Engine swap finally done...well almost

[magicmike]

Well folks took a week due to that damn broken stud in the turbo manifold that I had to drill out and retap but I finally have the rebuilt engine with the VF-34 and less than 5k miles on it into the nice station wagon. I bought the white wagon 2 years ago with this in mind and I was just able to get around to it!

so, here go the pics...

Crappy old silver wagon with bad tranny and my good motor.


Pulling it out


Actually the pic above did not work with just the chain, i had to go buy an engine leveler shown in this pic


Hard to believe that 3 years ago this engine looked like this


OK push the silver wagon out and get the white one in


Quick photo for all the station wagon groupies!


Engine out waiting for the new one. I took the flex plate bolts off on this one as to not disturb the TC seal.


New metal cover


New stud installed


In but nothing connected yet


3 days later








Apexi boost controller mechanical componanants


Coolant res. Still need to fab something up for a window washer fluid res as the coolant res fits in that spot thanks to the IC.


The CES is also installed in this one.


And last but not least, the sad sight of a BJ wagon getting hauled off. Oh and my friends pretty tight SLK



So I say i'm almost done because i still need to connect the VRG3 FCD and the Apexi so I can boost over stock. I also need to change the break pads and detail it.

Tell me what you think!

[biggreen96]

That is beautiful.

Great work.

I would love to see a video of the boost response if you have the means once you have her dialed. You will like the apexi unit, its versatile.

[magicmike]

Great work.

I would love to see a video of the boost response if you have the means once you have her dialed. You will like the apexi unit, its versatile.

I did have it running strong in the silver wagon til the tranny took a dump. Thanks for the compliment. I have two videos on youtube and floating around on here. it was pretty damn quick.

[biggreen96]

oh cool, I will look around then.

[magicmike]

make it easy for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARPUxcCioR8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wMAxIItyc

[livestrong14]

Awesome man, simply awesome!!

[magicmike]

well got the AVC-R installed and I'm trying like a bastard to tune that bitch to 16psi (1.1 bar or whatever). I had this thing working pretty well when it was set at 1 bar when it was in the other car but now its all eratic. I did some searching around and there are no good instructions on how to set one of these up. I need to know how to tune this crap.

[SiCkSTi04]

love the first video lol