3.4L Motor Swap Underway!

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well, i finally found the right combination of time & money; i finally started the swap. i will document the process, but i am not going photo by photo & taking my time. i plan to do this in a couple of bursts, & i should be complete late this month / early next month.

i will take some occasional photos of the process, and i plan to specifically document a couple of things:

1. stuff i buy. i will keep a running tally of everything i buy along w/ price & source.
2. fuel rail setup. i will thoroughly document however i do this.
3. maf housing / intake setup
4. motor mounting (i.e. how i lowered the motor)
5. LN IMS retrofit

the plan is to install a stock 3.4L motor that i sourced from a guy in NYC. it's a '99, with around 40k miles on it. i will be upgrading the IMS. it looks like EVO Motorsports will build my intake plumbing, with a 996 diameter MAF housing to boot. (QUESTION: do i need a 996 MAF, or am i good with the OEM 986?)

hopefully, todd will reprogram my ECY & supply me with a DME pin for the VarioRam functionality.

i will also be adding a 996 guage cluster w/ analog oil pressure output.

if anyone has SPECIFIC stuff they want to see photos of, let me know & i'll try to accomodate (time permitting).

looking forward to this! my poor car has been sitting for 18mos.