Been there done that with a motor that ways about 3 times yours... sucked. 11 hours and a bunch of complications.

have fun. getting it out is the easy part.

 

^^Man I still can't get it out.. everything is disconnected.. now I am working hard to separate the block from the transmission.. they are fused together or something.. It wasn't even this hard about 8k miles ago when I pulled the tranny because I thought the clutch was spinning.

Now I am in Project:wiggle the **** out of it and chisel at the top

 

This is gonna sound stupid but this costs me a TON of time and effort...

Recheck for all negative ground straps. I had a REALLY dirty ground strap connected that I didn't see.

I also had to drop the rear end and rock it forward...

I'd make a call to mike.

 

Wow, you neighbors must be really understanding...

Best of luck

 

damn, that sucks... hope you get it out, do what you have to do and back on the road soon... good luck!

 

I'm tryin!

And yeah my neighbors are just like "cool dude! you're finally getting her on the road!"

 

and in the middle of the street
what u goona put in there now?

 

I am just doing a direct replacement with a 2.0L.
I was pretty happy with the power I had before.. and I wasn't probably less than 200whp. Or whatever you are at with a turboback+accessport.

I will get it running then just get a vf39 or vf34 with the supporting mods(ie injectors fuel pump and bigger TMIC) and call it a day as far as power goes

 

ive got an 02 with AP and tuboback + a protune from Paul@dbtuned. I ended with 210 whp so im sure your going to do just fine

 

Doesnt a 2.5L sound enticing to you though? mmmmmmhhhhmmmm

 

^^it definitely did sound good.. but the cost difference just wasn't worth it given that my goals are pretty darn mild. I just want my car to handle really well with some decent power... if I can hit about 250whp with the vf39 I will be just fine with that.. I drove my car pretty much stock and was happy.

@stupidchicken.. I figure I was probably right about 200whp if you were at 210whp since I didn't have a protune only a base AP stg2 map.. probably a tad less than 200whp.

 

i hear you man...

right now in my office is a freezing 66 degrees!!!!

friggin thing is broken. to make matters worse, the pizza i got delievered was pepperoni only. plus they only had pepsi...

bastards...

 

^^tough day at the office HAHA.

 

the upside to the heat?

as i was leaving the office for the lunch...

i met this going out of the elevator:



she kept trying to pull her skirt down. it was kinda funny... yet so hot...