Picked up a late model 86' sport...


removed the s4 engine...


Painted the engine bay !


Cleaned up the inside...


Picked up s5 tails and a t2 hood for cheap!


Got the motor JDM R1 REW


Just wait theres more....would you believe that a girl did this entire build? well believe it cuz i did!

 

Cleaned it up and ported




Painted the housings & Plates






Time to put it back together...




Made the mounts and put the engine in...




Picked up some BBS Rims


Still have wiring to do and i have sanded the entire car for paint... changed out the front and rear bumpers for s5 and also changed the trim to s5....Should be together soon paint is last to come but in the next few days i hope to start it up! will post pics/video as i make more progress!

 

Very nice!

 

Thanks man

 

Hey, when you started reassembling the "block", did you need to put some type of lube or oil on the seals? Just wanted to know for future reference

 

Looking Froward to seeing this finished. I recently did an REW swap on my FC also but still the stock twins in.

 

No lube just hylomar it is made by permatax i use that to help hold them down and it is also a form of silicone but doesnt harden like silicone does but it makes it easier to put the seals on

 

Nice yeah im still hittin a few rough spots trying to get it all finished up thought i had more parts then i do lol so im still having to buy stuff.... what ECU are you running? how much boost?

 

nice, what ecu? there are ways to control the twins seq without the stock ecu, or a price aftermarket. :0 hope you're keeping it seq.

 

Yeah that happened to me too. lol and i went with a micotech lT10s ecu. Daily Driving is only at 10psi to be safe right now. Hopefully with a dyno time and a proper tune i run 12-15psi.

Ecu is a microtech lt10s. and no i actually have it non-seq.

 

boo, let me know when you wanna fix that and have 15psi under 2k rpm.

 

Nice yeah i hear of alot of people using microtech my brother in law has a jport running a microtech...i had an extra pfc laying around so i decided to use that for mine...i have to get a chip fixed in it though the computer thinks it is in boost all the time. Hopefully it woulnt be too expensive to get that fixed.

 

Sounds like a good set up that you have too your GSLE do you have the s5 turbo swap in it? I have a GS with a T2 JDM Swap that thing hauls i love it. nothing like the old school look also...
QUOTE=lastphaseofthis;11248864]boo, let me know when you wanna fix that and have 15psi under 2k rpm.[/QUOTE]

 

i do miss the instant boost at low rpm. kinda regret going non sequential but at the same time i don't mind the lag. boost for me is at 3.5k rpm. hopefully by early next year ill be throwing in a single

Yeah a lot of the people i know personally run mircortech and a few with pfc. I Originally was looking at pfc but the price of the mircotech that i was offered was too good to pass up. Good luck with the fix and hopefully it isn't that much to fix.

 

So wait, are you running a PFC or not? What turbo did you go with? Size? Thanks!

 

I am running pfc, turbo size is t04 t60, the exhaust housing is a 115 though i think it is hybrid the guy i picked it up from had it on an rx8 and it was a brand new rebuilt for 100 bucks so i could pass it up... it does have a plate on the back of it that says FC3S/FD3S but thats all i know about it lol .

 

i am a little worried that it would keep up with the port but i will just have to see i may have to go to a holset in the future.

 

yeah when you do builds like this it ends up just coming down to what you can get for a better price or you will end up over paying for everything and the build will never get done lol

 

some more pics i finally have the engine togeher for the most part just waiting on thermostat housing crank pulley and magnetic pickups....

 

Question: are you going to keep the power steering?

 

yeah i am.

 

I also kept it. Others that Has done the swap normally don't. But i had to mod the intake elbow to be able to have a clean bend with the pipping out to my front mount.

 

Damn post a pic of ur set up i still need to do the piping i have a fmic too

 

This build looks great! I love that interior. very clean!

 

this was what was done to the elbow to have it clear the pipping nicely out to the side and not have a sharp bend in front of the radiator.