Finally picked up my new engine

airbats801 · Post by **airbats801** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:01 pm

I've been slacking on getting my swap going, but I took the bullet and bought an engine set today. it cost me 1708 usd shipped, pretty cheap for a 5 speed set. My 86 tsi will be alive once again pretty soon :beer

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:31 pm

That should go alright for you then :D

Chryzla · Post by **Chryzla** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:08 pm

has toyota written on it

i think you ordered the wrong engine :P

Junkers · Post by **Junkers** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:35 pm

Mongrel Starion! :P

that'll go crazy once it's in, whats the weight comparrison like to the astron engine?

NXTIME · Post by **NXTIME** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:54 pm

Nice. This should give the TSi some extra grunt to move the extra weight. There are a few 1J/2J conversions into Starions over this way. Also, there is one guy who is fitting one into a Mazda MX5 (Miata) with an auto powerglide transmission:

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/2681/turbo1jz1uk.jpg

Junkers · Post by **Junkers** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:56 pm

I don't care how big that turbo is, it still wont beat my cordia.

airbats801 · Post by **airbats801** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:57 pm

lol, I have no idea how much it weighs exactly, I figure about 150lbs more, but I will check the frieght ticket and see if they put an exact weight on there. I think the transmission weighs at least 35lbs or more than a normal conquest tranny, cant say on the actual engine though,

I:m probably going to cut the firewall and transmission tunnel out and tuck this engine back far enough to where the front of the engine is at the same point as the front of the g54b.

Cookiemonster · Post by **Cookiemonster** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 7:53 am

What are these lbs you speak of? Crazy yanks.

airbats801 · Post by **airbats801** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:42 pm

I;d convert it to mnetric if our system wasnt so funky ;)

mrb1 · Post by **mrb1** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 6:45 pm

airbats801 wrote:I;d convert it to mnetric if our system wasnt so funky ;)

Your system :? Imperial units my friend (yeh I know you have your "own" pounds and "gallons" just to be difficult). We got rid of all that shit years ago. One day the US might realize the rest of the world is Metric :D

TD05 · Post by **TD05** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:19 pm

hope it goes well for ya, i've been thinking 13B myself...

airbats801 · Post by **airbats801** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:37 pm

Yeah, it should go good, I have a guy whos been a machinist/engine builder for 40 something years helping me out. Better yet he is a starion/conquest fanatic like me :) He has a shop that is basically 3x3 cars full of all kinds of goodies. About 15 v8s ranging from bb chevys to mopars, kit shelby cobra, 4 65 mustangs, and like 4 conquests lol.

Anyways, he has some welders and a palsma cutter, so it should make the firewall/transmission tunnel modification fairly easy. With any luck I will have her up and going in a month. Right now im undecided on 3 inch 2.75 inch or 2.5inch inlet/outlet intercoolers, and weather to drop 160on a walbro gsl 392, or just drop a lil more and get one of those aeromotive tsunami pumps...

gotrice? · Post by **gotrice?** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:58 pm

Man i'm pissed off i missed the sale of the decade..........sorry 4 the "hi jack" didn't really want to start a thread about this...

Ok a year a go a mate has a run in with a landcruiser in his sr20 s13 after the crash it was still running but it was a right off any way that mate is moving to darwin soon so i asked him what he's doing with his s13...I sold it a few days ago to a guy for......wait for it......$500....yes thats right $500 for a running s13 with red top sr20+mods which inculde blitz cooler, greddy oil can, full sound system with $900 head unit, water spray kit, sun roof, ect.... claimed 170kw at the wheels. i was like you fu@ken idiot. he's like i just wanted to get rid of it. :x

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Finally picked up my new engine

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