3.4L Motor Swap Underway!

[clickman]

Ok, for a minute there I thought maybe that was your technical advisor on the engine swap...

[ekam]

Good work on detailing the project. Anyone who's doing this needs to have lots of patience & time. I wish I had the patience (& money) to do the swap when mine went.

[Cloudsurfer]

Originally Posted by clickman

Ok, for a minute there I thought maybe that was your technical advisor on the engine swap...

I hope not

[insite]

Originally Posted by Cloudsurfer

I hope not

tech advisor is actually the badger; he took the photo....

[insite]

did a bit more work this weekend; mostly just organizing & cleaning. the corrosion on the block was a bit excessive; i tried an acid etch (alumiprep 33) followed by alodine to halt the process & protect the metal. it looks a LOT better, but not nearly so good as it would if i could have dipped it instead.

LOADS of parts are on the way, & many have already shown up. my clutch is here, IMS arrived, a batch of goodies from Pelican (motor mounts = $104!), etc.

the real meat should start showing up from Sunset late this week. this will be o-rings, gaskets, seals, secondary air stuff, etc.

next weekend, i'll start building up the new motor & pulling all the goods off the old one.

i did find one interesting deformity on the block. it looks like someone tried to repair the case by weldind on some extra aluminum. if this is factory work, it sure is sloppy......


look at the case bolt flange:




the left one is normal. the right one, not so much....

[insite]

finally found some evidence of the old motor's demise (other than it being locked up, of course). i pulled the intake manifold last night, amongst other things. the intake valves all look fine, but the intake manifold itself is full of oil and metal.

not sure exactly how it made its way to the intake; my first guess would be AOS, but the AOS is fairly new & shows no signs of having been the source. after i get the carr running, i'll tear down the old motor & find out......

[BYprodriver]

Porsche used blue paint to mark M96 cases with problems before remanufacturing.

[insite]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Porsche used blue paint to mark M96 cases with problems before remanufacturing.

good to know; thanks.


they apparently also used to used blobs of welded aluminum to mark them........