Ok, well this winter I decided that I sadly didnt have enough money to finish building my currently longblock that has high mileage 140k or so...anyways, to get me by until I can afford to sleeve it and what not, I purchased a 9k mile 98 LS longblock for 750 from a guy semi-local to me, and it was from an auto

Anyway, I'm extremely happy to be back on the road...here are some updated pics and a timeline of the install:

The beginning everything stripped off the old one

Pulled the motor, it was an odd site to see nothing in the engine bay

Heres the new motor, waiting to be put in

new motor, finally in...and back together...

turbo pics for you fanatics...


pics of the electronics and "management" for now...


and finally just because i can, some pics of the exterior and new exhaust (es oval, extremely quiet)






there ya go guys, enjoy sorry, thats alot of pics i know, but i got excited

 

bo0, you should have rebuilt your old block. I love the new valve cover tho

 

someday my friend...someday...

and believe me if i had the extra couple grand to do it right, i would be all over it!!

 

Spoolinls, I am glad to hear that you got your car running again. It looks great!

 

nice chucks

 

thermal exhausts rock

 

small *** intercooler nice bro

 

do you have more pictures of your downpipe.
closer ones about clearance and how its angled.

what size dp?

 

you need to change your title; since you have one now

 

thanks man, and good luck selling that exhaust its a beauty

hehe, thanks...ive always loved them since back in the high school days...now they are kinda trendy but what the hell...

 

awesome!

 

its not that small its core is like 22x8x3...i like the way it looks though

that would be great, hook me up with that junk...

 

Very nice, Save the old block, and get it rebuilt when you have the cash.

 

get a dump tube for that wastegate before u start burnin **** up

 

i have one, it just needs to be modified...

and what am i gonna burn up exactly?

 

the way it looks it COULD heat up the oil feed line enough to melt the inside...

mike

 

sorry, i just wanted to say thanks, u have the JDM wheel and tan interior, ive been thinking about doing that but was wondering how it would look. looks good. thanks again.

 

Spoolin,
what air filter is that on the turbo? I was thinking of just putting a eclipse K&N filter on. I heard the older model turbo ones fit perfect directly on the turbo? Is it better to have it connected to a pipe?
Thanks in advance.

 

Specialk: The JDM steering wheel doesnt look odd with the tan interior...but then again, it wont be tan for long im converting to black when i get the rest of the pieces...

Ladysman: its just a universal filter I got at autozone, they were out of k/n's at the time so i settled for that...I would like to get an elbow so i can run it to the bottom of the car like a CAI, but ive had alot of trouble so far getting one to fit correctly with the way my turbo sits...

 

bumpity...

 

That snail looks small

 

you should have cleaned up the engine bay while the motor was out .

either way looks nice , glad you got your car running again

 

I never think that far ahead lol...guess i was too excited to think about it

 

bump

 

looks good