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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 02:04 AM
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to big of project for the first time

So I bought an 87 fc N/A shell and was doing a jdm s4 t2 swap. Wall **** didn’t go good so gave up on the project for a bit. I came across an s4 t2 shell for pretty cheap so I got it. so restarted the swap and still **** wasn’t going right still. now lone be hold it was a s5 engine the hole time. I did some research and found all the **** I need to do the swap. I am pretty much am ready to start the car except for little ****.
So please tell me somethings to double check or most common mistakes on the swap?
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 08:03 AM
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If you did the massive wiring swap double and triple check the wiring.

Check for bolts tightened, like oil cooler lines, oil pan, intake and stuff. Its a good idea to tighten a bolt and mark it with a paint pen. Then when all the bolts are marked you have tightened all the bolts.
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Please try to get out a sentence without using the word "****" to punctuate it.

If you are swapping an S5 engine into an S4 chassis, you have two easy choices:

1. Swap all S5 wiring into the car.
2. Use only the S5 block and put S4 electronics into it.

Choice 2 is probably the best bet.

Another less easy choice and something that will almost certainly cause you issues is to modify the S5 emissions and engine harness to work in the S4 chassis.
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Old Feb 22, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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hey thanks for the advice and i will have to expand my vocabulary
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