3.4L Motor Swap Underway!

[AndyA6]

Congrats!

You made a lot of people take note and dream!

Later,
Andy

[tnoice]

Comgrats. I hope you get all of the little bugs ironed out. It sounds like this project was well worth the time, money, and effort. We will be looking forward to hear ongoing reports.

[insite]

update:

holyoak reminded me of the idle air control valve.......duh. i pulled it off to clean it & check it. it was rusted solid; i couldn't even move it by hand after i opened it up.

i dug out the one from the boxster engine, gave it a good cleaning, & popped it in the car. ran TERRIBLE!!! way worse off. i reset the DME & voila, buttery idle. running very well now.

keeps getting faster every day. i gave a check ride to a forum member last night (byron in atl); he agreed it's a little scary. much faster than either of us thought it would be.

[Bladecutter]

Good job, and congrats!

I have one question:

Since you installed a light weight flywheel, what precautions have you taken to prevent the crankshaft from going bye-bye?

Cracked cranks have been reported with light weight flywheels.
Especially track cars.

BC.

[insite]

Originally Posted by Bladecutter

Good job, and congrats!

I have one question:

Since you installed a light weight flywheel, what precautions have you taken to prevent the crankshaft from going bye-bye?

Cracked cranks have been reported with light weight flywheels.
Especially track cars.

no precautions at this point. i used a LWF on my old engine. when i take it apart to inspect, if it has a broken crank, you can bet i'll pull the LWF immediately.

i may go ahead & get a damped crank pulley. we'll see.

[AndyA6]

I guess you do this anyway..... but after the initial runs do you plan to change the oil, say after a 1,000 mls?

[seningen]

Originally Posted by AndyA6

I guess you do this anyway..... but after the initial runs do you plan to change the oil, say after a 1,000 mls?

When we do our M96 rebuilds

It's 20 min dump oil, inspect filter
250 mile dump oil & inspect
1000 miles dump oil & inspect
We keep the revs below 4k
Until the 1250 mark
Then drive it normally and change oil every 6k miles

In the big scheme of things
Oil is cheap

Mike

[schoir]

LOL!!!
Does she have a sister?

Regards, Maurice.

[Lobo1186]

So i understand that for the build you removed all secondary air stuff. Who took care of flashing the DME to ROW. I am interested in removing the secondary air system and o2 crap.

[schoir]

Thanks for the update. Good to see that your transplant is working out so well!

Now... how did you manage to find a wife like that?

Regards, Maurice.

[insite]

Originally Posted by schoir

Now... how did you manage to find a wife like that?

for whatever reason, her tolerance to my driving is OFF THE CHARTS. she doesn't get sick & doesn't complain when i go full maniac. i think a lot of it is because she's ridden with me at the track & she trusts my driving & trusts that i slow down a LOT when there's traffic, blind drives, lots of cyclists out, etc.

she can actually read & send iphone emails while we're a little sideways......

[Lobo1186]

lol she sounds like a champ.