My 3rd Gen 3SGTE Swap Thread, It lives!!! Pg8 Options

[presure2]

So as most of ya know, i've had jenns 94 GT setup with a 5sfte for just about 5 years now, and its time to move on.

after going thru all the options we decided on a 3rd gen 3sgte for all the obvious reasons.
_jim_ has been selling 3s motor sets and clips to a few diffrent members here, and is a good friend of mine, so i gave him a call, and discussed my options with him.
he set me up with a great deal on a clip minus body panels ect, since we already have the '4 front end on jenns car.
he delivered it to my house on friday.
we're pretty sure the clip is a 94, it has ~34,000 miles on it (~55,000km) and is in GREAT shape.

some pics of the progress so far.

once we got the hood and bumper off, this is what we had:





it came with a blitz BOV, blitz spark plug wires, and blitz ground kit.





the turbo has virtually NO shaft play, and spins super free and smooth as butter.



the leader and supervisor of team "JDM guy"



this morning i dropped out the 3s, its much easier to just remove the suspension, crossmembers, motor and tranny as one piece out the bottom.

this pic shows how i lifted the clip up over the motor once i dropped it onto a dolly



the motor with the intercooler off out of the clip:





the suspension and crossmember



and chassis tag:



more to come as progress is made.

[cjh4l22]

any chance you want to sell me that tag?

[presure2]

any chance you want to sell me that tag?

you mean the chassis tag? hellll no, thats going on the car.

[cjh4l22]

any chance you want to sell me that tag?

you mean the chassis tag? hellll no, thats going on the car.

damn lol
the chassis tags are like $50 on ebay and i really want one to go where the vacuum sticker was on my car prior to swapping it.

[presure2]

any chance you want to sell me that tag?

you mean the chassis tag? hellll no, thats going on the car.

damn lol
the chassis tags are like $50 on ebay and i really want one to go where the vacuum sticker was on my car prior to swapping it.

well, you could always buy a clip, like we did..lol they normally come with one.


steff is the best, today she bought by the timing belt, the ATS cam gears, PCV valve and alt. belt, and this past weekend, my hommie dustin bought by what was left of the gasket set he bought when he did his swap , so i have 99% of what i need to clean up the motor other than a valve cover gasket which is being ordered this week.
so, i went out and pulled the timing covers off and took the T-belt and gears off.
heres a few pics.

timing covers off..everything is very clean, as you would expect from a motor with 34,000 miles on it.



noticed the cam seals are starting to seep a little... lucky for me, i have em in the gasket kit!



original tensioner:



ATS cam gears:



10* of adjustment each way, advanced or retarted. ill play with these on the dyno for sure!



stay tuned!