loooks great so far. :up::up:
keep it up.

 

alot of nice parts :up: After you get it running you should pull it out, tuck and repaint the bay

 

At this point i wanna just drive the car, my EF project i worked on for 3yrs, and drove it for a few min before i decided i didnt want something Bseries

 

Really nice:up:

 

nice stuff

 

looking good so far!

 

I like that skateboard haha.

Looks nice on them wheels!

 

Nice Bro!!

 

thanks guys, appreciate it.

I actually received my Ktuned thermostat housing the other day, so i gotta throw that on. Hopefully my buddy buys all my leftover shit from my EF so i can get my fuel lines and fittings, a pair of axles and have this thing running and driving

 

:up: :up: :up: :up: keep up the good work !

 

nice

 

those of you that have kept heat, what are you doing with this? Just running a regular hose between the two nipples or capping it off?

 

Nice swap!!

 

Man, this is like a speed build! I feel like a turtle at the pace I'm moving at. I've got a few questions. If you're swapping out the old 4 lug, why not go 5? (Yeah, I know you've got a nice collection of 4 lug wheels but besides that).

Also, noticed you placed the engine more forward. Why is that? I thought putting more of the weight behind the axle would have been better.

So, was the EF done before you parted it out?

 

Holy crap I hadn't even noticed I was using the forward mounting holes. I kept thinking it looked like it was sitting more forward than it should. Dammit gotta change that now. I went big 4lug because I traded my old built B16 from my EF for the Sprint Harts and the big 4lug. Otherwise I would have kept my Koseis and used my front/rear wilwood big brake kits.

As far as the EF goes, I got the car to running/driving, but was planning a dyno break in on the motor. Life got in the way and it Never made it over to my buddies shop, that was fall/winter. About the same time everything came together to start this build.

Don't feel too bad about my progress. I work in a Toyota service dept as an advisor and due to the recall ended up with three of the biggest checks I've ever received in my life

 

Glad I could help. I noticed you had your passenger side mount on the rear location. And based on the tranny mount, looked like it was originally on the rear spacing as well.

I like how you used the skateboard. Just realized how handy one could come in.

I also feel your pain on the seized trailing arm bolt/bushing. Had the same problem. I ended up drilling into the end of the bolt and then used a tap to clean up the threads on the welded nut. I had actually popped that nut out before on another trailing arm with seized bushing as it somehow pushed the nut out.

 

Hell yea dude the skateboard makes moving engines very easy, only gotta lift it up a minimal amount.

Yea those bushings suck, thank god I didnt care and just hacked everything with a torch that shit was fun.

So Sunday I drove to Joliet to go pick up fuel lines/fittings from Winners Circle in Joliet. It should take me a little over an hour to get there, it actually took almost 2hrs. There was construction everywhere! I avoided the highways cause everyone on here from Chicago knows how shot that shit is. So i took a way outside way that should have been pretty quick... Construction! After making a couple wrong turns I finally got there at 3:45 and they closed early for Mothers Day. I missed them being open by a few minutes. So now i gotta drive all the way back out there again... maybe I'll take a day off work tomorrow....

I'm gonna setup the hoist and move the motor to the right spot, still can't believe i did that lol. Should have fuel lines in place this week. One of my friends is supposed to be getting me axles in exchange for the header off my EF, but I may just buy axles cause I'm gettin sick of waiting.

I'm helping my roommate rebuild my old D15B so he can put it in his coupe. :dance:

oh and Hell Yeah on the shirt point out. I have to tell him about that haha

 

i wish i had access to a shop and had "beasty" friends!lol

 

I used a grinder. That was fun. I don't have a torch. Should have tried to save the trailing arm though!

Crappy deal with missing the fuel lines and fittings by a few min. Hate how that happens...

 

Should have tried to save the trailing arm though!

why would i wanna save them, they were drum rear brakes, with no life left on the shoes!

 

damn man that sucks to hear bout winners circle i live bout 20 mins from there and im in the process of doin my 92 cx k20a2 swap right now once i get mine running ill have to come check it out. who u gunna have tune it

 

When it comes time for a tune the cars going over to my buddies shop, Benchmark Tuning, in Melrose Park. They're primarily a Subaru shop, but they'll work on anything that comes through the door that somebody wants made faster. My friend Matt over there travels around the country tuning, and he's looking forward to playin with a Kseries:up:

 

yeah im gunna take mine to mikey over at profunction he does amazing work

 

He tuned my old roommates B16 CRX and did a pretty good job. If it werent for my connections I'd maybe go through him

 

I should have some decent update pix soon here, too lazy to upload and all that BS right now. I've made a fair amount of progress in the last few days though.

I took Weds off work and again drove down to winners circle and bought all my fuel line and fittings, now I just need to assemble it all and route the line. went and got two new radiator cushions from Honda since my original ones were hard as rocks. Picked up a pair of axles from Advance Auto Parts and swapped the inner joints. I also corrected the positioning of my motor (doh!)

I'll have better updates soon. I'm hopin to be drivin the car in the next 2-3 weeks

 

Nice progress!

I had hoped to finish mine up this month, but who knows if that will happen. I have ran into so many problems since I got my K swap.

So what holes did you end up using for the engine position? I am using basically the same mounts. I will also be using modded stock axles as well. I think the placement of the engine in regards to those bolt holes on the driver and passenger side mount has something to do with what type of axles you use.

 

thanks. In regards to mount position and modified stock axles, you want to use the rearward mounting points of the Hybrid mounts. That would translate to the Forward trans mount, and rearward passenger and rear mount.

You would want to use the Forward mounting position if you're using DSS 2.9's and higher, due to the overall longer length of the axle so as to prevent driveshaft bind up on turning. the forward mounting point give them a bit more room to rotate

 

is it hard to swap the axles thats the next thing im gettin for my eg cuz i just wanna drive the damn thing already

 

Its easy, jus a bit messy. A hammer and a vise or solid place to hold the axle while u beat off the outers helps.

 

not even... I took some pics of it that i'll post up.

all you have to do is take the clamp off the boot where it seals to the outer joint, and the inside cup literally pulls right off. the only tools i used were a screwdriver to open the particular clamp on my axles (bought from advance auto parts for $150) a vise to hold the axle, and a pair of pliers to pull the band clamp tight.

Dont be intimidated, it really not as big of a project as it seems. if you have questions PM me, but seriously just try it and you'll be amazed how easy it is. it didnt take more than 5-10min:up:

 

ok so i completely failed at keeping this thread updated... my life got pretty crazy for a while here and the car was put on the backburner for a bit until i couldnt stand it and pretty much finished everything in a couple day. my camera broke so i finally was able to snap a few pics of the car now

-3deg of camber for the rear to fit flush

MONEY SHOT!!

Yea the Engine bay is dirty as hell but i'm not worried about it for now, i'm just enjoying driving the car. when i have the car repainted (hopefully over winter) i'll worry about makin it look great then

 

i miss my old wheels looks clean tho!