Engine Swap/Winestone L
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:53 am
I'm swapping a new engine into my Infiniti G20. It threw a rod in April. It has 170k on it but the "new" engine only has 40k.
The car as it sits. We’re doing the work in my grandfather’s garage.
Another view. We took off the bumper because I’m getting a new bumper cover (old one is all scraped up) and that required taking the lights and grille off too.
That’s kind of empty. Where’s the engine?
Ah, there it is:
The new engine (we’ve already transferred most of the stuff over):
I didn’t really intend to use this creeper this way -- it just sort of happened.
My grandfather’s house is 100 years old. (That’s Adam, my brother’s friend.)
The Infiniti is currently powered by me:
Here’s my brother’s Legacy. It’s a 1992 L AWD 5MT:
We’re doing the infamous WRX shift linkage swap:
The car as it sits. We’re doing the work in my grandfather’s garage.
Another view. We took off the bumper because I’m getting a new bumper cover (old one is all scraped up) and that required taking the lights and grille off too.
That’s kind of empty. Where’s the engine?
Ah, there it is:
The new engine (we’ve already transferred most of the stuff over):
I didn’t really intend to use this creeper this way -- it just sort of happened.
My grandfather’s house is 100 years old. (That’s Adam, my brother’s friend.)
The Infiniti is currently powered by me:
Here’s my brother’s Legacy. It’s a 1992 L AWD 5MT:
We’re doing the infamous WRX shift linkage swap: