Boilermaker1 completes a major feat, motor installed in a weekend.
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Boilermaker1 completes a major feat, motor installed in a weekend.
This was something that I coming into this, didn't think they could accomplish in a weekend, but they proved me wrong. I just sat around taking pics the whole time, took them about 16hrs total to complete over the course of the weekend.
i got there around 11am (sleep is good), by that time, they had already removed the intake manifold, all turbo components, and accessories. pretty much just had the longblock/tranny sitting in the engine bay by this time.
come on edwin, show the camera what you've got
me, and these guys were on standby, just in case there was something that they couldn't handle, unfortunately, we were never needed.
sad moment for all of us (sike), a fallen D17a2...
empty engine bay, wow, so many hoses/wires. they had this motor out in about 3-4hrs.
fully built motor, yep, it's a monster.
clutch/flywheel installed
happy moment, tranny and everything else installed, ready to go to its new home
almost in
in, now installing axles, downpipe, and everything else - this lift came in very useful, i couldn't imagine not having a lift for this, it'd be a bitch
installing more stuff from the top, turbo manifold, intake manifold, wiring, etc.
messy interior.
all done! very nice valve cover
tuning, somewhat
going out for the first spin, it started on the first crank.
ran a couple of laps around the parking lot, making sure everything is ok, and it was except for a minor idle problem.
it was a great experience, i was hesitant coming into this but everything went according to plan, for the most part. i know he'll chime in to answer any of your questions, he's going next week for tuning and dyno, so don't ask about numbers yet.
i got there around 11am (sleep is good), by that time, they had already removed the intake manifold, all turbo components, and accessories. pretty much just had the longblock/tranny sitting in the engine bay by this time.
come on edwin, show the camera what you've got
me, and these guys were on standby, just in case there was something that they couldn't handle, unfortunately, we were never needed.
sad moment for all of us (sike), a fallen D17a2...
empty engine bay, wow, so many hoses/wires. they had this motor out in about 3-4hrs.
fully built motor, yep, it's a monster.
clutch/flywheel installed
happy moment, tranny and everything else installed, ready to go to its new home
almost in
in, now installing axles, downpipe, and everything else - this lift came in very useful, i couldn't imagine not having a lift for this, it'd be a bitch
installing more stuff from the top, turbo manifold, intake manifold, wiring, etc.
messy interior.
all done! very nice valve cover
tuning, somewhat
going out for the first spin, it started on the first crank.
ran a couple of laps around the parking lot, making sure everything is ok, and it was except for a minor idle problem.
it was a great experience, i was hesitant coming into this but everything went according to plan, for the most part. i know he'll chime in to answer any of your questions, he's going next week for tuning and dyno, so don't ask about numbers yet.
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yeah, thats me.
The only problem we had was a bad o-ring on the water pipe. We were almost ready to rock on saturday night.... around 630 we started filling the motor and it sprung a water leak. The IM had to come out to fix it which took another hour ish, but we went back to it sunday morning and had it fired up by 10 am.
Despite all the work, I think we had some major fun doing it... tuning on tuesday, expecting some serious numbers. Its street tuned for the time being, running very well and basically cruises like a stock car.
Thanks for taking pics Freddy
yeah, thats me.
The only problem we had was a bad o-ring on the water pipe. We were almost ready to rock on saturday night.... around 630 we started filling the motor and it sprung a water leak. The IM had to come out to fix it which took another hour ish, but we went back to it sunday morning and had it fired up by 10 am.
Despite all the work, I think we had some major fun doing it... tuning on tuesday, expecting some serious numbers. Its street tuned for the time being, running very well and basically cruises like a stock car.
Thanks for taking pics Freddy
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damn that's a nice car. with a build like that i'm beginning to gain faith in d-series motors. definatly looking forward to some numbers.
where are you guys located?
where are you guys located?
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this is where you separate the boys from the real man 
boilmaker1 congratz to you mate that's an awesome swap, we'll wait for the dyno result.
freddy nice shots, are you gonna do the same swap?
boilmaker1 congratz to you mate that's an awesome swap, we'll wait for the dyno result.
freddy nice shots, are you gonna do the same swap?
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Re: (Curiouz_G)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Curiouz_G »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you take a look under his name you would see washington dc. man, you should cruise around florida ave late at night and wake up the locals justin. im sure theyd like that </TD></TR></TABLE>
he'd have a very time hard waking anybody up - that car is super quiet.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jivi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this is where you separate the boys from the real man
boilmaker1 congratz to you mate that's an awesome swap, we'll wait for the dyno result.
freddy nice shots, are you gonna do the same swap?</TD></TR></TABLE>
no swap for me, no boost for me, i'm working on a k-series EG hatch though. will hopefully be finished by next summer...
</TD></TR></TABLE>he'd have a very time hard waking anybody up - that car is super quiet.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jivi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">this is where you separate the boys from the real man
boilmaker1 congratz to you mate that's an awesome swap, we'll wait for the dyno result.
freddy nice shots, are you gonna do the same swap?</TD></TR></TABLE>
no swap for me, no boost for me, i'm working on a k-series EG hatch though. will hopefully be finished by next summer...
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he'd have a very time hard waking anybody up - that car is super quiet.
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yea i know. ive been in his car with his old setup. If it sounds anything like his old setup, its really a sleeper
he'd have a very time hard waking anybody up - that car is super quiet.
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yea i know. ive been in his car with his old setup. If it sounds anything like his old setup, its really a sleeper
