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Discussion starter · #363 ·
JDS Performance said:
Nice write-up - Out of all the write-ups online - They did not prepare me at all for my S13 swap - I pretty much winged the entire thing.
Your doing a great job so far - now its to the fun part fixing all the bugs and getting everything to work properly and relaibly.

LMK if you need any help.

joshds25@yahoo.com
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Cool and thanks man!:thumbsup
 
#364 ·
NOOOOOOOOOO......
I just went through all 15 pages and I was hoping for a vid.
O well, atleast I got to see it in the bay.
Beautiful build, I think if you ever post up a list of what you replaced, you'd probably be better of w/ a list of what you didn't replace.
 
Discussion starter · #366 ·
s13envy said:
if you get a throttle cable from a dual cam 240 that will solve your length issue. they are quite a bit longer than the SOHC throttle cables. very nice looking swap!
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Thanks and mine was off a DOHC 240 but I think it may have been the automatic cable, anyways, I just wound up bending the bracket under the gas pedal down a little and that worked out.


rabbitccc said:
NOOOOOOOOOO......
I just went through all 15 pages and I was hoping for a vid.
O well, atleast I got to see it in the bay.
Beautiful build, I think if you ever post up a list of what you replaced, you'd probably be better of w/ a list of what you didn't replace.
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I'm gonna see if I can get a cam, I had one but let someone borrow it and that was the end of that, now I don't lend out my stuff! As far as the list goes, I did come up with two lists, one for the suspension mods that I was doing and one for the engine swap that I was planning, even before I got the engine and was buying parts...lotta stuff on that list!
 
Discussion starter · #369 ·
It's 1 in the morning and I put my car up on jackstands and go ahead and put the extra exhaust gaskets on to seal up the gap between the downpipe and the cat. I also put the missing bolt in the driveshaft center bearing so now I guess I'm ready for the test drive tomorrow.
 
#370 ·
positron said:
It's 1 in the morning and I put my car up on jackstands and go ahead and put the extra exhaust gaskets on to seal up the gap between the downpipe and the cat. I also put the missing bolt in the driveshaft center bearing so now I guess I'm ready for the test drive tomorrow.
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after so long he gets a test drive. enjoy it buddy :thumbsup. i still need to wait on mine :dancingwt
 
Discussion starter · #377 ·
Yeah it felt great in the end. But I didn't realize that there would be so much frustration after the swap as far as fixing any leaks and little problems. That part turned out to be much more of a headache than working on the engine.
 
Discussion starter · #378 ·
I went out there tonight and put those radiator feet on the hard way...with the hoses intact and fluid in the rad...and by myself to boot. Let me start off first by saying to anyone who plans to do the swap, make absolutely sure that you have the feet on the rad before you put it in because it is an absolute PITA to put them on a completely setup rad by yourself. This would have been much easier in the daytime and with a friend to help but I'm always the only one around when I do this crap! By taking the battery out and removing the radiator brackets, I was able to shimy the rad up maybe an inch which allowed me to slide the feet on. THIS IS NOT EASY TO DO BY YOURSELF!!! After that I topped off my rad and let the car run for awhile with the cap off to bleed it. I then took a short spin around the apartment complex. I then came to a big conclusion, either I'm out of practice driving a manual or that stage 2 clutch is way to stiff for me. Either way I'm happy because I got to drive my 240 for the first time in some time. I need to get my stickers and then I'll get on a dead road somewhere and get some boost for the first time.
 
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Yet another leak I might add. This time it's oil coming from the turbo line banjo bolt. I'll have to get out the wrench and tighten that. It seems that all my leaks appear to be from stuff not being tightened enough. I'm going to have to be extra vigilant from now on when it comes to stuff that I don't tighten with a torque wrench. I also think I need to tighten the banjo and bolt on the P/S pump. The coolant leaks on the temp sensor bung and firewall fixed, the gas coming from the fuel gauge fixed(if you get one of these, make sure you take it apart, put teflon tape on the threads and tighten back). I guess it could be worse because aside from these minor leaks, everything appears to be fine. I will be doing a leakdown/compression test ASAP to see if my numbers match JSA's. Also, the idle started off at almost 2000 but after the car ran for awhile it dropped and leveled off at 1000. I'm gonna look more into this but if anyone has any info on that it would be greatly appreciated.
 
#380 ·
at least the only problems you had were leaks. to me that would be success....haha. as far as the idle. did you check the volts on the TPS and made sure that the timing is dead on? The timing would make your car run funny or sputter but just to be on the safe side double check it. More than likely you can try the TPS and try adjusting the Idle Control Valve on the IACV to lower the idle. Check the FSM on this and it will describe how to adjust it. Its really simple and you can see the screw if you look around your intake manifold. Its not hard to get to it. Good luck bud.
 
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