I'm not sure if many were taken during the morning/day/night/morning ....
I'm not sure if many were taken during the morning/day/night/morning ....
Last edited by Matthew; 31-01-2011 at 13:20.
JP's music was to bangin for him not to dance!
He hadn't even played scooter at that stage !
^^^ Or Barbie Girl!
my god. a full engine swap in 1min 18. Thtas impressive
We were working to the beat of the music !
what engine conversion did ye do?
It wasn't a conversion, it was like for like 13b for 13b
ah right. so was like a nice shell dud engine and put in a nice working engine
good job lads
holset hx40 turbo @ 2.06bar = epic fail
nice recaro kitchen roll colm lol
do you do a bit of boxing?just use it to let off a bit of steam?
Lol! Pretty-much sums it up really doesn't it?!
There was plenty of that towards 5am on Sunday morning... ...got the engine in though so all the hard bits are done.
And now for those pics I promised: First-off, the bits...
Diff & gearbox oil:
OEM fuel filter (black thing in the middle), 3 OEM oil filters (for future use), Magnacore Leads (just in case the ones that came with either engine weren't in good nick), 4x BUR9EQ spark plugs:
An uber-magnetic sump-plug & a set of "The Black Hole" oil filter magnets for making sure any nasty metal filings stay well & truly out of the oil system.
The oil filter magnets in operation
You know the way they always say "never buy a car at night"? Well...
...or an engine!
On the way! (Non-blurry edition)
Tucked in for the night
Some well-deserved & tasty-as brownies from the Sandyford Friday Market!!!
Originally Posted by Scottie
And it starts...
Out with the fluids
Ready to leave the engine-bay
Not much of a gap, eh?!
*Insert Engine Here*
Brand new clutch wear-plate
Brand new clutch pressure-plate - shame the flywheel was a little warped but the incoming one was spot-on
Outgoing engine:
Hmmm, spot anything wrong here..?
Two different types of inlet manifold..?
Outgoing:
Incoming:
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the garage... Rats Nest Fun!!!
Finished & reassembled:
Ready to go in:
How she was at 5am on Sunday morning when we decided to call it a very very long day!
A massive thanks to the following peeps (in no particular order) who came down to help out: I really really appreciate everything you all put in from the time & effort to come down & turn a few spanners, to random advice, to guidance, cooking, picking things up at the last minute, and everything else that made the whole weekend happen!
Susan
Colm
Trial_S15
MatthewOBrn
FD3oin
Darren (Colm's mate)
Also an extra special thanks to Colm for letting us take over his garage (& living-room!) for a lot longer than I think any of us had expected! You're an absolute legend dude!
Last edited by JP; 01-02-2011 at 22:51.
Originally Posted by Scottie
Any time dude. It was a gas day and a half!
fair play to all involved, sounds like it was a fun weekend
so whats happenin to the mini?