Oh, here's the problem right here: it says Made in Japan. "But Doc," you might say, "all the best stuff is made in Japan." Unbelievable! But lets hope the made-in-Japan engine works out better than the camera.
Anyway, what I've been doing is adding triangulation members to the frame. These pieces fit diagonally into the frame I've built so far to make it more rigid. Also I've been test fitting the engine in the frame. I've gotten a new transmission mount and my new engine mounts should be here today.
Hopefully soon I'll be able to mount the engine in the frame and start it up.
9/14/2006
9/03/2006
My engine is here!
After some confusion with the shipping company, my engine has arrived from Japan Motor Import. It seems to be in decent shape.
The shippers (Yellow Transportation) were kind of giving me the runaround-- telling me that they had "lost" it, but that it hadn't been that long yet (so presumably I, and they, should wait a little longer befor getting too concerned). The guy I talked to at JMI called the shippers for me and got them straightened out.
Here it is-- the engine and tranmission on the hoist in my garage:
From the other side:
From the front. A lot of this stuff is going to go. I'm not going to need either the power steering pump or the A/C compressor, or this big honkin' fan. I'll use an electric fan mounted to the radiator.
The intake manifold and throttle body assembly:
The transmission:
The exhaust outlet from the turbo. The turbo is hidden behind the heat shield. Hmm... that cracked thing in the upper left isn't good. It's the outlet from the compressor side of the turbo-- I'm going to have to make a new one of those...
The underside of the engine. That oil pan took a bit of a beating during shipment.
The ECU:
Air filter and mass airflow sensor (MAF):
The shippers (Yellow Transportation) were kind of giving me the runaround-- telling me that they had "lost" it, but that it hadn't been that long yet (so presumably I, and they, should wait a little longer befor getting too concerned). The guy I talked to at JMI called the shippers for me and got them straightened out.
Here it is-- the engine and tranmission on the hoist in my garage:
From the other side:
From the front. A lot of this stuff is going to go. I'm not going to need either the power steering pump or the A/C compressor, or this big honkin' fan. I'll use an electric fan mounted to the radiator.
The intake manifold and throttle body assembly:
The transmission:
The exhaust outlet from the turbo. The turbo is hidden behind the heat shield. Hmm... that cracked thing in the upper left isn't good. It's the outlet from the compressor side of the turbo-- I'm going to have to make a new one of those...
The underside of the engine. That oil pan took a bit of a beating during shipment.
The ECU:
Air filter and mass airflow sensor (MAF):
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