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[El_Freddo]

Did it when cold or hot?

Just curious as I reckon I'll do the same!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

Did it when cold or hot?

Just curious as I reckon I'll do the same!

Cheers

Bennie

Cold. Not sure if its the proper procedure but it works I spose

[El_Freddo]

One way to find out!

Now forget exams (they're overrated ), go get us some more footage of that beast!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

One way to find out!

Now forget exams (they're overrated ), go get us some more footage of that beast!

Cheers

Bennie

Well exams are done now but still have other uni work to do before i can get restuck into it all. Wednesday will be my first free day to spend on the tools

[cowie165]

Hey mate, great work. There is such a difference between an enthusiast who throws money to a tuning garage and an enthusiast who puts the time and effort in, in his own driveway. Major kudos.

 

I can relate to the pre-start feeling when you're mentalling ticking off (again) that the oil is in, the AFM is connected, belts are clear, etc. Very cool. Thanks for the vid

[Barbbachello]

Id forgotten what a clean (sort of) driveway looks like. really hoping the wagon goes tomorrow or ill be in barney rubble haha

[Hypnotic]

Have you run a degreaser over the ground to get as much of the oil/coolant off as you can?

[Barbbachello]

Have you run a degreaser over the ground to get as much of the oil/coolant off as you can?

Sure have.

[CRUISN]

Degreaser, let it sit then high pressure hose up close.

[andrew_k]

skids?

[06Blitzen]

Impressed how fast you smashed this out and how well it all went, congrats man! How long do you need to fly under the radar for?

[Barbbachello]

skids?

soon.jpg

 

Impressed how fast you smashed this out and how well it all went, congrats man! How long do you need to fly under the radar for?

22 February next year. Not ages but not a short time either

[El_Freddo]

So where's the wagon disappearing to? Ty coming to the rescue there??

Still can't believe how quickly you've got this all sorted! It took me three weeks for my EJ conversion including factory central locking, electric windows and mirrors etc! And that was with 6 months prep work in buying parts, building the gearbox and doing the usual prep work on the engine. I even bench (floor!) tested the engine first as I couldn't afford to be doing the HGs. All checked out!

Wrapped for you, and a little jealous!

Cheers

Bennie

[Barbbachello]

So where's the wagon disappearing to? Ty coming to the rescue there??

Still can't believe how quickly you've got this all sorted! It took me three weeks for my EJ conversion including factory central locking, electric windows and mirrors etc! And that was with 6 months prep work in buying parts, building the gearbox and doing the usual prep work on the engine. I even bench (floor!) tested the engine first as I couldn't afford to be doing the HGs. All checked out!

Wrapped for you, and a little jealous!

Cheers

Bennie

Hopefully getting a wrecker to come get it tomorrow or tuesday. Its not done yet. About a days more work in tidying up and bits and bobs to do

[Barbbachello]

Goneskies 

[Reevesy]

Should have kept the sweet GT badge

[Barbbachello]

Should have kept the sweet GT badge

I thought about it but by the time i remembered it the tools were away and i couldn't be forked. Got a legit JDM RS badge for my car once its running anyway. Dont give a fork its not a real RS its close enough

[Sven Smergberd]

What is the procedure now? Do you need to have it checked by an engineer or VicRoads to update rego? Do you call your insurer to update details etc? Seems odd that you can just swap an engine over in your driveway and have no rigmarole to go through. I'm aware swapping in an engine that was offered for that model by the manufacturer is an approved mod, but considering this engine is from a different model Liberty does it not need VASS certification? It would need VASS certification under the 20% increased power rule as well, no?

[Barbbachello]

What is the procedure now? Do you need to have it checked by an engineer or VicRoads to update rego? Do you call your insurer to update details etc? Seems odd that you can just swap an engine over in your driveway and have no rigmarole to go through. I'm aware swapping in an engine that was offered for that model by the manufacturer is an approved mod, but considering this engine is from a different model Liberty does it not need VASS certification? It would need VASS certification under the 20% increased power rule as well, no?

Yes to inspection for vicroads, yes to insurance. Engine has to be an AUDM option to sail through so will need to be inspected. From what i can gather its basically is the engine in there safely and are the brakes and suspension up to the task. 

[allpaw4]

From what I remember when I was going through this, is you need the brakes from the model the engine came from or better, and the suspension just needs to be in good nic, with added bits here and there if required. Sway bars, struts and the like need to be upgraded to allow for the extra power, but on the whole, if the factory suspension is good, there's not much they will pick. Emissions is the other big one. If the new engine had a pre cat in the up pipe as factory in the model you got the engine from, you need it, and however many mufflers the engine had pre removal needs to be in place once you put it in the new car. So if the engine from the original car had 3 mufflers, your car now has to have three mufflers. That's how I had it explained to me. Main rule is to make sure it has the right number of cat converters. That's for the factory change thing. Inspection and mod plate you can do things differently, but it'll then need engineering approval.