now the only thing letting the car down was the engine bay, so it was time to do the engine swap, as the engine bay didn�t get painted when I did the respray, while the motor was out was a perfect time to give it a quick coat, id decided to go with a black engine bay and paint the entire motor an gearbox green matching the body, before it was painted everything was sent in for a rebuild.
Donar car for the engine swap
engine bay in primer
engine bay painted up with old motor hanging in background
4age block in primer then all painted up
4age head after rebuild then all painted how it will look when assembled with cam covers painted
gearbox in primer then painted (picked this up with only 80,000kms on it)
random bits and pieces that were also painted
the engine was carefully assembled in the engine bay
during the engine conversion i upgraded the brakes to larger vented rotors on the front and from drums to discs on the rear, i also fitted some d2 coilovers so i could get the car that little bit lower.
(pics will be up soon of these)
all done and running (unfortunatley the paint thats was on the headers lasted about 5 mins after it was running as you can see in the pic with smoke coming off it)
well after about 800kms i found out the block actually wasnt rebuild when it spun a big end bearing (wasnt happy)
after this happened a 4age 20 valve block was sourced and sent in to be rebuilt then i painted the block and it was fitted.
since the car was back off the road with the big end problem i decided i would polish the intake manifold (there is something like 50 hours worth of sanding and filing to achieve this look)
also gave the alternator and starter motor a freshen up too
headers all painted up black
all fitted and looks awesome made all the hard work worth it, had a mate make up the stainless pipe from the intake manifold to the air filter for a bit more shine in the engine bay
still trying to find the absolute lowest i can go with the coilovers, this is how the car currently sits i have a few more modifications planned for the rear suspension to get it another inch or so lower
