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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 01:25 PM
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More *pixs* of n/a to t2 conversion

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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 01:27 PM
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 01:30 PM
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Rb oil cooler lines/cpu harness stripping
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 01:35 PM
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 01:50 PM
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That car's going to run awefully hot with all that cardboard in there. LOL.

Looks good!
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:15 PM
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ahah! didn't want to ruin the fins while installing.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:23 PM
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oooooo............. i like the clean engine bay looks tight. hope u get it running


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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:25 PM
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On a scale of 1-10...how would you rate this job? I want to go back to N/A, but mabye summer 04, I may attemt this.......
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:28 PM
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Its not as hard as people make it out to be. I don't know what to compare it to, its the hardest thing i have done so far, but probably a 7.
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Cool.....My actual biggest concern is the driveline swap, as I have pulled engines, but never the drivetrain....ANy comments on the the tranny back?
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:34 PM
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The rear end swap is the hardest part of the conversion.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:39 PM
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On a scale of 1-10...how would you rate this job? I want to go back to N/A, but mabye summer 04, I may attemt this.......
may I ask why are you going back to N/A?
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:40 PM
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I am doing the same thing you are doing, s5 turbo e6k, but I am keeping n/a driveline. How hard was wiring the e6k?
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 02:40 PM
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yea good question. Why not just buy another n/a they are cheap.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 03:03 PM
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I am doing the same thing you are doing, s5 turbo e6k, but I am keeping n/a driveline. How hard was wiring the e6k?
Im not done, but its not hard, just time consuming.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 06:44 PM
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And someone was wondering how to get the wiper motor to work w/ the haltech, i just plugged it into the passenger side cpu harness, pretty simple.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 09:59 PM
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I did the swap also, but I used the mazda ECU and wiring harness. I don't know why everyone thinks its impossable, it's not much harder than doing a NA-NA engine swap.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 10:18 PM
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Originally posted by Mark'sMazda
I did the swap also, but I used the mazda ECU and wiring harness. I don't know why everyone thinks its impossable, it's not much harder than doing a NA-NA engine swap.
did u swap the drivetrain too? or just the engine.
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can someone tell me what i need to do this? i've wanted a turbo since i can remember
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 07:42 AM
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can someone tell me what i need to do this? i've wanted a turbo since i can remember
A T2 motor/drivetrain/ (t2 ecu/wiringharness/maf/etc) or standalone. And many other small parts. A big wallet and lots of time.
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Cool.....My actual biggest concern is the driveline swap, as I have pulled engines, but never the drivetrain....ANy comments on the the tranny back?
the tranny is pretty easy, just put a jack under it, unbolt everythign and lower it slowly

the rear end isnt hard if you ahve a breakerbar, just takes a while to loosen everything.

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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 10:43 PM
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 10:45 PM
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Old Dec 16, 2002 | 10:50 PM
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You're right, it's not very hard at all. The differential swap wasn't even very difficult. I think the hardest thing was getting the half-shafts out! It's pretty simple.
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