Engine swap progress (pics, 56K no) - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Kidane · 01-10-2005, 01:56 PM

Spent pretty much all weekend working on my car. On Saturday frostburner (from Genmay) came over and helped, on Sunday MazingHL (from HardForum) came over. Both were very knowledgable and helped me out ALOT. My girlfriend Stacy was there, she helped too, and made countless runs to PepBoys for us

. So far, we've pulled the old motor and have begun the process of transferring the manifolds and accessories to the new motor. I hope to have it done by next weekend. Once again, if anybody in the southern California area would be willing to help, I would be very grateful. Anyway, here are the pictures we took:

Me draining the fluids before we begin

frostburner on the left, very cool guy

Taking the valve cover off

lol camshafts

My girlfriend (omg)

Stacy, doing some hardcore engine work there

I'm going to clean the cams off and display them in my house

Trying to pull the motor, but it wouldn't come apart from the transmission

MazingHL pulling the front suspension off

Obligatory standing in the engine bay picture

Old motor and transmission

Stacy in the engine bay. She had to stand on a battery to climb in because she's too short!

MazingHL reconnecting the flywheel (donor engine was from an automatic, judging by the flexplate).

BONUS VIDEO
This is what a spun oil bearing sounds like (WMV, 186K)

I drove the car from my house to the house we're using for the swap (I don't have a garage), about 7 miles with the car knocking like a motherfucker. About 1/2 block away from the garage, the motor goes CLUNK and siezes completely. I can't wait to drop the oil pan and view the carnage. The #4 spark plug tube was filled completely with oil, hm.

I'll update this thread as more gets done.

Kidane · 01-10-2005, 01:57 PM

Old motor [4A-FE]

1.6L DOHC L4
9.5:1 compression
HP: 103@5600
TQ: 101@4800

New motor [5A-FE]

1.5L DOHC L4
9.8:1 compression
HP: 100@5600
TQ: 102@4400

Maybe a slight loss of power, but I don't really care. I just need an A -> B car. besides, I should get slightly better gas mileage out of this motor.

CrawlingEye · 01-10-2005, 02:04 PM

You very well may not miss that extra 3hp. You're getting your torque about 400rpm quicker than the 4A-FE.

by the way, nice pics. It's good that you have so much help with the swap.

Alpha · 01-10-2005, 02:09 PM

Hahahah, I love the standing in the engine bay pics.

Flashmn · 01-10-2005, 02:34 PM

That chick is good looking

jhbhatia · 01-10-2005, 02:40 PM

^^ ROFL

Nice swap, i know everyone will tell ya, why not something else, but as long as you did what you wanted to and are happy with it....GREAT learning exp!

Deep · 01-10-2005, 03:01 PM

So you went with the 5A? Hopefully all the wires will be plug and play, goodluck man.

Rapeacivic · 01-10-2005, 03:06 PM

Cool pics

a94autoCamry · 01-10-2005, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flashmn

That chick is good looking

haha i knew it that someone was gonna say something about the girl...

btw, nice pictures of the engine swap...it looks like you guys are having fun doing it

Flashmn · 01-10-2005, 04:17 PM

Quote:

haha i knew it that someone was gonna say something about the girl...

Hahahaha, yeah ofcourse, shes the best looking one of the swapcrew

Peter · 01-10-2005, 05:43 PM

lol the vid that would of bin so annoying...nice pics

Tommy · 01-10-2005, 10:37 PM

You look a lot happier and cleaner than i did while doing my engine swap. Of course you have twice as much help and those guys look like they know what they are doing, I just winged it for 3 days. lol!

Have fun, Its hard work but definatly worth it. And if it smokes like hell on your first start up, just ignore it, set the timing and let it run for a few minutes, it will all clear up shortly...at least it did for me.