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This being a 4th gen 3sgte, is there an easy way to do that? Is taking it apart to clean it out something i can do at home?

Right, but I'm not sure it should be blowing out like that. It was pretty "dewy" here this morning so I'm hoping it was condensation. More concerned about the tape it might have sucked in. Any thoughts?

So I've been trying to get my car running for a while now after an aborted swap from my local shop. Finally got it to a point where I could test fire the engine at least today. Well, guess what idiot forgot to remove the tape from the turbo inlet that was protecting it from metal shavings while I put in hood latches, THIS GUY!!! So here are the results of that test fire, and a pic of some sort of fluid coming up out of said turbo also, which I need help identifying.

So I've been working on getting the special back in shape after it's horribly long and useless stay at the mechaninc's shop. Since I'm waiting for a new EFI relay and some money to buy the stuff for the belt and everything else I decided to put the hood latches in. So guess who forgot to take into account the effect the curvature of the hood would have on the alignment of the pins with the catches!!

THIS GUY.




Not a huge deal, just have to move the pins over a bit, but still very frustrating having spent all morning working on it trying to finish.

UPDATE!!!


So, turns out my mechanic has been stringing me along for quite a while now, either not doing things he said he was or doing them wrong. Car is back in my possession now. The mechanic kept claiming the wiring harness was bad, but he just didn't know what he was doing. Now thanks to a lot of help and guidance from mr220v it is nearly running now. Not only did he do a great job on the harness, but his knowledge and willingness to help out beyond just making it has been amazing. Still a lot of work to do to get it on the road, but it's a lot closer now than it would be if it were still sitting in the shop. Will post some pics/vids once I get it fully up and running.

I find myself in a sudden desperate need for a gen 4 3sgte ecu. The one that came with my swap has disappeared from the shop doing the swap. If anyone has a line on one, or knows of a substitute that can be used please PM me! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never mind. They found it!!! Someone put it in a "safe" place, and we all know how that works.

Finally time for an update!! Wiring harnes has been made thanks to MR220v of the MR2 boards and the special is currently up on a lift at the exhaust shop. Boost gauge, fuel pump, and a couple odds and ends still need to be installed. Hopefully no more hiccups and I'll be up and running within a week or so. Got a dual outlet cherry bomb turbo muffler they're putting on, walbro fuel pump to go in, and intercooler piping for the CX Racing FMIC. 3" pipes from cat-back and 3"FMIC, all sorts of good stuff.

I know I own a 6gc when I contemplate asking a complete stranger for a ride in theirs since mine's been in the shop for 4 months with my swap stalled out. It's almost done now though!!!

Tweaks is pretty pricey. Found a guy on the MR2 boards that does it for about half the price. Will find out shortly whether or not the work is as good as Tweaks is supposed to be. Man, the special's been out of commission since March and it's almost all done. The suspense is killing me!!

Totally this ^^. 4th gen 3sgte ran me just over 1800 after shipping. All combined work including a FMIC, 3" exhaust, new muffler, yadda yadda yadda, total cost on this build for me will end up a bit over 4K or so. But that includes an extra tranny swap after running into issues with tranny that came with and some other custom work I'm having done. So yeah, at LEAST 3K. And maybe some extra for unforeseen circumstances.

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That's what I had thought originally also. Is there any way to know for sure? I had posted about it elsewhere and a couple different people kept telling me it was the e56.

Not sure how to price this one. Make me an offer.

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Here are the pics. Sorry for all the crap still on it, my mechanic hasn't had a chance to pull off the excess.

Title says it all. Sorry, no pics right now, will get some to you if you need. New rear main seal, outer valve cover gasket, spark plugs, distributor, and oil pan gasket. Have it left over from doing my swap. Asking $500.

Looking to get rid of what looks like an E56 transmission (at least that's the forum consensus), as well as a piece of axle that came with it. Asking $350 for both.

The axles for the E153 with LSD don't look the same, pretty sure they are different. Also, the bar is present in non LSD transmissions of almost every other sort. At least from the research I've done that's the way it works. Ended up bolting the 5SFE tranny back on with a new clutch for now. found a non LSD tranny for 300, but then comes the problem (financially at least) of making axles and getting the right shift cables. Anyone know if you can ONLY use the ST205 cables? Or are there other options?

That sucks. That's the only way I can avoid hybrid axles though isn't it? I'd still need hybrids if I switched to an E153? Really don't want to have to go with the S54 if I can avoid it.

Anybody recognize this?

Is there a way to determine that for sure? Do these things have stamps or plates or anything to identify them at all? This is driving me crazy, I'm about ready to just put my st204 tranny on to it instead.

Passenger side of transmission.


Drivers Side. Sorry about the angle, I was on a creeper trying to line up the shot by feel practically.

I thought I read somewhere that the year matters. Or does only the generation matter?

The one on the left in each picture is the stock GT one coming out of my car. The one on the right in the pictures is what came in the transmission that was on the new engine.