garage longer than it's been on the road.

 

Which brings me to my next point.... parfaits are delicious

Just read up and saw the new pics. Nice to see what you've been blabbing about for the past few days. You need to find a small sledge though to make the dents for the alternator easier (since i think the rotors have been thrown out by now). Hell... go for a big sledge and stand over that bitch and beat the **** outta it like it owes you money.

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Correction... never done a swap before but i have changed a turn signal bulb and replaced a fuse or two before we started workin on the rex

EDIT: Impact wrench &gt; dremmel &gt; PB Blaster &gt; mallet &gt; ... &gt; n

 

u got that motor/trans for free?

 

Well basically for free.

They were mine but i am letting him pay for them when the swap is done so he can get his car running again.

 

Awesome thread Good luck hope all goes well

 

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They were mine but i am letting him pay for them when the swap is done so he can get his car running again. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hell yeah k20 you rule. The car will hopefully be running by june 24 or I'm going to be . I promised my brother last year that he would see his friends graduate this year and the time has come and it's coming to the wire. O well if the car isn't up I'm paying for him to go down. (what are big brothers for)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SixxT9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Which brings me to my next point.... parfaits are delicious

Just read up and saw the new pics. Nice to see what you've been blabbing about for the past few days. You need to find a small sledge though to make the dents for the alternator easier (since i think the rotors have been thrown out by now). Hell... go for a big sledge and stand over that bitch and beat the **** outta it like it owes you money.

Correction... never done a swap before but i have changed a turn signal bulb and replaced a fuse or two before we started workin on the rex

EDIT: Impact wrench &gt; dremmel &gt; PB Blaster &gt; mallet &gt; ... &gt; n</TD></TR></TABLE>

Man I've gotta make that dent bigger. I'm about to just dremel out a square for it to fit. O well I'll be denting or cutting today seeing how Chaos needs a new rad put in his car. (little does he know that he will be doing it himself.)

 

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Haha... it might not get put in then if thats the case. Did "Chaos" ever sign up on HT yet? Or is he in the "Brojo" phase of non-ht member that gets an alias??? Oh and be careful with that dremmel... we all know that your skills arent up to par with mine yet

Post up pics of either the dent or the cut when you finish

 

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He lives in highland park/wilkinsburg area; off of negley ave. (near the resevoir). Yeah im puttin all his business out there... cuz i can

 

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Oh yeah... im done whining now cuz now i gotta job too. Actually two, so you dont hafta worry bout me stealin your hours anymore. But you can still send me money. Anybody willing to donate me some cash PM me for a paypal addy

 

What motor mounts did you use to mount the motor?

 

i do believe, and ronin can correct me if i am wrong, he got hasport