Right finally getting around to that update.....
Anyway it all kind of happened pretty quickly in the end as my mate Ben has left Cardiff Auto now, won't go into that to much...
So the car had to be out of there in a week and as I had night shift for the start of the week that left two days to get it done which ended up being three in the end as I took the Friday off from work.....
A big thanks to Cameron at Cardiff Auto as he was a big help with getting the motor out and then back in...
So on the Wednesday i went in and did a bit of work on the motor from Matt as he mentioned there was a bit of a leak from one of the rocker covers so I pulled them down and threw new gaskets on them, also gave everything a check over...
Sorry bout the phone pics...
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Also while it was at this stage We put a new rear main seal on, a seal where the oil cooler/filter meets the block and a new oil filter, New Platinum plugs and ignitor on coil on plug as well....
So that was Wednesday....
Thursday was time for the motor to come out in prep for the other one to be dropped in, all this work had to be done before 8am as that's when Cameron had to do his normal work so we had a couple of early starts...
So we organised to start at 6 but when i got there Cameron had already been there since about 5 and almost had the motor out.....
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With the old motor out we put the freshly machined flywheel and clutch on and dropped the new motor in....
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Then we had to push it to the side as time was up, but it was now my time to do the ignitor delete ready for the start up...
Grabbed a 6 pin Deutsch plug from work and did the job hoping i got it right, time would tell......
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That was Thursday over and done wth....
So Friday rolled around and the pressure was on to get it done by 8am...
Had a another early start and got everything bolted up fresh Delvac and other fluilds in and was time to give it a turn over so we left the plugs disconnected and gave it a few turn overs to get that fresh oil around the motor, it sounded like it had good compression....
So now it was time to give it a fire so we plugged everything back in..moment of truth on my wiring job....It fired up pretty much first go and was sitting there idling with no props so Cameron backed it out at took it for a little run and gave it a brake test for the blues slip...
at this point I was rather happy as you could imagine to finally see it running you couldn't wipe the smile off my face, Cameron came back an said it was running well with the VF34 and it just wants to go.....
All this finished at about 8am....right on time, was a big few mornings so all that was left for the day was to get it all rego'd and insured....
So then she was finally home.....
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I have been just tiding up a few things on her as i need to save up for a tune when I put the Power FC in as well as a few other bits and pieces..... The front A pillar sill moulds were looking a bit ordinary so I gave them a freshen up.....
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That's about it for now, Hope I haven't bored you guys to much.....
So now I'm just plodding along tiding a few things up, I have a few things to put in her like PFC, Larger injectors, Bigger fuel pump, Coilovers, 4+2 pots, WRX interior, Front mount and just a general freshen up..
That's it let me know what you think....
Moto.....